The Places · South Africa
Cape Town
Made By profiles 28 places in Cape Town, spanning winery, distillery, bar — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Winery
Klein Constantia
Cape Town, South Africa
Klein Constantia sits at the historic heart of Cape Town's Constantia Valley, carrying a winemaking lineage that reaches back centuries. Holder of the Pearl 4 Star Prestige award (2025), the estate is most closely associated with Vin de Constance, the sweet wine that Napoleon Bonaparte reportedly requested on his deathbed. The Constantia hills, framed by Table Mountain and distant ocean views, provide the geographical and cultural context that makes this address distinct among South African wine destinations.
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02.Hotel
The Silo Hotel
Cape Town, South Africa
Occupying the grain elevator section of a converted silo complex above the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa on the V&A Waterfront, The Silo Hotel is a 28-suite property designed by Heatherwick Studio. Its bubble-faceted glass exterior and La Liste Top Hotels recognition (95 points, 2026) position it among Cape Town's most architecturally distinguished addresses. Room rates include breakfast and a bottle of sparkling wine on arrival.
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03.Modern Japanese-South African Fusion
Fyn
Cape Town, South Africa
Fyn Cape Town pioneers a revolutionary cuisine that weaves South African fynbos ingredients through Japanese kaiseki techniques, earning five consecutive years on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list. Chef Peter Tempelhoff's twelve-course tasting menu unfolds on the fifth floor overlooking Table Mountain, where dishes like Mozambican crab with indigenous seaweed and tableside-finished prawns over binchotan coals represent Africa's most internationally acclaimed restaurant.
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04.Contemporary French-Asian Fine Dining
La Colombe
Cape Town, South Africa
La Colombe Cape Town elevates fine dining to theatrical art within its treehouse-like setting atop Silvermist Wine Estate, where Chef James Gaag's French-Asian fusion cuisine has earned recognition as Africa's Best Restaurant and 49th on The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
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05.Winery
Constantia Glen
Cape Town, South Africa
Constantia Glen sits on Constantia Main Road within Cape Town's oldest wine-producing valley, holding a Pearl 3 Star Prestige award for 2025. The estate operates within a corridor of historic vineyards where cool southerly winds off False Bay shape the growing season, making it a reference point for the valley's Bordeaux-influenced style. Visitors approaching through the valley's oak-lined roads arrive at a property that takes its terroir seriously.
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06.Winery
Groot Constantia
Cape Town, South Africa
South Africa's oldest working wine estate, Groot Constantia has been producing wine in Cape Town's Constantia Valley since 1685. Holder of a Pearl 3 Star Prestige award (2025), the estate sits within a Cape Dutch manor complex that doubles as a living museum of South African viticulture. It belongs to a comparable set of Constantia producers, including Buitenverwachting and Constantia Glen, that collectively define one of the Cape's most historically rooted wine corridors.
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07.Modern Global Fusion with Asian Influences
Chefs Warehouse Beau Constantia
Cape Town, South Africa
Perched at the top of Constantia Neck on Beau Constantia wine farm, this outpost of the Chefs Warehouse group brings Liam Tomlin's produce-led South African cooking to one of Cape Town's most dramatic hillside settings. La Liste has scored it at 93 to 93.5 points across two consecutive years, placing it firmly in the upper tier of the Cape's fine-dining circuit. The valley views alone justify the drive; the food makes the case for returning.
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08.Contemporary French Fine Dining
PIER
Cape Town, South Africa
PIER sits at the V&A Waterfront's Pierhead Building, where floor-to-ceiling harbour views frame a seafood-forward menu rooted in South African produce. Part of the La Colombe group, the restaurant earned 80.5 points in La Liste's 2025 rankings and holds a 4.8 Google rating across more than 570 reviews. The combination of working harbour backdrop and serious kitchen credentials makes it one of Cape Town's more considered waterfront dining choices.
