All the winners at the 2025 Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards

The food industry's biggest night returned, and it was steller. The 2025 Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards was held at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town on Monday, 31 March. The event was just as glamorous and star-studded as before, and this time the judges took a new approach.

The judging process took a more comprehensive and transparent approach. A panel of eight anonymous, independent judges visited each shortlisted restaurant multiple times – during both peak and off-peak periods – to ensure a fair and all-encompassing assessment. The whole process took 8 months. The criteria covered every aspect of the dining experience, from food quality and technique to service, ambience and value. The judges rated the restaurants and awarded the stars based on their final score.

Restaurants that scored between 70 and 79 for one star. Restaurants that scored between 80 and 89 got two stars. The coveted 3-star rating is reserved for restaurants scoring over 90 out of 100. There were also special awards given, including restaurant of the year.

Here's a list of all the 2025 Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards winners:

One Star

 

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• Belly of the Beast (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• Cavalli Restaurant (Somerset West)
• Chefs Warehouse at Maison (Franschhoek)
• Chefs Warehouse at Tintswalo Atlantic (Hout Bay, Cape Town)
• Creation Wines Tasting Room (Hemel-en-Aarde Valley)
• Culinary Table (Lanseria)
• Eike (Stellenbosch)
• Ëlgr (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• Farro (Botrivier)
• Galjoen (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• Hōseki (Stellenbosch)
• Kapokbos (Bonnievale)
• Le coin Français (Franschhoek)
• Les Créatifs Restaurant (Bryanston, Johannesburg)
• Marble Restaurant Johannesburg (Rosebank, Johannesburg)
• Meraki by Charlie Lakin (Hillcrest, eThekwini)
• Nevermind (Cape St Francis)
• Orangerie at Le Lude (Franschhoek)
• Post & Pepper (Stellenbosch)
• Restaurant Klein JAN (Tswalu)
• Reverie Social Table (Observatory, Cape Town)
• Rykaart’s Restaurant at Longridge Wine Estate (Stellenbosch)
• Scape at Vrymansfontein (Paarl)
• Spek & Bone (Stellenbosch)
• Table Seven (Salt River, Cape Town)
• The Chefs’ Table (Umhlanga, eThekwini)
• The Red Room by Chefs Warehouse (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• The Table at De Meye (Stellenbosch)
• The Test Kitchen Fledgelings (Woodstock, Cape Town)
• Upper Union (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• Vuur Goose Island (Stellenbosch)
• Zioux (Sandton, Johannesburg)

Two Stars

 

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• Beyond (Constantia, Cape Town)
• Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia (Constantia, Cape Town)
• CHORUS (Somerset West)
• Clara’s Barn (Stellenbosch)
• Epice (Franschhoek)
• FABER at Avondale (Paarl)
• Fermier (Pretoria)
• Foxcroft (Constantia, Cape Town)
• MERTIA (Stellenbosch)
• Ouzeri (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• Protégé (Franschhoek)
• Rust en Vrede (Stellenbosch)
• Salon (Woodstock, Cape Town)
• The Jordan Restaurant with Marthinus Ferreira (Stellenbosch)
• The Pot Luck Club Cape Town (Woodstock, Cape Town)
• The Waterside Restaurant (V&A Waterfront, Cape Town)
• Wolfgat (Paternoster)

Three Stars

 

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• Dusk (Stellenbosch)
• FYN (City Bowl, Cape Town)
• La Colombe (Constantia, Cape Town)
• La Petite Colombe (Franschhoek)
• Pier (V&A Waterfront, Cape Town)
• Salsify at the Roundhouse (Camps Bay, Cape Town)
• The LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate (Pinetown, eThekwini)

Special awards: Excellence beyond the plate

 

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• Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant of the Year: Salsify at the Roundhouse in Camps Bay
  
• Eat Out Woolworths Financial Services Chef of the Year: Johannes Richter of The LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate in Pinetown
• Eat Out Woolworths Green Star Award: The LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate in Pinetown
• Eat Out Rising Star: Nathan Clarke, executive chef at The Test Kitchen Fledgelings in Woodstock
• Eat Out Woolworths Wine Service Award: Michelle Erasmus (La Colombe)
• Eat Out Woolworths Trailblazer Award: Bertus Basson (Eike, Spek & Bone, CHORUS, Clara’s Barn)
• Eat Out Woolworths Financial Services Service Excellence Award: MERTIA
• Eat Out House of Suntory Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award: Franck Dangereux (chef-owner of The Foodbarn Café & Tapas and founder of La Colombe)
• Eat Out VISI Style Award: COY
• Eat Out Lexus Best Destination Restaurant: Kapokbos (Bonnievale)
• Eat Out Yoco Best New Restaurant: Cyra
• Eat Out Callebaut Dessert Award: Epice
• Eat Out Patrón Mixology Award: La Petite Colombe
• Eat Out S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna Chefs’ Chef: Ivor Jones

To read more about the 2025 Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards, head to eatout.co.za.