Comments on: Vegetarian restaurants in Cape Town

By: Tanit

Tanit — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:35:17 +0000

The African Cafe on Buitengracht Street, next to Marshall Music is my new hotspot! They not only offer vegetarian food, but Raw Vegan food too. I am in love

By: gillian key

gillian key — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:05:46 +0000

O’ways teacafe in clarement is really special vegetarian fare.Brilliant chef and unusual food,very well priced and peaceful.Very good coffee and wild selection of teas.

By: Laura COoke

Laura COoke — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:02:30 +0000

We’re running a vegetarian and raw food workshop next month. It’s hopefully the first of many as there is generally a lack of vegetarian friendly food out there. While this isn’t a restaurant, hopefully it will give vegetarians an evening to enjoy and also chat to other vegetarians about their favourite haunts! Check out more about the workshop here: http://veggie.buntch.net/veggie-wonder-workshop/

By: Tada

Tada — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:42:27 +0000

Lola’s closed down…
Bella Vegan in Simonstown is also closed, but Jen sells her amazing vegan pastries at markets in the area.
There is a new one in town called Dear Me.
And in the Southern Subs, right by Cavendish it’s O’ways for vegetarian dim sum.
Salad Lovers at Earthfair market.

By: Jodi Allemeier

Jodi Allemeier — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:27:07 +0000

http://www.happycow.net/africa/south_africa/western_cape/

Happy cow lists some

My favourites include:

Closer, Muizenberg (100% vegan)
Bella Vegan Cafe, Simonstown (100% vegan)
Earthshine (100% raw vegan) – order online or find them at Old Biscuit Mill & other markets
Cafe Jo Browns, town (100% veg, with lots of vegan options including cakes & tarts)
Tibetan Tea House, Simonstown (100% veg, with plenty vegan options and vegan scones!)
Maharaja’s, Rondebosch (100% veg, many vegan options – the owner is vegan and will be extra kind if your equest vegan)

And of course many other veg-friendly places with vegan items on their menus, and many more that will go out of their way to prepare a vegan meal for you if you notify them in advance.

For more info & support for veganism in SA, visit the South African Vegan Society facebook page or website.

By: Anastacia Haddon

Anastacia Haddon — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:54:42 +0000

Dax, when and if u do update the list, maybe include specific ingredients. eg. I buy my soya chunks in Bo Kaap, my vegetarian samoosas lady and egg free cake is in Walmer Estate, etc – just an idea? I personally am keen to hear where others buy their certain food items.

By: Dax

Dax — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:48:17 +0000

Noted, will investigate when i have a chance.

By: CandidKar

CandidKar — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:24:09 +0000

I second that, a fresh list would be great

By: Elephant's Eye

Elephant's Eye — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:45:18 +0000

How about a fresh list for 2010? This one is nearly two years old and restaurants turn over fast in Cape Town.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:32:56 +0000

Wow! Thank you Dax, and all your commenters for all this information. My husband and I are planning a trip to South Africa, and as vegetarians, we have been very worried about being able to eat there. So many sources of information say that it is very difficult for vegetarians to get by in South Africa. I am glad to know that we can find some decent food, at least in Cape Town.

You said, “I can’t believe that there are no vegetarians that want to eat at smart, trendy or modern restaurants.”

I want to say, you should not believe it. We love smart, trendy and modern vegetarian restaurants, but it seems they are hard to find outside of the US and Europe. We moved to Mexico from the United States about four years ago, and one thing that has been very disappointing here is the fact that people have a picture of vegetarian food as nothing but bland, tasteless health food. We have a couple of vegetarian restaurants in our city of Guadalajara, but they are both the type of vegetarian establishment you complain about. In the United States, we had the granola-type places, but we also had some “regular” restaurants that were vegetarian, like Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, Watercourse Foods in Denver or Blossom in New York.

Vegetarians DO enjoy eating at nice restaurants. It just seems that everyone else thinks that the only things we eat are salad and bowls of wheat germ.