Butcher Block is a steakhouse in Hillcrest where you eat South African beef cuts and local specialties. The menu includes dishes like boerewors served with pap and chakalaka, biltong pate with mushrooms and bacon, and springbok fillet with mushroom sherry demi glaze. The kitchen works with traditional flavors, offering potjie — a slow-cooked stew with meat, vegetables, and spices — and malva pudding for dessert.

The beef cuts are the focus, from fillet to rib-eye, each prepared to highlight the meat’s natural flavor. The place leans into South African tastes, with dishes like jalapeno and biltong burgers adding a local twist to familiar formats. The dining room is straightforward, built for meals rather than ceremony.

The restaurant sits at the corner of Hospital Road and Old Main Road, a practical location for a place that serves food meant to be eaten without fuss. The menu changes with the seasons, but the commitment to local ingredients and traditional preparations stays constant.