Dining at The Test Kitchen in Cape Town is a culinary experience that will leave a lasting imprint on your memory.

Managing to balance the energy of refinement without being pretentious is an art – and the reason why the judges definitively granted this much-lauded restaurant the Eat Out Service Excellence Award for the second consecutive year.

The 2019 Eat Out Service Excellence Award goes to The Test Kitchen for the second consecutive year. Image: Andy Lund.

Chef-patron Luke Dale Roberts, his team of chefs and his front-of-house staff work with a disciplined sense of grace and harmony that’s impressively attuned to every guest’s needs – from the welcome and reception to the waiters’ warm but professional communication of multi-component dishes and wine service by deft sommelier Tinashe Nyamudoka.

“The moment you walk through the door you are greeted by a smiling face, and thereafter confidently led through your culinary journey,” said one of the Eat Out judges. “Everyone has a great understanding of the food and wine. Joe, our waiter, was a pleasure to have for the evening: funny and full of knowledge.”