When the beachfront in Camps Bay gets a little too hectic and too pretentious, dial it back a notch and head for Dizzy's, where the restaurant serves...

This popular bar - with a sweeping picture-postcard view of the ocean and Table Mountain in the distance - has been going for nearly two decades, with...

This Irish-style pub is one of the most popular, busy and crowded places in Long Street, every night of the week. It's loud and raucous and you're likely to...

Make this a pit stop on your circuit of the Peninsula as you meander to or from Cape Point over Chapman's Peak. Right on Hout Bay beach and operating first...

One of the oldest pubs in Cape Town, the Fireman's Arms has held out against all the development going on around it and remains defiantly nestled between...

Affectionately known as Forries, this place is a legend in its own happy hour, for everything from student drinking, sports-watching and post-match drinks...

As the name suggests, a friendly place to hang out after a hard day on the beach, shopping or sightseeing. Knock back a cocktail or an icy beer in the...

The upstairs lounge bar - the Salsa Lounge - is ideal for a chilled cocktail or refreshing beer after a hot day. Sexy sounds drift from the sound system or...

The hotel bar is quaint and the central courtyard is breathtakingly beautiful in a New Orleans kind of way, with central fountain and lush foliage. The...

A small, cosy place tucked away in a converted house in the suburbs that attracts a loyal crowd of regulars who come back time and again for the relaxed,...

It's loud and noisy, with hip hop blaring, and remains one of the stalwart favourites of Long Street, filling to overflowing later in the night and wee...

This is one of Cape Town's best-kept secrets. If you find it, you deserve it. It's a gorgeous little place with bare brick walls, comfy couches and a...

This is the ultimate Cape Town summer experience, with hordes of tourists and locals stopping off directly from the beach for buckets of beer and pizza. La...

Technically a restaurant, La Vie does a brisk trade in the late afternoon for sundowners and cocktails, and DJs play lazy, loungy beats on Friday evenings....