Guidebook for Johannesburg

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Guidebook for Johannesburg

Food Scene

This ethnic chain restaurant with a sun-deck and live music offers modern, pan-African dishes.
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moyo Zoo Lake
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This ethnic chain restaurant with a sun-deck and live music offers modern, pan-African dishes.
This cozy spot has a lovely laid back atmosphere where you could eat delicious food and drink from the excellent wine & craft beer selection while watching the extrinsic Melville people go by. The pork belly is superb. Also a great place to try traditional South African foods cooked with flair as the menu has a traveller's section. Excellent service too and really reasonably priced.
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Lucky Bean Restaurant
16 7th St
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This cozy spot has a lovely laid back atmosphere where you could eat delicious food and drink from the excellent wine & craft beer selection while watching the extrinsic Melville people go by. The pork belly is superb. Also a great place to try traditional South African foods cooked with flair as the menu has a traveller's section. Excellent service too and really reasonably priced.
Amazing spot with a rich selection of traditional South African cuisine. The location is perfect for getting a feel for Johannesburg city life. This restaurant embodies South African cuisine in such a delicately respectful way, that I would recommend this to anyone - including the locals. Decently priced & fantastic value for money!
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Pata Pata
286 Fox St
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Amazing spot with a rich selection of traditional South African cuisine. The location is perfect for getting a feel for Johannesburg city life. This restaurant embodies South African cuisine in such a delicately respectful way, that I would recommend this to anyone - including the locals. Decently priced & fantastic value for money!
The perfect vibe for a long dinner and a must during your stay in Maboneng. You should have meat, but the tapas are also great. They have good wine and the ambience is just right.
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Che Argentine Grill
128 Jan Smuts Ave
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The perfect vibe for a long dinner and a must during your stay in Maboneng. You should have meat, but the tapas are also great. They have good wine and the ambience is just right.
Great place to meet locals and rent a bike to explore the city.
Love Revo Cafe
295 Fox St
Great place to meet locals and rent a bike to explore the city.
My absolute favourite spot in Maboneng - quirky decor and a great vibe!
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Bertrand Café
296 Fox St
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My absolute favourite spot in Maboneng - quirky decor and a great vibe!
Technically this isn’t just one great nightlife spot. 1Fox at The Sheds has a couple of awesome places to hang out at including The Good Luck Bar & Restaurant (one of the oldest bars in Joburg), LPV Distillery, and Mad Giant Craft Brewery.
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Fox Junction Event Venue + The Good Luck Bar
14 Alexander St
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Technically this isn’t just one great nightlife spot. 1Fox at The Sheds has a couple of awesome places to hang out at including The Good Luck Bar & Restaurant (one of the oldest bars in Joburg), LPV Distillery, and Mad Giant Craft Brewery.

Drinks & Nightlife

The Marabi Club is the home of superb food and drink accompanied by fine live jazz performances. Visible from the street only by the discreet black canopy above a small metal door in Doornfontein, downtown Johannesburg, the Marabi Club harks back to a vibrant history. New York gave the world the Harlem Rennaisance, a flourishing black cultural and intellectual movement that saw an outpouring of artistic, literary and musical talent. Across the ocean Johannesburg’s Doornfontein’s slumyards, created in the wake of one of the world’s richest gold rushes, gave life to Marabi.
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The Marabi Club
54 Siemert Rd
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The Marabi Club is the home of superb food and drink accompanied by fine live jazz performances. Visible from the street only by the discreet black canopy above a small metal door in Doornfontein, downtown Johannesburg, the Marabi Club harks back to a vibrant history. New York gave the world the Harlem Rennaisance, a flourishing black cultural and intellectual movement that saw an outpouring of artistic, literary and musical talent. Across the ocean Johannesburg’s Doornfontein’s slumyards, created in the wake of one of the world’s richest gold rushes, gave life to Marabi.
There isn’t a night time venue in Joburg that offers quite what Katzy’s does – a place to be seen, and which has resident bands performing five nights a week, the Grillhouse menu, a stellar wine, cocktail and cigar list, and more than 100 different whiskeys, fine cognacs and bourbons to choose from. The newly enlarged Katzy’s, which has a wraparound garden and outdoor area, now caters for lunch. Purpose built as a sophisticated music venue, Katzy’s has the latest stage, sound and audiovisual equipment. The programme includes an exciting line-up of the best local and international artists.
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Katzy's Live Rosebank
19 Biermann Ave
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There isn’t a night time venue in Joburg that offers quite what Katzy’s does – a place to be seen, and which has resident bands performing five nights a week, the Grillhouse menu, a stellar wine, cocktail and cigar list, and more than 100 different whiskeys, fine cognacs and bourbons to choose from. The newly enlarged Katzy’s, which has a wraparound garden and outdoor area, now caters for lunch. Purpose built as a sophisticated music venue, Katzy’s has the latest stage, sound and audiovisual equipment. The programme includes an exciting line-up of the best local and international artists.

