Eastern Food Bazaar
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This place amazed and fascinated me, I loved it! You feel so immersed in a foreign culture and have an awesome dining experience. I went with some friends who recommended it to me. The wait time can be long and confusing. First you need to order and pay at the ordering counter and they give you the receipt and tickets which you show at the kitchen stall you want to eat from. So you're going to end up being in two queues: one at the ordering counter, and one in front of your kitchen stall. I saw so many people go directly to the kitchen stall just to wait in that line to find out they were in the wrong line because they didn't have their ticket yet:( You can't order from the kitchen chefs. But I found the waits to be well worth it, I had the chicken shawarma on pita bread and fries, which they call chips, from the Istanbul counter for 50R. It was delicious. It you're looking for a place to sit down to eat try upstairs. There's a nice quieter place with more tables up there that not many people seem to know about. Great place, besides there were some great movies that used this place to do some of their scenes. Look them up and find out more about what an amazing place you just walked into.
Jerome NienaberJerome Nienaber
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The Eastern Food Bazaar is a canteen-style eatery with its string of bustling stalls that offers a diverse vibe to locals and overseas traveler’s. The Eastern Food Bazaar serves portions that are huge and affordable. Customers and visitors can choose between Halaal and vegetarian-friendly dishes. Traveler’s and customers can also get Turkish, Indian, local and other dishes at the Eastern Food Bazaar. The Eastern Food Bazaar’s offers from Turkish kebabs to Cape style biryanis, Indian curries and Tandoor dishes that are loved by the locals. Traveler’s and customers can choose from the different stalls and pay at a central pay point. Menus with the prices and illustrations are pasted up at the different food courts to make selection easier for customers and traveler’s. The Eastern Food bazaar draws an incredible mix of people all over Cape Town and tourists looking for a local experience are drawn to it. The energy at the Eastern Food Bazaar is dynamic with the vibrant colours and travellers and customers can smell the rich and fragrant spices from a distance. The Eastern Food Bazaar has gorgeous Indian decor, like the carved wooden doors imported from India according to the customers. The floors are paved with stone and looks like a cobbled road. In the middle of the food court and halfway through there’s a basin with taps to wash your hands before and after eating. Customers and travellers can either choose to dine in or take away their food. Different ice cream options are also available at the Eastern Food Bazaar. The food court also makes provision the disabled customers.
Leon FoutieLeon Foutie
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Heard so many good stories and reviews about Eastern Food Bizarre but sad to say my experience was disappointing to say the least. I arrived close to closing time on a Friday (21:00) paid at the cashier and got my ticket for a butter chicken order and proceeded to collect at the serving stations. I clocked another customer ahead of the collection queue getting frustrated with the staff and only caught “as long as you give me what I want” thinking that it was just another day of petty customer disputes. Only to find when it was my turn that the staff had been dishing out lamb rogan Josh’s (and a not so nice looking serving of one) instead of the chicken curry I ordered (or really whatever er it was that customers had ordered). I assume they’d run out of butter chicken but the least they could do was to inform me of that. I clicked now what the customer ahead of me was upset about. Unfortunately, I also didn’t pay attention till I got home to open my takeaway to find this of which it was obviously too late. I’m also prone to getting sick to red meat and so it was really such a disappointment to not have dinner to eat when I got home. This is also not the first time that I’ve been at Eastern Food Bizaare and they run out of a dish, I was just expecting the courtesy of the cashier to just inform me so that I can make alternative choices but they didn’t give me even that option.
Minenhle ButheleziMinenhle Buthelezi
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Pleasant eating facility for the whole family pricing extremely reasonable for the portions--especially when cook of the house not in the mood for cooking or the family all has different meal request just make yr way to Eastern food Bazaar it's very easy to order & collect yr meal -Sit down & enjoy yr meal - they have sufficient seating both upstairs & downstairs - Note No tea or coffee available here- only thing is dnt make the mistake we did by ordering the little chillibites or samosas it really was not worth the look of it😝😝😝- Eastern Food Bazaar u definitely can do much better with this snack it's a shame😩😩😩 Parking at this establishment can be a bit of a schlep though-we talking CT Cbd😏 do yrself a favour make an effort to try different meals each time u go there in order to know exactly what yr favourite could be😋I think they also could improve on the customer service as this place does attract quite a bit of foreigners & the locals enjoy the quality & quantity for money spent😊 one thing u can be sure of is that u definitely will be served fresh foods👍 So Thank you Eastern Food Bazaar 👍😀🤗
Amina Jappie AdriaanseAmina Jappie Adriaanse
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One place you simply shouldn’t miss when visiting the Mother City is the Eastern Food Bazaar. One entrance is situated on Darling Street and the other on Longmarket Street. This is a 100% Halaal establishment, which has its fair amount of daily customers. This is truly where the locals eat. In this ‘food Open valley’ you’ll find delicious Eastern meals, from Turkish and Chinese to Indian food. And the best part? It is fantastic value for money. You get massive, tasty meals, which taste authentically eastern, for between R25 to R45. The main thing people come for are the curries. Which are all incredibly flavourful. From creamy Butter Chicken to delicious Lamb Rojan Josh, you definitely won’t go home hungry. The dish that I eat regularly is the above, the creamy Butter Chicken. That is R35 for a curry, a huge pile of rice, slaw and lentils. They definitely don’t skimp on anything in this place. Open 7 days a week, this is a food lovers mecca one simply must visit when in Cape Town.
Daniyal SaleemDaniyal Saleem
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The Eastern Food Bazaar is one of the best restaurants or markets I have ever been too! The food is so delicious and cheap it is unbelievable. First of all the restaurant doesn't look that nice. Its better upstairs tho. It is always busy and it's not completely clear how to order in the beginning. You just need to go around and look at the dishes and remember the number. Just afterwards, you must go to the middle where the cashier is. You just order the food there by telling the number. They give you the slip and you go back to the place where your dish would get prepared. Then you give them the slip. They cook it fresh and nicely. It is a lot of food for very low money and soooo tasty. When you want to eat at the eastern food bazaar I would recommend to go up. The place upstairs is beautiful and it's more quiet. You should definitely visit the eastern food bazaar. Everyone finds something nice to eat there.The staff is very friendly too.
AnnalenaAnnalena
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96 Longmarket St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
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+27 21 461 2458
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easternfoodbazaar.co.za
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Regional Indian, Chinese and Turkish street food from a string of bustling stalls with seating area.
attractions: Castle of Good Hope, Greenmarket Square, Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum, Greenmarket Square, Southern Sun Cape Sun, District Six Museum, Cattle Baron De Waterkant, Icon Luxury Apartments, South African National Gallery, Iziko Slave Lodge, restaurants: The Company's Garden Restaurant, Truth Coffee Roasting, Tiger's Milk Long Street, Dias Tavern Portuguese Restaurant, Burger & Lobster, Food Lover's Eatery Newspaper House, The Village Idiot, The Dog's Bollocks at YARD, Utopia Cape Town, Clarke's Bar & Dining Room

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