El Burro is a mexican budget eat in Green Point, Cape Town.
Editorially verified September 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Private tour · 5 hours
Explore the Cape Peninsula on a private tour with a guide. Visit Boulders Beach, see the Cape of Good Hope, and capture stunning photos of the landscapes and wildlife.
Day trip · 8 hours
Experience whale watching in Hermanus, visit African penguins, and enjoy wine tasting in the scenic Hemel-en-Aarde Valley on a full-day Cape Town coastal adventure.
Guided tour · 9 hours
Embark on a full-day safari from Cape Town to Aquila Private Game Reserve. Spot the Big Five, enjoy a buffet breakfast and lunch. Enjoy stunning views of Dutoitskloof ...
Address: 79 Main Road, Green Point, Cape Town 8005
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.
Bootlegger Three Anchor Bay is a halaal-certified coffee shop on Main Road on Cape Town's Atlantic seaboard, with breakfasts from R59 and mains near R80.
TryHummus toast or the BootEgger breakfast
TipKeep it cheap with the Hummus toast and a flat white, since the burgers and bowls run closer to R100-120.
Eastern Food Bazaar is a canteen-style food court in Cape Town's City Bowl, where a giant bunny chow from the Punjabi counter starts at about R50.
TryVegetable, chicken or lamb bunny chow from the Punjabi counter
TipFor the cheapest meal, the Tandoori counter's Indian omelette with roti, chips and salad and a stuffed paratha cost well under a bunny chow.
Kalky's sells battered hake or snoek and chips on the working harbour wall in Kalk Bay, on Cape Town's southern peninsula, from a cabin trading since 1996.
TryDeep fried hake and chips
TipSkip the platter for two unless you are sharing; the single hake and chips already feeds most people.
