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BrunchEuropean-style coffee and fresh food bar with Greek sweetsMouille Point
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.
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BrunchBeachfront brunch and lunch on a private stretch of sandGreen Point
Grand Africa Cafe & Beach serves brunch from noon on its own stretch of sand in Granger Bay, near Cape Town's V&A Waterfront, with five bars and ocean decks.
OrderPizza or a seafood plate, eaten on the beach with your feet in the sand
TipWalk down to the ocean view decks and the beach itself rather than staying inside, for the view across to Robben Island and back to Signal Hill.
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BrunchWine farm breakfast and lunch with live music at weekendsConstantia
Simon's Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with weekend live music on the Groot Constantia wine estate, a short drive from Cape Town.
OrderA breakfast or lunch plate on the terrace, with a glass from the estate wine list
TipChoose the terrace for the vineyard views in summer or the seat by the enormous fireplace in winter, and book ahead for a weekend with live music.
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BrunchAll day breakfast diner that turns into a Bree Street barCity Bowl
Clarke's Bar and Dining Room runs all day breakfast into a popular weekend brunch on Bree Street, a long standing City Bowl room in Cape Town.
OrderA burger on the butter-fried brioche bun, or anything off the all-day breakfast menu
TipArrive before 09:00 for the cheaper breakfast specials, or from 11:00 for the lunchtime sandwich special such as the sabich.
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BrunchHalaal branch surf side coffee and brunch counterMuizenberg
Bootlegger XS Muizenberg, a halaal branch of the coffee chain, pours coffee and a quick brunch menu across from Surfers Corner, near Cape Town.
OrderA breakfast wrap and a freezo coffee to take onto the promenade
TipTake your order to the promenade wall opposite Surfers Corner and watch the surfers over breakfast.
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BrunchNew York style Jewish deli brunchSea Point
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.