Site sponsor · dining elevated on floor 15
Come for the view.
Return for the plate.
Mediterranean-influenced bistro dining, seafood, generous cuts and five-course tasting menus with city, harbour and Lion’s Head views from floor 15.
Views
City, harbour & Lion’s Head
Cooking
Mediterranean influenced
Recognition
Best Rooftop Restaurant in Africa · World Culinary Awards
Address
40 Chiappini Street
The current menus
Choose the shape of the occasion.
Order freely from the broad à la carte menu or let five courses build the evening for you. Both lean into seafood, generous flavour and plates that earn a pause before the first bite.
Available daily
À la carte
A large menu of oysters, seafood, steaks, slow-cooked meats and thoughtful vegetarian mains. The dishes below are a selected taste of the current menu, not the full à la carte offering.
- Beef arancini
- Slow-cooked beef, mozzarella and jus
- R150
- Fresh line fish
- Cannellini bean cassoulet, lemon gel and lemon-garlic butter
- R360
- Crayfish linguini
- Crayfish tails, arrabbiata, tobiko, lemon gel and fried basil
- R560
- Cauliflower steak
- Harissa, red-pepper chimichurri and spiced carrot purée
- R185
- Death by Chocolate
- Triple-chocolate brownie, hazelnut caramel and hot chocolate anglaise
- R160
Monday–Friday · 12:00–20:00
Five-course tasting
- 1
Knysna oyster
Naartjie mignonette and pickled fennel - 2
Carne asada taco
Salsa roja and cilantro aioli - 3
Seared lobster
Cardamom-vanilla and sweetcorn hollandaise, chorizo, chilli crisp and preserved lime - 4
Rolled kudu fillet
Caramel cauliflower and roasted baby vegetables - 5
Coconut fynbos panna cotta
Naartjie gelée and open bonbon
A ginger and rooibos granita is served as a palate cleanser. Not available on public holidays.
Menu descriptions, service times and prices were checked against Utopia’s official website and current menu documents. Prices and dishes remain subject to change.
Current à la carte
R150
Our signature pick
Begin with the beef arancini.
Break through the crisp shell and the centre gives way to slow-cooked beef and mozzarella, finished with jus. It is generous, tactile and made for the first shared plate of the table.
Then choose your direction: fresh line fish and crayfish linguini for the sea; lamb shank or a cut from the grill for something deeper; cauliflower steak or aubergine schnitzel when vegetables should hold the centre of the plate.
A reason to return
The view changes.
So does the appetite.
Plan the table
Make an occasion of floor fifteen.
Ask for a city, harbour or Lion’s Head view when reserving. Arrive before the light changes, leave enough time for dessert, and let the room become part of the evening.
Hours
Monday–Saturday, 06:30–23:00
Sunday, 06:30–10:30
Reservations
Dinner reservations are essential. Call +27 21 418 3065.
Dress & families
Smart casual. Children under 10 cannot be accommodated from 17:00 onward.
Find it
Floor 15, 40 Chiappini StreetDe Waterkant, Cape Towninfo@utopiacapetown.co.za
The neighbourhood from above
Old roofs, new city, one wide view.
From the fifteenth floor, De Waterkant’s layers become legible: close-set heritage roofs below, Signal Hill behind them and the reclaimed Foreshore reaching toward Table Bay.