Salads and Salad bars are going to be your only option when eating out until someone opens a Raw Food Restaurant in Southern Africa!  Encourage your favourite restaurant to add more Raw options to their menu!
 

Best options for Organic Raw food in Cape Town

  • Sage Organic Cafe in Gardens, Cape Town has a totally Raw buffet on Wednesday's
    117 Hatfield St. If you subscribe to their newsletters they usually let you know what's on the menu each Wednesday. (They also sell organic produce on Tuesdays and Saturdays)
     
  • Organic Living in Wynberg, has an organic spread of cooked food and delicious raw salads. Inddor or outdoor eating. Also have an organic supermarket.

 

 Vegan dining in SA

While there are hardly any 100% vegan restaurants in South Africa (in fact there's only one I know of), there are a couple of really nice vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly places that serve a variety of vegan produce.

Here is a list of some the vegan/vegetarian restaurants I have come across
 



  Cape Town


  

Quick Travel Snacks

Pack a variety of easy snacks in your carryon bag in the event that you can’t find healthy snacks in the airport, train station, or hotel when you arrive. It’s easy to forget just how many options there are:

  • Fresh veggies: carrot sticks, celery, broccoli and cauliflower.
  • Dehydrated vegetables: sweet potatoes, white potatoes with salt and vinegar, zucchini, and yellow squash.
  • Fresh fruits: a banana and grapes for the plane/train/car; apples, oranges, and pears packed in your bag.
  • Dried fruits: dried apricots, apples, and pears; raisins, prunes, figs and dates.
  • Nuts, but keep to a minimum and try to soak them the night before.

At hotels, order plenty of fruit for breakfast, double portions of salad for dinner, and request olive oil and vinegar or a light vinaigrette dressing. Eat until you’re full—and stay well away from those french fries!

Most restaurants will happily create something for you if you ask. If not go somewhere else or settle for the salad. Alternatively pop into a grocery store and buy a few avocados, or an apple and orange and a red pepper to brighten any salad order. Don't be shy to add it to your food right in the restaurant!

More tips at
  • Addis in Cape Ethiopian, 021 424 5722 Long Street Cape Town
     
  • Lola’s 228 Long Str 021 423 0885
     
  • Vanilla Café 117 Hatfield Str 021 461 7868
     
  • Portobello Café 111 Long Str 021 426 1418
     
  • Royale Eatery 273 Long str 021 422 4536 (has 8 veg / vegan burger choices available - NB: might use the same kitchen equipment to prepare both vegan and non-vegan meals.)
     
  • Annapurna Indian restaurant in Canal Walk, Century City 021 555 3595 (has two magnificent vegan curries and a half dozen vegetarian options.)
     
  • Jewel of India 021 4198397 Victoria Wharf, V&A Waterfront (many veg options)
     
  • Krishna's, Riverside Mall, Main Road, Rondebosch (tel. 685-5767)
     
  • Sage Organic Cafe
    Organic produce used wherever possible. Raw buffet on Wednesdays - lunchtime. They support a local organic community and sell organic produce on Tuesdays and Saturdays
     
  • Sophea Gallery and Tibetan Teahouse Main Rd, Seaforth/Simon's Town) 021-786-1544
     
  • City Cafe (tel. 021 439 1530) - specialise in burgers and have various vegan and vegetarian options. Try the Grant's Garden Burger for a delicious treat.
     
  • Organic Living in Wynberg, has an organic spread of cooked food and delicious raw salads. Inddor or outdoor eating. Also have an organic supermarket.
     


  Johannesburg

  • Earth 2 (100% vegan - 1 Olifants Rd., Emmarentia)
    Contact: info@earth2.co.za or +2782 557 3912
     
  • Crisp (44 Stanley Rd., Auckland Park)
     
  • Greenlands (16 Dundalk Avenue, corner Roscommon Road, Parkview - be sure to check out their massive range of animal-friendly health & beauty products)
     
  • Fruits & Roots (103 Komatie Rd, Emmarentia OR cnr. Hobart & Grosvenor Roads, Bryanston)
     
  • Sincere Chinese Restaurant (large and exotic vegan/vegetarian menu - Northcliff shopping centre, cnr. Beyers Naude & Milner Rd.)
     
  • Kapila's (Pure vegetarian takeaway - Shop 32, 2nd Avenue, Melville. Tel. 011 482 7527)
     

 
 

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