Publik Wine Bar is a wine bar in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town.
Editorially verified September 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: A short snacking menu built to sit alongside the glass, not compete with it.
Tip: No phone and no bookings, so arrive early on a Friday if you want a seat at the counter.
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Address: 11 Kloof Nek Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town 8001
Tannin on Bree Street stocks 430 purely South African wine labels across three floors, one of the most serious new wine rooms in Cape Town today.
PourA glass from the rotating South African by-the-glass list, chosen fresh each week.
WinePurely South African, with 430 labels on the list and around 40 poured by the glass.
FoodSeasonal small plates and platters that change with what is available.
TipThe ground-floor bar is first come, first served, but the first-floor restaurant needs a booking.
Leo's Wine Bar shares a Bree Street room with a daytime bagel shop, then pours low intervention and natural wines after dark in central Cape Town.
PourA natural wine by the glass from a small, specialised producer
WineLow-intervention wines from small, specialised producers, with natural wine always on the list.
FoodLight bar snacks nightly, plus midweek pop-up chefs who take over the kitchen.
TipIt is Max Bagels by day and Leo's by night, so the wine list only starts at 5pm.
Judd's Local on Kloof Street runs a free wine tasting every Tuesday evening alongside its kitchen menu, a Gardens neighbourhood room in Cape Town.
PourWhatever is poured at the free Tuesday evening tasting, usually a small Cape producer.
WineA quality-first wine list on Kloof Street, with a standing Tuesday tasting slot.
FoodAn all day restaurant menu from 08:30, served alongside the wine shop list
TipTurn up for the free Tuesday tasting between 6pm and 9pm if you want to try before you commit to a bottle.
Lunacy on Harrington Street pours a mostly local wine list with small sharing plates in a relaxed dive bar setting, an East City spot in Cape Town.
PourA glass from the mostly-local list, picked by whoever is behind the bar that night.
WineA mostly local wine list with a little international flare, run as a wine dive rather than a formal cellar.
FoodSeasonal small plates for sharing, from cold starters to oxtail gnocchi and grilled prawns.
TipBook a seat online for the seasonal small plates, from oxtail gnocchi to grilled prawns, with the mostly local list.
Cultivar Wine Bar inside Time Out Market pours sommelier led flights of South African terroir, a boutique V&A Waterfront wine stop in Cape Town.
PourA sommelier led tasting flight across South African regions such as Stellenbosch and Swartland
WineA boutique, sommelier-led South African list inside Time Out Market, with terroir flights across Stellenbosch and Swartland.
FoodNo kitchen of its own; pair a glass with any of the market's food stalls.
TipIt has no kitchen, so order from any Time Out Market stall; the market trades to 23:00 from Thursday to Saturday.
Furny's Fine Wines and Taste Room pours over 70 wines by the glass beneath milkwood trees, a family run wine find in Noordhoek, near Cape Town.
PourWhatever is on the Friday complimentary tasting, drawn from the 400-bottle shop list.
WineOver 70 wines by the glass and 400 bottles to buy from the attached shop, family run beneath the milkwood trees.
FoodShared platters, cheese and charcuterie, plus a deli counter of local produce.
TipCome for the free Friday tasting from 4:30pm, and bring the family, they welcome children and dogs outdoors.
