Eat Out names South Africa's best restaurants 2022!

South Africa's leading restaurant guide, Eat Out, has named the winners of the Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2022. After a two year interruption, the restaurant awards are back with a dynamic new star rating system. Restaurants were assessed on several factors, including the quality of their offering – from the décor, ambience and service to the wine list, ingredients used and quality of the food. In addition to the Eat Out stars, there are 12 Special Awards that were handed out. These awards applaud individual restaurants, chefs and food personalities who are pushing the industry forward in a meaningful and innovative way.

Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2022: 1-star restaurants (70 - 80 points)

• beyond (Constantia)
• Chefs Warehouse at Tintswalo Atlantic (Hout Bay)
• Clara’s Barn (Somerset West)
• Culinary Table (Lanseria, Johannesburg)
• Emazulwini (V&A Waterfront, Cape Town)
• Epice (Franschhoek)
• Farro (Bot River)
• Forti Grill & Bar (Menlyn, Pretoria)
• Hemelhuijs (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• Indochine Restaurant at Delaire Graff Estate (Stellenbosch)
• Les Créatifs Restaurant (Sandton, Johannesburg)
• Marble Restaurant (Rosebank, Johannesburg)
• Modern Tailors (Rosebank, Johannesburg)
• Ouzeri (City Bowll, Cape Town)
• Post & Pepper (Stellenbosch)
• RIVA Fish Restaurant (De Waterkant, Cape Town)
• Rust en Vrede Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
• Rykaart’s (Stellenbosch)
• Séjour (Houghton Estate, Johannesburg)
• The Melting Pot (Grabouw)
• The Shortmarket Club Johannesburg (Rosebank, Johannesburg)
• The Table at De Meye (Stellenbosch)
• The Test Kitchen Fledgelings (Woodstock, Cape Town)
• The Waterside Restaurant (V&A Waterfron, Cape Townt)
• The Werf Restaurant at Boschendal (Franschhoek)
• Ukko (Sandton, Johannesburg)

Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2022: 2-star restaurants (80 - 90 points)

• ARKESTE by Richard Carstens (Franschhoek)
• Belly of the Beast (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia (Constantia)
• ëlgr (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• Foxcroft (Constantia)
• FYN (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• La Petite Colombe (Franschhoek) 
• Spek & Bone (Stellenbosch)
• The Pot Luck Club (Woodstock, Cape Town)
• The Test Kitchen Carbon (Rosebank, Johannesburg)
• Zioux (Sandton, Johannesburg)

Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2022: 3-star restaurants (90+ points)

• La Colombe (Constantia)
• PIER Restaurant (V&A Waterfront, Cape Town)
• Salsify at the Roundhouse (Camps Bay)
• The LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate (Pinetown, Durban) 
• Wolfgat (Paternoster)

Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2022: Special Awards

• Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant of The Year  – The LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate (Pinetown, Durban)
• Eat Out Woolworths Financial Services Chef of The Year  – John Norris-Rogers of PIER Restaurant (V&A Waterfront, Cape Town.
• Eat Out WCellar Wine Service Award  – Victor Okolo from Salsify at the Roundhouse (Camps Bay).
• Eat Out Naked Malt Rising Star Award  – Mmabatho Molefe from Emazulwini (V&A Waterfront, Cape Town) .
• Eat Out Woolworths Financial Services Service Excellence Award – Forti Grill & Bar (Menlyn, Pretoria) .
• Eat Out Valpré Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award  – Rudi Liebenberg.
• Eat Out Woolworths Lockdown Innovation Award – Liam Tomlin.
• Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award  – FABER at Avondale (Paarl).
• Eat Out VISI Style Award – Zioux (Sandton, Johannesburg).
• Eat Out Stella Artois Best Destination Restaurant Award  – Nevermind (Cape St Francis).
• Eat Out Woolworths Icon Award – La Madeleine (Pretoria).
• Eat Out Retail Capital Best New Restaurant Award – Dusk (Stellenbosch).

Method:

According to Eat Out, the restaurants rated for the Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards 2022 were selected based on several factors, including the quality of their offering – from the décor, ambience and service to the wine list, ingredients used and quality of the food. Based on their collective experience and expertise, the Eat Out team and the Awards chief judge then selected the 300 restaurants to be reviewed.
From the Top 300 list, over 80 restaurants were visited by the panel of six expert judges and rated on Eat Out’s new online rating tool that comprises a comprehensive scorecard. Restaurants are judged in a number of categories, including:

• Menu composition: 15 points
• Presentation: 10 points
• Taste and technique: 30 points
• Beverages: 20 points
• Service: 20 points
• Ambience: 5 points

Five to 10 factors are rated within these categories before the entire rating is rolled up into the total score out of 100.