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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