South African Restaurants To Eat At

No prizes for guessing that Bacon On Bree (Cape Town) is all about local, top quality, pasture-reared bacon. The shelves are packed with take-home items like crackling, bourbon bacon candy, homemade ketchup and taco sauce and, of course, every kind of bacon under the sun.

The Mr Big Stuff (Johannesburg) menu includes quick-to-make, simple and delicious dishes, including home-style burgers and fries, fried chicken, mac ’n cheese, sweet and savoury waffles, and pancakes.

The food at Old Town Italy is humble Italian fare; the charcuterie and baked goods are hard to resist - such as these vanilla-custard cronuts.

Hand made gnocchi on roasted aubergine & pear puree with black truffle cream at Hemelhuijs Restaurant, Cape Town

The cuisine on offer at Makaron at Majeka House, Stellenbosch

Enjoy pizza at The Millhouse Kitchen in Somerset West, South Africa.

The pizzas at Engruna Eatery are rectangular and crisp, topped with unexpected, tasty combinations.

A pizza topped with pepper, mushrroms and olives at Al Firenze in Durban, South Africa

Wood-fired pizza at Bocca on Bree Street, Cape Town

A wood-fired pizza from Burrata at the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, South Africa

Afternoon tea or high tea, second breakfast or elevenses: whatever you call it and whatever time you take it, these are a few of our favourite places in South Africa to order a high tea.

My Sugar (Sea Point, Cape Town) has a new treat to try: behold the cake jar.

The People's Republic of Noodles (PRON) in Linden, Johannesburg is the place for hand-made, high-quality Chinese noodle dishes in a contemporary but relaxed atmosphere.

The interior at The Steamworks Gastropub in Lonehill, Johannesburg. Recommended dishes include tandoori chicken; deboned leg of lamb and homemade mint sauce; and aged minute steak with tomato jam, wild rocket and cambozola cheese.

A beautiful dish at DW Eleven-13 in Johannesburg.

5 great places to pair craft beer and pub grub - including this food and pairing board at The Taproom at Devil's Peak Brewing Company. Photo courtesy of restaurant.