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Sporting an industrial-chic look with a cosy library corner inside and sheltered, spacious front courtyard outside, this is one of the area's most inviting cafes. Owner Luigi Vigliotti works hard to please customers, and he's come up with a few intriguing signature brews, including Hashtag, which blends espresso with vanilla gelato and Oreo cookies.


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Nearby Green Point & ­Waterfront attractions

1. Breakwater Prison

0.2 MILES

Today it's Cape Town's Graduate School of Business, but in the past this complex housed thousands of prisoners whose hard labour helped build the V&A…

2. Cape Medical Museum

0.22 MILES

The 'Disease and History' exhibit at this quirky museum details in length (with some gruesome photographs) the history of major diseases in the Cape, from…

3. Two Oceans Aquarium

0.32 MILES

This excellent aquarium features denizens of the deep from the cold and the warm oceans that border the Cape Peninsula. It's a chance to see penguins,…

4. Cape Town Stadium

0.35 MILES

Shaped like a giant traditional African hat and wrapped with a Teflon-mesh membrane designed to catch and reflect natural light, this R4.5-billion stadium…

5. Robinson Dry Dock

0.38 MILES

One of the Waterfront's most fascinating sights is this large dry dock, opened in 1882 and still used to repair ships today. Named after Governor Sir…

6. Noon Gun

0.45 MILES

At noon, Monday to Saturday, a cannon is fired from the lower slopes of 350m-high Signal Hill, which separates Sea Point from the City Bowl; you can hear…

7. Nobel Square

0.45 MILES

Here’s your chance to have your photo taken with Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. Larger-than-life statues of both men, designed by the artist Claudette…

8. Time Ball Tower

0.45 MILES

Built in 1894, this was once used to signal the time to ships in the bay; when the big red ball on the roof was lowered down a metal spike, ship's masters…