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Bars in South Africa

4 bars

By city

Bars in South Africa, by standing

  1. 01
    Asoka

    Cape town

    • The World's 50 Best Bars · No. 50 (2012)
    • The World's 50 Best Bars · No. 45 (2009)

    7 menus preserved

  2. 02
    Planet Bar

    Cape Town

    • The World's 50 Best Bars · No. 29 (2010)
    • The World's 50 Best Bars · No. 43 (2009)

    documented

  3. 03
    Cafe Caprice

    Cape Town

    • The World's 50 Best Bars · No. 27 (2010)

    documented

  4. 04
    Sin + Tax

    Johannesburg

    • The World's 50 Best Bars · No. 81 (2024)
    • The World's 50 Best · No. 94 (2023)

    documented

Standing is the recognition the archive records for each house — Michelin stars, places on the World’s 50 Best lists, James Beard and other awards — weighted by rank and recency, with menus preserved as the tie-break. A house without a page yet is named so the list is complete; its page follows as its menus are preserved.

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