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09.Winery
Durbanville Hills
Cape Town, South Africa
Durbanville Hills sits in the Tygerberg Valley, one of Cape Town's most productive wine corridors, where Atlantic-cooled air shapes a style of winemaking distinct from the Constantia and Stellenbosch valleys. Awarded Pearl 2 Star Prestige in 2025, the estate represents the northern arc of Cape Town's wine geography and offers a grounded counterpoint to the more tourist-saturated routes closer to the city.
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10.Winery
Cape Point Vineyards
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Point Vineyards sits at the southern edge of Cape Town's wine corridor in Noordhoek, where the Atlantic influence shapes growing conditions distinct from the Constantia Valley properties to the north. Carrying a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025, it occupies a specific tier among the Cape Peninsula's estate wineries, one defined as much by its coastal geography as by what ends up in the glass.
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11.Winery
Diemersdal Wine Estate
Cape Town, South Africa
Diemersdal Wine Estate sits in the Durbanville Hills north of Cape Town, a region whose cool Atlantic-influenced climate produces some of the Western Cape's most precise Sauvignon Blancs. The estate holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025, placing it among the upper tier of Cape wine producers. It is a reference point for understanding what Durbanville does differently from Stellenbosch or Constantia.
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12.Winery
Steenberg Vineyards
Cape Town, South Africa
Steenberg Vineyards sits on one of the Cape Peninsula's oldest wine estates, earning a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The property occupies the Constantia Valley floor at the foot of the Steenberg Mountains, where cool maritime air and decomposed granite soils shape a distinctive expression of the region. It belongs to a small tier of Cape estates where serious viticulture and considered hospitality occupy the same address.
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13.Winery
Buitenverwachting
Cape Town, South Africa
Buitenverwachting sits on Klein Constantia Road in Cape Town's historic Constantia Valley, earning a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025. One of the Cape Winelands' older estates, it occupies a site where wine has been made for centuries, placing it in the upper tier of Constantia producers alongside peers such as Constantia Glen and Groot Constantia.
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14.Winery
Beau Constantia
Cape Town, South Africa
Perched on the Constantia ridge above Cape Town, Beau Constantia holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating (2025) and sits within one of South Africa's oldest wine-producing valleys. The property positions itself in the restrained, terroir-led tier of Constantia producers, where cool Atlantic air and decomposed granite soils define the character of the wines as clearly as any winemaking decision.
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15.Winery
Meerendal Wine Estate
Cape Town, South Africa
Meerendal Wine Estate sits in the Durbanville Hills north of Cape Town, earning a Pearl 2 Star Prestige award in 2025. The estate operates within one of the Western Cape's cooler-climate wine corridors, where Atlantic breezes from the west shape the character of the fruit. For visitors making a day out of Cape Town's wine country, Meerendal offers a grounded alternative to the busier Stellenbosch and Constantia circuits.
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16.Winery
De Grendel Wine Estate
Cape Town, South Africa
De Grendel Wine Estate occupies the Plattekloof Road corridor north of Cape Town's city bowl, a position that sets it apart from the Constantia and Stellenbosch clusters that dominate most premium Cape wine itineraries. Awarded Pearl 2 Star Prestige in 2025, the estate combines a working winery with an estate restaurant, drawing visitors who want proximity to the city without sacrificing serious wine credentials.
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17.Winery
Nitida Wine Farm
Cape Town, South Africa
Nitida Wine Farm sits in the Tygerberg Valley, one of Cape Town's quieter wine corridors, and carries a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025. The farm operates within a regional tradition that places serious winemaking north of the more-trafficked Constantia route, offering a different register of Cape wine country for those willing to seek it out.
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18.Modern Global Fusion Small Plates
The Pot Luck Club
Cape Town, South Africa
The Pot Luck Club occupies the upper floor of The Silo at the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, placing it at the intersection of Cape Town's creative dining scene and its small-plate format. Holding 77 points on La Liste's 2026 ranking and 4.6 from over 2,000 Google reviews, the restaurant draws a crowd that books ahead and stays late. The format rewards those who eat slowly and order widely.