Sightseeing

Melrose Arch’s new urban design creates a rare quality of in and out-doors residential, commercial, retail and leisure spaces. Bustling with boutique browsers and café culture, Melrose Arch offers a truly international high street fashion experience, alfresco style, leading to the sparkling retail galleria that provides the stage on which over 100 of the country’s top retailers re-define the face and future of shopping.
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Melrose Arch
60 Melrose Blvd
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Melrose Arch’s new urban design creates a rare quality of in and out-doors residential, commercial, retail and leisure spaces. Bustling with boutique browsers and café culture, Melrose Arch offers a truly international high street fashion experience, alfresco style, leading to the sparkling retail galleria that provides the stage on which over 100 of the country’s top retailers re-define the face and future of shopping.
Melville’s 7th Street used to be a mixture of seedy bars and a few, great restaurants muddled between second hand stores and coffee shops, but it’s fast evolving. It’s becoming more retro and populated with a cool new set of restaurants that are hell-bent on making 7th Street a real restaurant destination.
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7th Avenue
7th Avenue
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Melville’s 7th Street used to be a mixture of seedy bars and a few, great restaurants muddled between second hand stores and coffee shops, but it’s fast evolving. It’s becoming more retro and populated with a cool new set of restaurants that are hell-bent on making 7th Street a real restaurant destination.
A beautiful piece of South African history. Very well kept with Mandela memorabilia and awards he's received from various nations around the world. The floors are marked with info showing what each room was used as when Mandela lived there.
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Mandela Huis
8115 Vilakazi St
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A beautiful piece of South African history. Very well kept with Mandela memorabilia and awards he's received from various nations around the world. The floors are marked with info showing what each room was used as when Mandela lived there.
Ponte City is a skyscraper in the Berea neighbourhood, just next to Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m, making it the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa. The 55-story building is cylindrical, with an open centre allowing additional light into the apartments. Dlala Nje does organized tours of the building and surrounding neighbourhood: https://www.dlalanje.org/ (do not visit without facilitation)
Ponte City Apartments
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Ponte City is a skyscraper in the Berea neighbourhood, just next to Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m, making it the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa. The 55-story building is cylindrical, with an open centre allowing additional light into the apartments. Dlala Nje does organized tours of the building and surrounding neighbourhood: https://www.dlalanje.org/ (do not visit without facilitation)
Nelson Mandela Square is a public square and shopping centre in Sandton. Visit this square to take a picture with a giant statue of the nobel peace prize winner! The square is surrounded with an array of restaurants, making it a perfect lunch spot.
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Nelson Mandela Square
130 Rivonia Road
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Nelson Mandela Square is a public square and shopping centre in Sandton. Visit this square to take a picture with a giant statue of the nobel peace prize winner! The square is surrounded with an array of restaurants, making it a perfect lunch spot.
Infamous century-old prison, now a center with the High Court, tours & exhibitions on local history.
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Constitution Hill station
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Infamous century-old prison, now a center with the High Court, tours & exhibitions on local history.

Parks & Nature

Wilderness reserve with many animals viewable on safari tours, plus concessions & a gift shop.
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Lion & Safari Park
R512 Pelindaba Rd
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Wilderness reserve with many animals viewable on safari tours, plus concessions & a gift shop.
If you are interested in doing a safari, chat to Katuschka, your co-host
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Pilanesberg National Park
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If you are interested in doing a safari, chat to Katuschka, your co-host
Park around a lake for hiking, picnics and events.
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Jhb Zoo Meer
60 Jan Smuts Ave
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Park around a lake for hiking, picnics and events.

Arts & Culture

The Hector Pieterson Museum is a large museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, two blocks away from where Hector Pieterson was shot and killed. The museum is named in his honour. It became one of the first museums in Soweto when it opened on 16 June 2002. A heart wrenching spot for people with an interest in South Africa's apartheid past.
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Hector Pieterson Museum
8287 Khumalo Rd
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The Hector Pieterson Museum is a large museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, two blocks away from where Hector Pieterson was shot and killed. The museum is named in his honour. It became one of the first museums in Soweto when it opened on 16 June 2002. A heart wrenching spot for people with an interest in South Africa's apartheid past.
Solemn concrete apartheid exhibit space. Museum chronicling the story of 20th-century South Africa & the now-defunct apartheid system.
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Apartheid Museum
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Solemn concrete apartheid exhibit space. Museum chronicling the story of 20th-century South Africa & the now-defunct apartheid system.

Shopping

The mall closest to the apartment. Not very big, but does have a cinema, couple of restaurants and convenience stores.
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Killarney Mall station
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The mall closest to the apartment. Not very big, but does have a cinema, couple of restaurants and convenience stores.
The largest (and newest) mall in Johannesburg offering up-market stores, movie theatres, restaurants, convenience stores, pharmacies.
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Mall of Africa
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The largest (and newest) mall in Johannesburg offering up-market stores, movie theatres, restaurants, convenience stores, pharmacies.

Entertainment & Activities

Orlando Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station in Soweto, South Africa. The power station was commissioned at the end of the Second World War and served Johannesburg for over 50 years. The 33-story cooling towers of the power station is no longer in use today and has been converted into a thrill seeker's paradise offering 100m bungee jump, SCAD free-falling down the tower, bridge-swinging between towers, abseiling down the towers, climbing the towers, paintball and base jumping.
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SOWETO TOWERS
Chris Hani Road
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Orlando Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station in Soweto, South Africa. The power station was commissioned at the end of the Second World War and served Johannesburg for over 50 years. The 33-story cooling towers of the power station is no longer in use today and has been converted into a thrill seeker's paradise offering 100m bungee jump, SCAD free-falling down the tower, bridge-swinging between towers, abseiling down the towers, climbing the towers, paintball and base jumping.
The Johannesburg Zoo is a 55-hectare zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species.
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Johannesburg Zoo
Jellicoe Avenue
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The Johannesburg Zoo is a 55-hectare zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species.
More than 30 roller coasters & thrill rides, an interactive history of gold mining & a 4D theater.
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Pretpark Gold Reef City
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More than 30 roller coasters & thrill rides, an interactive history of gold mining & a 4D theater.