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JapaneseV&a Waterfront
Nobu Cape Town sits inside One&Only Cape Town at the V&A Waterfront, the only branch of the global Japanese dining brand in southern Africa.
OrderYuzu cured sea bass and the springbok with truffle tosazu, plated with local Cape ingredients
TipThe reimagined Rockwell Group dining room reopened with an omakase menu that mixes Nobu classics with dishes made for Cape Town; ask for it when you book.
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Tasting R1295 for the seasonal dinner menu, R1895 for the Chef's MenuTasting MenuConstantiaChef Glen Williams
Foxcroft moved up the valley to the heritage Constantia Nek building in Cape Town during 2026, chef Glen Williams's own set menu fine dining room.
OrderThe seasonal dinner menu, or the Chef's Menu opening with herbed salt bread and truffled cauliflower
TipThe Constantia Nek building opened as a tearoom in 1929; lunch shows off the valley view, and the room is not recommended for children under eight.
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SeafoodGardensChef Angel Leon
Amura opened inside the Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel in Gardens, Cape Town, a marine tasting menu room named the 2026 Eat Out Best New Restaurant.
OrderThe marine tasting menu, from yellowfin tuna tartare with cured egg yolk to plankton risotto with squid
TipWatch for the raw fish charcuterie trolley served tableside; the room fills the hotel's old Planet Room around an open kitchen.
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SeafoodCamps BayChef Christo Pretorius
Azure sits inside the Twelve Apostles Hotel above Camps Bay, Cape Town, a seafood led fine dining room facing straight out at the open Atlantic.
OrderLocal seafood from the fine-dining menu, where mussels, crayfish, langoustines and squid take centre stage
TipThe Azure Terrace looks straight over the Atlantic; the two-course set lunch there is the easy way in, or come for the sunset sundowners.
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Tasting MenuSea PointChef Kieran Whyte
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.
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South AfricanSea Point
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.