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19.Modern South African Fine Dining
Salsify at the Roundhouse
Cape Town, South Africa
Salsify at the Roundhouse occupies a historic building in Camps Bay, where chef Ryan Cole's contemporary South African cooking draws on local produce with a clear vegetable-forward instinct. The setting frames the food: a nineteenth-century structure that gives the kitchen's precise, minimalist plates something substantial to work against. Google reviewers rate it 4.5 across more than 500 submissions.
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20.Bar
Cause Effect Cocktail Kitchen
Cape Town, South Africa
Ranked among the Top 500 Bars globally in 2025, Cause Effect Cocktail Kitchen occupies the Rocket Shed at the V&A Waterfront, positioning it among Cape Town's most credentialed drinking destinations. The bar operates at the technical end of the city's cocktail spectrum, where craft-led programming and an industrial-heritage setting place it well above the tourist-facing venues that dominate the Waterfront strip.
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21.Distillery
Pienaar & Son Distilling Co.
Cape Town, South Africa
Pienaar & Son Distilling Co. operates from the Cruise Terminal at Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, holding a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025. Among South Africa's newer generation of craft distillers, it sits in a tier defined by formal award recognition rather than volume or tourist-facing novelty. The location places it at the commercial and maritime heart of Cape Town's waterfront precinct.
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22.Distillery
Cape of Storms Distilling Co.
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape of Storms Distilling Co. operates out of Salt River, one of Cape Town's most industrially gritty and creatively active neighbourhoods, producing spirits that earned a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The distillery sits at the sharper, more technical end of the Cape's craft spirits scene, distinct from the wine-country tasting rooms that dominate regional producer visits.
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23.Distillery
New Harbour Distillery
Cape Town, South Africa
New Harbour Distillery operates out of the African Spirit Lab in Atlas Gardens, Cape Town, earning a Pearl 2 Star Prestige award in 2025. Sitting within the Western Cape's expanding craft spirits scene, it represents a deliberately industrial approach to distilling, positioned at a remove from the vine-heavy estates that dominate regional beverage tourism.
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24.Distillery
Ibhu Indlovu Gin Distillery
Cape Town, South Africa
Ibhu Indlovu Gin Distillery operates from Pearl Valley Estate in Paarl, earning a Pearl 2 Star Prestige award in 2025. Positioned within the Cape Winelands' growing craft spirits corridor, the distillery draws visitors exploring the region beyond its established wine houses. It represents the newer generation of South African gin production built around estate terroir and botanical specificity.
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25.Distillery
Woodstock Gin Company
Cape Town, South Africa
On Albert Road in Woodstock, one of Cape Town's most industrially-rooted suburbs, the Woodstock Gin Company holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige award (2025) among a city increasingly serious about craft spirits. The distillery draws a returning clientele who come for gin-focused tastings and a setting that reflects the neighbourhood's shift from working-class manufacturing to creative production.
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26.Distillery
Hope Distillery (Hope on Hopkins)
Cape Town, South Africa
Hope Distillery, operating out of a converted Salt River warehouse on Hopkins Street, holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating (2025) and sits at the more serious end of Cape Town's craft spirits scene. The industrial neighbourhood context is part of the experience: this is distilling as working practice rather than tourism theatre, with genuine production visible from the tasting floor.
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27.Distillery
Deep South Distillery
Cape Town, South Africa
Deep South Distillery operates from Kommetjie on Cape Town's far southern peninsula, earning a Pearl 2 Star Prestige award in 2025. Positioned well outside the Constantia wine corridor, it represents a different strand of the Cape's craft spirits scene, one built around geography as much as craft. The distillery at Heron Park is worth the drive for anyone tracing the peninsula's full artisan arc.
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28.Distillery
Hout Bay Harbour Distillery
Cape Town, South Africa
Positioned at the working harbour in Hout Bay, Hout Bay Harbour Distillery holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating (2025), placing it among the Western Cape's recognised craft spirits producers. The distillery sits within a category that has grown sharply across South Africa's coastal corridors, where gin and small-batch spirits have found a natural home alongside established wine country traditions.
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