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Winter is when South Africa’s kitchens do their best work. The crowds thin out, the chefs slow down, and suddenly restaurants that are impossible to book in February are offering three courses for less than the price of a summer main.
This year’s crop of winter specials, drawn from what restaurants have listed on Dineplan, is incredibly tempting. Most run until the end of August or September, but the best offers get booked up on cold weekends far in advance. Our advice: book now!
Cape Town
Amura at Mount Nelson
🔥Four-Course Winter Special
💰R750 per person
🗓️ Everyday for dinner, plus Friday – Sunday for lunch
📍76 Orange St, Gardens, Cape Town
Amura’s new four-course winter menu promises the blend of innovative flavours and classic elegance the restaurant is known for – at just R750pp. Plus, pink-hotel grandeur in the depths of winter has its own particular appeal.
Au Bleu & La Mizu at Lagoon Beach Hotel
🔥Winter Warmers & Boozy Treats
💰Plates from R170, desserts from R65
🗓️ Everyday from 11h00
📍1 Lagoon Gate Drive, Lagoon Beach, Cape Town
Enjoy a selection of hearty comfort dishes and indulgent boozy desserts, from flavour-packed chicken wings and fries, and traditional wagon wheel wors with pap and tomato smoor, to tender BBQ ribs served with wedges and onion rings. Then finish on a sweet note with treats like a Kahlúa blondie, Amarula and peanut brownie, or a decadent Cointreau dark chocolate brownie.
Bellagio Cape Town
🔥Two-Course Winter Special With Wine
💰R385 for two courses / R485 for three courses
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍74 Prestwich St, De Waterkant, Cape Town
Bellagio is offering a two- or three-course special for both lunch and dinner, including a complimentary glass of red or white house wine. Courses include options like cheese and leek soufflé, minestrone, hearty seafood stew, osso buco, and chicken and tarragon pie. For dessert, there’s apple tart tatin or sticky toffee pudding.
Belly of the Beast
🔥Winter Lunch Special
💰R650 per person
🗓️ Tuesday – Saturday from 12h30
📍110 Harrington St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
Prepare for a few delicious surprises, because there’s no set menu for this winter special. Instead, Chefs Neil Swart, Anouchka Horn, and Odette Olivier will create a seasonal selection inspired by the best ingredients available at the time – showcasing the comforting, slow-cooked flavours of winter at their finest.
beyond Restaurant
🔥Four-Course Winter Special
💰R690 per person
🗓️ Tuesday – Saturday, plus Sunday lunch
📍Buitenverwachting, Klein Constantia Rd, Constantia, Cape Town
At Buitenverwachting, beyond’s four-course winter menu gives guests the chance to taste the best of the restaurant’s seasonal offerings, which highlight the Western Cape’s indigenous ingredients through dishes that deliver warmth and comfort. At R690pp on one of the Cape’s most beautiful wine farms, it’s a serious winter lunch with vineyard views to match.
Bistro Sixteen82
🔥Canvas Collection Five-Course Winter Special Menu
💰R750 per couple / R1,280 per couple with wine
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍Steenberg Estate, Cape Town
Made for two to share, this five-course winter feast begins with a warming soup, followed by pickled fish tacos and baked Brie to enjoy together. Next up are mushroom and beef carpaccio, before ending with slow-cooked venison. Opt for the wine pairing, and you’ll receive a carafe of Steenberg wine to accompany each of the three courses.
Burger & Lobster Cape Town
🔥PAN Collection Collab
💰R199 per dish
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍105 Bree St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
Bree Street’s heavyweights have pooled their kitchens for winter: a buttery lobster roll and fries from B&L, a crispy Korean fried chicken slider from Maru, or Birria Ramen by Hacienda and Yatai – each at R199. It’s a cross-restaurant collaboration that reads like a greatest-hits album, and at this price, ordering all three wouldn’t be unreasonable.
Cape Point Vineyards Restaurant
🔥Multicourse Seasonal Lunch Special
💰Two Courses R295 / Three Courses R350
🗓️ Monday – Friday from 12h00
📍Noordhoek, Cape Town
This winter, warm up by the fire at Cape Point Restaurant with a two- or three-course seasonal lunch special, all while taking in sweeping ocean and vineyard views. A discretionary 12.5% gratuity will be added to your bill.
