Bistro Sixteen82 

Food:

The thing to start with is the superb oak-smoked salmon (tell them to hold the foie gras) or the seared Chalmar beef tataki, with ginger, chilli and lime. The cauliflower risotto with roasted sweet garlic is superb. For mains, proceed to the sticky pork belly with salted palm sugar caramel, or beef short ribs bourguignon with Steenberg Shiraz. Finish it off in style with tiramisu ice cream and chocolate crumbs.

Wine:

A very good list mainly featuring the famed wines of the Steenberg estate.

Service:

Generally professional and smooth. Don’t expect to hurry things along, especially when they are busy.

Ambience:

The large, beautiful room has foldaway glass walls that reveal a vista of green lawns rolling down to pools of water. Striking art pieces give it definition. Much loved by the moneyed Constantia set.

And...:

Do a tasting and take home some of the superb wines on offer. (GL, October 2011)

Karen M
6-May-2012

We had lunch at Bistro 1682 and the food, as always, was tasty, homemade and presented with flair. The restaurant seemed to be struggling in getting their food out on time, but Hilton, the Duty Manager, was so professional and capable of handling many complaining customers, all with a smile and quiet confidence. On enquiring, it was confirmed to me that they had changed their supplier of chips, as the chips were "pap" ie so soft and not crunchy at all. Something minor was that a wonderful salad of homemade ricotta was served without the olives mentioned on the menu. Also, the trout was described as being "pan fried" but, perhaps an assumption on my part, instead of a caramelised, crispy brown trout arriving on my plate, I received some most anaemic-looking fish - if the fish were indeed pan-fried, they were perhaps "fried" in a generous amount of liquid, which prevented them having that gorgeous "pan-fried presentation". I ordered the "miso prawns" which were firm and utterly delicious. My husband's pork belly and roast tomato soup hit the spot. The setting surrounding the restaurant is so special and Capetonians who enjoy eating out should support this talented team. We are so fortunate to have these restaurants "on our doorstep", and important to note, they do not use battery eggs - restaurants who make these ethical choices need to be recognised. Thank you for a wonderful afternoon.

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Comments

Sue
9-May-2012

We have also enjoyed the lovely views and food at this venue. Where will one find out which restaurants use free range, organic produce etc, is there perhaps a separate listing of them on Eat Out so one can make ethical choices, I for one only want to support those that do?

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Jason de Wet
2-May-2012

While the food festivals rain supreme, I decided to take advantage and eat at the bistro when it was some what quieter and I could get a table with out a reservation. No such luck! I walked in on Saturday lunch and they were fully booked, fortunately we waited only a short while for a table.

What a wonderful meal! Chef Brad has another of his wonderful pork belly creations on the menu with a salty sweet twist? In my opinion, he does pork belly the best! All our other meals were equally delicious. Nom nom nom!

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Yvette Pretzel
10-Feb-2012

What a beautiful day. From start to finish, I had the most awesome experience here today. By far one of the best restaurants in Cape Town. Never a dab day. Love it, love it, love it! Brad's menus never get dull! Well done!

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Tamara Harriss
20-Dec-2011

I ate here on my first night in Cape Town, from London, and so enjoyed this beautiful bistro that I have been back three times in the last week.

If this was in my city it would warrant at least one star. Easily better than most of the place's I've been in Cape Town. The crab risotto was amazingly light and full of flavour! The sous vide pork neck melted in my mouth and my dessert of black forest and cherries was wonderful! Those wines fabulous too.

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