Spring is here, and it's time for long lunches and relaxed dinners among the vineyards. Restaurants across the Cape Winelands are ready to welcome foodies to sit down and enjoy their Restaurant Week specials.
Running from 26 September to 2 November, Restaurant Week South Africa is your chance to enjoy incredible menus at reduced prices at some of South Africa's most celebrated restaurants. It’s the perfect opportunity to gather with friends and family for an unforgettable dining experience, especially in the picturesque Cape Winelands!
Here are some of our favourite winelands restaurants to visit this Restaurant Week.
Cavalli Restaurant
Crowned South Africa's Most Stylish Restaurant at the Eat Out Awards, Cavalli Restaurant invites you to indulge in a two- or three-course lunch or dinner this Restaurant Week. From springbok with fynbos to fired carrot risotto, sustainable fish, and millot chocolate and citrus, each course promises a sensory journey worth savouring. Nestled beside a tranquil dam and framed by the Helderberg mountains, Cavalli celebrates sustainability, seasonality, and the art of refined dining. As the first Green Star-rated restaurant in the country, every dish tells a story of local flavour and conscious creativity.
- Where: Cavalli Estate, Somerset West
- When: Lunch and dinner from Wednesday to Friday
- Cost: Two courses: R450 | Three courses: R630
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Idiom Restaurant
Contemporary cuisine meets Cape-Italian flair at Idiom Restaurant. Idiom has created something special for Restaurant Week – an Italian Heritage Five-Course Tasting Menu Featuring five exquisite courses, the menu is a feast of flavours, bold combinations, and elegant pairings in a setting of sweeping views and warm hospitality. Dishes include roasted oyster mushrooms with bagna càuda sauce, pansoti con salsa di noci pasta, and beef short rib slow-braised in Nebbiolo wine. For dessert, there's a traditional North Italian bonèt: a crème caramel-like custard dessert with cacao and amaretti biscuit.
- Where: Idiom, Somerset West
- When: Lunch from Monday to Sunday
- Cost: R650 per person
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Kleine Zalze Restaurant
This October, Kleine Zalze Restaurant invites you to feast on their Taste.Explore.Relax menu. The menu offers you the choice between three different portion sizes: Taste – think tapas; Explore – similar to a starter or light lunch; or Relax – a traditional main course. All of these options are, of course, naturally and easily paired with a glass or bottle of Kleine Zalze wine. Some of the delectable dishes include prawns with Japanese mayo; fragrant lamb curry spring rolls; and Knorhoek wagyu plankie beef with béarnaise. Desserts include flourless dark chocolate cake, caramelised apple tart, and coconut panna cotta.
- Where: Kleine Zalze, Stellenbosch
- When: Lunch from Monday to Sunday
- Cost: R495 per person
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Manor Kitchen at Lanzerac
Known through the years for acclaimed restaurants, Lanzerac is one of Stellenbosch’s top gourmet destinations. At the Manor Kitchen, guests can indulge in classic dishes reimagined with contemporary influences, made with the very best seasonal ingredients. This month, come and experience it for yourself with the Manor Kitchen's Restaurant Week offers: the Five- or Seven-Course Food and Wine Journey, or the Culinary Three-Course Sunday Lunch. Expect dishes like modern-day caprese, ostrich tartare with shimeji mushrooms, citrus-cured seabass, and a lamb duo of loin and belly. End off on a sweet note with "textures of pear" or petit fours.
- Where: Lanzerac, Stellenbosch
- When: Dinner from Monday to Saturday | Lunch on Sunday
- Cost: 5-Course Food and Wine Journey: R850 | 7-Course Food and Wine Journey: R1 100 | 3-Course Sunday Lunch: R575
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Stellenbosch Reserve
Stellenbosch Reserve is set to delight food and wine lovers this October with a special Restaurant Week menu that celebrates seasonal produce and thoughtful wine-country hospitality. Enjoy a three-course lunch or dinner designed to showcase fresh, local flavours in an elegant yet approachable style. The menu begins with a choice between heirloom tomato with bocconcini, basil and pesto, or crispy calamari with lemon peri-peri aioli. Mains are equally enticing, offering the option of a char-grilled beef fillet with roast baby potatoes and horseradish crème fraîche or a pan-seared line fish with charred broccolini and beurre blanc. To round off the occasion, dessert is a velvety Basque cheesecake.
- Where: Stellenbosch Reserve, Stellenbosch
- When: Lunch from Tuesday to Friday | Dinner from Wednesday to Friday
- Cost: R450 per person
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Zevenwacht Restaurant
In a setting of unsurpassed tranquility, you'll find the country-style Zevenwacht Restaurant, located inside a historic Cape Dutch manor house. The restaurant offers contemporary continental cuisine prepared to perfection. Enjoy a delightful afternoon or evening at Zevenwacht Restaurant, specially curated for Restaurant Week: a delicious three-course dining experience. Start with West Coast mussels, asparagus with white bean hummus, or cauliflower arancini. Mains are pan-fried line fish, short rib pappardelle pasta, or chimichurri sirloin with chips or salad. End off with Eton Mess, bread and butter pudding, or baklava cannelloni with Turkish delight ice cream.
- Where: Zevenwacht Wine Estate, Kuils River
- When: Lunch and dinner from Monday to Saturday
- Cost: R385 per person
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