Copa Restaurant
🔥Three-Course Winter Menu
💰R445 per person
🗓️ Every day from 12h00
📍Pepperclub Hotel, 167 Loop St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
Celebrate the flavours of winter with a specially curated three-course menu showcasing seasonal ingredients and warming spices. Available for R445pp. Bookings are essential.
Club Kloof
🔥Sunday Steak & Frites
💰R295 per person
🗓️ Sundays from 12h00
📍84 Kloof St, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
At least one Sunday this winter, pop into the iconic Club Kloof for their Sunday lunch steak and frites special, which includes a 250g grass-fed sirloin served with their signature Club Kloof sauce, café de Paris butter, skinny fries, and a carafe of house red or white wine (or a selected mocktail).
Foxcroft at Constantia Nek
🔥Five-Course Winter Lunch Special
💰R995 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
📍Constantia Nek, Constantia, Cape Town
Chef Glen Williams’ five-course winter lunch menu features herbed saltbread, followed by a trio of starters including fish ssam, noodle soup and a garden tartlet. It continues with tuna ceviche and lamb, before finishing with a chestnut, mascarpone and burnt vanilla dessert. Bold, creative dishes that deliver on both flavour and presentation.
🔥Six-Course Winter Dinner Special
💰R1,795 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
For dinner, enjoy a six-course winter dinner for R1,795pp and be taken on a fine-dining journey that showcases seasonal ingredients, refined techniques, and layered flavours, thoughtfully curated to take you from the first bite to the petit fours. In addition to the spread above, you’ll be treated to a course of Namibian crab and perilla.
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FYN Restaurant
🔥Five-Course Winter Lunch
💰R1,275 per person
🗓️ Monday – Saturday from 12h00
📍37 Parliament St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
One of South Africa’s most lauded restaurants, at lunch, for the reduced rate of R1,275pp – FYN’s five-course winter tasting is all about experiencing award-winning fine dining for less. Refined, seasonal, impeccably crafted: if there’s one winter special to plan a day around, this might be it!
Galjoen
🔥Winter Lunch Special
💰R450 per person
🗓️ Thursday – Saturday
📍99 Harrington St, District Six, Cape Town
Galjoen’s winter lunch starts with warm bread and mussels, moves to an elegant riff on fish and chips, and lands on a comforting baked dessert – with the menu shifting daily according to the freshest local catch. Available only three days a week at 12h30.
Gibson’s Gourmet Burgers & Ribs
🔥Winter Steak Specials
💰From R250 per plate
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍19 Dock Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
Gibson’s steps outside its burger lane for winter with 28-day matured AAA-grade steaks: a 300g rib-eye at R250, a 500g T-bone at R300, or a 700–800g giant beef rib at R299, all with hand-cut artisan fries or a baked potato.
Grand Pavilion
🔥Winter Set Menu
💰Two courses R450 / Three courses R550
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍277 Beach Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town
The Sea Point grande dame’s winter menu reads like a checklist of cold-weather wants: truffle-and-parmesan cauliflower soup, oxtail ravioli, slow-roasted lamb shank, and a malva pudding to finish. A two or three-course lunch or dinner in one of the Atlantic Seaboard’s prettiest rooms is a defensible way to spend a grey winter day.
Gusto Urban Italian
🔥Osso Bucco For Two
💰R450 per couple
🗓️ Every day, all day
📍4 Conference Ln, Century City, Cape Town, 7441, South Africa
Enjoy a hearty meal of osso bucco – a comforting wintry dish of slow-braised beef shin, melting in a deep tomato, garlic, and red wine reduction – served with parmesan mash, seasonal greens, and two carafes of Boschkloof Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot. (This is a shared meal for two.)
Hacienda
🔥Sharing Winter Menu
💰R349 per person sharing
🗓️ Every day, all day
📍92 Bree St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
Enjoy a special menu that captures the bold spirit of Hacienda and Mexican Baja Californian cuisine, with hearty chicken, beef and fish dishes served alongside delicious sauces and fresh masa dough tortilla chips for only R349 per person, sharing.
Harbour House Kalk Bay
🔥Winter Set Menu
💰Two-course R295pp | Three-course R365pp
🗓️ Monday – Friday, all day
📍Shop 4, Ground Floor, The Promenade, 87 Victoria Rd, Camps Bay, Cape Town
📍Harbour, Main Rd, Kalk Bay, Cape Town
The weekday-only set menu at Harbour House leans coastal, as it should when the waves are breaking outside the restaurant’s windows. Three courses move from seasonal starters to mains like kingklip or beef fillet, with a properly indulgent dessert to close. Available exclusively at Harbour House Camps Bay and Kalk Bay.
