Cape Town central Local's Favourites

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Cape Town central Local's Favourites

Shopping

Wonderfully quirky local bookstore with an emphasis on South African literature and a great kids section downstairs.
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the book lounge
71 Roeland Street
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Wonderfully quirky local bookstore with an emphasis on South African literature and a great kids section downstairs.
A Virgin Active gym, Vida-e coffee, Ben Wei Asian restaurant and Knead bakery. If you still need to get your workout indoors, this is the place!
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Wembley Square Offices
40 Solan Rd
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A Virgin Active gym, Vida-e coffee, Ben Wei Asian restaurant and Knead bakery. If you still need to get your workout indoors, this is the place!
Groceries and pretty much anything else you might need at this compact little mall. WW foods, PnP, Clicks, Le Creuset, Body Shop, cellular providers, hardware store, hair & beauty salons, clothing & gift shops. Standard Bank branch + other banks ATMs. Some gorgeous arts and crafty things, all locally made at Fabricate and wonderful new local designer clothing stores at Sitting Pretty and Hannah Lavery.
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FNB Bank ATM Gardens Shopping Centre
22 Mill Street
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Groceries and pretty much anything else you might need at this compact little mall. WW foods, PnP, Clicks, Le Creuset, Body Shop, cellular providers, hardware store, hair & beauty salons, clothing & gift shops. Standard Bank branch + other banks ATMs. Some gorgeous arts and crafty things, all locally made at Fabricate and wonderful new local designer clothing stores at Sitting Pretty and Hannah Lavery.
Health food, coffee, locally made clothing and gifts, sushi or groceries: all available at this stylish little mini-mall. Now with a Starbucks too! But I highly recommend you go a bit lower down the street to the hidden alley Deluxe. :) Local is lekker!
81 localnici recomandă
FNB Bank ATM Lifestyle On Kloof
60 Kloof St
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Health food, coffee, locally made clothing and gifts, sushi or groceries: all available at this stylish little mini-mall. Now with a Starbucks too! But I highly recommend you go a bit lower down the street to the hidden alley Deluxe. :) Local is lekker!

Food Scene

Named 'the best coffee shop in the world' this steampunk ode to the bean is well worth visiting.
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Truth Coffee Roasting
36 Buitenkant St
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Named 'the best coffee shop in the world' this steampunk ode to the bean is well worth visiting.
Coffee and art make a beautiful pair. Visit this stunning addition to Cape Town's burgeoning hip coffee scene.
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Haas Coffee
19 Buitenkant St
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Coffee and art make a beautiful pair. Visit this stunning addition to Cape Town's burgeoning hip coffee scene.
Wonderful burgers, pizzas, salads, baked goods (obviously) and coffee.
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Knead Bakery Wembley Square
80 McKenzie St
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Wonderful burgers, pizzas, salads, baked goods (obviously) and coffee.
Come and taste Cape Town's biggest burger in its hippest spot. You have to see it to believe it. Bigger than your head! Hearty breakfasts and lunch offered too and the pizzas are threatening to outshine the burgers. The loud waiters and love of swear words come free. :)
71 localnici recomandă
The Dog's Bollocks at YARD
6 Roodehek St
71 localnici recomandă
Come and taste Cape Town's biggest burger in its hippest spot. You have to see it to believe it. Bigger than your head! Hearty breakfasts and lunch offered too and the pizzas are threatening to outshine the burgers. The loud waiters and love of swear words come free. :)
Very affordable & tasty pizza, pasta, burgers, salads & sandwiches plus quite a vibey little bar scene on a nice summer's evening.
28 localnici recomandă
Narona
136 Buitenkant St
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Very affordable & tasty pizza, pasta, burgers, salads & sandwiches plus quite a vibey little bar scene on a nice summer's evening.
Cute & cosy neighbourhood favourite for breakfast / brunch / lunch
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Lazari
221 Vredehoek Ave
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Cute & cosy neighbourhood favourite for breakfast / brunch / lunch
Lovely Greek food on a beautiful square. Summer nights can't be beaten!
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Maria's Greek Café
31 Barnet St
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Lovely Greek food on a beautiful square. Summer nights can't be beaten!
Great, affordable Asian cuisine in a good-looking spot.
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Mai Thai Sushi Gardens
12 Mill St
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Great, affordable Asian cuisine in a good-looking spot.
Comfortable and cosy, popular breakfast, brunch, lunch, work-from-home coffee spot.
102 localnici recomandă
Red Sofa Café
21 Derry St
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Comfortable and cosy, popular breakfast, brunch, lunch, work-from-home coffee spot.
One of my eternally favourite spots. Gorgeous cocktails at the stylish bar or delicious food in the wind-sheltered garden, every corner of this restaurant is pretty as a picture. Always busy, bookings are a must.
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Kloof Street House
30 Kloof St
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One of my eternally favourite spots. Gorgeous cocktails at the stylish bar or delicious food in the wind-sheltered garden, every corner of this restaurant is pretty as a picture. Always busy, bookings are a must.
My personal favourite brew, Deluxe, now lives right around the corner. Only coffee though, so get your eats somewhere else.
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Deluxe Coffeeworks
171A Buitenkant St
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My personal favourite brew, Deluxe, now lives right around the corner. Only coffee though, so get your eats somewhere else.
Excellent bagel, breakfast and coffee shop!
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New York Bagels
44 Harrington St
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Excellent bagel, breakfast and coffee shop!
Incredible ramen and bao upstairs from Lefty's dive bar. Highly recommended though not necessarily child friendly.
80 localnici recomandă
Downtown Ramen Asian Restaurant
103 Harrington Street
80 localnici recomandă
Incredible ramen and bao upstairs from Lefty's dive bar. Highly recommended though not necessarily child friendly.
The best milkshakes in the hood since the nineties... lovely outdoor seating on charming Dunkley square and open till laaaate for a drink or three.
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Roxy Late Night
14 Wandel St
46 localnici recomandă
The best milkshakes in the hood since the nineties... lovely outdoor seating on charming Dunkley square and open till laaaate for a drink or three.
Good sushi and Chinese / Asian fusion food at this local. Just check opening hours, can be closed on the weekends as it is mostly an office-worker hangout. Lovely naturally lit small complex for rainy days.
7 localnici recomandă
Ben Weí Sushi Asian Fusion
3 Solan Rd
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Good sushi and Chinese / Asian fusion food at this local. Just check opening hours, can be closed on the weekends as it is mostly an office-worker hangout. Lovely naturally lit small complex for rainy days.

