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The winelands hold 19 starred restaurants, more than any part of Cape Town itself
19starred restaurants Stellenbosch and Franschhoek · Highest
Stellenbosch and Franschhoek together outrank every city district, and Gauteng holds only five stars in total.
From our storiesCape Town's restaurant scene in 2026: awards, prices and pressuresRead the full story →
Method and sources
Each bar is the number of restaurants holding one, two or three stars in the 2026 Eat Out awards, by area, as reported in the article. The bars are ordered from most to fewest; the article lists Cape Town areas first, then the rest of the country.
Stellenbosch and Franschhoek 19, Cape Town CBD and City Bowl 11, rest of Western Cape 8, Woodstock and suburbs 7, V&A Waterfront 6, Gauteng 5, Constantia 4, Camps Bay and Atlantic Seaboard 4, KwaZulu-Natal 3, other provinces 3.
The article's own chart is headed as Cape Town districts but includes the national categories, which are kept here.
The awards were announced in March 2026 and the article gives no dates, so the period is the 2026 awards year.
Sources: Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2026 (https://www.eatout.co.za/)
Figures as published in our article on Cape Town's restaurant scene (chart last checked 14 September 2026): the Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards for 2026, announced March 2026. Link to the publisher, not the exact table.
Chart updated · 26 Sep 2026. The observation dates above describe the data, not today’s conditions.
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