Harry’s Beach
🔥Winter Lunch Menu
💰Two courses R285 / Three courses R375
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
📍41 Victoria Rd, Camps Bay, Cape Town
Harry’s winter lunch keeps things crowd-pleasing: beef carpaccio or crispy calamari to start, then linefish of the day, a 250g sirloin, the Signature 4×4, truffle-and-parmesan gnocchi or chicken caesar salad for mains, and a dessert to finish. Starting at R285pp for two courses on the Camps Bay strip, it’s one of the better-value beachfront lunches of the season.
Heirloom at Cape Grace
🔥Winter Lunch & Dinner Specials
💰R395 Two-Course Lunch / R550 Three-Course Dinner
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍1 W Quay Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
Chef Wesli Jacobs’ winter menus reflect the rich terroir of South Africa, with choices at every course. Expect dishes like cauliflower soup with Kalahari saffron, butternut with crispy quinoa, Cape Malay chicken curry, or springbok with beetroot and samp. Desserts include highlights like a mille-feuille milk tart.
Iron Steak and Bar
🔥Winter Steak Special
💰R265 per dish
🗓️ Monday – Sunday
📍114 Bree St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
Get a 200g flat iron steak with a green leafy salad for R265, every day of the week. It’s a simple but delicious winter deal on Bree Street, and the flat iron is exactly the cut that benefits from a kitchen that takes its steak seriously.
Jonkershuis Constantia
🔥Winter Set Menu
🗓️ Monday – Friday from 12h00
📍Groot Constantia Rd, Constantia, Cape Town
Enjoy a two- or three-course set menu at Jonkershuis Constantia, available Monday to Wednesday from 12h00 – 16h00 and Thursday to Friday from 12h00 – 21h00. Choose from favourites like masala cream mussels, porcini gnocchi, coq au vin, sliced sirloin, crème brûlée and chocolate mud cake.
La Colombe Constantia
🔥Five-Course Weekday Lunch Special
💰R1,395 per person
🗓️ Monday – Friday from 12h00
📍Silvermist Wine Estate, Constantia Main Rd, Cape Town
Enjoy the iconic Tuna La Colombe, served in a tin, on this winter’s Silvermist Vegetable Garden lunch menu, alongside dishes like tandoori tiger prawn and quail, aged duck, and a dessert of artichoke, chocolate and hazelnut. A vegetarian menu option is available.
Little Fox
🔥Eight-Plate Sharing Menu For Two
💰R800 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍Constantia Main Rd, Constantia, Cape Town
The Chef’s Favourites menu runs from zabb-zabb chicken wings and nduja-stuffed olives to coal-fired peri-peri prawns, tuna with South American flavours and wagyu flat-iron steak, ending with desserts like an ice-cream sandwich and bergamot posset with poached rhubarb. Children are also welcome.
Mantra Café
🔥Winter’s Best Set Menu
💰Two courses R316 / three courses R360
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍43 Victoria Rd, Camps Bay, Cape Town
Mantra’s seasonal menu of slow-cooked comfort dishes comes with 20% knocked off – and the same Camps Bay sea views you’d pay full summer prices for. The fireside setting does the rest: two courses for R316pp or three for R360pp, with the Atlantic doing its moody winter thing through the glass.
Massimo’s
🔥Pizza & Pasta Deal
💰20% off
🗓️ Monday – Thursday, all day
📍Oakhurst Farm Park, Hout Bay Main Rd, Hout Bay, Cape Town
Hout Bay’s beloved pizzeria takes 20% off all full pastas and pizzas from Monday to Thursday – and feeds the kids with a Bambino pizza and a drink for just R80. For families, this is a great winter option.
Maru Korean Steakhouse
🔥Winter Set Menu
💰R349 per person (sharing)
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍107 Bree St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
Maru’s winter set menu gathers the Korean steakhouse’s highlights into a single sharing-style format at R349 a head. For a restaurant built around the theatre of the Korean BBQ grill, it’s an accessible way in – and at this price, you have an excuse to visit a couple of times this winter!
