Guidebook for Randburg
Food Scene
They make amazing croissants and cookies. Heavenly baked goods only 2 minutes away!!
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Not Bread Alone
286 Malibongwe DrThey make amazing croissants and cookies. Heavenly baked goods only 2 minutes away!!
The Whippet is a funky, hipster joint with great coffee, vibey staff and good bistro food. (5 minutes drive)
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The Whippet in Linden
34 7th StThe Whippet is a funky, hipster joint with great coffee, vibey staff and good bistro food. (5 minutes drive)
This Vegetarian spot is ideal for those who want a really great meal that is super-healthy. Love this place. Not very well known - which adds to the allure!
Elemental Cafe
This Vegetarian spot is ideal for those who want a really great meal that is super-healthy. Love this place. Not very well known - which adds to the allure!
Best thin crust pizza around the area. Great, chilled out vibe. Not open on Mondays
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Satori Family Restaurant
61a 4th AveBest thin crust pizza around the area. Great, chilled out vibe. Not open on Mondays
Another excellent pizza joint. 6 minutes drive. Specialise in courgette, gluten free and cauliflower bases. Good value.
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Picola Pizza and Pasta #1 Pizza in Joburg
Another excellent pizza joint. 6 minutes drive. Specialise in courgette, gluten free and cauliflower bases. Good value.
Awesome coffee, fast, free wifi and great food.
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Vovo Telo
4th AvenueAwesome coffee, fast, free wifi and great food.
Everything Cheese! Brilliant selection of local cheeses and deli food. They have delicious freshly baked breads and a quaint little shop at which to buy gifts and what-nots. An adjoining restaurant serves yummy food. Live piano music weekly.
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Cheese Gourmet
71A 7th StEverything Cheese! Brilliant selection of local cheeses and deli food. They have delicious freshly baked breads and a quaint little shop at which to buy gifts and what-nots. An adjoining restaurant serves yummy food. Live piano music weekly.
Greek Meze deluxe!! Plaka has a great vibe, a view of iconic Northcliff Hill and some of the tastiest food around! Be sure to try their Kleftiko if you eat meat. Otherwise dive straight into their awesome assortment of mouthwatering meze.
Plaka Restaurant Cresta
Beyers Naudé DriveGreek Meze deluxe!! Plaka has a great vibe, a view of iconic Northcliff Hill and some of the tastiest food around! Be sure to try their Kleftiko if you eat meat. Otherwise dive straight into their awesome assortment of mouthwatering meze.
One of the the best drinking holes around. Boutique Craft beers available for your tasteful consideration. Craft pays homage to the burgeoning microbrewery-culture of South Africa.
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Craft
One of the the best drinking holes around. Boutique Craft beers available for your tasteful consideration. Craft pays homage to the burgeoning microbrewery-culture of South Africa.
This place is highly underrated. EAT boasts a menu that is always unique and although meat-heavy, they offer extensive culinary options.
Eat Bistro
This place is highly underrated. EAT boasts a menu that is always unique and although meat-heavy, they offer extensive culinary options.
Morrells is something special. A boutique hotel with great food and events. They host vintage movie-nights on a monthly basis where you can enjoy a gourmet-picnic dinner during the film. Pristine gardens and a spa mean Morrells is a must for all love-birds...
Morrells Boutique Estate
Morrells is something special. A boutique hotel with great food and events. They host vintage movie-nights on a monthly basis where you can enjoy a gourmet-picnic dinner during the film. Pristine gardens and a spa mean Morrells is a must for all love-birds...
Breakfast at Melissa's is HEAVEN. Also great for stocking up on yummy cookies and confectionery...
MELISSA'S THE FOOD SHOP
Breakfast at Melissa's is HEAVEN. Also great for stocking up on yummy cookies and confectionery...
