Cape Town · Woodstock · Restaurant
Africa's #1. Dark + light kitchen. Woodstock.
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Luke Dale-Roberts' Woodstock institution — consistently Africa's number one restaurant. Dark kitchen and light kitchen experiences in a converted biscuit mill, pushing Cape ingredients through technically ambitious tasting menus.
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The Test Kitchen books months ahead — essential Cape Town restaurant for any food-serious traveller. The Woodstock neighbourhood is also Cape Town's creative hub.
Luke Dale-Roberts' rooftop sharing plates restaurant above The Test Kitchen — spectacular Table Mountain and city views, tapas-style small plates covering Asian, European, and African influences. The social alternative to the tasting menu downstairs.
375 Albert Road, Woodstock · 7925
Peter Tempelhoff's cavernous fifth-floor room where 300 wooden discs float over a Japanese-South African tasting menu. Regularly Africa's highest-ranked entry on the World's 50 Best list.
5th Floor, Speakers Corner, 37 Parliament Street · 8000
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