Mint Restaurant at TAJ Cape Town
🔥Three-Course Winter Set Menu
💰R595 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
📍1 Wale Street, Cape Town
This winter, travel the world from your table with a new destination each month, including a complimentary glass of Port on arrival or with dessert. June takes you to Italy with rustic comfort dishes like tomato and basil soup with focaccia, short rib pappardelle, linefish with saffron risotto, or wild mushroom risotto, finishing with tiramisu. July heads to Asia, followed by a Mexican-inspired flavour journey in August.
Nikkei Japanese Peruvian
🔥Winter Bento Box
💰R349 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍87 Bree St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
Nikkei has packed its Japanese-Peruvian repertoire into a winter bento box – comforting bites and bold seasonal flavours, assembled per person at R349. Every box is made to satisfy those chilly day cravings. A neat, self-contained answer to a cold Cape Town lunch hour. Strictly no sharing.
Our Local
🔥Winter Dinner Set Menu Special
💰R225 for Two Courses / R295 for Three Courses
🗓️ Thursday – Saturday from 16h00
📍117 Kloof St, Gardens
📍295 Main Rd, Sea Point
This winter, enjoy a warming evening set menu where you choose two or three courses. Start with tomato soup or baked Camembert with roasted stonefruit. Mains include osso buco and mash, beef ragu pasta, roast pumpkin and white bean purée, or creamy mushroom orzo. For dessert, choose between apple crumble, sticky toffee pudding, or brûléed banana bread. Available at both Kloof Street and Sea Point restaurants.
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Pier
🔥Five-Course Winter Lunch Special
💰R995 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
📍Pierhead Building, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
Pier’s winter lunch special features Asian-inspired yellowfin tuna or Champagne-infused sea bass, alongside Karoo lamb with chimichurri and other seasonal dishes. Even the bread course gets special attention, served with gourmet butters and toppings. A vegetarian menu is available.
The Pot Luck Club
🔥Sunday Brunch Extravaganza
💰R1,390 per person
🗓️ Sundays from 11h00
📍Silo Top Floor, The Old Biscuit Mill, 373-375 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
This is a Sunday feast worth lingering over. Enjoy 10 sharing courses showcasing the bold flavours of Chefs Jason Kosmas and Luke Dale-Roberts, from smoked oysters and prawn tacos to venison tartare, carrot risotto and roast duck. Dessert comes in the form of sticky rice pudding and a selection of PLC sweets. The experience includes bottomless bubbly, DIY Bloody Marys and live music.
The Pot Luck Club also offers an Asian-inspired winter lunch set menu from Monday to Saturday at R695pp.
The President Hotel
🔥Date-Night Dinner Special
💰R750 for Three Courses
🗓️ Thursdays at 18h30
📍S4 Alexander Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town
Thursday nights at the President’s palm-lined Bantry Bay pool deck pair every course with a drink: beetroot tortellini alongside a Champagne-based French 75, then fillet with potato purée (or miso-glazed pumpkin with risotto) and an Old Fashioned, ending with malva pudding and a Gin Sour.
The Red Room by Chefs Warehouse
🔥Four-Course Winter Dinner Special
💰R650 per person
🗓️ All week from 17h00
📍Mount Nelson Hotel, 76 Orange St, Gardens, Cape Town
Discover the bold flavours of The Red Room by Chefs Warehouse with a curated four-course winter menu. Choose one dish per course and enjoy a thoughtfully crafted dining experience for R650pp.
Rick’s Cafe Americain
🔥Winter Tajine & Wine
🗓️ Every Thursday
📍103 Kloof St, Gardens, Cape Town
Every Thursday, order any Moroccan tajine for lunch or dinner and get a complimentary 250ml carafe of Warwick First Lady Cabernet Sauvignon. Options include lamb shank and prune, lemon chicken, kefta and tomato, seafood, spiced lentil, or the vegan sweet potato and butter.
Salsify at the Roundhouse
🔥Five-Course Winter Lunch
💰R1,090 per person
🗓️ Tuesday – Saturday from 12h30
📍Roundhouse, Round House Rd, Camps Bay, Cape Town
Available for lunch, the Salsify winter special comprises five courses. From cured game fish and a 12-hour sourdough bread course to start, to yellowtail and coconut, salt-bake celeriac and Karoo lamb, and num num and rhubarb and the “Grains of Africa” dish to finish, it’s ideal for those looking for a lighter dining experience from the usual full Chef’s Menu. Add the Collectors wine pairing for R950pp or the Signature pairing for R2,500pp.
