Heirloom Restaurant at Cape Grace Hotel: Fine Cape Cuisine, Marine Views & Quiet Elegance

The marina and Table Mountain views easily position Heirloom Restaurant at Cape Grace Hotel as one of the quintessential Cape Town experiences, while the fine-dining spot’s sharp menu gives Cape cuisine and seasonality an artful, delicious twist. Here’s all you need to know.

Events

Heritage Day

To celebrate South Africa’s diverse, cross-cultural holiday, Chef Shaun Scrooby is bringing VUUR from the Stellenbosch Winelands to the V&A Waterfront.

For September’s special occasion, VUUR’s Chef Shaun is joining Cape Grace’s Chef Wesli for a four-hands lunch-and-dinner experience, spanning five courses over Heritage Day weekend. VUUR is one of the latest additions to Cape Town’s catalogue of world-class restaurants, recently receiving Two Stars in the 2026 Eat Out Awards and ranking No. 52 on the World’s Top 101 Steakhouses list.

The menu is completely exclusive to the Heritage Day celebrations, with five courses paired with wine, designed by Jacobs and Shaun Scrooby, VUUR’s award-winning, self-taught head chef.

Cost: R2650 per person. Book using Dineplan or call 021 410 7100.

When: 25 & 26 September 2026 | Seatings at 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 6.30pm & 7.30pm

Terroir & Table

Once a month, Cape Grace hosts a brand-new winemaker’s dinner at Heirloom, the hotel’s fine-dining establishment. Executive Chef Wesli Jacobs composes a curated menu, with each flavour made to complement the wines, and the winemaker hosts the evening: pouring glasses, answering questions, and telling the unique story behind each blend.

Terroir & Table evenings begin with a welcome toast in the Bascule cellar, before moving on to four courses paired with four wines throughout. For any particular favourites, bottles are available for purchase on the night.

The Terroir & Table experience continues on 24 October with De Grendel, the distinguished wine estate with an award-winning portfolio, hosted by cellar master Charles Hopkins, who has been with the farm since its earliest days of winemaking back in 2005.

Cost: R1200 per person. Book using Dineplan or call 021 410 7100.

What’s on the menu

The breakfast menu offers a diverse selection, including classics like French toast and a ‘Full South African’, as well as restaurant signatures such as smoor snoek and shakshuka. The Linger Longer Breakfast option (available Saturdays and Sundays until 12pm) adds a curated breakfast buffet featuring freshly baked pastries and seasonal fruits, paired with expertly brewed coffee.

The dinner variety is just as wide, starting from 6.30pm. Seafood features heavily, whether it be grilled tiger prawns (spiced with chakalaka), Maritian seabass, Mozambiquan peri-peri lobster, or a full-on Kaapse seaflood platter. Other mains include everything from aged lamb and wagyu to Cape Malay chicken curry. Desserts include many traditional South African treats, like Aunty Rozanne’s koesisters and ‘Not Your Ouma’s’ milk tart.

The wine list includes local favourites from Stellenbosch and Robertson, as well as a long list of authentic French champagne from Reims, Urville, and Épernay. The cocktail menu has staples like a Prince of Wales and a Full Moon, alongside a dedicated martini section for those with a penchant for gin or vermouth.

The atmosphere at Heirloom Restaurant

The mood at Heirloom Restaurant is warm and modern while dialling up the romance factor for dinner service. Leading London design firm 1508 created the interiors and leaned towards stark natural influences such as greenery, artisanal textiles and other refined elements to reference the Cape botanicals and position the space locally.

The dining room’s central focus is a glass wall where spectacular scenes of the quiet bay at V&A Waterfront take centre stage while Table Mountain looms on the horizon.

Get there early and watch the mixologist whip up a cocktail at the centralised marble bar before heading to your table. There’s a sophisticated private dining space for small celebrations, cosy nooks and booths with plush seating, and an open servery that captures quiet elegance.