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5 great banting burgers in Cape Town

Friday, March 6th, 2015 by Tamsin Green

The popularity of the LCHF or ‘banting’ lifestyle has burger lovers grappling with a somewhat polarising question: to bun, or not to bun? Luckily, these Cape Town restaurants are making a grim decision that much easier by offering banting-friendly burgers paired with low-carb buns or fresh salads. Behold our list of five great (guilt-free) banting burgers in Cape Town.

65 on Main (Green Point)

Owner Whitney Wentzel offers a range of banting specials which include anything from cauliflower and zucchini wraps to her signature ‘Whitney burger’. Her eponymous burger is a *free-range organic beef patty topped with bacon, cheese, caramelised onion, guacamole, mushroom sauce and feta, and arrives ‘bunless’, or on one of three banting buns. You can choose from an almond flour, cream cheese and yoghurt bun; a dairy-free golden flaxseed flour bun; or a dairy-free black flaxseed bun. The burger is served with a small cup of banting mayo, and a *50g serving of sweet potato chips or side salad, for R92.
* Portion sizes are controlled to ensure the protein and carb intake per gram are banting approved.

65 on Main. Photo courtesy of the restaurant.

65 on Main. Photo courtesy of the restaurant.

The Banting Kitchen (Green Point)

These banting aficionados swap the burger bun for a fried zucchini rösti, which arrives topped with a 180g beef patty and delicious garnishes like guacamole, feta, tomato relish and red onion (R85). You can complement your gourmet beef burger with low-carb side like cauliflower mash, steamed mixed garden vegetables, creamed spinach, a seasonal side salad or roast butternut mash.

The Banting Kitchen. Photo courtesy of the restaurant.

The Banting Kitchen. Photo courtesy of the restaurant.

Four & Twenty (Wynberg)

This lively eatery has a strong focus on fresh, healthy food, and banting-friendly fare is no exception. While their Bangkok burger is typically served on a homemade steamed wasabi and black sesame seed bun, diners can substitute the bun for a fresh low-carb bun from Knead, and swap their fries for vegetable fries made with aubergine or courgette. The Bangkok burger is topped with sticky hoison pork neck and a julienne of cucumber, leek, spring onion and pickled ginger, and served with homemade shiitake ketchup and steamed edamame pods. If you’re a vegetarian, you can substitute the meat for an aubergine and mushroom rösti. The Bangkok burger costs R105, but if you opt for the low-carb bun you’ll pay an extra R5.

La Cuccina (Hout Bay)

This popular lunch haunt has incorporated a number of gluten-free and banting-friendly options into their daily buffet and à la carte menu. Their beef burger, titled ‘My Burgher’ arrives with a 180g free-range beef patty topped with streaky bacon and mature cheddar cheese and the option to exchange your classic bun for a brown mushroom roll – a wheat-free, low-carb roll baked with fresh mushrooms. The beef burger is R75 and is available for lunch from 12pm to 3pm.

Soet Bistro (Durbanville)

Part bistro and part bakery, this eatery offers a selection of menu item which can be customised to suit a LCHF eating plan. For your burger, choose between a 100% beef patty and a chicken breast, and it will arrive topped with chorizo and pineapple salsa or feta and chunky guacamole. Both are served with the chef’s signature garden salad. The beef burger is R85 and the chicken burger is R80.

*The story was amended on Friday 13 March. The patty is not Karan beef as originally stated.

Soet Bistro. Photo courtesy of the restaurant.

Soet Bistro. Photo courtesy of the restaurant.

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10 Comments

  • Shania
    March 6, 2015

    Ragafellows in Hout Bay have a banting burger called a Noaksey… its delicious!!!

    Reply
  • Ashleigh Norris
    March 7, 2015

    The Business Cafe in Century City has a banting chicken pesto burger to die for!

    Reply
    1. Eat Out
      March 10, 2015

      Hi Ashleigh. Sounds delish. Thanks for the tip

  • Traci
    March 11, 2015

    Forries in Newlands now includes banting items on their menu and their lamb-burger is amazing!

    Reply
    1. Eat Out
      March 11, 2015

      Hi Traci. Thanks for the tip

  • Cathy le Roux
    March 11, 2015

    Just a conceren… LCHF is High fat, medium protein so the 180g burger patty is way over a meal portion limit of 80-100g.

    Reply
    1. Chris
      March 31, 2015

      I lost 15kgs in three months, banting is amazing and works. Point is, for me, i count my total daily intake, not necessarily on a -per-meal level.

  • Cathy le Roux
    March 11, 2015

    Are there any banting friendly resto’s and suppliers in JHB, the banting community is growing at a rate here? I know of Jackson’s in Bryanston.

    Reply
    1. Eat Out
      March 11, 2015

      Hi Cathy. Take a peek at our banting list. We’re sure many more have popped up in the last few months, but this should help you get started. Good luck!

    2. Nolly
      July 31, 2015

      JB rivers in Hyde park has a meatball Banting meal

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