Sevruga Restaurant
🔥Winter Set Menu
💰Two courses R395 / Three courses R495
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍1 Dock Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
Sevruga’s quayside winter menu opens with tom yum soup, beef tataki or a veg crunch roll, and builds to slow-braised beef short rib, fresh linefish, or cripsy prawn and calamari for mains. The tonka bean crème brûlée or dark chocolate torte is a smart way to finish.
Steffanie’s Place
🔥Three-Course Menu & Wine Deal
💰Price on menu board
🗓️ Tuesday – Saturday
📍113 Irene Ave, Montclair, Cape Town
Order a three-course meal off the limited-time winter board at Steffanie’s, and a carafe of Waterford wine arrives free.
Terrarium
🔥Five-Course Winter Special Menu
💰R695 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 18h00
📍5 Portswood Rd, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
Five courses for R695 is good value anywhere; at this level of cooking, it’s a must-book. The menu opens with bread and spreads before moving through kingklip with charred leek and onion, a garden sorbet, roasted venison loin with black garlic, beetroot and plum, and a dark chocolate finish with dulce de leche and cranberries.
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TTK Fledgelings
🔥Street Food Fiesta
💰From R195 per person
🗓️ Monday – Saturday for dinner, plus Friday & Saturday for lunch
📍The Old Biscuit Mill, 375 Albert Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town
Luke Dale Roberts’ chef-development kitchen, led by Nathan Clarke, goes playful for winter with a sharing menu of street food-inspired plates: vetkoek with smoked snoek pâté, Korean fried chicken, kingklip kebabs, fish tacos, beetroot tartare and the signature beef slider. The format flexes from a R195 two-bite snack with a cocktail to a R795 full-table spread for two, and every booking supports the mentoring of young chefs in the original Test Kitchen space.
Tobago’s at Radisson Collection
🔥Two-Course Winter Special
💰R375 per person
🗓️ Monday – Thursday from 12h00
📍100 Beach Road, Granger Bay Blvd, Waterfront, Cape Town
Chef Grant Cullingworth has built a winter menu around local seasonal produce. Pick two courses from the likes of spice-roasted tomato soup with a cheese braai broodjie, hot honey chicken bites, Cape Malay chicken curry or butternut squash girasole – then a sticky-toffee ginger-and-miso pudding or red espresso crème brûlée. A glass of house wine is included in the price.
Tryn at Steenberg
🔥Three-Course Winter Menu
💰R695 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday
📍Catharina Ave, Steenberg Estate, Cape Town
Tryn’s three-course winter menu includes an amuse bouche to start and a chocolate truffle to finish, served in a Steenberg setting that was built for lingering. Available for both lunch and dinner, seven days a week, it’s the Constantia Valley at its most unhurried.
The Waterside
🔥Winter Lunch or Early Dinner Special
💰R795 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00 / 18h00
📍55 Shortmarket St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
The La Colombe family’s harbourside room serves Chef Roxie Mudie’s winter menu in its signature polished style: pork belly with langoustine, tuna in a Thai broth, linefish with chorizo, mussels and fennel, or lamb with celeriac and tarragon, opening with a bread stack and closing on Brazilian macaé chocolate. The five-course dinner adds Waterside’s signature prawn toast and bonbon chest. A vegetarian menu is also available.
The Wes Bistro and Bar
🔥Three-Course Winter Set Menu
💰R495 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
📍55 Shortmarket St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
The R495 winter menu offers choices per course: French onion soup under melted cheese on toast, or chicken liver parfait with pickles; then pan-seared duck breast with celeriac mash, or steak frites with Café de Paris butter and chips. Finish with vanilla crème brûlée or ice cream-filled profiteroles and chocolate sauce.
Yatai Japanese
🔥Winter Set Menu
💰R349 per person (sharing)
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍87 Bree St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
Yatai’s contribution to Bree Street’s winter season is a curated tasting of its signature dishes, designed for sharing and priced at R349 per person. A refined winter journey of Japanese-inspired flavours that balances comfort, depth, and elegance.
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The Adara Restaurant
🔥Three-Course Fireside Special
💰R545 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍Sonstraal Road, Klein Drakenstein Rd, Paarl
This winter, Chef Gaymari Bothma’s daily-changing menu celebrates seasonal produce from the estate gardens. Expect dishes such as beetroot tartare or Caesar salad, followed by Kudu loin or beef medallions, and a decadent dessert to finish. A glass of estate wine is included.
