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Blue Crane
The Blue Crane is part of the Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary – the Roberts of the famous bird books. The restaurant overlooks a lake that is the breeding site for the endangered blue crane, South Africa’s national bird. It does Afrikaner potjiekos and the pub is great at sundown. The entrance to the restaurant is off Melk St, which is a right turn off Middle St as you head west.
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Bull & Bush Pub
This long-standing Gaborone institution is deservedly popular with expats, tourists and locals alike. Though there's something on the menu for everyone, the Bull & Bush is renowned for its thick steaks and cold beers. On any given night, the outdoor beer garden is buzzing with activity, and you can bet there's always some sports event worth watching on the tube.
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Le Costa Rica
Don't be scared off by the paintings at the entrance of those formidable Gauls, Asterix and Obelix - this French-owned joint is the coolest city-centre spot to sink a draft beer. Its pizza, steak and seafood dishes are also popular.
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Swakopmund Brauhaus
This excellent restaurant and boutique brewery offers one of Swakopmund's most sought-after commodities (traditional German-style beer) as well as excellently prepared beef and seafood.
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Lighthouse Pub & Cafe
With a view of the beach and crashing surf, the Lighthouse Pub & Cafe is an atmospheric choice that serves up good-value seafood including kabeljou, calamari, kingklip and lobster.
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Taste Restaurant
The menu here is divided into sections including ‘leafy greens’, ‘seawards’ and ‘gastronomical grills’ and the food is simple, fresh and delicious (the massive seafood platters are excellent), making good use of top quality locally sourced meat and veg. The restaurant is open on three sides, with a fire grate in one corner and a low-key jazz soundtrack. Be warned – order a glass of wine and you’ll get a hefty serving.
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Little Chef Dinners Pub
Thankfully this funky green-hued pub-restaurant has nothing to do with the British motorway diners of the same name, dishing up big, tasty portions of Kenyan and international dishes from pilau to stroganoff. The 1st-floor bar has a pool table and a great breezy balcony, one of the most relaxed places in town for a beer. The company has a couple more outlets in the area, but this is by far the nicest.
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Café Riche
This historic Pretoria bistro was built back in 1905 and occupies pride of place in the city’s Church Sq. It’s popular with tourists and visiting dignitaries as well as local office workers, and is a great place for a spot of beer and people-watching. The menu has sandwiches, salads and bistro meals as well as a good-value lunch special ( Bokwurst, chips and a beer for R50).
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Cynthia’s Indigo Moon
The dining room of this Pretoria favourite exudes warmth. Gently lit, plastered with framed posters of all descriptions and surrounded by a colossal wine cellar, it has the buzz of a New York neighbourhood bistro. The place is best-known for its excellent steaks, which dominate the menu, but the fresh fish dishes aren’t bad either.
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Fontanella Steakhouse & Beer Garden
A popular open-air place in a courtyard off Moi Ave, with nyama choma (barbecued meat), steaks and Western offerings such as spag bol. There's a large bird cage for entertainment, though without many outside lights you can hardly see it (or the menus) at night.
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Keg & Maiden
Try this place, off Fifth St, for a pub meal and check out the magnificent international cricket ground (sadly, minus cricketers). Tuck into bangers and mash or steak and chips in a cheerful pub atmosphere. You can also order a veg meal. On Saturday nights there's live music.
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Baron Restaurant & Pub
While it appears at first like a pretty average drinking hall, a glance at Baron's ambitious menu reveals a lot more than cold Tusker passing through the kitchen. Crocodile, ostrich, guinea fowl and lobster all feature, and even the drinks list takes up a page or two.
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Radium Beerhall
Jo’burg’s oldest surviving licensed bar, this place is thick with atmosphere and old memorabilia. The food (filling Portuguese and steaks) is below par but regular live bands, open-mic nights and an interesting crowd make the place worthwhile.
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Restaurant Pizza Roma
Although the name suggests that pizzas are the speciality here, you could do far worse than load up on a filling plate of rotisserie chicken with rice and chips. An unassuming place, it’s popular with female diners.
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Louis XIV Pub & Restaurant
This cheerful establishment serves up standard pub grub plus a few specialties on an al fresco patio and is a fun place to meet other travellers or just chill out and listen to live music in the evenings.
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Feira Popular
A Maputo institution, where you can mix and mingle with the crowds as you wander amid dozens of small bars and restaurants set inside a large, walled compound. Taxis wait outside until the early hours.
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On the hill overlooking the port and bay, this is the best place for carnivores, with a good selection of South African meats, plus chicken grills, pizza and pub food.
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Africa Traditional Pub & Grill
An outdoor deck, good vibes and traditional African beats make this one of the more upbeat, laid-back options in distinctly bourgeois Hatfield. The food's good, too.
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Website Pub
Cold drinks, light meals and music. Turn left (uphill) just before reaching Kibo Boys Guest House and look for the makuti (thatched) roofing.
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Divas and Dons
Good solid fare is served in this plush eatery, with dark wood panelling and built-in leather sofas giving it an upmarket hotel-lounge feel.
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Crawdaddy's
With faux-Louisiana-swamp styling, this surf-and-turf place has a jumping, bar-style atmosphere and no-nonsense steak and seafood tucker.
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George’s
An Ismailia classic, George’s has been around since 1950 and serves up seafood dishes amid a cosy British-pub-style ambience.
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Badger's
Although it primarily serves as the town watering hole, Badger's also serves up cheap pub grub as well as takeaway.
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Kücki's Pub
This local-haunt is a good choice for cheap pub grub, which is all the better after a pint or two of frothy Hansa.
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Radium Beerhall
Jo’burg’s oldest surviving licensed bar, this place is thick with atmosphere and old memorabilia. The food (filling Portuguese and steaks) is below par but regular live bands, open-mic nights and an interesting crowd make the place worthwhile.
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