Not sure how you’ll be welcoming in the new year? We’ve put together a great list of New Year’s Eve offerings in the Mother City.
Azure Restaurant at Twelve Apostles Hotel (Camps Bay)
Celebrate the new year in style at Azure. Enjoy a five-course buffet-style meal with a Rock ‘n Roll themed night. It costs R3 650 per person. Booking is essential, as space is limited.
Balducci (V&A Waterfront)
Enjoy a three-course meal from the a la carte menu at Balducci this New Year’s Eve. Tuck into starters of baked eggplant, grilled calamari or oysters. Mains include beef fillet and a shellfish platter and finish with dessert options of mixed berries, crème brûlée, white Lindt chocolate cheesecake or coffee and handmade pralines. The menu is available for R1 950 per person and includes a glass of sparkling wine on arrival. Booking is essential.
Belthazar Restaurant & Wine Bar (V&A Waterfront)
Welcome in 2020 with the three-course menu at Belthazar. Enjoy starters of springbok carpaccio, grilled calamari or oysters, main course options of grain-fed fillet or rib-eye, luxury meat and fish platter or the shellfish platter. Dessert options of mixed berries, crème brûlée or the luxury cheese board. The menu is available at R2 499 per person and booking is essential.
Bukhara (City Bowl)
Welcome in the new year with an Asian tapas menu. For R695 per person, guests can enjoy sushi, dim sum and dessert. Booking is essential.
Bukhara (V&A Waterfront)
Start 2020 with Bukhara’s Asian tapas menu. For R1 795 per person, guests can enjoy tandoori, curries, sushi, dim sum and dessert. Booking is essential.
Burger & Lobster (City Bowl)
Spend New Year’s Eve in the glam 1920s at Burger and Lobster this year. There are different tickets available, with an entry ticket (R400) including a watermelon cocktail on arrival, unlimited floating canapés and one drinks token to use at the bar. The standard ticket (R750) includes watermelon cocktail on arrival, unlimited floating canapés and five drinks tokens to use at the bar. VIP tickets (R1250 each, for four guests) include a watermelon cocktail on arrival, unlimited floating canapés, a bottle of Grey Goose, six mixers and a bottle of Martini prosecco. VVIP tickets (R2000 each, for eight guests) include a watermelon cocktail on arrival, unlimited floating canapés, a bottle of magnum Grey Goose and 12 mixers, two bottles of Veuve Clicquot and a private table. Booking is essential.
Café Roux (Noordhoek)
Start off this 80s-themed NYE bash with burgers, pizza or pasta and then dance the night away! R500 includes dinner, and booking is essential.
Cape Point Vineyards (Noordhoek)
Book now to welcome the new year in with bubbly and oysters. Tickets range from R350 to R750 and include bubbly on arrival.
The Chef’s Studio (City Bowl)
Join for a delicious interactive seven-course dining experience for R2 200 per person, which includes a wine pairing and complimentary bubbly and canapés on arrival.
Del Mar (Camps Bay)
Welcome in the new year with a tapas menu at Del Mar for R495 per person. Booking is essential.
Gibson’s Gourmet Burgers & Ribs (V&A Waterfront)
Treat yourself this New Year’s Eve at Gibson’s by choosing three courses from the a la carte menu. Enjoy starters of carpaccio of venison, grilled calamari or oysters, main course options of grain fed fillet or shellfish platters and desserts of mixed berries, New York cheesecake, crème brûlée or coffee and handmade pralines. The cost per person is R1 899 and includes a glass of sparkling wine on arrival. Booking is essential.
Foxcroft (Constantia)
Enjoy a seven-course set chefs’ menu at Foxcroft this New Year’s Eve at R1400 per person (aadditional R600 for wine pairing). Booking is essential.
Grand Africa Café & Beach (Granger Bay)
Be part of the Pacha New Year’s Eve party at Grand Africa Café and Beach and celebrate the new year in true Ibiza style. R1 000 per person gets you entry to the party, as well as a scrumptious dinner. Booking is essential.
The Greek Fisherman (V&A Waterfront)
Tuck into the three-course New Year’s Eve menu for R1 795 per person. Think dessert mezze platter of your dreams! Booking is essential and you can even pre-order Moët & Chandon for R1 395 to keep the celebration festive.
Haiku (City Bowl)
Welcome in the new year with an Asian tapas menu at Haiku. For R695 per person, guests can enjoy dishes of sushi, dim sum and dessert. Booking is essential.
Meloncino (V&A Waterfront)
Enjoy live entertainment and a four-course menu at Meloncino this New Year’s Eve. Tuck into Italian-style oven-roasted lamb shank, kingklip fillet, homemade canneloni pasta filled with fresh baby spinach and homemade taglioni pasta. Conclude the evening on a sweet note with the homemade Italian polenta cake infused with fresh summer oranges or layers of mascarpone cheese and finger biscuits soaked in Italian espresso combined with layers of Nutella sauce and topped with chocolate crumble. This fresh Italian menu is available at R1 895 per person and includes an aperitif on arrival. Booking is essential.
Radisson Blue Hotel (V&A Waterfront)
For R1 650 per person, guests can enjoy a welcome drink on arrival, live entertainment, a three-course buffet, front row seats to the magical firework display at midnight and a glass of sparkling wine. Guests can also choose to Dine at Tabago’s for R2 495 per person. This includes a welcome drink, live entertainment, a five-course set menu, front row seats to the magical firework display at midnight and a glass of sparkling wine. Booking is essential.
Sotano (City Bowl)
Don your florals and celebrate the new year with an island-style party. Enjoy a welcome drink, canapés and dancing for R450 at Sotano in Bree Street. Booking is essential.
Taj Hotel (City Bowl)
Celebrate the last day of 2019 with a New Year’s Eve dinner at Taj Hotel. The Reserve is hosting a buffet dinner for R1 550 per person. Bombay Brasserie will serve a set menu for R1 895 per person. Both Mint Restaurant and the terrace will also be open. Booking is essential – you don’t want to miss any of the festive fun!
Thirty7 (Cape Town, City Centre)
Tuck into Thirty7’s buffet this New Year’s Eve. Remember to save space for the dessert bar. The cost per person is R950 and R475 per child under the age of 12. Booking is essential.
TIGGER 2 Charter (Clifton)
Toast to the new year on board the Tigger 2 Charter in Clifton. For just R1 160 per person, guests can enjoy a 15-piece canapé platter and a 1,5 hour sunset cruise with a glass of sparkling wine upon arrival. A plated dinner will be served with live entertainment. Booking is essential.
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