Arum
🔥Four-Course Lunch & Dinner Special
💰R595 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍Boschendal Estate, Helshoogte Rd, Pniel
At Boschendal, Arum’s four-course winter menu puts locally sourced produce to open flame – cooking built, quite literally, to bring warmth through the colder months. At R595 for lunch or dinner, seven days a week, it’s a must-book fine-dining special this year.
Cavalli Restaurant
🔥Two/Three-Course Winter Special
💰R590 Two Courses / R795 Three courses
🗓️ Wednesday – Saturday for lunch and dinner, plus Sunday lunch
📍Cavalli Estate, R44, Somerset West
The new winter menu celebrates the season with rich flavours, considered ingredients and refined dishes made to be savoured. Paired with exceptional wines, warm hospitality and sweeping Helderberg views, it’s your invitation to slow down, settle in, and experience winter the Cavalli way.
Delaire Graff Restaurant
🔥Chef’s Winter Dinner Set Menu
💰R950 per person
🗓️ Wednesday – Saturday from 18h30
📍Delaire Graff Estate, Helshoogte Rd, Banhoek, Stellenbosch
Enjoy a three-course dinner with a delicious bread course to start, followed by a choice of minestrone consommé and venison carpaccio for starters, lobster or fillet for mains, and cardamom and chocolate soufflé with ice cream for dessert.
Die Stoep at Vriesenhof
🔥Winter Lunch Set Menu
💰R355 per person
🗓️ Tuesday – Friday from 12h00
📍Paradyskloof Rd, Stellenbosch
Die Stoep is offering a seasonal three-course winter set menu lunch for just R355pp, including a glass of Vriesenhof wine. Think French onion soup, fish cakes and roasted bone marrow starters, fish pie, springbok loin and risotto for mains, and a dark chocolate fondant, apple crumble or cheese plate for dessert.
Deux Lions
🔥Winter Lunch Special
💰R350 for Two Courses / R420 for Three Courses
🗓️ Tuesday – Friday from 12h00
📍La Bourgogne Wine Estate, Excelsior Rd, Franschhoek
Pop in to La Bourgogne Wine Estate and enjoy Deux Lions’ two- or three-course weekday lunch special, featuring dishes like an Asian chicken and udon noodle bowl, soup of the day, Cape Malay chicken masala with roti, mushroom gnocchi, linefish with mussel-and-prawn risotto, and a spiced ginger malva pudding to finish. Each meal includes a glass of Deux Lion 1694 wine.
Epice
🔥Three-Course Winter Lunch Special
💰R695 per person
🗓️ Friday – Sunday from 12h00
📍Corner of Berg & Huguenot St, Franschhoek
Enjoy a three-course weekend lunch at Epice, featuring a sweet potato and beef drippings starter, followed by your choice of tuna or watermelon asada with jalapeño. For mains, choose black pepper lamb, or a butternut briyani for vegetarians. Finish with a selection of delicate and dainty petit fours.
Ernie Els Wines
🔥Five-Course Winter Lunch Special
💰R650 per person/ R1,000 including wine pairing
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
📍Ernie Els Wines, Annandale Rd, Stellenbosch
Chef Eric Bulpitt introduces his Chef’s Signature lunch experience – a seasonal five-course tasting menu that evolves with the best ingredients as they come into peak. Expect squid with fennel, potato gnocchi in gorgonzola cream, free-range beef with truffle, venison with pickled beetroot, and chocolate mousse with meringue, berries and ice cream. Optional wine pairings from the Ernie Els portfolio are available to complete the experience.
Homestead at Vergenoegd Löw
🔥Homestead Dinner Experience
💰R450 for Two Courses / R600 for Three Courses
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, dinner only
📍1 Faure Village Rd, Stellenbosch Farms, Somerset West
Veld herbs steer the seasonal menu: charcoal-grilled octopus with buchu, wild rosemary and a sour fig dressing, or a slow-braised chicken pie in Dexter beef tallow pastry for pure old-world comfort. Desserts trade in nostalgia – a dark chocolate-and-spekboom brownie, or warmly spiced carrot cake with pineapple.
Hōseki
🔥Three-Course Winter Lunch
💰R895 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
📍Delaire Graff Estate, Helshoogte Rd, Stellenbosch
Hōseki’s winter menu takes its cue from Nihon Judan – “Traversing Japan” – exploring regional Japanese flavours through seasonal ingredients and fire-led cooking. Two starter courses of your choosing, a main and a dessert for only R895pp, with an optional wine pairing at R795pp for those settling in properly. 12.5% service gratuity is applicable.
