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Pier

Reviewers' Choice 2025 - Top 50 Reviewers' Choice 2024 - Top 50
Contemporary Fine Dining
Location Pointer 3CVC+MF Cape Town, South Africa
4.8
(3059 reviews)
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  • Great Views
  • Gourmet Guide Plated
  • Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 50
  • Reviewers' Choice 2024 - Top 50
  • Reviewers' Choice 2025 - Top 50

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Pier is the latest venture by The La Colombe Group, located on the Pierhead at the V&A Waterfront. Headed by John Norris Rogers serving a multi course tasting menu inspired by the sea.

Gourmet Guide™ Description

Entering the intimate restaurant that embraces the working harbour, you’re rendered breathless. It’s a heart-stopping, world-class view, and soon you’ll be appreciating cuisine of equal calibre.

PIER has elevated the culinary offering of the V&A Waterfront since opening two years ago. The chef’s menu begins with an ensemble of canapés, innovatively presented in eye-catching white pottery that depicts the ocean floor. Every aspect of this dining discovery has been carefully curated and shaped by chef John Norris-Rogers’ South African heritage and international travels. The snoek-filled takoyaki, cooked tableside and served with a Cape Malay curry relish, shows Japanese influence. The sourdough with curried hake butter is a substantial wave, featuring seafood that’s been gently cured, smoked, and coated in a piquant sauce, finished at your table with aplomb. Alongside, there’s smoked mussel, chorizo, toasted yeast, and cultured butter.

The tandoori yellowfin tuna with avocado and chevra is savoury and smokey. A spice blend coats the tuna before searing. The tuna tartare is paired with a curry XO and yoghurt labneh, harmonising the spices with creaminess. Here is a dish that flawlessly demonstrates John’s ability to balance a hero ingredient with myriad accompaniments, ensuring the tuna holds its own without being overpowered. A coriander spuma and avocado crumbed with spices provide texture. The crunchy chevra mix comprises fried onion, garlic, and curry leaves, served separately so that you may add as little or as much as you like. The diner’s every whim has been considered. Wine pairings, like the service, are impeccable – intuitive and fuelled by passion and knowledge.

Opening Hours

  • Monday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Tuesday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Wednesday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Thursday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Friday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Saturday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00
  • Sunday 12h00 - 15h00 - 18h00 - 22h00

Reviews (3059)

4.8 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.9
Value 4.7
Service 4.9
Ambience 4.8
  • Patrick S. Dined: 6 days ago
    4.5
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 15 Jan 26
    We ha a nice evening at Pier. This time a little bit loud because a big group. We just went to La Colombe a few days earlier and felt the menu was almost a copy of La Colombe, so think we went to soon to Pier after La Colombe. Great service and when you don’t get a table at La Colombe, Pier is a very good alternative

  • Juergen D. Dined: 2 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 15 Jan 26
    Excellent fine dining experience! Thank you Pier team!

  • Vanessa M. Dined: 3 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 14 Jan 26
    We returned to this restaurant with our family two years after our first visit, and the experience remains just as remarkable. The cuisine is still as refined, surprising, and deeply experiential. Each dish feels thoughtfully crafted, inviting you to slow down and truly enjoy the moment. Nothing is accidental, everything has meaning. The wine pairing is exquisite. Perfectly balanced, precise, and bold when needed. It does more than accompany the meal, it elevates it. A special thank you to Philip, who guided us throughout the experience. Professional, attentive, and genuinely passionate, he has a rare ability to help elevate the moment without ever overpowering it. His presence turned a wonderful dinner into a truly memorable one. A place that proves, over time, its ability to remain at the highest level while continuing to surprise. We will definitely return

  • Norbert F. Dined: 4 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 0.0
    Service 0.0
    Ambience 0.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 13 Jan 26
    Wonderful experience, a dinner bigger than we expected, but the food was simply amazing.

  • Peter P. Dined: 1 week ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 12 Jan 26
    Enjoyed a unique and very enjoyable evening. Beautiful presentation of the Chefs Menu. A joy to the palette . Loved the Shot Table mid meal and the fabulous china to present the food. Highly Recommended on a Cape Town visit.

  • Steve S. Dined: 5 days ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 12 Jan 26
    A fantastic evening. Truly memorable food and wine with great service from lovely staff.

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