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SOMERSET WEST: La Vigna RR It is popular for Sunday lunches,
International Road Map B5 and the pizzas are highly DK Choice
The Lord Charles Hotel, cnr Main Rd recommended. The view of Table HERMANUS:
(M9) and Broadway Blvd (R44), 7130 Mountain is a big attraction. Bientang’s Cave RR
Tel 021 855 1040 Seafood Road Map B5
The stylish restaurant in this hotel BLOUBERG: On the Rocks RRR Marine Drive, 7200
has a modern interior, a garden International Road Map B5 Tel 028 312 3454
terrace and an adjacent wine 45 Stadler Rd, Bloubergstrand, 7441 This award-winning restaurant
cellar. There is a varied menu to Tel 021 554 1988 is carved into the depths of a
choose from and traditional tea is Located right at the water’s edge, cave that extends over the
served in the afternoon. this upmarket establishment rocks to the water’s edge.
offers great seafood, but also Seafood dominates the menu –
STELLENBOSCH: The Bistro at has some good meat and the signature dish is Bientang’s
Blaauwklippen R vegetarian options. Try the Bouillabaisse Soup.
Bistro Road Map B5 game fish or the delicious “death
Blaauwklippen Vineyards, 7599 by chocolate” dessert.
Tel 021 880 8221 HERMANUS: Seafood at The
This wine estate provides the CLANWILLIAM: Reinhold’s Marine RRR
setting for elegant yet informal Restaurant RR Seafood Road Map B5
dining, with outdoor tables under Steakhouse Road Map B4 Marine Drive, 7200
the canopies of ancient trees. Main St, 8135 Tel 028 313 1000
Recommended is the home-made Tel 027 4822163 Closed Sun The seafood is fresh from the
charcuterie, which gives a modern The menu revolves around ocean and the menu blends local
twist to traditional specialities. the grill at this old-school produce with European and Asian
steakhouse. Apart from a few influences. The must-try dish is
STELLENBOSCH: Oude Werf token pasta and poultry options, the Rich Man’s fish and chips.
Restaurant RR expect hefty steaks and racks of
International Road Map B5 juicy lamb chops. L’AGULHAS: Agulhas Country
Oude Werf Hotel, 30 Church St, 7600 Lodge RR
Tel 021 887 4608 DARLING: Evita se Perron RRR South African Road Map B5
Cape classics with a contemporary International Road Map B5 Main Rd, 7287
gourmet twist from chef Albert Old Darling Railway Station, Tel 028 435 7650
van der Loo are offered at this 8 Arcadia St, 7345 Country-style gourmet dishes vary
“modern-meets-vintage” bistro. Tel 022 492 2851 Closed Mon daily and focus on traditional
For dinner there is an à la carte or The food is good, but this is South African cuisine with a
three-course set menu served al- more about the show than the modern twist. Organic venison
fresco or inside around a fireplace. dinner. Evita Bezuidenhout, and seafood feature regularly.
alter ego of satirist Pieter-Dirk
STELLENBOSCH: Wijnhuis RR Uys, is a national treasure.
DK ChoiceK Choice
Wine bar Road Map B5 Expect a hilarious stand-up D
Cnr Church St and Andringa St, 7600 routine that ruthlessly satirizes L LAMBERT’S BAY: AMBERT’S BAY:
Muisbosskerm
Tel 021 887 5844 the Rainbow Nation. Muisbosskerm R R
Seafood
Road
While this bar and grill is mainly Seafood Road Map A4Map A4
about the wines (there are more HERMANUS: Savannah Café R 47 Church St, 8130
47 Church St, 8130
than 300 on offer), it offers light International B5 Tel 027 4321017el 027 4321017
T
Meals are eaten right on the
meals too, such as carpaccio, 25 High St, 7200 Meals are eaten right on the
beach and stretch over 3 or 4
game, tapas, cheese platters and Tel 028 312 4259 beach and stretch over 3 or 4
great pasta. The ambience is casual here, hours – an endless open-air
hours – an endless open-air
with a choice of indoor or buffet of seafood indulgence,
buffet of seafood indulgence,
with baked, smoked and grilled
STELLENBOSCH: Terroir RRR alfresco space in the French-style with baked, smoked and grilled
Mediterranean Road Map B5 courtyard. The menu offers fresh fish, crayfish and a variety of
fish, crayfish and a variety of
Kleine Zalze, Strand Rd (R44), 7600 and healthy options. Cakes, potjiekos (stews) on offer. It is
potjiekos (stews) on offer. It is
essential to book.
Tel 021 880 8167 bread and pastries are baked essential to book.
The chalkboard menu at Terroir on the premises.
lists simple dishes influenced by
what is in season. Where possible,
local ingredients are used. It over-
looks a lake and there is outside
seating under shady oak trees.
West Coast and
Southern Cape
BLOUBERG: Blue Peter
Lighthouse Restaurant RR
International Road Map B5
8 Popham Rd, Bloubergstrand, 7441
Tel 021 554 1956
There is fine dining on the upper
level and a casual bistro on the
lower deck of this establishment. Seafood at The Marine, perched above the sea in Hermanus’s prestigious Marine hotel
For more information on types of restaurants see pp392–3