So.... there are lots of things that let the stadium down a bit, the facilities are somewhat dated, there are not enough toilets, the food on offer is what was available at football matches in the UK back in the 1980s, the transport to the ground is difficult unless you take an Uber and i could go on. But wow what a place to watch cricket. It looks great on TV but it really is one of the great test grounds, just for the view alone.

I can't understand why this place gets such great reviews. Is it because it is in the shadow of the back end of Table Mountain, or is it because England won? There is only one large scoreboard, of which the view is obscured from one of the main stands by the jutting-out roof of another stand. The one and only screemn is poor at showing replays. If you are undercover in a main stand you are surrounded by concrete so you can only hear what is going on in your own stand (apparently Billy the Barmy Army trumpeter was in the ground but we couldn't hear him!) . Access to our part of the ground was through a dirty, unpleasant tunnel which flooded on the final day. Catering is awful unless you like burgers, biltong, borewoers and Castle lager - literally the only alcohol available unless you are in a hospitality box, even though you are only a few miles away from some of the best wineries in the world! After quite some searching in the dingy, characterless concrete tunnels beneath the stands we found two stalls selling Coke, one selling Indian food and one other selling vegetarian - no vegan at all.

We were here at new year for the test match and thoroughly enjoyed it especially a England won!
If you like chips or burgers then the food choice is fine however, found that a bit disappointing.