Joostenberg Wines & Kraal Restaurant
🔥Wagenhuis Winter Lunch
💰R350 per person
🗓️ Friday – Sunday from 11h00
📍Klapmuts, South Africa
Slow down with a comforting winter experience at this Cape wine farm. For R350pp, enjoy a tasting of three estate red wines – Bakermat, Klippe Kou and Philip Albert – followed by a generous family-style lamb or beef feast served with seasonal sides.
The Jordan Restaurant With Marthinus Ferreira
🔥Three-Course Winter Lunch
💰R650 per person
🗓️ Wednesday – Saturday from 12h00
📍Jordan Wine Estate, Stellenbosch Kloof Rd, Stellenbosch
The winter à la carte lunch menu starts with a signature bread course, followed by dishes like cured tuna with charred aubergine, beef scallopini with mushrooms, and sous-vide springbok with soused beetroot. Save room for one of the beautifully crafted desserts to finish.
Kleine Zalze Restaurant
🔥Steak/Bouillabaisse & Wine Deal
💰R265 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
📍3 De Kelder, De Zalze Golf Estate, Stellenbosch
Chef Nic van Wyk presents a Bonsmara sirloin with pommes Anna, greens, garlic butter and béarnaise, or a Cape bouillabaisse with rouille and croutons. Both include a glass of Kleine Zalze Family Reserve wine (Shiraz 2012, Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 or Chenin Blanc 2016).
Lievland Café
🔥Winter Weekday Lunch Special
💰R150 per person
🗓️ Monday – Friday from 12h00
📍R44, Stellenbosch, Klapmuts
Cosy up by the fire at Lievland this winter and enjoy a hearty seasonal dish paired with a glass of classic Lievland wine for just R150 per person. Warm fireside tables and beautiful views make it the perfect spot for a leisurely lunch or catch-up with friends.
La Petite Colombe at Leeu Estates
🔥Six-Course Winter Lunch Special
💰R1,395 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 12h00
📍Leeu Estates, Dassenberg Rd, Franschhoek
The winter lunch menu is a condensed version of the full tasting experience, offering a taste of culinary excellence at a more accessible pricepoint. Expect dishes such as yellowfin tuna, coal-roasted lamb, and bread starters, including bagels and vetkoek. A vegetarian menu is also available.
Protégé at Le Quartier Français
🔥Early Dinner Winter Special
💰R795 For Three Courses / R645 For Two Courses
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, 17h30 and 18h00
📍10 Wilhelmina St, Franschhoek
The early dinner winter menu offers a two- or three-course choice, with dishes like Korean fried chicken with prawn, corn and tom yum, or lamb rump with pea vierge and salsa verde. Bread is served with wild boar fat, and desserts include boerenkaas with pear or a guava and hibiscus pudding. Add bottomless Graham Beck bubbly for just R495 per person.
Stellenbosch Reserve
🔥Three-Course Winter Special
💰R550 per person
🗓️ Tuesday – Saturday for lunch and dinner, plus Sunday lunch
📍Annandale Rd, Stellenbosch
Cosy up by the fireplace and enjoy a rotating monthly blackboard special. June brings arancini, sirloin steak with mushrooms and mash, and pecan nut cake with caramel. July features artichoke tempura, lamb chops, and apple cake with ice cream. In August, expect mussels, braised short rib with green beans and mash, and a classic tiramisu.
Restaurant at Glen Carlou
🔥Three-Course Winter Special
💰R425 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, all day
📍Glen Carlou Wine Estate, Simondium Road, Klapmuts
Glen Carlou’s winter pitch is hard to argue with: a slow three-course Winelands lunch at R425pp, with a complimentary bottle of estate wine – Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir from the Core Range – for every two guests dining. A bottle of the good stuff folded into lunch is winter maths at its finest. T&Cs apply.
Wilde Vy Bistro
🔥Winter Special Set Menu
💰R595 for Three Courses / R445 for Two Courses
🗓️ Tuesday – Sunday from 12h00
📍Hooggelegen Rd, Durbanville, Cape Town, 7551, South Africa
Chef Jürgen Snyman’s winter set menu moves from potato-and-leek vichyssoise and Sicilian-style fregola risotto to slow-roasted rolled lamb rib and a lamb kofta cruller in pastry, before a molten chocolate fondant or apple mille-feuille finish. Live jazz on Thursday evenings seals the date-night case.
