Wembley Roadhouse is a halal drive-in in Athlone, Cape Town, the eatery Wembley added after 1973 to a family store opened on Belgravia Road in 1931.
OrderThe Wembley Whopper, a steak roll piled with braised onion, chips and sauce.
TipGo on a weekend evening when the garden and play area fill with extended families ordering trays of food to share.
Golden Dish is a halal takeaway in Gatesville, Athlone, opened in 1969 opposite Athlone Stadium and known across Cape Town for its giant gatsby sandwiches.
OrderThe masala steak gatsby, a French baguette of steak, twice fried chips and the signature masala gravy.
TipOrder the large to share or the mini on your own; it serves until 01:00 Monday to Thursday and 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Hood Kitchen is a Rocklands, Mitchells Plain burger counter near Cape Town, built around a build-your-own gourmet beef and chicken patty menu.
OrderThe Design-a-Burger beef double, stacked with four toppings of your choice.
TipThe Bison Tower challenge runs Thursdays and Saturdays from 13:00: finish it in 25 minutes to win R140 and naming rights, and book a day ahead.
Golden Dish is a halaal takeaway counter in Gatesville, Athlone, opened in 1969 and reopened in July 2024 after a fire, famous for Cape Town's giant gatsby.
TrySteak gatsby, a full loaf of bread packed with steak, chips and sauce
TipOrder the full house gatsby to share; a single one comfortably feeds two hungry people.
Super Fisheries is a cash only takeaway counter on Old Klipfontein Road in Athlone, Cape Town, run by the man credited with inventing the gatsby.
TryGatsby loaded with fish, calamari or polony, chips and achar
TipThere is a Capitec ATM next door if you arrive without cash for the counter.
The Hood Kitchen is a build-your-own burger counter in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain, on the Cape Flats side of Cape Town, open Wednesday to Saturday.
TryDesign-a-Burger beef double, built at the takeaway hatch to order
TipThe Bison Tower challenge runs Thursdays and Saturdays from 13:00: finish it in 25 minutes to win R140 and naming rights, and book a day ahead.
Wembley Roadhouse is a halal drive-in institution in Athlone, Cape Town, where the Wembley Whopper steak roll was R78.90 on the January 2026 menu.
TryWembley Whopper steak roll, plain or masala
TipThe Beefeater with egg and cheese costs ten rand more at R88.90, so the plain or masala Whopper is the cheaper roll.
Golden Dish sells a mini masala steak gatsby for R120 and a mini polony gatsby for R45 in Gatesville, Athlone, chips and sauce packed into the roll.
TryMini masala steak gatsby with twice fried chips
TipAsk for the mini size if you are eating alone; the large gatsbys are built to be split between two.
Super Fisheries still sells Rashaad Pandy's original combo of polony, chips and achar in Athlone, Cape Town, where he first cut a gatsby into wedges in 1976.
TryPolony gatsby with chips and achar
TipBring cash; the counter is cash only, though a Capitec ATM sits right next door.
The Hood Kitchen builds a Design-a-Burger beef single with four toppings for R60 in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain, on the Cape Flats side of Cape Town.
TryDesign-a-Burger beef single or double with four toppings
TipAsk whether the two-burgers-and-chips special for R100 is running; a reviewer found it on the menu, and it beats ordering singles.
Gulshan keeps most curries between R70 and R80 at its Rylands Village coffee lounge on the edge of Cape Town, with paratha sides from about R30.
TryCheese and aloo paratha with a curry side
TipOrder the cheese and aloo paratha as a starter; it is the cheapest thing on the whole menu.
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