HQ (Headquarters) 

Steak is the star here, done any way you want it. Top it up with fabulous chips, a simple salad, and lashings of rich café de Paris butter sauce. Decadent desserts range from chocolate fondant and cheesecake to malva pudding and crème caramel.

An excellent list with some unusual offerings carefully selected to pair with the red meat.

Friendly, professional, and snappy.

The courtyard is one of Cape Town’s most trendy places and attracts a crowd of aficionados most nights. The restaurant is very New York, with long rows of individual two-seater tables or multiples thereof. It’s very busy, so there’s little chance to get into an intimate dinner mood.

Check if they have any specials running which can cut the cost significantly. Also, try one of the great cocktails. (GL, October 2011)

Ian du Toit
13-Dec-2011

The most over-rated, under-achieving restaurant in Cape Town. A group of us have been trying to find the best steak in Cape Town for the last 2 years, we've tried HQ twice and been bitterly disappointed on both occasions. The steak is very expensive and really not great. If all you have on your menu is steak, you'd think that it is the best around. They have such a smug attitude too, like they are doing you a favour by letting you eat there. After our last visit there we sent a letter of complaint. We got a read receipt on the e-mail, and then a week later a delete notification. I thought that it was a polite, constructive e-mail, and I got no reply, even though they had read it. Fellow diners, don't waste your money at HQ, there are many, many better restaurants out there.

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