The Waterside: La Colombe's Smart-Casual Seaside Eatery
If you're visiting Cape Town, take advantage of the chance to experience the La Colombe family of restaurants, one of the most reputable names in the local dining scene. Among their seven restaurants is The Waterside, their latest addition, which boasts a smartcasual vibe perfect for enjoying sumptuous lunches and early suppers with a view of Table Bay.
If you’re visiting Cape Town, take advantage of the chance to experience the La Colombe family of restaurants, one of the most reputable names in the local dining scene. Among their seven restaurants is The Waterside, their latest addition, which boasts a smart-casual vibe perfect for enjoying sumptuous lunches and early suppers with a view of Table Bay.
Location and Atmosphere
Located at the V&A Waterfront’s Pierhead Building, The Waterside offers a more relaxed and easy-going atmosphere away from the bustling central Victoria Wharf district. Although still sophisticated and creative in the La Colombe style, The Waterside has a casual fine-dining menu perfect for impromptu pop-ins.
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Menu at The Waterside
Head chef Roxy Mudie has worked alongside Scot Kirton for over seven years, and her menu is inspired by the ocean, featuring surf-and-turf combinations such as seabass and mussels with Black Forest ham, pork belly with scallops, crayfish cooked over the coals served with roast quail, oysters in an umami broth with caviar, and Wagyu steak. She also offers a vegetarian version of each dish on request. Finally, to conclude your meal, you can indulge in a treasure chest of bonbons to satisfy your sweet tooth.
The Waterside has a well-designed menu with four courses, options on each class, and bread and snacks/palate cleansers.
Seating options
The restaurant is on the ground floor of the Pierhead Building, and you can choose between indoor seating or tables outside on the deck, where you can enjoy the picturesque view of the bay.
Service at The Waterside
The staff is friendly, enthusiastic, and professional, making your experience at The Waterside truly one of a kind. The restaurant’s service is impeccable, and you will be surprised by the presentation of the art dishes. You may choose to have wine paired with your meal or to end with a cup of La Colombe Coffee Roasters coffee.
Additional restaurant of the same chain
In addition, The Waterside has an upstairs restaurant called PIER, which offers a more formal, multi-course fine-dining experience.
Reservations
The four-course menu costs R695, and reservations can be made through DinePlan.
Accessibility and Beverages
The Waterside is wheelchair accessible, has a bar on-site, and serves hard liquor, great cocktails, beer, and wines.
Contact information
Address: Slipway Corner, Pierhead (between NSRI and Life Grand Café), V&A Waterfront
Phone: +27 21 879 6328
Website: The Waterside
Working Hours
Monday to Sunday: 12 to 2 PM, 6 to 8:30 PM
Take advantage of a chance to indulge in the flavors and exquisite dining experience offered by The Waterside during your visit to Cape Town.
Tumi Makgale is a Cape Town-based journalist whose crisp reportage on the city’s booming green-tech scene is regularly featured in the Mail & Guardian and Daily Maverick. Born and raised in Gugulethu, she still spends Saturdays bargaining for snoek at the harbour with her gogo, a ritual that keeps her rooted in the rhythms of the Cape while she tracks the continent’s next clean-energy breakthroughs.
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