The best everyday eateries in the Western Cape were announced on 18 October 2016 at the Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Best Everyday Eateries celebration in Cape Town. The public’s favourite eateries in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and Mpumalanga were announced at separate even in Johannesburg on 25 October.
The recipients of these accolades were determined by the public through user reviews and ratings on www.eatout.co.za over the period from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016.
Premium luxury vehicle manufacturer Mercedes-Benz aims to live up to its unmistakeable strapline – “The best or nothing” – by showcasing not only its luxury products, but the Mercedes-Benz lifestyle. To this end, Mercedes-Benz has entered into not only the fashion arena, but the world of fine dining, with its sponsorship of the Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards.
In practical terms, the brand aims to be the market-leader across all premium automotive segments, and at the same time, bring to the fore what it is like to live in the world of the three-pointed star. This latter point can be achieved through the Mercedes-Benz online lifestyle portal,www.mblife.co.za, which focuses on art, design, fashion, travel, food, trends, technology and motoring.
In line with the changing face of its market, Mercedes-Benz is reaching out to a new, younger audience through increased online activities. Its sponsorship of the Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards is another step into bringing the lifestyle of Mercedes-Benz to a wider audience.
Judging
Eat Out fans directly influence the results with their star ratings when they review a restaurant on the site. Stars are awarded from one (poor) to five (excellent), for food and drinks, ambience and service. The restaurants with the highest average star rating in each category in each province for the period are eligible to win.
Categories for the 2016 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Best Everyday Eateries
Best African Eatery
Best Asian Eatery
Best Burger Eatery
Best Bistro
Best Coffee Shop
Best Country-Style Eatery
Best Food Truck
Best Indian Eatery
Best Italian Eatery
Best Mexican Eatery
Best Seafood Eatery
Best Steakhouse
Best Tapas Eatery
Terms and conditions
The Best Everyday Eateries winners will be determined by a restaurant’s average star rating over the eligible period.
In the instance that a restaurant does not meet the minimum criteria to win but is still a crowd favourite, a ‘highly commended’ award will be given.
The awards period is 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016.
Users need to be logged in to review and rate a restaurant.
Restaurants need to be listed on eatout.co.za to receive reviews and ratings. If your restaurant is not listed, please click here.
Individual restaurants need to have received a minimum of five reviews in the awards period to qualify to win.
A prize will not be awarded if the highest-rated restaurant in that category has an overall rating lower than four stars.
Ratings are done based on ambience, service, and food, in a 20:20:60 ratio to give precedence to food.
Users may review and rate as many restaurants as they’d like, but only one review per user profile per restaurant will be tallied.
A restaurant’s staff members may not review their own restaurant. Spot checks will be carried out and offenders will be disqualified.
The results will be audited based on the above guidelines.
In the event of a ratings tie, written reviews will be taken into consideration.
The auditors’ findings are final, and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the winners.
Eat Out reserves the right to place restaurants in the most relevant category.
About
For the first time in 2015, Eat Out hosted this new set of restaurant awards, with the winners in each category in each province voted for by the readers.
The winners of the 2016 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Best Everyday Eateries are the restaurants in each province in each category with the highest average ratings by readers on eatout.co.za, over the period of 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016.
Best African Eatery
Best Asian Eatery
Best Bistro
Best Burger Eatery
Best Coffee Shop
Best Country-Style Eatery
Best Food Truck
Best Indian Eatery
Best Italian Eatery
Best Mexican Eatery
Best Seafood Eatery
Best Steakhouse
Best Tapas Eatery
