Posticino has fed Sea Point from Albany Mews on Main Road since two childhood friends took it over in 1998, with thin-based wood-fired pizza.
OrderFresh pasta of the day, with a wood-fired pizza to share
TipPortions run large in true Italian style, share a starter and a pizza before ordering pasta each.
Curate took over the historic wine gallery at Ellerman House above Bantry Bay in Cape Town, an eight course South African tasting menu room.
OrderThe eight courses, from game fish done as Cape Malay pickled fish to Nguni beef with monkey gland sauce
TipCurate seats guests only at 18:00, 18:30 and 19:00 from Wednesday to Saturday, so book a Dineplan slot well ahead of a weekend visit.
OneEighty dines inside the Edwardian mansion of Ellerman House above Bantry Bay in Cape Town, a seasonal lunch and dinner room looking over the Atlantic.
OrderThe seasonal menu, paired from a cellar of more than 9,000 bottles
TipThe kitchen closes at 21:00 though the room stays open to 22:00, and children aged 12 and older are welcome at the table.
Kleinsky's Delicatessen brings New York-style Jewish deli food, bagels and pastrami included, to Regent Road in Sea Point, Cape Town, daily.
OrderThe pastrami sandwich, which the kitchen will upsize if you are really hungry.
TipBreakfast runs to challah French toast and a potato latke benedict, and as a non-kosher deli it will add bacon on request.
Mykonos Taverna has served family-recipe Greek taverna food on Main Road in Sea Point, Cape Town, since first opening in the 1980s to today.
OrderPeter's kleftiko lamb shank, cooked to the original family recipe since opening.
TipAsk for the meze platter if your table wants to sample several dishes without committing to one main.
HeSheng Chinese Restaurant keeps a no-frills menu of dumplings, xiao long bao and noodle soups on Main Road in Sea Point, run by new owners since 2023.
OrderThe xiao long bao, made fresh and consistently named as the reason regulars return.
TipThe kitchen closes between 15:00 and 17:00 and all day Tuesday, and a 10 percent service charge is added to the bill.
Brash is a halaal-certified smash burger joint on Regent Road in Sea Point, Cape Town, with a 1970s retro room and two burgers built on the same patties.
OrderThe Mack Daddy smash burger, two beef patties with the house mayo sauce, cheese and pickles.
TipThere are no cola drinks, so order the house 50:50 mix of ice tea and lemonade, which the Hungry for Halaal reviewer recommended.
Posticino has served family-style pizza and pasta from Albany Mews on Main Road in Sea Point since Jack Gasparre and Eric de Siena took it over in 1998.
OrderThe wood-fired pizza, the order most tables share alongside a plate of fresh pasta.
TipAsk for the terrace over Main Road, or sit inside among the trompe l'oeil murals and old family photos.
Kleinsky's Delicatessen is a New York style Jewish deli cafe in Sea Point, Cape Town, known for bagels, pastrami and all day breakfast plates.
DrinkDrip coffee
TipOrder a pastrami sandwich or the smoked salmon bagel, which the kitchen prepares by hand over two days.
Kleinsky's Delicatessen has served New York style deli bagels on Regent Road in Sea Point since 2014, a Cape Town bagel landmark built on smoked salmon.
Worth the queueCalifornia bagel
TipOrder the California bagel of smoked salmon, wasabi cream cheese, pickled ginger and sweet soya dressing, the one Food and Home singles out.
Mischu on Regent Road bakes sourdough, croissants and canneles in its own bakery beside an award-winning coffee bar in Sea Point, Cape Town, from 06:45.
Worth the queueCannele
TipGo early: the sourdough loaves are often gone by about 11:00, and the crookies can sell out before lunch on busy weekends.
La Perla has served Italian food and seafood on the Sea Point beachfront in Cape Town since 1957, with a bar and a pool deck looking over the promenade.
DrinkWine and cocktails served on the pool deck
FoodItalian dishes and fresh seafood from the restaurant kitchen
TipFor just drinks, take a seat on the bar and pool deck rather than in the dining room, and time it for sunset over the Atlantic.
AA Paraatha is a halaal burger stall inside Mojo Market in Sea Point, Cape Town, wrapping flame-seared Wagyu beef patties in fresh paratha bread daily.
TryHalaal Wagyu beef patty wrapped in a fresh paratha bun
TipCome hungry; the paratha bun soaks up the signature sauce, so eat it fresh off the grill.
Monty's Spitbraai is a stall inside Mojo Market in Sea Point, Cape Town, rolling slow-cooked spitbraai lamb and beef for the city since 1985.
TrySpitbraai lamb roll on ciabatta with gourmet salad
TipAsk for the lamb roll on ciabatta; it comes with a side of house-made salad and wedges.
Mojo Market is an indoor food hall on Regent Road in Sea Point, Cape Town, open 365 days a year with free entry, food stalls, bars and live music.
TipFood stalls and bars close together, at 22:00 from Sunday to Thursday and 23:00 on Friday and Saturday, so order before then.
HeSheng Chinese Restaurant serves pork and leek dumplings by the dozen, steamed or fried, on Main Road in Sea Point, Cape Town, in a no-frills room.
TrySteamed or fried pork and leek dumplings, twelve to a plate
TipShare a plate of dumplings and a noodle soup between two, and note that a 10 percent service charge is added to every bill.
Kleinsky's turns Sea Point brunch into a New York deli spread of bagels, latkes and pastrami on Regent Road, opened in 2014 by brothers Adam and Joel Klein.
OrderThe hand-prepared smoked salmon bagel, or the potato latke benedict with hollandaise
TipBreakfast brings challah French toast with fried banana and a latke benedict; the deli is non-kosher, so bacon can be added.
Jarryds Brunch and Bistro pours Parisian inspired eggs Benedict from a vinyl lounge on Regent Road, a Sea Point breakfast fixture in Cape Town.
OrderEggs Benedict, the dish this Regent Road room is best known for
TipNo bookings are taken, so aim for a weekday morning or arrive well before 9am on weekends.
Butter All Day pours a long, lazy Sea Point weekend brunch of mimosas and buttery flapjacks on Main Road, a newer breakfast room in Cape Town.
OrderThe butter benedict with extra buttery hollandaise
TipThe outside space welcomes dogs on leads, and there is free wifi if the long brunch turns into a laptop afternoon.
Cafe Neo faces the Mouille Point lighthouse with a breakfast assembled off its blackboards and Greek shortbread, a beachfront brunch stop in Cape Town.
OrderA breakfast assembled off the blackboards, with Greek shortbread to finish
TipCome after a walk along the beachfront promenade, and save space for the Greek shortbread and other Mediterranean sweets.
Stud The Burger Shop serves single-origin Boran beef burgers for takeaway on Main Road in Sea Point, Cape Town, open until midnight on weekends.
TrySingle-origin Boran beef burgers from the brand's own farm, takeaway only
TipPlan to eat your burger on the nearby Sea Point promenade, because Stud sells its burgers as takeaway only.
The Nines is a ninth floor rooftop restaurant and cocktail lounge in Station House, Sea Point, with a deck facing the Atlantic and a Cape Town dinner menu.
TipBook for sunset; on Fridays DJ Johnny Papps plays from 18:00 to 22:00, and Sunday brings a live jazz lunch from 13:00 to 16:00.
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