Guidebook for Vredehoek
Food Scene
The Sidewalk Cafe
Nice healthy food choices.
Red Sofa Café
21 Derry StGreat breakfasts!
Lazari
221 Vredehoek AveGreat lunches, breakfasts, cakes and banting friendly dishes.
Deer Park Café
2 Deerpark Dr WKiddy friendly. Next to a little park. Free internet.
The Woodlands Eatery
8 Breda StGreat food. Very popular, so reservations are essential.
Italian food popular with sports fans, because they screen big games on the TVs.
14 locals recommend
Con Brio Bistro
2 Deerpark Dr WItalian food popular with sports fans, because they screen big games on the TVs.
Very popular with hipsters with everything artisanal. Open Saturday mornings.
619 locals recommend
The Old Biscuit Mill
375 Albert RdVery popular with hipsters with everything artisanal. Open Saturday mornings.
German delicatessen and Metzgerei. Best cold meats and wurst! They also have a lunch time cafeteria which is very popular. It is in Gardens Centre.
20 locals recommend
Hartlief Deli Gardens
Mill StreetGerman delicatessen and Metzgerei. Best cold meats and wurst! They also have a lunch time cafeteria which is very popular. It is in Gardens Centre.
Great French bakery with awesome bakery goods and patisserie. In Gardens Centre.
14 locals recommend
CASSIS PARIS
Buitenkant StreetGreat French bakery with awesome bakery goods and patisserie. In Gardens Centre.
Drinks & Nightlife
Carlyles On Derry
17 Derry StGreat pizzas! Live music over weekends.
Real local pub. Not fancy, but great Portuguese dishes. Has quizz nights.
24 locals recommend
Villa Portuguese Restaurant
176 Upper Buitenkant StReal local pub. Not fancy, but great Portuguese dishes. Has quizz nights.
The Mercury Live
43 De Villiers AveLive original bands from across South Africa.
Parks & Nature
If you don't want to hike up the mountain, but still want to see the view from the top, then take the Cableway!
950 locals recommend
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
5821 Tafelberg RdIf you don't want to hike up the mountain, but still want to see the view from the top, then take the Cableway!
Platteklip Gorge
Platteklip GorgeThe most popular hike up the mountain.
Lagoon Beach
Closest beach to the flat.
Clifton 4th Beach hotel
Fourth Beach PromenadeMost popular beach with the jetset.
The easiest hike in Cape Town. It takes a person with average fitness about 45 minutes to climb up, same down. Very popular, so be prepared to wait in a queue to ascend the ladders.
115 locals recommend
The Fireman's Arms
Mechau StreetThe easiest hike in Cape Town. It takes a person with average fitness about 45 minutes to climb up, same down. Very popular, so be prepared to wait in a queue to ascend the ladders.
Shopping
Everything under one roof: banks, money exchanges, grocery stores, boutiques, cafes, German delicatessen, beauty salon, dentists, outdoor store, pharmacy, etc.
205 locals recommend
Gardens Shopping Centre
Buitenkant StreetEverything under one roof: banks, money exchanges, grocery stores, boutiques, cafes, German delicatessen, beauty salon, dentists, outdoor store, pharmacy, etc.
Arts & Culture
Best kept secret museum in Cape Town. A manor house with gardens from the Dutch colonial era.
7 locals recommend
Iziko Rust en Vreugd
78 Buitenkant StBest kept secret museum in Cape Town. A manor house with gardens from the Dutch colonial era.
District Six Museum
25A Buitenkant StAbout the forced removals in District 6
Sightseeing
A must see, restaurants, boat rides, shops, banks, views of Table Mountain, Aquarium, bars etc.
1951 locals recommend
V&A Waterfront
19 Dock RdA must see, restaurants, boat rides, shops, banks, views of Table Mountain, Aquarium, bars etc.
Neighborhoods
Vredehoek is one of the more neighbourly parts of the City Bowl of Cape Town. It has good bars and restaurants centred around Derry Street.
12 locals recommend
Vredehoek
Vredehoek is one of the more neighbourly parts of the City Bowl of Cape Town. It has good bars and restaurants centred around Derry Street.