With a wide variety of restaurants in Cape Town, it can be a bit overwhelming to choose where to dine to experience the best cuisine and delicacies available.
Thankfully, many of South Africa’s top chefs, in a panel of 51 chefs have voted the best restaurants in the Mother City, in eight categories, according to Inside Guide.
Categories include best casual restaurant, best special-occasion restaurant, best new restaurant, best ‘oldie but goodie’, best Winelands restaurant, best spot for a guilty pleasure, best speciality cuisine and the Top 3 overall restaurants.
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Best casual restaurant
Post & Pepper was declared the winner for best casual restaurant, with three runner-up winners that were tied, consisting of Aegir Project, Bao Down and Ouzeri.
Best special-occasion restaurant
Pier and Salsify were tied for the best special-occasion restaurant, while Chefs Warehouse Beau Constantia was declared the runner-up winner.
Best new restaurant
Mertia was voted as the best new restaurant, while Ember & Oak and Mill Street Bistro were tied as the runner-up winners.
Best ‘oldie but goodie’
In the best ‘oldie but goodie’ category, The Foodbarn was victorious as the favourite, while Aubergine, Chefs Warehouse Beau Constantia and HeSheng Chinese Restaurant were all tied as the runner-up winners.
Best Winelands restaurant
Rust en Vrede reigned supreme in the best Winelands restaurants category, with Chorus and Table at De Meye following close behind as the runner-up winners.
Best spot for a guilty pleasure
Zuney Wagyu Burger claimed the title for the best spot for a guilty pleasure, while Let’s Frite was declared the runner-up winner.
Best speciality cuisine
For the best speciality cuisine category, Thali was the clear winner. Four runner-up winners were tied in this category, namely Nobu, Obi, Ramenhead and Vuur.
The Top 3 overall restaurants
Finally, the top 3 overall restaurants, as voted by the panel of 51 chefs, were Salsify in first place, La Colombe in second place and Fyn in third place.
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