Cape Town Food

BVSC is a great place to meet friends for a drink (or perhaps a cigar in the dedicated smoking room), and share some tapas or a straight forward meal.

I've gone for a couple of lounge sessions, sharing a few beers, over the last year or so, but only in the last month have I enjoyed the food that BVSC has on offer.

I can heartily recommend the Tapas platter for R74.50, which could easily feed 4, and is a great base to add to other tapas for the more adventurous. It includes tonnes (seriously TONNES : this place's portion sizes are actually too large in my opinion) of feta, olives, humus, tomato bruschetta(???), diablos (dates wrapped in bacon : yum!), chicken wings, ciabatta, teramasalata(??? - we swapped out for more humus) as well as some deep fried brinjal discs. I normally grab some of their chili poppers too.

The decor and vibe is great - sort of like a VERY upmarket version of cubana; similar to how Rafikis makes Cool Runnings' vibe a little more palpable to the slightly older crowd (i.e. not students). The drinks are well priced, and the cocktails are made with a 'heavy' (or honest) hand, so when you are paying R28 for a cocktail you aren't paying for the orange juice.

My biggest criticism would be that the waitering staff have an URGENCY to get your plates off the table. This is strange, because they don't bother you otherwise, and there is no pressure to leave [I wonder if they have a crockery shortage? Or their dishwashing crew is a bit lacklustre], but with two different waitrons (horrible term), our plates have been cleared before the last bite has been chewed. This is really off putting and can make it a bit uncomfortable. I don't understand it.

Overall this place (near Mamu) is a wonderful place to spend a fun evening with friends. Having been there a couple of times with mates during the week I can say it is always pumping without being too crowded. I recommend booking in advance.

Labels: cuban, experience, good value, specials, tyger lake

// posted by Andrew la Grange @ 12:55 PM