Guidebook for Woodstock, Cape Town

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Guidebook for Woodstock, Cape Town

Shopping

Good for a Saturday morning - food stalls, design stalls etc.
619 locals recommend
The Old Biscuit Mill
375 Albert Rd
619 locals recommend
Good for a Saturday morning - food stalls, design stalls etc.
(used to be called the Industrial Center). You'll find day-time (except Sundays) food places here like Superette, Ocean Jewels, and Sushi Box. Rosetta Coffee roastery. At night The Golden Bar.
6 locals recommend
Woodstock Industrial Center
6 locals recommend
(used to be called the Industrial Center). You'll find day-time (except Sundays) food places here like Superette, Ocean Jewels, and Sushi Box. Rosetta Coffee roastery. At night The Golden Bar.
Really big cycle shop - get yourself a local restored bike to get around this city. Nils will probably rent you a bike as well. They also serve espressos and cupcakes. Good place to hang out.
Woodstock Cycleworks
14 Searle St
Really big cycle shop - get yourself a local restored bike to get around this city. Nils will probably rent you a bike as well. They also serve espressos and cupcakes. Good place to hang out.
Indoor and outdoor luxury imported furniture, feature lighting and hand made carpets.
Créma Design
317 Albert Rd
Indoor and outdoor luxury imported furniture, feature lighting and hand made carpets.

Food Scene

Book now! One of the best restaurants in the word. Literally.
259 locals recommend
The Test Kitchen
375 Albert Rd
259 locals recommend
Book now! One of the best restaurants in the word. Literally.
Book now. Same owner/chef as The Test Kitchen. Great views from up there. Top quality tapas.
312 locals recommend
The Pot Luck Club
373-375 Albert Rd
312 locals recommend
Book now. Same owner/chef as The Test Kitchen. Great views from up there. Top quality tapas.
Good sea food restaurant at the top of Woodstock.
51 locals recommend
Pesce Azzurro Seafood Italian Bistro
51 locals recommend
Good sea food restaurant at the top of Woodstock.
Excellent coffee. A-grade beans. Rosetta and Espresso Lab are the best in Cape Town. If you like your coffee complex with berry notes etc ... Come here. They also stock Jason's croissants (the best).
18 locals recommend
Rosetta Roastery
101 Bree Street
18 locals recommend
Excellent coffee. A-grade beans. Rosetta and Espresso Lab are the best in Cape Town. If you like your coffee complex with berry notes etc ... Come here. They also stock Jason's croissants (the best).
Excellent coffee. A-grade beans. Rosetta and Espresso Lab are the best in Cape Town. If you like your coffee complex with berry notes etc ... Come here!
11 locals recommend
Espresso Lab Microroasters
375 Albert Rd
11 locals recommend
Excellent coffee. A-grade beans. Rosetta and Espresso Lab are the best in Cape Town. If you like your coffee complex with berry notes etc ... Come here!
(The Tap Room). Great craft beer - if you like your hops. Good bar food.
97 locals recommend
Devils Peak Salt River Taproom
150 Cecil Rd
97 locals recommend
(The Tap Room). Great craft beer - if you like your hops. Good bar food.
Day time. Great selection of salads - with or without meat. Eat there or take away. They also do breakfast.
56 locals recommend
The Kitchen
111 Sir Lowry Rd
56 locals recommend
Day time. Great selection of salads - with or without meat. Eat there or take away. They also do breakfast.
Some last minute groceries. Also sell craft beers. And make a decent breakfast.
51 locals recommend
Salisburys
79 Roodebloem Rd
51 locals recommend
Some last minute groceries. Also sell craft beers. And make a decent breakfast.
Day-time. Also sell fresh fish.
8 locals recommend
Ocean Jewels Fresh Fish
66 Albert Rd
8 locals recommend
Day-time. Also sell fresh fish.
Hmm ... Ice cream.
Sorbetiere Woodstock
48 Albert Rd
Hmm ... Ice cream.
Mon-Fri 9am-3pm. Dinner on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
6 locals recommend
The Dining Room
117 Sir Lowry Rd
6 locals recommend
Mon-Fri 9am-3pm. Dinner on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Very delicious ice cream and waffles and coffee. Open till late.
7 locals recommend
The Creamery HQ, Salt River
97 Durham Ave
7 locals recommend
Very delicious ice cream and waffles and coffee. Open till late.
Free WiFi and coffee and sandwich bar. They also serve eggs.
42 locals recommend
Field Office
34 Salisbury St
42 locals recommend
Free WiFi and coffee and sandwich bar. They also serve eggs.
Great sourdough pizza and pasta made with imported flour and tomatoes - fired up in a very hot Italian fire stove. They also serve really great wine. Safe parking inside.
31 locals recommend
Burrata Restaurant
375 Albert Rd
31 locals recommend
Great sourdough pizza and pasta made with imported flour and tomatoes - fired up in a very hot Italian fire stove. They also serve really great wine. Safe parking inside.
Franchised texmex food.
35 locals recommend
The Fat Cactus Woodstock
160 Albert Rd
35 locals recommend
Franchised texmex food.