My go-to spot for blisteringly fast fibre wifi and a GREAT meal. They leave you to work in peace while enjoying the quiet hubbub of Craighall Park
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Cnr Cafe
Rothesay AvenueMy go-to spot for blisteringly fast fibre wifi and a GREAT meal. They leave you to work in peace while enjoying the quiet hubbub of Craighall Park
Awesome selection of baked goods. They also do good breakfasts and lunches.
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Olivias Coffee Bake
175 Beyers Naude DrAwesome selection of baked goods. They also do good breakfasts and lunches.
Vegetarian and Vegans unite!!! Fresh Earth is a healthfood shop and restaurant that serves wonderful buffet lunches that will leave you feeling glowing with health. They cater to every possible dietary requirement and are THE place to go in the area for supplements, organic produce and specialised groceries. Not cheap.
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Fresh Earth Food Store
103 Komatie StVegetarian and Vegans unite!!! Fresh Earth is a healthfood shop and restaurant that serves wonderful buffet lunches that will leave you feeling glowing with health. They cater to every possible dietary requirement and are THE place to go in the area for supplements, organic produce and specialised groceries. Not cheap.
Well known for it's meat. Not my scene, but comes highly recommended.
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The Local Grill
50 7th AvenueWell known for it's meat. Not my scene, but comes highly recommended.
Hipster, cool and fashionable, W&G is a great place to kick back surrounded by yuppy freelancers of all persuasions with laptops whirring up creative ideas. They make arguably the best coffee in that neck of the woods and their pulled pork sandwich is legendary. They close at 4pm.
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Warm & Glad
357 Jan Smuts AvenueHipster, cool and fashionable, W&G is a great place to kick back surrounded by yuppy freelancers of all persuasions with laptops whirring up creative ideas. They make arguably the best coffee in that neck of the woods and their pulled pork sandwich is legendary. They close at 4pm.
Arguably the best pizza around, if you're not too pushed for time. A bit of a trek, but man... Right next door is CBC Brewhouse for washing it all down.
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Trabella Pizzeria ILLOVO
204 Oxford RdArguably the best pizza around, if you're not too pushed for time. A bit of a trek, but man... Right next door is CBC Brewhouse for washing it all down.
Craft beer and gourmet burgers... Need I say more?
When you're done, stroll down 4th and mingle with the fashionistas frequenting trendy cafe's that spill onto the streets.
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Hudsons, The Burger Joint (Parkhurst)
Craft beer and gourmet burgers... Need I say more?
When you're done, stroll down 4th and mingle with the fashionistas frequenting trendy cafe's that spill onto the streets.
Craft Beer and Boutique Burgers of note!! In the growing list of Burger-Beer joints, this one is up there with the best and one of the few that have (thankfully) avoided being franchised. Their impressive selection of burgers come in all variants including vegetarian and vegan options. The Tofu or Quinoa-Lentil patties are so good, you'll wonder why burgers aren't always made this way...
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Dukes Burgers
14 Gleneagles RdCraft Beer and Boutique Burgers of note!! In the growing list of Burger-Beer joints, this one is up there with the best and one of the few that have (thankfully) avoided being franchised. Their impressive selection of burgers come in all variants including vegetarian and vegan options. The Tofu or Quinoa-Lentil patties are so good, you'll wonder why burgers aren't always made this way...
Vegetarian and Vegans cuisine off the top shelf. This bistro is really great for veggies who want to get a bit of variety. It's a firm favourite. Try their deep-fried Chimichanga wrap!!
Conscious 108
108 GreenwayVegetarian and Vegans cuisine off the top shelf. This bistro is really great for veggies who want to get a bit of variety. It's a firm favourite. Try their deep-fried Chimichanga wrap!!
Moya is a well-known African restaurant at Zoo Lake. African cuisine with african arts and crafts for sale at an adjoining market. A good experience for tourists. You can stroll the park afterwards or take a rowboat out on the lake... Nice for a Sunday afternoon.
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moyo Zoo Lake
Moya is a well-known African restaurant at Zoo Lake. African cuisine with african arts and crafts for sale at an adjoining market. A good experience for tourists. You can stroll the park afterwards or take a rowboat out on the lake... Nice for a Sunday afternoon.
