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The Packtown Overberg Restaurant Guide: Stanford

Birkenhead Brewery

Birkenhead Estate, R326, Stanford 028 371 0013
Cuisine: Fine Dining, Platters

The restaurant at Birkenhead Brewery offers a fresh sesaonal menu with dishes bursting with flavour and options for diets of all kinds .You can also count on finding the delectable fine dining dishes they are famous for. Sumptious platters are available to accompany the wine and craft beer tastings.

Café Stanford

c/o R43 and R326, Stanford 087 250 27147
Cuisine: Family Fare, Light Meals

Café Stanford, situated behind the Overberg Agri, is open for breakfast, light lunches, home-baked confectionary, and blackboard specials. The aroma of freshly baked bread greets you on arrival at this tranquil haven partly set in a nursery. Enjoy magnificent views of the Kleinrivier Mountains and the lush plant nursery, from the café’s spacious and tastefully decorated country style interior.

La Trattoria Stanford

23 Queen Victoria St, Stanford 079 840 1084
Cuisine: Italian

Enjoy the sights, sounds, aromas and flavours of Italy at La Trattoria in Queen Victoria Street, Stanford. Owned by Papà Corrado Giovannetti and run by his son, Lionello, La Trattoria is without a doubt, ‘Piccola Italia’! Indulge in authentic Italian cuisine that includes fresh homemade pasta and pizza made with recipes brought to South Africa from the old country. Furthermore, La Trattoria is home to Don Gelato and the popular frozen treat is sold in a tantalizing selection of flavours as a dessert option in the restaurant as well as from a roadside kiosk that adjoins the premises.

Egret & The Owl Book Cafe

2 Morton Street, Stanford 072 375 1466
Cuisine: Light Meals, Coffee

Here is a great place where you can enjoy excellent coffees & teas, milkshakes, scrumptious breakfasts, delicious lunches & desserts, while sting among shelves of books.

Madre’s

12 Du Toit Street, Stanford 082 901 4254
Cuisine: Contemporary country style fare

Country cooking at its best. At Madre’s you will find local fresh fish every day. A tranquil setting on their beautiful stoep, surrounded by mulberry trees, this heritage cottage breathes warmth and hospitality.

Misty Mountain Wine Brewing Co

Misty Mountain Estate, R43, Stanford 082 973 5943
Cuisine: Pizza, Burgers

At Misty Mountains you can enjoy delicious artisan wood fired pizzas, pastas, burgers or Nachos to compliment any their award winning wines, gins or craft beers. Here you will also find black board specials with great home cooked food made with the best ingredients.

Ou Meul Padstal, Stanford

1 Queen Victoria Road, Standford 028 314 0101
Cuisine: Bakery

The Ou Meul brand has established itself as a bakery of the highest quality. The puff pastry pies, sourdough breads and other sweet treats are guarnteed to satisfy. In the sit down restaurant, you can also order from a delectable café style menu using the freshest product.

Stanford Kitchen

19 Queen Victoria St, Stanford 079 975 6211
Cuisine:Pizza, Beer tastings

Stanford Kitchen presents a delicious selection of hearty breakfasts, sumptuous salads and wood-fired pizzas. What better way to spend an afternoon than sampling Stanford valley’s estate wines and craft beer, while you snack on a cheeseboard featuring Klein River cheese. Enjoy the ample seating inside and outside or browse an eclectic mix of art and ceramics by local artists from the Stanford area.

Stanford Hills Estate

Weltevrede Farm, Stanford 072 639 6135
Cuisine: Seasonal fare

The Tasting Room is a wonderful breakfast and lunch venue, popular with locals and visitors alike. A renovated original farm cottage is the setting for the charming tasting and bar area, with views over a dam to the Stanford valley beyond. The Tasting Room restaurant has a reputation for laid back fun, with the emphasis on fresh and inventive food of an exceptionally high standard. The chalkboard menu changes daily and always offer an interesting variety of options. Aside from the hot kitchen, there is also an extensive mezze/tapas menu to pick and choose from. The kitchen uses local organic and free-range products wherever possible, as we believe that it is the quality of the ingredients which truly make a meal memorable.

Union Grocery & Eatery

Shop 2, Stanford Square, 13 Queen Victoria St, Stanford 076 300 0819
Cuisine: Healthy deli fare

At this contemporary eatery you can will find fresh and healthy café food, presented with style and modern charm. Excellent coffee, late, tea and other beverages are also on offer. The deli style grocery also stocks a variety of special items like Chai mix, non-dairy milks, gluten-free flours, and other pantry staples to a freezer packed with plant-based options (and a separate freezer for meats), a welcome find in this small town. The honey on tap is as beautiful as it is functional, and the rainbow display of fresh veggies and interesting sauces and cheeses can be a great addition to a picnic basket.

Wortelgat @ Springfontein

8 Wortelgat Rd, Stanford 028 341 0651
Cuisine: Fine Dining

The ultimate fine dining experience with father and son chefs Edwin and Tom Vinke from the award winning 2 Michelin Starred Restaurant “De Kromme Watergang”. Chef Vinke embodies a cuisine that strives almost puristically and self-sufficiently to reflect land and sea treasures. Together with his team, Edwin will share his mastery of nature driven dishes, highlighting Springfontein’s unique oceanic terroir and wines.His reverence for indigenous ingredients and herbs, mostly served with minimal manipulation, empowers his ability to create the healthiest fine dining dishes.