Guidebook for Johannesburg
Food Scene
The service is friendly, the atmosphere is hard to beat. Menu is small but everything is delicious. Cocktails too!
15 locals recommend
The Leopard
127 GreenwayThe service is friendly, the atmosphere is hard to beat. Menu is small but everything is delicious. Cocktails too!
Roll out of bed into Service Station's sunny dining room for a great breakfast buffet (or lunch buffet...depending on what time you woke up). Great independent bookstore next door.
34 locals recommend
Service Station
24 9th StRoll out of bed into Service Station's sunny dining room for a great breakfast buffet (or lunch buffet...depending on what time you woke up). Great independent bookstore next door.
Everything Else
An independent center with art galleries, bookshops, designer clothes and interior stuff. Best coffee is Bean There, best bread is Vovo Telo.
25 locals recommend
44 Stanley Ave
44 Stanley AvenueAn independent center with art galleries, bookshops, designer clothes and interior stuff. Best coffee is Bean There, best bread is Vovo Telo.
Hop over to the other side of town for a dose of hipster arts & culture an independant movie house & theatre, galleries, bars, pop-ups and Little Addis Cafe - great Ethiopian Food!
287 locals recommend
Maboneng Precinct
Kruger StreetHop over to the other side of town for a dose of hipster arts & culture an independant movie house & theatre, galleries, bars, pop-ups and Little Addis Cafe - great Ethiopian Food!
The country's most well-known University. The Origin Centre, Wits' museum dedicated to the origin of the human species. Also WAM - Wits Art Museum that has an impressive African Art collection.
13 locals recommend
University of the Witwatersrand
Enoch Sontonga AvenueThe country's most well-known University. The Origin Centre, Wits' museum dedicated to the origin of the human species. Also WAM - Wits Art Museum that has an impressive African Art collection.
Drinks & Nightlife
The original dive bar with unbelievably cheap food and drinks. Afternoon on the sunny verandah are a treat. By nightfall there might be too many drunk teenagers to bear.
Zoo Lake Bowls Club
Princess of Wales TerraceThe original dive bar with unbelievably cheap food and drinks. Afternoon on the sunny verandah are a treat. By nightfall there might be too many drunk teenagers to bear.
Entertainment & Activities
On a warm Sunday the whole of Jo'burg seems to come to the lake. Row boats, have cocktails and feed the ducks. It's also a stone's throw away from...
159 locals recommend
Zoo Lake
On a warm Sunday the whole of Jo'burg seems to come to the lake. Row boats, have cocktails and feed the ducks. It's also a stone's throw away from...
Arts & Culture
A little bit of Brooklyn in Johnnesburg. Coffee shops, bicycle shops, art galleries, design and hipsters. On Saturdays there is a market and on Sundays find a similar vibe in...
Braamfontein station
Smit StreetA little bit of Brooklyn in Johnnesburg. Coffee shops, bicycle shops, art galleries, design and hipsters. On Saturdays there is a market and on Sundays find a similar vibe in...