--- title: "Utopia Rooftop Restaurant | Menus & Featured Profile" description: "Discover Utopia Rooftop Restaurant’s current à la carte and five-course tasting menus, signature plates and fifteenth-floor Cape Town views." canonical: "https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/" html: "https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/" markdown: "https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/index.md" generated_from_html: true --- ![Utopia Rooftop Restaurant’s dining room overlooking Table Mountain](https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/images/utopia-interior.webp) Site sponsor · dining elevated on floor 15 ![Utopia Rooftop Restaurant](https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/images/utopia-logo.png) # 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. [Explore the menus](https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/#menus) [Call to reserve](tel:+27214183065) 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. ![A plated fish main at Utopia Rooftop Restaurant](https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/images/utopia-line-fish.webp) 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 ![A carefully plated seafood course at Utopia Rooftop Restaurant](https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/images/utopia-seafood-plate.webp) 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. A complete alternative · R495 pp ### Vegetarian tasting menu Five courses move from charred baby gem with avocado and orange oil to grilled artichoke, wild-mushroom risotto, grilled aubergine with spiced lentils, and the same coconut-fynbos panna cotta finale. Served Monday to Friday, 12:00–20:00; 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. ![Beef arancini served at Utopia Rooftop Restaurant](https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/images/utopia-beef-arancini.webp) 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.* ![A seafood plate presented on Utopia’s terrace](https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/images/utopia-seafood-plate.webp) ![A fish main being finished with fresh lemon at Utopia](https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/images/utopia-line-fish.webp) ![A plated chocolate dessert at Utopia Rooftop Restaurant](https://dewaterkant.capetown/utopia-rooftop-restaurant/images/utopia-dessert.webp) 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](tel:+27214183065). ### Dress & families Smart casual. Children under 10 cannot be accommodated from 17:00 onward. ### Find it Floor 15, 40 Chiappini Street De Waterkant, Cape Town [info@utopiacapetown.co.za](mailto:info@utopiacapetown.co.za?subject=Utopia%20reservation%20enquiry) 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. [Discover the village](https://dewaterkant.capetown/about/) Keep exploring ## More tables in the neighbourhood. [Eat & drink](https://dewaterkant.capetown/eat-drink/) [Explore De Waterkant](https://dewaterkant.capetown/explore/)