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Established in 1999, the City Grill is the oldest steakhouse in the V&A Waterfront. We invite you to discover a truly South African experience… so gather family and friends for a feast of flavour at the City Grill! A place where food has substance, big appetites are essential and South Africa is the flavour of the month, every month!
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Vegetarian Friendly, Gluten Free Options
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Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, After-hours
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African
FEATURES
Takeout, Parking Available, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Good points first steak with good, not the greatest second steak with BBQ basting just chargrilled and ugh tasted burnt, inside steak melted in your mouth. Red wine perfect Pinotage. Bad points service was shabby as though being in their restaurant was a hindrance, too...many settings in the outside as the chairs are repeatedly pushed when you’re trying to eat. Had the calamari starter which resulted in a couple of hours later with a exceptionally bad case of diarrhoea, only reason I know this was the cause was my other half didn’t eat thisMore

Date of visit: March 2024
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Reviewed 12 February 2024 via mobile

Lunch in the sunshine overlooking the harbour with Table Mountain in the background - my idea of heaven! What could go wrong? ..,Nothing! Our waitress was charming, very attentive & service was excellent Our food - prawn curry & chateaubriand were both beautifully presented &...were excellent. Price was a little higher than some places however considering location we found it to be good valueMore

Date of visit: February 2024
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Reviewed 1 February 2024 via mobile

The food was good and a great opportunity to try something different but the service was poor. Wrong wine order, wrong food order and waiters banged into our table twice. They then ask for a tip. Overall not a great experience, you may find different.

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 26 January 2024

Went here last night, my wife had the 250g fillet steak, she said it was the best she’d ever had, ( and she’s had a lot ). I had the 2 soles, perfect, will definitely come back before we head home to UK.

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 16 January 2024

Saw the menu online for here and decided it looked like good value, I ordered the chateaubriand, which is meant to be a large fillet loin roast, what I was served was nearly a fillet steak. Ordered it medium rare but for some reason they...serve it on a hot skillet which proceeded to cook the steak further so was more medium well one I actually ate it…seems like a rather silly way to serve a steak. Sure some comment will be made around 24 years and people are happy but as someone who is a qualified chef I can tell you that this steak was not as advertised and served badly. I also didn’t need it set on fire before I ate it. Please see attached picture and compare to a googled image of a chateaubriand. Would avoid and far better places to eat in Cape Town. Positives were service was fast but it was extremely quiet.More

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 29 November 2023

Casual restaurant in the V&A Waterfront area. Food was average but service was poor. Felt like they were doing us a favour! Wouldn't go back.

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 10 November 2023

Had dinner here with our 17 pax group. A three course dinner a la carte. Starter as well as dessert was good but the main course, ostrich fillet was just marvelous. Fast service regarding the many people in the restaurant, good and affordable wine selection....Dessert was ice cream, a enormous bowl of it. We had a great time here but...it was very noisy.More

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 8 November 2023 via mobile

At the best attractive place in town (Waterfront Mall) this steakhouse points out with a nice bay view, good food and drinks and mainly, the waiter’s friendship. Not used to do this, so personal, but I can’t avoid to thank so much to Samantha, who...made us (my wife and me) come back there one more time. We were very well satisfied with the exactly grilled meat point, the drinks and sides!More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 25 September 2023

My husband and I decided to have a burger. We saw this restaurant and thought we would try it as a change. We both had a burger. For R 144 my cheese burger was very below average. I was most disappointed. The patty was underwhelming...and the sauce awful. My husband expressed his opinion to the Manager. It seemed obvious that this restaurant caters for tourists not locals. Perhaps the steaks are better.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Shaun Bezuidenhout, General Manager at City Grill, responded to this reviewResponded 28 September 2023

Good day Thank you very much for your feedback. We are truly sorry that you did not enjoy your burger. If this was brought to our attention before the end of your meal, we would have done everything in our power to rectify the matter....More

Reviewed 3 September 2023 via mobile

Had the Tempura Prawns to start, followed by the steak with avocado and halloumi snd the chatauxbriaund. Food was lovely the steak and Halloumi I the pick of a pretty good bunch. Isabelle our waitress was genuine, warm and just lovely. .

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 12 July 2023

We each had filet and the steaks were cooked to perfection! The service provided by our waitress Linda was OUTSTANDING! The items on the menu are reasonably priced from a tourist’s perspective. A meal like this back home would have been at least twice the...cost.More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 8 July 2023 via mobile

Absolutely terrible. Went there last year and really enjoyed the food and service so thought would go again. Meat was not cooked properly, sent back and even the return was nasty. Meat had a unpleasant smell and taste. In fact my partner has been put...off meat and feels nauseous. One also couldn’t complain about the service Clearing of table etc as there was not any. Will never go back unfortunately nor can I recommend it . Anyway that’s our experience and am sure there are many opinions and probably some good ones. Just not ours today.More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 11 June 2023

The City Grill.. wow! We had friends visiting from the US and the City Grill team and our waitress looked after 6 of us so beautifully. The food was superb! One of our friends had his birthday and the City Grill team brought the birthday...cake out for us and made it so special. With all the celebration excitement I left my hat there, but the staff kept it safe for me until I collected it. A marvelous experience and the staff are just great human beings. We loved it! We totally recommend City Grill and we will be back ourselves : ) Thankyou so much for a wonderful evening. We look forward to more fun with you guys XMore

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 24 May 2023 via mobile

My birthday dinner was not what I expected. The food was good, but it was a bit limited, especially for anyone who has allergies to certain foods. The staff was great, but the service was slow. We ordered, and it took over 30 minutes just...to get our drinks.More

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 10 May 2023

Second time here. The food is great kitchen doesn’t drop the ball. But how ever the service isn’t that great. Manager only checks on white peoples tables and not blacks nor coloureds. Also just the etiquette of the waiters is really disappointing for the price...we pay for foodMore

Date of visit: May 2023
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Shaun Bezuidenhout, General Manager at City Grill, responded to this reviewResponded 12 May 2023

Good day Thank you for your review and the great feedback on our food. I am very sorry to hear that you feel that management only checks on certain tables. I can assure you that every single guest is treated exactly the same as we...More

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City Grill is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 4