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Pier

Reviewers' Choice 2025 - Top 50 Reviewers' Choice 2024 - Top 50
Contemporary
Location Pointer 3CVC+MF Cape Town, South Africa
4.8
(2770 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 (2770)

4.8 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.9
Value 4.7
Service 4.9
Ambience 4.8
  • Louis C. Dined: 1 day ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 21 Jul 26
    The restaurant is situated in a beautiful setting on the Pier at the waterfront. The ambiance is perfect for a wonderful meal with family or friends. The upstairs dining area is quiet and overlooks the water. The tasting menu is spectacular. Every dish is a work of art with ingredients sourced from local and area lands and waters. The drink pairings bring out the already exquisite taste of the different courses. It was almost as enjoyable to hear about the description and preparation of the courses as it was to eat them! The meticulous attention to detail is amazing. Every plate is created especially for the dish. The meal and the time spent at Pier is one of the highlights of our trip to Cape Town. We highly recommend it!

  • Marian J. Dined: 3 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sun 19 Jul 26
    Honestly the best. Food was exquisite and service top class. Wanda is a treat and went out of his way to make the experience special. Alex was super attentive and made us feel at home. Did I say the food was exquisite!!!! Thank you chef

  • Pamela N. Dined: 5 days ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 17 Jul 26
    Perfect food and super professional team.....sauces in particular were outstanding. Down side....wine prices are horrific and we even got charge for tap water. Menu smaller as last year

  • Christopher H. Dined: 1 week ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 16 Jul 26
    incredible service, presentation and tastes! Highly recommend

  • Kitso L. Dined: 1 week ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 13 Jul 26
    We enjoyed 7 courses at Pier, each beautifully presented and genuinely delicious. The curried hake and wagyu were the standouts, while the yellowfin tuna and seabass weren't far behind. The caviar supplement is available and worth ordering. Pier sits right on the Pierhead, and watching evening fall over the harbour while eating at that level is its own kind of pleasure. The room is quiet enough that it actually works. Our waiter Daud was attentive without hovering, and very personable. The sommelier (whose name escapes me) was incredibly knowledgeable and kind enough to walk us through his selection approach. The mid-meal local agave tasting is a fun touch as well. Pricing is at the top of Cape Town's fine dining market, however, the kitchen and wait team earn it.

  • Matt V. Dined: 1 week ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Orlaith B. Dined: 1 week ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 13 Jul 26
    A lovely meal and a great experience. I visited as a solo diner and had a nice time. The food was delicious. I could have done without the gimmick of going to the bar for a tequila shot in the middle of the meal. It felt forced and added nothing. In fact it really broke the ambiance for me and I didn’t enjoy it. Otherwise it’s a nice spot for a celebration or if you fancy a good tasting menu while out at the waterfront.

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