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Aubergine, Cape Town’s fine dining gem
No "hocus pocus" just fine dining with soul
Last updated: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
One of Cape Town’s first fine dining restaurants has sat pretty on the corner of an immaculate, narrow street for 30 years. Aubergine is housed in a 19th-century building, once the residence of the first Chief Justice, and the experience feels like dining at the home of a collector and friend with exquisite taste in everything.
Art by the esteemed Christo Coetzee and Gregoire Boonzaier cover the walls, while each corner and cranny reveal lush curtains and velvet booths that, together with the soft glow lighting, create a quiet, warm hum accented by soft jazz.
It’s here where “diners who appreciate the little things” are served, and the wine book (because it's too long to be considered a list) rivals a selection you’ll only see on auction.
