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West Quay Ro. Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, iKapa, Western Cape
Hotel · Cape Town CBD - Foreshore · 18 tips and reviews
Travel + Leisure: Located on a private quay, Cape Grace is a magnet for Hollywood royalty. Rooms are done up with botanical prints, iron lamps, and whimsical chandeliers made from dangling delft saucers.
Café · Cape Town CBD - Foreshore · 44 tips and reviews
Travel + Leisure: Equal parts men’s outfitter, motorcycle shop, café, and bar, House of Machines caters to various whims (and tastes). Try one of the small-batch bourbons, then shop for a pair of house-brand jeans.
Round House Road (Kloof Road), iKapa, Western Cape
African Restaurant · 35 tips and reviews
Travel + Leisure: The draw of this onetime Dutch East India Company guardhouse? An artful six-course tasting menu (rib eye topped with onion petals; beet carpaccio served with pickled eggplant and shimeji mushrooms).
The Old Biscuit Mill, 375 Albert Road, iKapa, Western Cape
Restaurant · Woodstock · 55 tips and reviews
Travel + Leisure: At Pot Luck Club & Gallery’s older sister, ingredients are pickled and poached to intensify their essence, while dishes are presented in unexpected ways—like biltong topped with plum-cured foie gras.
Tapas Restaurant · Woodstock · 83 tips and reviews
Travel + Leisure: An airy dining room filled with contemporary art sets the backdrop for chef-owner Luke Dale-Robert's creative dishes, prepared in an open kitchen. Get the pork belly with red cabbage and apple slaw.