Guidebook for Johannesburg

Melanie
Guidebook for Johannesburg

Food Scene

You can walk there, the barista's are so nice and the coffee is roasted on-site and delicious! Only open on weekdays.
Craft Coffee
50 Gwigwi Mrwebi St
You can walk there, the barista's are so nice and the coffee is roasted on-site and delicious! Only open on weekdays.
Also close by. Really good for meat-lovers and dinner before heading to a show at the Market Theatre.
10 locals recommend
The Potato Shed
Polofields Drive
10 locals recommend
Also close by. Really good for meat-lovers and dinner before heading to a show at the Market Theatre.
One of the best, coolest high-end restaurants in Johannesburg right now. Booking essential.
20 locals recommend
Urbanologi
1 Fox St
20 locals recommend
One of the best, coolest high-end restaurants in Johannesburg right now. Booking essential.
Delicious and good value traditional North-Indian food. The mango lassi, the cauliflower bhajia and the burfi ice cream are especially good.
Bismillah Restaurant
78 CNR STREET
Delicious and good value traditional North-Indian food. The mango lassi, the cauliflower bhajia and the burfi ice cream are especially good.
This is the first, and one of the best markets to go on a Saturday morning, enjoy some delicious food, see some live music and do some people-watching.
161 locals recommend
Neighbourgoods Market
73 Juta St
161 locals recommend
This is the first, and one of the best markets to go on a Saturday morning, enjoy some delicious food, see some live music and do some people-watching.

Drinks & Nightlife

This place is for the latest hip-hop and big events.
Carfax
39 Gwigwi Mrwebi St
This place is for the latest hip-hop and big events.
This is the best jazz club in town with a good bar, a decent dinner menu and absolutely stunning jazz performances most nights.
57 locals recommend
THE ORBIT
81 De Korte St
57 locals recommend
This is the best jazz club in town with a good bar, a decent dinner menu and absolutely stunning jazz performances most nights.
Great Jazz, depending on the night. Food not so good, so probably eat somewhere else beforehand...
Niki's Oasis Restaurant & Jazz Bar
138 Lilian Ngoyi St
Great Jazz, depending on the night. Food not so good, so probably eat somewhere else beforehand...

Arts & Culture

This is a historic theatre which housed all of the resistance plays during apartheid. Now, it showcases the best local theatre productions in SA.
59 locals recommend
The Market Theatre
56 Margaret Mcingana St
59 locals recommend
This is a historic theatre which housed all of the resistance plays during apartheid. Now, it showcases the best local theatre productions in SA.

Shopping

Inside the mall, next to the Potato Sheds is a brilliant collective of local designers in pop up shops with the latest in jewellery and fashion. Highly recommended for bespoke South African design.
15 locals recommend
Cell Care centre Newtown Junction
15 locals recommend
Inside the mall, next to the Potato Sheds is a brilliant collective of local designers in pop up shops with the latest in jewellery and fashion. Highly recommended for bespoke South African design.