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Shopping and Eating at the Waterfront Area

  • April 16, 2006
  • Rated 3 of 5 by kwasiak from Tucson, Arizona
Shopping and Eating at the Waterfront Area

The Waterfront area is located on the ocean coast, as you may expect from the name. Here you will find shopping malls, places to eat, and local bands to watch.

The shopping is not much different than what you see in an American shopping mall, and in fact, there are many stores one might recognize, including an Apple computer store. There are, however, many South African souvenir shops, but most items are very overpriced and the items can be found cheaper at actual tourist attractions.

I found the Waterfront a nice area to walk around without being bugged by beggars, like you have to deal with at the Green Market. I also enjoyed stopping and listening to the local bands playing at night. Most bands are selling their CDs for around 100 Rand (about US$20), which is pretty much the price you will pay for a CD anywhere in South Africa.

There are plenty of places to eat here. You can get fish-and-chips, burgers, Italian gelato, and even KFC. There are also some African restaurants, as well as South Africa’s oldest brewery, Mitchell’s Waterfront Brewery.

The Waterfront is also the place to catch the ferry to Robben Island. The dock and small Apartheid Museum are located near the Leaning Red Clock Tower, the lean of which measures the size of a cell phone. Near the ferry dock you can sometimes see Cape fur seals.

From journal Cape Town: First World to Third World

Victoria Wharf

  • February 6, 2003
  • Rated 3 of 5 by meadowlark from Boston, Massachusetts
The Victoria Wharf is a glitzy high-end mall that actually connects (at the ritzier end) to the second floor of the Table Bay Hotel. The mall is on two floors and is enormous. While it doesn't have any big department stores it does offer many name brand shops (both South African name brand and from other places in the world). There are also numerous restaurants (both fast food and fine dining), wine shops, photo places, coffee shops, pharmacies, a grocery store, two movie theaters (one with Hollywood blockbusters and one with independent non-American films), and numerous shops selling everything you could imagine. Things are of course at the highest price possible, but since the devaluation of the rand, it should be affordable to westerners. Also the mall offers a relatively safe place for shopping and is conveniently located by the waterfront.

One of our favorite place inside was a coffee shop called "Love, Revenge, and Cappuccino"--just for the name. We had a quick breakfast of muffins/croissants and tropical fruit milkshakes since it opens quite early. They have both smoking and non-smoking sections which is nice.

From journal Eating & Sleeping on the Waterfront

Victoria Wharf

Two stories with glass walls in front and lined with date palms, is an invitation to SHOP! Filled with red umbrellaed tables for fast foods, and stores crammed to overflowing with African finds, this is a spot to spend an afternoon.

Local musical drums, masks, jewelry, spears and such, are some treasures to bring back home. There are china shops filled with beautiful dishes embossed with palm trees, African animal wildlife, or patterned after animal skins. Hard Rock Cafe is anchored here. Assessible by escalator from the Table Bay Hotel, it is most convenient.

From journal African Safari

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