The Waterside is a seafood fine-dining restaurant in V&A Waterfront, Cape Town.
Editorially verified September 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 2 Dock Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town 8000
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.
The Pot Luck Club tops the Old Biscuit Mill silo in Woodstock, Cape Town, Luke Dale Roberts's globally inspired sharing plate room since 2013.
OrderSharing plates from the Family Favourites menu, starting with the Taco 2.0 of linefish on black bean puree
TipA R450 per guest deposit secures the table and must be paid within 24 hours of the provisional booking; tables of nine or more pay R750 each.
Aubergine has run a quiet corner of Gardens in Cape Town since 1996, chef Harald Bresselschmidt's long standing French rooted degustation room.
OrderThe Eastern and Western degustation, opening with yellowfin and albacore tuna on kelp dashi gel
TipChef Harald Bresselschmidt now opens his cellar to the public, so a bottle you liked at dinner can be ordered for collection in cases of six.
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.
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.
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.
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.
