Chef Roberto Carvalho presents two menus. "Indigenous" with the focus on exotic local ingredients like fynbos, and the "International" option of more familiar dishes. If weather permits, sit outside on the deck with fantastic views over the Atlantic Ocean, and order from the "Indigenous" menu: snoek cottage pie or mango wrapped springbok loin. A good selection of Cape wines to choose from.

The old foundry has been converted into a spacious restaurant, bar and café. The menu offers classy, unpretentious New World cuisine with more focus on flavour than looks. Make your own selection of that perfect wine to accompany your meal in the extensive "Beluga Wine Attic"!

This bistro-style restaurant is housed in a many-roomed, multi-mood historical building that was formerly the Netherlands Club of Cape Town. A cobbled courtyard links the action of the bar and dining rooms. Gerard Reidy's global menu has a spin on East-meets-West items. The menu themed with prices for 2 to 4 courses. An extensive wine list.

Overlooking the beach in Camps Bay, boasting mix and match décor suggesting "Belle Epoque meets old Havana". Comfort food items grace the menu, featuring crayfish pasta, calamari, mussel frites and tender steak with béarnaise sauce. Vibey atmosphere, trendy diners, small, but good wine list.

Here's another red hot release on the Cape Town restaurant scene. It is adjacent to the V&A Waterfront and flows out onto its very own bespoke beach where sun-seekers can laze on Indian day beds, ordering from the outside beach bar, or cool off in two round sea water pools. Diners are treated to a chic, bistro-styled menu for both lunch and dinner, serving up old and new classics or gourmet thin-crust from the feature pizza oven. The wine list, meanwhile, includes local sparkling wine & French champagne at most attractive prices.

Mike Bassett, the brain-child of Cape Town's phenomenally successful Ginja restaurant, is the force behind this highly acclaimed new restaurant in the southern suburbs. Myoga - meaning ginger blossom in Japanese will offer a similar menu concept as Ginja focusing on contemporary global fusion cuisine. Conde Nast, which included Myoga in their prestigious Traveller Hot List for 2008, praised Myoga's diverse menu thus - "The playful décor has eye-popping orange sofas, metallic-grey walls, and black chandeliers dripping with crystals - the service is informed and helpful, and the impressively varied wine list has both local cult labels and award-winning estates".

The bar and restaurant features floor-to-ceiling windows making the best of the spectacular views over the Atlantic Ocean. Peter Goffe-Wood's culinary skills combine with a broad wine list (including many by-the-glass options) for a sublime dining experience.

This is the sexy sister to the well known Beluga in Green Point. The restaurant offers superb outdoor seating right on the quayside, as well as a warm wood-paneled interior- featuring their extensive selection of wines. They offer and extensive, beautifully presented seafood menu, a fantastic sushi selection as well as non seafood items, including their 45 day aged beef! This hip restaurant has been very well received by the "in" crowd in Cape Town and carries our recommendation for food, setting and service.

Vanilla is Cape Town's own piece of Manhattan. It's show business style dining as its finest and most glamorous, with evocative global cuisine to match. Born from an ancient vanilla orchid love story, Vanilla Restaurant and Cocktail Bar is the newest, chicest place to meet. It marries fine dining, exceptional wines and cocktails with cutting edge décor in solid glass. And while soft jazz plays, guests can enjoy star-studded nights both indoors and out. Delicate vanilla essence permeates the cuisine and many cocktails on offer, reminding guests that fine food and drink is pure love.