THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT… The Top 3 places to eat at on South African wine farms are Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia, La Colombe at Silvermist in Constantia and La Petite Colombe at Leeu Estates in Franschhoek, i.e. included among both the 3-Star Restaurants honoured at the Eat Out Awards of New Media/Media 24 and those deemed worthy of a ‘Three Plates' rating in the 2024 Gourmet Guide, a Jenny Handley publication. Eat Out and the Gourmet Guide are also in agreement regarding a couple of restaurants in the urban sprawls that they both rate as top-class: FYN (Cape Town CBD) and Salsify at The Roundhouse (Camps Bay, Cape Town).
See below for all of the most highly rated places to eat at in the Cape winelands, i.e. among the vines or alongside the cellars. For the names and locations of all the top restaurants throughout the country including the towns and cities, resorts and reserves, check out the listings on the Eat Out site and in the Gourmet Guide.
BOT RIVER FARMS
Farro at Gabriëlskloof: EO1
CONSTANTIA FARMS
Beyond at Buitenverwachting: EO2, GG2
Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia: EO3, GG3
La Colombe at Silvermist: EO3, GG3
ELGIN FARMS
Melting Pot at Oak Valley: EO1
FRANSCHHOEK FARMS
Arkeste by Richard Carstens at Chamonix: EO3, GG1
Chefs Warehouse at Maison: EO1, GG2
La Petite Colombe at Leeu Estates: EO3, GG3
Orangerie at Le Lude: EO1
HEMEL-EN-AARDE FARMS
Creation, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge: EO1, GG1
PAARL FARMS
Faber at Avondale: EO1, GG1
SOMERSET WEST FARMS
Chorus at Waterkloof, Sir Lowry's Pass: EO1, GG1
STELLENBOSCH FARMS
Cavalli, Helderberg: EO1, GG1
Clara's Barn at Vergenoegd Löw, Faure/Croydon: GG1
Delaire Graff, Banghoek: GG1
Gåte at Quoin Rock, Simonsberg: GG2
Jordan Restaurant with Marthinus Ferreira, Stellenbosch Kloof: EO2
Rust en Vrede, Helderberg: EO2, GG2
Rykaart's at Longridge, Helderberg: EO1
The Table at De Meye, Muldersvlei: EO1
Tokara, Simonsberg / Helshoogte: GG1
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