Arts & Culture

Top gallery in South Africa.
68 locals recommend
Stevenson Gallery
68 locals recommend
Top gallery in South Africa.
Interesting art gallery. The top room has a number of art works for sale.
16 locals recommend
WHATIFTHEWORLD
16 Buiten St
16 locals recommend
Interesting art gallery. The top room has a number of art works for sale.
Great new space for this gallery.
19 locals recommend
SMAC Gallery | Cape Town
25 Sir Lowry Rd
19 locals recommend
Great new space for this gallery.
Cape Town branch of the very successful Johannesburg art gallery.
40 locals recommend
Goodman Gallery
37A Somerset Road
40 locals recommend
Cape Town branch of the very successful Johannesburg art gallery.
This art gallery represents a younger generation of artists from South Africa and surrounding areas, with a vested interest in developing contemporary African art.
10 locals recommend
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10 Lewin St
10 locals recommend
This art gallery represents a younger generation of artists from South Africa and surrounding areas, with a vested interest in developing contemporary African art.

Essentials

Last minute milk or bread or eggs or cigarettes.
25 locals recommend
Parker's Store
Salisbury Street
25 locals recommend
Last minute milk or bread or eggs or cigarettes.
Groceries. A spar. You get nicer groceries though at any Woolworths - closest might be in Rondebosch opposite the Children's Hospital, or in the Garden Center, or at The Waterfront.
17 locals recommend
Boulevard KwikSpar
1 Searle St
17 locals recommend
Groceries. A spar. You get nicer groceries though at any Woolworths - closest might be in Rondebosch opposite the Children's Hospital, or in the Garden Center, or at The Waterfront.
Boxing Gym - they have fitness classes if you want to keep on staying in shape.
THE ARMOURY BOXING CLUB
160 Sir Lowry Rd
Boxing Gym - they have fitness classes if you want to keep on staying in shape.
Drop off your washing and pick up next day (or the next)
7 locals recommend
Green Laundry
115 Roodebloem Rd
7 locals recommend
Drop off your washing and pick up next day (or the next)

Entertainment & Activities

Need to do laps in an Olympic sized swimming pool with views onto Table Mountain? Come here. It's old. A little run down maybe. Lots of kids in the afternoon. Super cheap. Super local.
8 locals recommend
Trafalgar Swimming Pool
Searle Street
8 locals recommend
Need to do laps in an Olympic sized swimming pool with views onto Table Mountain? Come here. It's old. A little run down maybe. Lots of kids in the afternoon. Super cheap. Super local.

Everything Else

Multifunctional art foundry bridging the gap between art and design.
Bronze Age Studio
2 Plein St
Multifunctional art foundry bridging the gap between art and design.
It’s a communal warehouse offering motorcycle workshop to members who live in the city and don’t have space to wrench on their bikes.
7 Barron St, Woodstock
It’s a communal warehouse offering motorcycle workshop to members who live in the city and don’t have space to wrench on their bikes.
Cameron makes beautiful furniture according to the Cradle to Cradle design philosophy. This is his workshop.
Cameron Barnes Furniture
15 Carlisle St
Cameron makes beautiful furniture according to the Cradle to Cradle design philosophy. This is his workshop.