Hot off the pass: Eat Out announces best restaurants in SA

South Africa’s top restaurants were announced at the 2022 Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards on Sunday 20 November at GrandWest in Cape Town. The restaurant industry was celebrated with a spectacular display of gourmet food, creative drinks and top-notch entertainment including international DJ, Uncle Waffles.

This year Eat Out debuted a new star rating system where restaurants were awarded either three, two, or one stars. There were also twelve special awards handed out to chefs and restaurants who are moving the industry forward in a positive and meaningful way.

Here are the star restaurants 

1-star restaurants:

Marble Restaurant
Forti Grill & Bar
beyond
Chefs Warehouse at Tintswalo Atlantic
Clara’s Barn
Emazulwini
Epice
Farro
Hemelhuijs
Indochine Restaurant at Delaire Graff Estate
Les Créatifs Restaurant
Modern Tailors
Ouzeri
Post & Pepper
RIVA Fish Restaurant
Rust en Vrede Restaurant
Rykaart’s | Stellenbosch
Séjour
The Table at De Meye
Culinary Table
The Melting Pot
The Shortmarket Club Johannesburg
The Werf Restaurant at Boschendal
Ukkō
The Test Kitchen Fledgelings
The Waterside Restaurant

2-star restaurants: 
2-star restaurants
ARKESTE by Richard Carstens
La Petite Colombe
Belly of the Beast
Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia
ëlgr
Foxcroft
FYN
Spek & Bone
Zioux
The Pot Luck Club
The Test Kitchen Carbon

3-star restaurants:

The LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate
Wolfgat
PIER Restaurant
Salsify at the Roundhouse
La Colombe

Head to Eat Out to see the winners of the Special Awards.