Café restaurants in Cape Town
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Table Mountain Café
Hallelujah! Table Mountain finally gets the café it so deserves. This self-serve place offers tasty deli items and meals, compostable plates and containers, and good coffee. They also sell wine and beer so there’s no need to cart your bottle up the slopes to toast the view.
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Empire Café
The surfies’ favourite hang-out is a great place for a breakfast or lunch of well-made pasta dishes and salads. Local art exhibitions enliven the walls. Call to see if it’s open for dinner on Thursday and Friday, November to March.
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Sandbar
One of Camps Bay’s better-value options is this less self-consciously fashionable café with street tables, serving good sandwiches and light meals. They also serve cocktails.
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Deer Park Café
Families love this relaxed café, fronting onto a playground. The chunky wooden furniture gives it the feel of a big nursery, but the tasty food is anything but child’s play. There’re some great vegetarian options and a kids’ menu. Yum, next door, is also worth checking out.
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Speakers Corner
The spirited debate of politicos from nearby parliament rings through this smart café. The menu is delicious: the cakes and desserts are especially yummy. Here's hoping it survives the redevelopment of the building - if not, try the sister operation Bread, Milk & Honey across the square.
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Queen of Tarts
Images of a young Queen Elizabeth II gaze out over customers from cake tins and trays at this charming café. The sweet and savoury tarts and other confections are delish and, if you like the grandma’s kitchen-chic décor, nip across the road to their pre-loved goods emporium.
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Kirstenbosch Tea Room
On Table Mountain’s lower slopes is Kirstenbosch Tea Room where you can order English Tea for two (R120), including cucumber and cream-cheese sandwiches, mini quiches and homemade scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream, packed and ready to enjoy in the gardens.
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Orchid Café
To the rear of a boutique is this lovely place, a favourite of the ladies who lunch in Little Chelsea. Sit in the courtyard draped with bougainvillea and enjoy scrumptious egg dishes, sandwiches, salads and cakes, and consider taking the nearby Wynberg Village Walk.
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Meeting Place
A recent renovation has left the trendy deli-café, a foodie’s delight, on the ground floor with a laid-back restaurant upstairs with a balcony overlooking Simon Town’s main drag. Build your own sandwiches for R50 or try the three-course lunch deal for R85.
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Vida e Caffé
Need a caffeine fix? Sprouting like wild poppies across Cape Town have been branches of Vida e Caffé serving freshly brewed coffee, orange juice, Portuguese-style pastries and filled rolls – it’s ideal for breakfast or a quick lunch.
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Sinnfull
In need of a sugar rush or something to cool the tongue? Head to this haven of delicious ice creams and cakes tucked away upstairs in the Promenade Centre. If you can’t make it out to the beach there’s also a branch in Wembley Sq.
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Vida e Caffé
Need a caffeine fix? Sprouting like wild poppies across Cape Town have been branches of Vida e Caffé serving freshly brewed coffee, orange juice, Portuguese-style pastries and filled rolls – it’s ideal for breakfast or a quick lunch.
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Mr Pickwick's
Few places in Cape Town keep hours as long as raucous Mr Pick's, which explains its long-running appeal to the clubbing set. At all times, though, this licensed, deli-style café is worth dropping by for the good snacks and meals.
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Capers
Head into the business park to find this extremely good breakfast and lunch place, staffed by graduates from the nearby chefs academy. The chic pink-and-white décor is lovely, and the food is great value and of a high standard.
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Millstone
Head to Oude Molen Eco Village for this rustic café and farm stall specialising in organic produce and hand-crafted breads, preserves and jams. Kids will love the treehouse in its garden and the pony rides next door.
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Frieda’s on Bree
Hung with paper lanterns and plastered with technicolour Indian posters, jumble-sale chic is the look at this huge, convivial café. It does a fine line in sandwiches, salads and comfort food, including lasagne.
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Birds Café
The sophisticated, rustic style (think milk-bottle crate seats in a grand old Dutch building) of this delightful café matches the artisanal food including delicious homemade pies, strudels and chunky scones.
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Mimi
This pleasant café is a good place for a snack or lunch. There are plenty of magazines to browse and a wide range of sandwiches and wraps available, including a decent selection of vegetarian ones.
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Miss K
We dare you to resist Ms K’s decadent desserts, including a gooey marshmallow cupcake (R16). It’s a good option for breakfast and they serve a buffet lunch at R115 per kg.
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Nimra Nibbles
Watch the bakers and confectioners at work through the plate glass window at this delightful bakery-café serving sinfully good cakes. They also serve sandwiches and do good coffee.
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R Caffé
An appealing addition to Long St's collection of cafés. Minimalist décor and lots of space allow you to enjoy an awesome berry smoothie or the homemade quiches and sandwiches.
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Gardener’s Cottage
After exploring the Montebello craft studios, relax at this lovely café and tea garden in the grounds. It serves simple, hearty meals in the shade of leafy trees.
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Crush
Crush offers freshly squeezed juices, smoothies and tasty wraps that prove healthy eating need not be boring. There’s also a branch in Wembley Square.
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Sweetest Thing
Quiches, cakes and biscuits are all freshly made at this adorable patisserie, which also serves gourmet sandwiches. It’s an ideal place for afternoon tea with scones.
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Dutch
A Euro vibe lingers over this popular, orange-coloured Waterkant café. People watch from their terrace while sipping a cappuccino or tucking into a toasted ciabatta.
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