Cape Town Bar Guide

We recommend this intimate cocktail den for meticulously crafted drinks. The bartenders source rare ingredients and present thoughtful service in a refined setting designed for conversation.

The Top 50 in Cape Town 50 bars

FYN Restaurant BarDate Night · City Bowl · $$$$
La Colombe BarDate Night · Constantia · $$$$
The Test Kitchen BarDate Night · Woodstock · $$$$
Art of DuplicityCocktail · City Bowl · $$$
Cause Effect Cocktail KitchenCocktail · Bree Street · $$$
The House of MachinesCocktail · Bree Street · $$
The Gin BarCocktail · Wale Street · $$$
Bascule Whisky Wine & Cocktail BarCocktail · V&A Waterfront · $$$$
The Silo Rooftop BarRooftop · V&A Waterfront · $$$$
Leopard Bar at Twelve ApostlesRooftop · Camps Bay · $$$$
The Pot Luck Club BarDate Night · Woodstock · $$$$
Azure Bar at Twelve ApostlesRooftop · Camps Bay · $$$$
Camissa House BarCocktail · City Bowl · $$$
The Crypt Jazz RestaurantLive Music · City Bowl · $$$
Cause Effect RoelandCocktail · Roeland Street · $$$
Tonics Bar at Mount NelsonCocktail · Gardens · $$$$
Orphanage Cocktail EmporiumCocktail · Bree Street · $$$
The Wave at Cape GraceCocktail · V&A Waterfront · $$$$
Marigold Cocktail BarCocktail · City Bowl · $$$
Tjing Tjing Rooftop BarRooftop · City Bowl · $$$
Mama AfricaLive Music · Long Street · $$
Truth Coffee BarAfter Work · Buitenkant Street · $$
Evol Cocktail BarCocktail · Bree Street · $$$
Tjing TjingCocktail · City Bowl · $$$
Bouchon BarDate Night · Bree Street · $$$
Mother's RuinCocktail · Bree Street · $$$
The BungalowRooftop · Clifton · $$$
The Fugard Theatre BarLive Music · District Six · $$$
The Piano BarLive Music · De Waterkant · $$$
Stone Bridge Tap HouseCraft Beer · Sea Point · $$
Devil's Peak Brewing Co Tap RoomCraft Beer · Salt River · $$
Jack Black's Brewing Tap RoomCraft Beer · Diep River · $$
The Fireman's ArmsSports · City Bowl · $$
Honest Chocolate CafeAfter Work · Wale Street · $$
AsokaCocktail · Kloof Street · $$
Rosary Rooftop BarRooftop · City Bowl · $$$
Table Mountain CafeRooftop · Tafelberg · $$
Grand Cafe & Beach Camps BayRooftop · Camps Bay · $$$
Rick's Cafe AmericainCocktail · Tamboerskloof · $$
The Village IdiotAfter Work · City Bowl · $$
The Pink Flamingo RooftopRooftop · Sea Point · $$$
Shimmy Beach ClubLive Music · V&A Waterfront · $$$
Asia CitiAfter Work · City Bowl · $$
Neighbourgoods Market RooftopRooftop · Woodstock · $$
Asoka Son of DharmaLive Music · Kloof Street · $$$
Newlands Spring BrewingCraft Beer · Newlands · $$
Perseverance TavernSports · City Bowl · $$
The Stag's Head HotelAfter Work · Gardens · $$
Cafe ParadisoAfter Work · Kloof Street · $$
Mr Pickwick'sAfter Work · Long Street · $$

How this guide was made

Bars are chosen from public information: the bar's own menus and listings, press coverage and reader reviews. Hours, prices and door policies change, so confirm them with the bar before you go. Read our full methodology and editorial standards, or meet the editors behind the reviews.

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