What to Eat in Cape Town

Usually when we visit a new country, I like to research what are must eats because we love to eat!

Our favorite restaurant in Cape Town was Cod Father in Camps Bay.  It’s tucked away a little behind the main road of restaurants.  On one side of the restaurant, there was a fresh fish market and on the other side was a sushi conveyor belt.  We ended up ordering something from both the fish market and conveyer belt.

If you are staying in Cape Town, Mama Africa has a great atmosphere and ok food.  The game meats were interesting.

Another restaurant that we liked in town was Lola’s cafe.  Very simple, fresh and delicious fare.

If you are in Simon’s Town posing for pictures with penguins, make sure to stop at Lighthouse Cafe.  The food was ammmmazing!  I had the seafood stew and Ross had chicken pot pie, both were incredible!

We went to check out V & A waterfront because it is very popular on other blogs as the “safest” area of Cape Town but we found it to be very touristy.  We ended up eating at a relatively new restaurant called La Parada, which we later found out is a chain with multiple other locations around Cape Town.

La Parada is a spanish tapas restaurant and obviously wasn’t as good as the tapas in Spain but it was decent.  The interiors of the restaurants were better than the food.  I did try Savanna Light which is a delicious refreshing South African cider.

At the Cellars-Hoehenord, we ate dinner at The Conservatory because The Greenhouse was sold out.  Dinner was delicious but nothing extraordinary, it was a classic 5 star hotel meal.

The cheese souffle was amazing and here’s the recipe for it.

All the breakfasts we had at our hotels were also amazing, some staple items were eggs, stewed tomatoes, and sausages.

The one thing that we LOVED and were craving after we got back was Biltong.  Biltong is the perfect mix of beef jerky and prosciutto.  We didn’t have this when we were in Cape Town but the safari we went to at Kruger had these during our sun downers and they were amazing!

Since coming back from South Africa, I’ve bought these from Amazon and it’s quite expensive!

To read more about our trip, check out our 4 perfect days in Cape Town.

What are your favorite restaurants in Cape Town?

XOXO,

Nina & Ross