Utopia Cape Town launched its latest Tasting Menu in November. Five courses cost R345, and are available on Mondays to Saturdays. A Vegetarian Tasting Menu is also available, at R345.
A 5 course Tasting Menu paired with five wines costs R555.
Utopia Cape Town has brought affordable fine dining to Cape Town. It has recently been named Best Rooftop Restaurant in Africa, for the second year running.
The lifting of the Curfew late on 30 December was the best gift that the Restaurant industry has received in the past 21 months. It meant that restaurants could remain open late on New Year’s Eve, and that income was boosted by the longer trading, and better bookings for the evening, one which saw bookings sluggish until the announcement was made. One hopes that it is a good omen for the restaurant industry for the year ahead, coupled with the recent reversal of the travel bans instituted by the UK, the USA and Germany, being our major tourism source markets.
For the first time the number of restaurant openings exceeds restaurant closures.
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Thursday 30 December 2021, Day 91 of Level 1 😷
Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a more relaxed yet working day, preparing for my Status Meetings this afternoon; for a coolish day at 21C, the South Easter blowing now with a cold bite; for a midday Bakoven walk; for buying two poppyseed rolls at Dinkel, for oulaas in 2021, so nice to see Cain again; for a reasonably empty city while driving to Utopia for my two meetings, happy that its New Year’s Eve bookings picked up so nicely, interesting that diners Continue reading →
President Biden announced earlier this week by proclamation that the USA will lift its ban on travel into the USA from South Africa and its neighbouring countries from tomorrow, reports News24.
South Africa and its neighbours were banned by numerous countries after its scientists shared the detection of the new Omicron variant at the end of November.
The USA follows the UK, Australia, and a handful of other countries which have lifted their travel bans instituted against Southern Africa almost world-wide at the end of November. The European Union and Germany in particular are still holding back on lifting their travel bans.