Relax with Dax

A lot of people assume that I don’t enjoy eating at the V&A Waterfront because it’s a mall and it’s always packed with tourists. This is not in fact true, the Waterfront may be a mall and it may be packed with tourists, but I do eat there often. There are several reasons I eat [...]

There are so many restaurants in the Waterfront and being a local, I don’t eat in the Waterfront that often. This is why it has taken me so long to get to Meloncino (they have been open two years now) even though I have heard many good reports. I decided on my most recent visit [...]

There are many options for entertainment in Cape Town this season. Kirstenbosch concerts, Cats and Vaudeville are just some of the many options. The Aqua Festival at the V&A Waterfront definitely needs to make the list as well. I went attended the carols and the Johhny Clegg concert and they were both fun evening, especially with [...]

The buzz has died down now, but when Maze & Nobu opened with the One & Only hotel, everybody was talking about it. There were mixed reviews, ranging from fantastic to very average but they all agreed on one thing, it was expensive. For that reason I decided to wait until somebody invited me there, [...]

Did you know that there are 74 restaurants in the Waterfront? That’s a lot. Restaurants in shopping centres are not normally the cream of the crop, in fact, I generally don’t review restaurants in shopping centres. But the Waterfront is not your average shopping centre and some of the restaurants in the Waterfront are actually [...]

If you ask 10 people which is the best restaurant for sushi in Cape Town, 5 of them will probably say Willoughby’s in the Waterfront. I have eaten at this restaurant quite a few times as my family likes to eat there when they visit from PE. However, as they haven’t visited for a while, I [...]

When people hear that I review restaurants, often the first thing they ask is which is my favourite restaurant. That is actually a very difficult question to answer because it will depend on many things: The occasion, the person/people I’m with, my mood, the weather, what I feel like eating, etc. There is a place [...]

The Green Dolphin in the Waterfront as been around for ages. It’s one of the few places (Pigalle is another one) that offers live jazz every night of the week (especially now that Manenberg’s has closed down, thankfully). However, I have never held the Green Dolphin in high regard. I have been there a few [...]

I have eaten at Baia in the Waterfront once before and it was one of my better dining experiences, I’m not sure why I didn’t review it at the time. I went last night for the second time and was impressed again. Last time I went I had the linefish (R95) and remember being happy with it. [...]

There are a few options when it comes to steak houses in the Waterfront, plus there are many restaurants there which can serve a good steak even though they are not specifically steak houses. Most people think of Balthazar first, prbably because they advertise the most and are quite centrally located. They like to advertise [...]

I has actually been a while since I have eaten at Balducci’s, despite the fact that it was one of my favourite restaurants at one stage. I have gone there occasionally to have a glass of wine at the plush bar. It’s nice to have a selection of good wines and complimentary olives and crisp bread [...]