Four until six, every day of the week, at 74 Waterkant Street. Two doubles and mix for R95, and 2-4-1 on Ken Forrester wine, dumpies, Long Islands and Olmeca. No loyalty card, no minimum spend, no “selected Tuesdays only”.
Happy hour here is deliberately simple. There is no tiered menu and no asterisk. If it is on this list, it is the price you pay, and the second drink arrives with the first.
Everything outside that list — the full cocktail menu, premium spirits, craft beer, bottles of wine — runs at normal price during happy hour. We would rather keep the happy hour list short and actually honour it than publish a long one full of exclusions.
Plenty of bars in Cape Town run a happy hour. Most of them run it Monday to Thursday, or 5pm to 6pm, or only in the low season, or only in the section of the bar nobody wants to sit in. The specials get quietly withdrawn in December when the city fills up.
Ours runs seven days a week, two full hours, all year. It runs on Christmas Eve. It runs during Pride. It runs when the place is packed and it runs when it is quiet. That consistency is the entire point — you should be able to tell a friend “meet me at Manhattan at half four” without checking anything first.
The other thing worth knowing: the kitchen is open the whole time. Happy hour at a lot of venues means drinking on an empty stomach until the kitchen opens at six. Ours has been running since 11am, so the full food menu — burgers, pizza, mains, bar snacks and starters — is available throughout.
Groups of six or more are worth a heads-up so we can put tables together — especially on a Friday. Ten or more and we would rather you talk to us properly about the space. Message 021 002 8867 on WhatsApp.
Happy hour runs alongside whatever else is on that day. On a Monday that means happy hour drinks and buy-one-get-one-free burgers at the same time. On a Thursday the R20 tequila and Jäger shots are on as well, so the cheap drinks keep going after six.
See the full weekly specials list.
4pm to 6pm, every day of the week, including weekends and public holidays.
Two double brandy, vodka or gin and mixers for R95, plus 2-4-1 Ken Forrester Blanc or Merlot (R79), Castle Lite or Black Label dumpies (R48), Long Islands (R107) and Olmeca (R39). The rest of the cocktail list, other spirits and bottled wine are at standard price.
Neither. Walk in any day between 4pm and 6pm and order. Groups of six or more are worth messaging ahead so we can seat you together.
Yes. The kitchen runs from 11am to 10pm, so the full food menu including the burgers, pizza, mains and starters is available right through happy hour.
Yes. It runs every day of the year, including December and public holidays. It is the one thing here that does not change.
Walk in, or grab a table if you are bringing the whole office. Either way the second drink is free until six.