{"id":143813,"date":"2016-11-20T20:27:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T18:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=143813"},"modified":"2016-11-20T20:40:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T18:40:37","slug":"these-are-the-10-best-restaurants-in-south-africa-for-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/143813\/these-are-the-10-best-restaurants-in-south-africa-for-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the 10 best restaurants in South Africa for 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s top 10 restaurants have been named in the 2016 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards.<\/p>\n

The Test Kitchen which opened in Woodstock in Cape Town in November 2010, once again took top honours for an unprecedented fifth year running.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the restaurant, which is headed by Luke Dale-Roberts, was voted as the 22nd best restaurant in the world in the 2016 S.Pellegrino Best Restaurants Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

British-born Dale-Roberts trained in Switzerland and England before heading to Asia for a five year stint, launching several restaurants in Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Of the top 10 restaurants awarded by Eat Out<\/a>, as many as nine can be found in and around Cape Town, with only\u00a0Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient in Elandsfontein, Pretoria, located outside of the Western Cape.<\/p>\n

Chef of the Year went to Gregory Czarnecki of The Restaurant at Waterkloof in Somerset West.<\/p>\n

These are the top 10 restaurants in South Africa:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Test Kitchen<\/a> – Cape Town<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

2. La Colombe<\/a> – Constantia, Cape Town<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"La<\/a><\/p>\n

3. The Restaurant at Waterkloof<\/a> – Somerset West<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"waterkloof\"<\/a><\/p>\n

4. The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais<\/a> – Franschhoek<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"the-tasting-room\"<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Restaurant Mosaic at the Orient<\/a> – Elandsfontein, Pretoria<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Overture<\/a> – Stellenbosch<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"overture\"<\/a><\/p>\n

7. Greenhouse<\/a> – Constantia, Cape Town
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"greenhouse\"<\/a><\/p>\n

8. The Kitchen at Maison<\/a> – Franschhoek<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"maison\"<\/a><\/p>\n

9. Foliage<\/a> – Franschhoek<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"foliage\"<\/a><\/p>\n

10. Camphors at Vergelegen<\/a> – Somerset West<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"vergelen\"<\/a><\/p>\n

[All images from respective restaurants’ websites]<\/em><\/p>\n

Read: Here are 20 of the best restaurants in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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