Hungry in Johannesburg ?

Best or cheapest restaurants and pubs in Johannesburg

You will need something to eat and drink, the question is where you will do it and what food and drinks you should and should not try. Look at our suggestions or ask others in the forum via the disqus form in the bottom of this page. Here you also can read or write restaurant recommendations / reviews.

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Eat

Johannesburg is a multicultural city, and therefore a melting pot of cuisines originating from many different regions of the world. There is a large variety of places to eat.

RESTAURANT STREETS

Emmarentia
Greenside
Melville
Norwood
Illovo
“the Parks” (Parkhurst, Parkview, Parktown, Parktown North)
Queen’s Street, Kensington
Cyrildene (Johannesburg “China Town”)
Fordburg (Indian restaurants)
Nelson Mandela Square

Drink

Back2Basix, 167 Perth Rd, Westdene (Opposite the University of Johannesburg (RAU)). Primarily a concert venue it is also a fully licensed restaurant and bar. This venue hosts up-and-coming artists in addition to more established musicians, as well as a variety of music genres.

Back o’ the Moon Nightclub, Located in Gold Reef City Casino. A casino-restaurant with live traditional and contemporary jazz, plus dinner and dancing. It has a wide selection of grills and seafood on a good-value set menu.

Troyeville Hotel. Old-fashioned bar with pool tables and occasional events like book launches, jazz bands. Good restaurant.

The Manhattan Club, 19 Wessels Rd, Rivonia. A huge stylish and bustling venue, with a total of 8 bars which include a shooters bar and a ladies only cocktail bar.

The Radium Beer Hall, Louis Botha Ave, Orange Grove. This place has been serving beer since 1929. Live music on weekends

Roxy Rhythm Bar. This club has a rooftop dance floor and a monster sound system. It welcomes live rock bands, dance events and even stand-up comedy. The more popular bands play at the weekends and Monday is student night.

SAB World of Beer, 15 President St, Newtown. Tours run daily with last one starting at 4PM. The SAB-Miller Beer museum. R105 for the tour, including 2 free drinks in the pub at the end of the tour.

Katzy’s. Upmarket bar in The Firs mall next to Hyatt in Rosebank with music and dancing most nights. Specialises in expensive whiskies. Mixed, middle-aged, wealthy kinda crowd. There is a cover charge to get in when a live band is playing