Here we discuss and share food and restaurant industry news, and shine the spotlight on exciting new restaurant openings across Cape Town, the Cape Winelands, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Kwa-Zulu Natal and the rest of South Africa. We also celebrate our Dineplan milestones, highlight any of the top-performing restaurants on Dineplan and all the newcomers to our online booking platform.
Our 2023 SA restaurant industry report gives insights into diner behaviour and reservation trends, with valuable tips for restaurateurs to overcome the potential challenges of 2023.
In 2023, we expect to see new foods, flavours and ingredients in restaurants around South Africa. It’s impossible to predict the future, but we anticipate these 7 tasty trends.
In 2022, Dineplan facilitated over 3.5 million reservations across SA. Here are the top 10 most-booked restaurants on Dineplan for 2022.
Michelin-starred chef, Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen has just opened JAN Franschhoek. Set inside a tiny, historic cottage surrounded by lavender fields, he’ll treat guests to a seasonal and nostalgic culinary experience.
In our newly-released 2022 Reviewers' Choice Awards, we listed 100 of the most-loved restaurants in South Africa. While winners have to be using Dineplan for...
With over 200,000 diner reviews for over 1,000 local restaurants listed on Dineplan, these are South Africa’s 100 most-loved restaurants – as reviewed by you!
After the sad and sudden news of Overture closing its doors after 15 successful and iconic years, we are thrilled to announce that Bertus Basson and his team will be opening a new restaurant at Waterkloof Wine Estate in a few short weeks.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 list features Cape Town's FYN Restaurant at No. 37, making South Africa home to three of the world’s top 100 restaurants....
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has announced its list of restaurants ranked from 51st to 100th. On that list? Two of South Africa's very own. In the...
Nearly 40 000 bookings have been made via the Dineplan app at these ten restaurants in South Africa. Here’s a little something about each of them. ...
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