Johannesburg
The Baron
🔥Hot Pot Winter Warmer
💰R350 per person
🗓️ All day, all week
📍Leaping Frog Shopping Centre, Winnie Mandela Dr, Beverley, Johannesburg
📍48 Alexandra Rd, Doringkloof, Centurion
Warm up this winter with The Baron’s seasonal special: enjoy a hearty oxtail, beef or lamb curry, paired with a glass of Roodeberg red wine, for R350.
Boca Fino Portuguese Restaurant
🔥Monday & Tuesday “Dish of the Day”
💰R695 per couple
🗓️ Monday & Tuesday from 11h00
📍293 Jan Smuts Ave, Dunkeld West, Randburg
Every Monday at Boca Fino you can enjoy their delicious peri-peri baby chicken for only R160 – flame-grilled to perfection and served with your choice of side. And on Tuesdays, tuck into 6 queen prawns, butterflied and grilled, and served with your choice of side for only R199. Bookings are essential.
Bowl’d
🔥Winter Dinner For Two
💰R695 per couple
🗓️ Monday – Wednesday, from 17h00
📍15 W Rd S, Morningside, Sandton
Treat yourselves to a cosy winter date night with this Dinner for Two special. Enjoy a selected bottle of wine, two starters, two mains and two desserts, with vegan and vegetarian options available.
The Grill Jichana Rosebank
🔥Three-Course Dinner Special
💰R420 per person
🗓️ Monday – Sunday from 18h00
📍12 Sturdee Ave, Rosebank, Johannesburg
Grill Jichana is backing itself with what it calls the best-tasting three-course winter menu in town, running through to the end of July at R420pp.
Maximillien
🔥Friday Curry & Wine Special
💰R345 per person
🗓️ Fridays from 18h00
📍2 Maude St, Sandown, Sandton, Johannesburg
Maximillien has turned Friday nights over to curry: a hearty trio of spicy lamb, butter chicken and fragrant Thai prawn, built for sharing, at R345pp. Add a glass of house wine for only R85.
Palm Terrace Restaurant at Protea Hotel Midrand
🔥Winter Lunchtime Special
💰From R105 per plate
🗓️ Monday – Sunday
📍Ext 20, 14th Street, Noordwyk, Midrand
The Palm Terrace’s winter lunch is a study in value: a lamb bunny chow at R120 or chicken at R105, each served with atchar, salsa and tzatziki, plus a soft drink. For a winter lunch from R105, this one is hard to beat.
Verdicchio Restaurant and Wine Cellar
🔥Winter Warmer Menu
💰R295 per person
🗓️ Monday – Thursday, plus Sunday from 12h00
📍9 Montecasino Blvd, Fourways, Sandton
Enjoy a comforting three-course menu at Verdicchio. Start with seasonal chef’s soup and artisanal bread, enjoy your choice of hearty pasta, and finish with a glass of De Krans Port.
West Coast
Pelagos Langebaan
🔥Seasonal Plate Specials
💰From R60 per plate
🗓️ Monday – Sunday, lunch and dinner
📍Strand St, Laguna St, Mykonos, Langebaan
Langebaan’s Greek corner runs a cosy seasonal menu through winter: roasted butternut soup at R60, keftedes at R85, butter chicken curry at just R125 and a beef stifado at R155. Honest plates, lagoon-side, at prices that make a leisurely West Coast winter drive entirely justifiable.
Not many specials price wise
Hey Michael, totally get where you’re coming from – at first glance, not all of the prices feel like massive specials. That said, the winter menus do offer better value than usual, especially when compared to the rest of the year.
We appreciate the feedback – we’re always keen to spotlight offers diners are looking for!
What about places other than Constantia, the City Bowl, or the Stellenbosch and further?
We have the whole Atlantic Seaboard (Milnerton to Melkbosstrand), Durbanville Wine Route, the Northern Suburbs … no good restaurants there? Or just no specials?
Hey Laura!
There are loads of amazing restaurants out that side, and we’re always keeping an eye out for specials to update the list. In the meantime, check out the Dineplan app to see what specials are in your area!
Sadly, very few real specials
They’re definitely not “cheap eats”, but compared to peak season pricing, winter specials can be a great way for locals to enjoy some incredible fine-dining restaurants for a lot less.
Only three for Joburg?
Hi Frith, we’re adding more as they come in! You’ll see a few more to explore now.