Belly of the Beast

Belly of the Beast is a small, serious restaurant at 110 Harrington Street in Cape Town’s East City Precinct. It seats 30 people. There is no set menu, no choice of courses, and no repetition — the kitchen creates a new multi-course tasting menu every day based on what is available from their local farmers and fishers.

Chefs Anouchka Horn and Neil Swart built their philosophy around nose-to-tail cooking: nothing is wasted, every part of the animal is used, and every ingredient is traceable. The result is food that tastes like it could only be made here, on this day, with these ingredients.

The experience

• Daily-changing surprise tasting menu — you will not know what you are eating until it arrives
• Multi-course format at both lunch and dinner
• 30 seats, intimate setting; chefs interact directly with diners
• Carnivore-friendly but balanced with seafood and vegetable dishes
• Vegetarians and pescatarians accommodated with advance notice at booking

Practical details

• Lunch: Tuesday-Saturday at 12:30 (approx R850 per person)
• Dinner: Monday-Saturday at 18:45 (approx R1200 per person)
• Reservations open on the 1st of each month for the following month
• Book through bellyofthebeast.co.za — availability goes fast

Pair it with

• A pre-dinner drink at one of the nearby Harrington Street bars in the East City Precinct
• The District Six Museum, a 10-minute walk away, for a cultural morning before an afternoon lunch sitting