South Africa must have the biggest selection of stunning restaurants, cafes and coffee shops in the world; particularly Cape Town and the Winelands Region which now boast seven of South Africa’s top 10 restaurants. You are bound to be spoilt for choice. So whether you are after fine dining, a casual eatery or a quick coffee on the go – our monthly selection of particular favorites, is a great place to start.
The winelands of the Western Cape are becoming increasingly famous for their gastronomic excellence and numerous wine farms can now boast having world class restaurants on site in this beautiful part of the world.
And arguably the most spectacular of them all has recently opened at the Waterkloof Wine Estate, situated on the edge of the [...]
Our cricket loving Event Coordinator Kate Rawbone recently spent three weeks in India following the IPL cricket tournament and came back raving about real Indian food. That caused a great deal of heated debate amongst the team in the Travel Concepts office on which was the best Indian restaurant on our doorstep. So if [...]
Mandi Johnson-Aliverti visited Jardine Restaurant on Bree Street last week – a much loved and worshipped Cape Town fine-dining institution. She had the following to report back to a very jealous team.
“Consistently voted one of the best restaurants not only in the Mother City but in the country, Jardine was brilliant again last week. Not [...]
Human Rights Day fell on a wonderfully warm autumn day in April of this year and Kate Rawbone, wine and food enthusiast from the Wedding Concepts team, ventured out into the Franschhoek winelands to explore and take some time out.
“When it comes to going out with my family and friends, there is always a plan, [...]
During the Christmas holidays, like most people, we ate and drank too much but in doing so, thankfully, we also discovered this absolute gem of a place for lunch. Casual, totally relaxed and laid back, it’s very much a family run restaurant with country style food of the highest order lovingly prepared. We sat at [...]
From within a once-abandoned warehouse at Granger Bay, the Grand Café & Beach Bar has been created on a stretch of white sand – its Cape Town meets St Tropez!
Its shabby chic with a difference. A 15m long white bar with cupid detail in the main dining area accompanied by a glittering chandelier suspended over [...]
The Delaire Wine Estate at the top of the Helshoogte Pass between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek has, in our opinion, the best views in the winelands. So when they opened their recently renovated new restaurant Mandi and Richard from our travel team just had to drop by for lunch.
Says Mandi
“This really is a wow experience! The [...]
This month our MD Richard took a couple of friends for dinner and says of the experience,
“Fine dining for carnivores, so if “meat is your treat” then this is the place to go during your stay in Cape Town.
Sister restaurant to critically acclaimed 95 on Keerom, Carne is tucked away in a quiet cul-de-sac just [...]
Rather than fine dining our taste buds tell us its all about great coffee and great pastry this month. So Kim and Kate, two cake connoisseurs from our sister company Wedding Concepts, were on the look out for a place to pick up a quick and tasty breakfast along with a good cup of coffee.
They [...]
Back to fine but casual dining this month; Christina – MD of our other company Wedding Concepts – shares with us her favorite July eatery.
“After walking the dog on the glorious Noordhoek Beach, with sandy feet and feeling rather windswept – a dinner at the Foodbarn is just the prefect finale to a great relaxed [...]
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