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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
(2648 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 (2648)

4.8 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.9
Value 4.7
Service 4.9
Ambience 4.8
  • Danny H. Dined: 1 week ago
    3
    Food 3.0
    Value 1.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience N/A

    Reviewed on: Thu 05 Mar 26
    We visited PIER for a birthday celebration following a great experience at La Petite Colombe. Unfortunately, a promised birthday gesture was forgotten, and the dining experience didn't quite justify the premium. As a long-time fine-dining enthusiast, I found the pricing to be at the absolute top of the scale, yet the flavors lacked the innovation to match. While the service and the presentation of every dish was world-class, the taste didn't always deliver. Aside from one standout 'wow' dish, the flavor profiles felt standard for the industry. It was a good meal, but it lacked the culinary spark I expect at this level of investment.

  • Richard H. Dined: 1 day ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 05 Mar 26
    Outstanding. One of the best restaurants and restaurant experiences we have ever had.

  • Tommaso P. Dined: 1 day ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 05 Mar 26
    A fine dining experience of the highest calibre. The entire menu was fantastic from start to finish, and we were looked after impeccably by a highly competent and attentive team. The only minor drawback was the espresso. Despite the use of a professional espresso machine, the coffee was thin and lacked crema, which was disappointing.

  • Matheus V. Dined: 5 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 04 Mar 26
    Superb

  • Trish E. Dined: 2 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 04 Mar 26
    Excellent choice for a special occasion

  • Jon B. Dined: 1 week ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 02 Mar 26
    Fabulous food and wine along with the normal theatrical experience from the staff at The Pier. Returning to this restaurant after two years away the four hour dining experience with fabulous wine pairing is fantastic and just how we remember it . Highly recommended

  • Andrea A. Dined: 1 week ago
    4
    Food 4.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 3.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 02 Mar 26
    Unfortunately, it is very noisy in the restaurant due to the large number of guests (too many and tables too close together).

  • Erwin Z. Dined: 4 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 02 Mar 26
    As always a culinary event of extra class and great service. What I wondered was the cost of the wine pairing skyrocketed (we then went with a well chosen bottle) and what I didn’t like at all was that the gratuity of 15% already on the bill as payable- did not really motivate us.

  • Tanja K. Dined: 5 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
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