Drinks & Nightlife

OTT, glamorous bar for a late night cocktail or bottle of bubbly.
15 On Orange Hotel, Autograph Collection
15 Orange Street
OTT, glamorous bar for a late night cocktail or bottle of bubbly.
If the weather is fine, sit on the veranda or in the garden of this stately old hotel. On chilly evenings, the Planet Bar is oh-so-elegantly cosy with fireplaces and an extensive drinks menu to warm you, body and soul.
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Mount Nelson Planet Restaurant & Bar
76 Orange St
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If the weather is fine, sit on the veranda or in the garden of this stately old hotel. On chilly evenings, the Planet Bar is oh-so-elegantly cosy with fireplaces and an extensive drinks menu to warm you, body and soul.

Essentials

A 24 hour mini grocer if you should need anything in the middle of the night! Also a bit of an after-party stop as the young ones fuel up after a night out.
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Engen Oranje Service Centre
27 Annandale Street
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A 24 hour mini grocer if you should need anything in the middle of the night! Also a bit of an after-party stop as the young ones fuel up after a night out.

Parks & Nature

Huge dog-friendly park with a large children's play area. On Sundays in the summer, free concerts take place near the gazebo. Pack a picnic and join the locals!
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Parcul De Waal
Molteno Road
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Huge dog-friendly park with a large children's play area. On Sundays in the summer, free concerts take place near the gazebo. Pack a picnic and join the locals!
Wonderful green lung in the heart of the city with bird houses, fish ponds, rose gardens and a lovely restaurant with an imaginative outdoor play area and a life-size chess set
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Company's Gardens
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Wonderful green lung in the heart of the city with bird houses, fish ponds, rose gardens and a lovely restaurant with an imaginative outdoor play area and a life-size chess set
Park at the far end of the cable car road (so keep going past the cable car station until the road is blocked) to find a nice level tar road that is closed to vehicles with wonderful views of the city, the harbour, Lion's Head and Signal Hill. Easy to walk with a stroller / pram / with kids on bicycles.
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Tafelberg Road
Tafelberg Road
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Park at the far end of the cable car road (so keep going past the cable car station until the road is blocked) to find a nice level tar road that is closed to vehicles with wonderful views of the city, the harbour, Lion's Head and Signal Hill. Easy to walk with a stroller / pram / with kids on bicycles.

Arts & Culture

Wonderful natural history museum, art museum and planetarium all within a minute of each other in the Company Gardens
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Iziko South African Museum and Planetarium
25 Queen Victoria St
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Wonderful natural history museum, art museum and planetarium all within a minute of each other in the Company Gardens

Getting Around

Big bus depot with connections to all MyCity Bus Routes including the Airport, Hout Bay and Camps Bay.
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Gardens My City Bus Station
173 localnici recomandă
Big bus depot with connections to all MyCity Bus Routes including the Airport, Hout Bay and Camps Bay.