You eat at Tryn on Steenberg Farm in Constantia, a historic estate that has been working the land since 1682. The restaurant sits among vineyards with views of the surrounding landscape. The kitchen works with fresh ingredients, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

The dining rooms and terraces look out over the farm, where you can see the vineyards and gardens. Families spread out on the lawns while meals are served. In the evening, the bar fills with guests before dinner.

Steenberg Farm holds the original manor house, now a heritage site, and the restaurant is part of the estate’s hospitality alongside the hotel and winery. The land has been under cultivation for over three centuries, and the restaurant draws on that continuity.

The farm is thirty minutes from Cape Town’s center, close enough for a meal but far enough to feel removed from the city.