Ooooooo. Dine in splendour at this unique restaurant with it's own garden providing fresh produce. Casalinga is really something. Not cheap, it's one for a romantic weekend date. Booking is essential. For veggies, Leafy Greens just behind serves a whopping buffet that will make you cry tears of joy. Not for those on a budget, but well worth the effort. Wowzers!!
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Casalinga Ristorante Italiano
Plot 328 Rocky Ridge RdOoooooo. Dine in splendour at this unique restaurant with it's own garden providing fresh produce. Casalinga is really something. Not cheap, it's one for a romantic weekend date. Booking is essential. For veggies, Leafy Greens just behind serves a whopping buffet that will make you cry tears of joy. Not for those on a budget, but well worth the effort. Wowzers!!
I'm a coffee snob and I find that any Seattle Coffee is my dealer of choice for the dark brew. They are consistently good, which I cannot say for other coffee purveyors, who tend to vary in quality based on location.
They are often adjoined to Caltex service stations. Caffiene!!
Seattle Coffee - Cresta
285 Beyers Naude DrI'm a coffee snob and I find that any Seattle Coffee is my dealer of choice for the dark brew. They are consistently good, which I cannot say for other coffee purveyors, who tend to vary in quality based on location.
They are often adjoined to Caltex service stations. Caffiene!!
Essentials
Best veggie shop in JHB! Fresh farm produce delivered bright and early every monday. Frank, Miguel and family will sort you out with the best fruit and veg in Joburg. Adjoining them is Olivia's Bakery.
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Impala Fruiterers
177 Beyers Naude DriveBest veggie shop in JHB! Fresh farm produce delivered bright and early every monday. Frank, Miguel and family will sort you out with the best fruit and veg in Joburg. Adjoining them is Olivia's Bakery.
Pick n Pay Cresta
High-end grocery store with an adjoining bottle store.
Open early til 7pm, Steve's is a great spot to find pretty much anything edible. Their fresh produce isn't always the best, but they are a good all-rounder, although not cheap.
Superspar - Blackheath
Open early til 7pm, Steve's is a great spot to find pretty much anything edible. Their fresh produce isn't always the best, but they are a good all-rounder, although not cheap.
SPAR ROBINDALE
16 Malibongwe DrSmall, well run superette. Good for incidentals.
Ironing Board The
If we can't help you with your laundry, The Ironing Lady is cheap and efficient.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Good Luck Club
134 Barry Hertzog AvenueGreat Craft beer on tap as well as sumptuous asian cuisine. Feels just like LA.
Maboneng Precinct brings together art, food, theatre and a vibe second to none. Explore the very centre of Jozi and experience the throb of the Jozi heartbeat.
During the day, Arts-On-Main, in the same area, offer food, galleries, markets, shopping and fashion.
A bit of a drive, but well worth it.
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Maboneng Precinct
Kruger StreetMaboneng Precinct brings together art, food, theatre and a vibe second to none. Explore the very centre of Jozi and experience the throb of the Jozi heartbeat.
During the day, Arts-On-Main, in the same area, offer food, galleries, markets, shopping and fashion.
A bit of a drive, but well worth it.
Melville is a bit of everything for everyone. Mainly restaurants and drinking holes, Melville has fallen from grace since the heyday of the early 90's , yet it still maintains it's standing as a good nightspot. Lots of annoying car-guards and the occasional street urchin.It's a vibey place. Stick to 7th avenue for the best of Melville. Cafe Mexico make great burritos! Lucky Bean also makes good food.
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Melville
Melville is a bit of everything for everyone. Mainly restaurants and drinking holes, Melville has fallen from grace since the heyday of the early 90's , yet it still maintains it's standing as a good nightspot. Lots of annoying car-guards and the occasional street urchin.It's a vibey place. Stick to 7th avenue for the best of Melville. Cafe Mexico make great burritos! Lucky Bean also makes good food.
