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Pier

Reviewers' Choice 2024 - Top 50 Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 50
Contemporary Fine Dining
Location Pointer 3CVC+MF Cape Town, South Africa
4.8
(2744 reviews)
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  • Great Views
  • Gourmet Guide Plated
  • Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 50
  • Reviewers' Choice 2024 - Top 50

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Pier is the latest venture by The La Colombe Group, located on the Pierhead at the V&A Waterfront. Headed by John Norris Rogers serving a multi course tasting menu inspired by the sea.

Gourmet Guide™ Description

Entering the intimate restaurant that embraces the working harbour, you’re rendered breathless. It’s a heart-stopping, world-class view, and soon you’ll be appreciating cuisine of equal calibre.

PIER has elevated the culinary offering of the V&A Waterfront since opening two years ago. The chef’s menu begins with an ensemble of canapés, innovatively presented in eye-catching white pottery that depicts the ocean floor. Every aspect of this dining discovery has been carefully curated and shaped by chef John Norris-Rogers’ South African heritage and international travels. The snoek-filled takoyaki, cooked tableside and served with a Cape Malay curry relish, shows Japanese influence. The sourdough with curried hake butter is a substantial wave, featuring seafood that’s been gently cured, smoked, and coated in a piquant sauce, finished at your table with aplomb. Alongside, there’s smoked mussel, chorizo, toasted yeast, and cultured butter.

The tandoori yellowfin tuna with avocado and chevra is savoury and smokey. A spice blend coats the tuna before searing. The tuna tartare is paired with a curry XO and yoghurt labneh, harmonising the spices with creaminess. Here is a dish that flawlessly demonstrates John’s ability to balance a hero ingredient with myriad accompaniments, ensuring the tuna holds its own without being overpowered. A coriander spuma and avocado crumbed with spices provide texture. The crunchy chevra mix comprises fried onion, garlic, and curry leaves, served separately so that you may add as little or as much as you like. The diner’s every whim has been considered. Wine pairings, like the service, are impeccable – intuitive and fuelled by passion and knowledge.

Opening Hours

  • Monday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Tuesday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Wednesday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Thursday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Friday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Saturday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Sunday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00

Reviews (2744)

4.8 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.9
Value 4.7
Service 4.9
Ambience 4.8
  • Lars W. Dined: 2 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sat 12 Jul 25
    Any of the Restaurants under the La Colombe umbrella are just amazing and so is Pier! The food is just outstanding. A must when visiting Cape Town! You can’t go wrong with any of the restaurants

  • Charlotte S. Dined: 4 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 10 Jul 25
    What an exceptional dining experience!! From the moment we stepped into the restaurant, we were warmly greeted and take care of. Lauren was our host, and she was so informative, caring and attentive. Every course was so thoughtfully created with a well crafted theme that will delight you at every step. Incredible qualify of ingredients and exquisite flavours. I cannot recommend PIER highly enough!

  • Laura P. Dined: 4 days ago
    3.8
    Food 3.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 3.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Anna P. Dined: 1 week ago
    3.5
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 4.0
    Ambience 1.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 09 Jul 25
    First the positives: the food and all the creations around food were outstanding and very impressive. It was almost on the "too much" side as were full to the brink at the end. I guess that's rare for a fine dining. The presentation including special plates and arrangements (like a porcelain octopus for serving starters) were very innovative and interesting. The service was ok. Comparing to different restaurants with fine dining the waiters had to operate multiple tables and were not extremely attentive which might have been the part of the plan as packed as the place was. That is our biggest disappointment. The tables were very close together and many of them on the top which crated a school dining atmosphere, nothing matching the quality and presentation of the food. A burger with the fries would fit better the ambience. I guess it is a hard decision when you are popular enough to fill the school cafeteria but that was definitely not 500$ experience we were anticipated. Maybe increase the price a bit, toss few tables out, invest in better acoustics and add a few more waiters? Just saying. Even as the food was excellent I would never return. All in all it took us about 3.5h of sitting in that loud place, which wasn't ideal despite that we arrived as the first guests but ended up at the same level with everyone else when leaving.

  • Samer J. Dined: 1 week ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 08 Jul 25
    Overall excellent! Daniel’s knowledge and explanation Was an added + to the experience. Very much recommended All the best wishes to the Pier chef and team, wishing you a continued success

  • Paul K. Dined: 1 week ago
    4.5
    Food 5.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Diane L. Dined: 1 week ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sat 05 Jul 25
    What an amazing experience. The staff were fantastic explaining each course. What a wonderful dining experience. I asked the other diners in my group which course was their favourite and they said all of them. Would highly recommend.

  • Kyle W. Dined: 1 week ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
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