Durbanville Hills Winery — Attraction in Cape Town Ward 105

….When you enter through the gates you can already see what makes this estate so class-ii. The road is a clean concrete driveway which inclines all the time showing that this venue is elevated and sitting on a slight hill, the road is flanked by beautiful well-manicured and well maintained gardens that are in full bloom with a kaleidoscope of colours and behind that are the grape-vines a true-lii awesome sight to behold. The directions to the building complex via well posted direction boards are very clear-lii posted, there are multi levels of parking areas intertwined with beautiful flower-beds which make for plenty parking because this venue real-lii gets loads of visitors at any given day. Today is a windy and wet rainy day but there are lots of patrons judging by the amount of vehicles here already. Closer to the main building are parking-bay for the disabled and the way makes it accessibly for wheel-chairs. Once you have parked and you take a moment to take-in the beautiful landscapes, straight-down in the distance is Durbanville surrounded by lash green farm-lands to the left is the awesome sight of the Atlantic Ocean with all the new warehousing complexes that have sprung-up in the last few years. Closer to home are the vine-yards. This venue exudes grandeur. When you approach the building you are overcome with what you encounter the paved pathways are clean. Out-side of the entrance there is an old well-preserved “Canon” facing Durbanville. There is only one entrance to the entire place now that Covid-19 is here already outside you see the clear demarcations on the floor of the space for proper social-distancing. The first desk you have to report at is the Covid-19 Check-point where you have to fill in the Covid-19 screening form also your temperature is checked via the instrument only after this process are you allowed into the venue. There is a very big Bar-counter lots of tables and chairs for sitting down to indulge in wine tasting. Further in are the conference-room facilities. Down the one side you can gain access to the Olive Grove Bistro where you can sit down in-side or out-side as both options are catered for to enjoy wining and dining from a variation of foods of the daily menu such as Meat-Platter, Cheese-Platter, Burgers & Chips, Vegan Bowl, Calamari & Chips, Oysters per ½ dozen, Kiddies Chicken-Pizza and even Choc-Brownie with ice cream. And up stair is the very Elegant and “HAUTE GRANDEUR” Global Awards Winning restaurant called “TANGRAM”…..NB! This estate is child-friend-lii as they have an enormous Play-ground with wooden structures for children to engage while parents are wine-tasting and dining right out-side of the Olive Grove Bistro’s Glass enclosures where they can be under the watchful eyes of their parents…….A must visit venue where wine-cellar tours are also readily...

There is a reason why Durbanville Hills won best restaurant with Restaurant Week.

Durbanville Hills The city of Cape Town on the one side and the small towns and Winelands on the other. High up in the Durbanville Hill to look over the beauty of the Western Cape while you are able to enjoy a good glass of wine and an amazing plate of food.

Evening of Treats Now, if you know anything about Durbanville Hills Restaurant you probably know that the place is a bit more upmarket than most places, and this characteristic shines with the food as well. As always, we try as many dishes as we possibly can stomach, and this evening was no exception.

Starters Beetroot carpaccio with walnuts, halved grapes and herbs all around. This doesn’t sound like your typical starter and this is where we started falling in love with Durbanville Hills.

Following this, we took the Venison tataki next to pumpkin fritters, herbs and red currant glaze.

Mains Get ready for the big guns, because these plates weren’t for the faint of heart. Our first main was Beef sirloin, braised short rib, light carrot puree, bone marrow, straw potatoes all next to biltong dukkah. Phew, what a mouthful.

Not done yet folks, as following this plate we were greeted by pure decadence. Lamb rump grilled, sugar snap peas, radish and baby potato discs with black garlic puree.

Flavour explosion, is all we can say. Both these dishes were quite rich and very filling but each element served its purpose. Alone they were tasty, but together they made these dish mind blasting.

Just Desserts Now, we know we said that we usually try all the dishes but here we couldn’t help ourselves and took 2 of the same plates. Failures as foodies, but we are just suckers for stuffed choux pastry.

Say hello to Profiteroles dulce de leche (basically caramel, but instead of making it with water it is made with milk, so super creamy) cream, honeycomb ice cream with fig quarters, balsamic gel and coconut dust. THIS! If we knew how good this was we would’ve ordered this for starters, mains and desserts.

Light and fluffy with creamy insides, hints of sweetness and just enough to keep you coming back. If heaven had a taste, this would be it.

The Rest Durbanville Hills has an amazing view with staff at the ready. Never did we even think of calling the waiter over as she was there to clear the table, refill our glasses and engage in light conversation.

The evening was by no means cheap, but we did not expect it as everything went perfectly. We love a restaurant where the money spent is worth every penny.

TTT’s rating out of 5: Food – 5 | Service – 5 | Atmosphere – 5 | Value – 5

Durbanville Hills gets the ‘Ultimate Stamp‘ from Two Tasty Tummies.

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The venue is great with spectacular views all round, table mountain, the sea, robben Island, wine valley, simply breathtaking.

From the closest parking lot it's a short albeit steep walk in, wheelchair friendly too. I saw transportation carts, perhaps for those who are parked further away. There are lifts on the inside of the venue thus access to the elevated first floor that offeres great views.

The meals are a variety, three course setting. My starter was beef, I thought it was strips, but it was dry mince vibes. The yoghurt sauce helped a lot to soften it. The flavour was a miss for me.

For the main meal I had line fish. Presentation was awesome. Taste, another miss. All of us who had fish concurred on that.

Fellow diners enjoyed their snoek fish cake starters, pork belly, their steak etc. So I look forward to trying those out on my next visit.

I had berries and ice cream for dessert. That was the best tasting dish for me.

There are no children play facilities or open play areas. We had two young ones. They did get clouding paper and crayons to keep busy at the table. The kids menu is also very limited. We did work with what was there.

The wines were tasty and fresh. I enjoyed watching the decanting demonstration .

Our waiter, Simba, was service personified. He paid attention to details and was very proactive in what he did. At one point I had stepped outside and he came out to take my dessert order. I thought that that was impressive. He offered to take group table photos and took some really nice shots, that made the experience that much more nicer.

Overall a lovely experience and treat thanks to our host family who celebrated my sister's birthday there. It's ldefinately worth...