A great area to explore. Greenside is very 'du jour' at present and is home to tons of great eateries.
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Greenside
A great area to explore. Greenside is very 'du jour' at present and is home to tons of great eateries.
Stroll up and down the fashionably expensive 4th Street and sniffle through artwork, homeware, fashion and food. There's something for every taste in Parkhurst, except perhaps value for money... but at least you'll look good while doing it!
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Parkhurst
19 17th StraatStroll up and down the fashionably expensive 4th Street and sniffle through artwork, homeware, fashion and food. There's something for every taste in Parkhurst, except perhaps value for money... but at least you'll look good while doing it!
Arts & Culture
Explore SA's dark political past. Not for the faint-hearted, but very moving.
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Museo del Apartheid
Explore SA's dark political past. Not for the faint-hearted, but very moving.
Some of the best, current displays of
South African fine art. Collections are beautifully curated and within walking distance of the Rosebank Zone and Firs restaurants and night spots.
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Everard Read Gallery
6 Jellicoe AveSome of the best, current displays of
South African fine art. Collections are beautifully curated and within walking distance of the Rosebank Zone and Firs restaurants and night spots.
A gallery famous for its display of the imfamous "The Spear" that caused much national debate around President Jacob Zuma. Good collections of modern and contemporary art,
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Goodman Gallery
163 Jan Smuts AveA gallery famous for its display of the imfamous "The Spear" that caused much national debate around President Jacob Zuma. Good collections of modern and contemporary art,
The Cradle of Humankind offers fascinating glimpses at our distant past. Homo Naledi, the oldest human fossil on record was discovered here and forever changed how humanity sees their origins.
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Centro de Visitantes de la Cuna de la Humanidad Maropeng
The Cradle of Humankind offers fascinating glimpses at our distant past. Homo Naledi, the oldest human fossil on record was discovered here and forever changed how humanity sees their origins.
Home of Nelson Mandela before his incarceration. Now a museum and flanked by tourist-trappy hawkers, this national gem is a must for first-timers to SA. Take a walk to the sight of the infamous 1976 Soweto uprising and haggle with hawkers for curios and crafts before settling in for a local beer at one of the many shebeens (informal pubs) in the area. If you're brave you can ask the locals to point you in the direction of the best Smileys (boiled sheep's head) and Walkie-Talkies (Deep fried chicken beaks and feet).
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Vilakazi Street
Vilakazi StreetHome of Nelson Mandela before his incarceration. Now a museum and flanked by tourist-trappy hawkers, this national gem is a must for first-timers to SA. Take a walk to the sight of the infamous 1976 Soweto uprising and haggle with hawkers for curios and crafts before settling in for a local beer at one of the many shebeens (informal pubs) in the area. If you're brave you can ask the locals to point you in the direction of the best Smileys (boiled sheep's head) and Walkie-Talkies (Deep fried chicken beaks and feet).
Parks & Nature
Emmarentia is one of the lungs of Jozi and has beautiful rose gardens and expansive spaces to cycle, walk, jog or just enjoy a picnic. 7 minutes drive. Saturday morning yoga is offered by the dam
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Emmarentia Dam
Emmarentia is one of the lungs of Jozi and has beautiful rose gardens and expansive spaces to cycle, walk, jog or just enjoy a picnic. 7 minutes drive. Saturday morning yoga is offered by the dam
Want to see some of Africa's most fearsome creatures up close? The Rhino and Lion Park will offer just that without having to drive 6 hours! Guided tours and cub-encounters are also available. 30 minutes drive.
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Reserva Natural Rinoceronte y León
520 Kromdraai RoadWant to see some of Africa's most fearsome creatures up close? The Rhino and Lion Park will offer just that without having to drive 6 hours! Guided tours and cub-encounters are also available. 30 minutes drive.
Famous for it's nesting Black Eagles at the top of Little Falls, this botanical garden is maintained to perfection. Great for walks, picnics, runs and lazing about.
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Jardín Botánico Nacional Walter Sisulu
Malcolm RoadFamous for it's nesting Black Eagles at the top of Little Falls, this botanical garden is maintained to perfection. Great for walks, picnics, runs and lazing about.
Shopping
Tsonga
50 BathlaanEverything under one roof!
A great place to shop for nice things in the heart of Sandton. High-street labels and luxury brands about between sidewalk cafe's and fancy eateries. Famous for it's larger than life Mandela statue (with it's disproportionately small head!)
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Nelson Mandela Square
130 Rivonia RoadA great place to shop for nice things in the heart of Sandton. High-street labels and luxury brands about between sidewalk cafe's and fancy eateries. Famous for it's larger than life Mandela statue (with it's disproportionately small head!)
At over 2km from one end to the other, Cresta is the biggest mall in our area with everything you need and then some. Cresta is not as fancy as Rosebank or Sandton, but it will not disappoint with its myriad of services, banking, bureau du change, grocery, shopping, bookstore, post-office restaurants, cinema complex, department stores and lots more. It not necessary to go anywhere else, really. For day to day essentials, it has more than everything you need. Outside Secure parking in the week is free for 30min, which is usually enough for an errand-run.
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Centro de transmisión
At over 2km from one end to the other, Cresta is the biggest mall in our area with everything you need and then some. Cresta is not as fancy as Rosebank or Sandton, but it will not disappoint with its myriad of services, banking, bureau du change, grocery, shopping, bookstore, post-office restaurants, cinema complex, department stores and lots more. It not necessary to go anywhere else, really. For day to day essentials, it has more than everything you need. Outside Secure parking in the week is free for 30min, which is usually enough for an errand-run.
Entertainment & Activities
Step back in history to the beginning of the Jozi goldrush at this mining-themed amusement park amid decommissioned mine-shafts, replete with museums, rollercoasters, rides, restaurants and more! You MUST ride the Anaconda! Fun all day!
Gold Reef City Theme Park (Pty) Ltd
Step back in history to the beginning of the Jozi goldrush at this mining-themed amusement park amid decommissioned mine-shafts, replete with museums, rollercoasters, rides, restaurants and more! You MUST ride the Anaconda! Fun all day!
A great place to go for easy day hikes and mountain-bike rides in a secure, boomed estate. Clearly marked trails make it a pleasure. only 30min drive from the house. They also have a lovely restaurant close to the river.
Avianto Hotel
69 R114A great place to go for easy day hikes and mountain-bike rides in a secure, boomed estate. Clearly marked trails make it a pleasure. only 30min drive from the house. They also have a lovely restaurant close to the river.
A Casino, Cinema Complex, Shopping and Eateries all wrapped in a faux Italian village, complete with vintage Fiat 500's, fountains, piazzas and itinerant minstrels, Montecasino is actually quite a lot of fun every now and again... if you can ignore the kitsch attempt at looking genuinely Italian! Scoobs is a great, unfranchised bookstore with some real gems hidden on the shelves. Go to Koi and sit on the balcony 'outside' overlooking the slots and craps tables. It's an experience... great for a rainy day.
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Montecasino Boulevard
Montecasino BoulevardA Casino, Cinema Complex, Shopping and Eateries all wrapped in a faux Italian village, complete with vintage Fiat 500's, fountains, piazzas and itinerant minstrels, Montecasino is actually quite a lot of fun every now and again... if you can ignore the kitsch attempt at looking genuinely Italian! Scoobs is a great, unfranchised bookstore with some real gems hidden on the shelves. Go to Koi and sit on the balcony 'outside' overlooking the slots and craps tables. It's an experience... great for a rainy day.
The iconic venue of the 2010 Fifa World cup final. The "Calabash" is the venue of choice for international music acts and world-class sports events.
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Estadio FNB
Soccer City AvenueThe iconic venue of the 2010 Fifa World cup final. The "Calabash" is the venue of choice for international music acts and world-class sports events.