Cafe Manhattan has run a daily happy hour since long before it was a marketing tactic. Here is everything currently on: what it costs, which day it lands on, and what you need to book ahead for.
We are open every day of the week from 11am until 11pm, and there is something running on all seven of them. The happy hour is the constant — it has not moved from 4pm to 6pm in years, and it does not skip public holidays. Everything else rotates by day.
2x double brandy, vodka or gin & mix for R95. 2-4-1 Ken Forrester Blanc or Merlot R79, 2-4-1 Castle Lite or Black Label dumpy R48, 2-4-1 Long Island R107 and 2-4-1 Olmeca R39. No loyalty card needed.
Every pizza is buy one get one free over lunch, from the R78 Cher to the R198 Celine and Dolly. In a hurry? The curated Business Lunch On The Go menu is R75.
Buy one burger, get one free, single or double. The single busiest Monday night in De Waterkant, and the reason our kitchen dreads it.
Two courses for R395 or three courses for R595 per couple — and the three course comes with a complimentary bottle of wine. Bookings essential; this one genuinely fills up.
Cape Town’s best drag show, on our floor, at a size you will not get at a bigger venue. Free entry. Get here early if you want to sit.
Tequila and Jägermeister shots at R20 each. House DJ from 8pm. Karaoke on the mic. Regrets optional.
Kitchen running until 10pm, bar until 11pm, DJ through the back half of the night. No special needed — the happy hour still runs at four.
Happy hour is 4pm to 6pm, every day. Two double brandy, vodka or gin and mixers for R95, and 2-4-1 on Ken Forrester Blanc or Merlot (R79), Castle Lite or Black Label dumpies (R48), Long Islands (R107) and Olmeca (R39). Both drinks come at the same time; you do not get to bank the second one for later.
Pizza is 2-4-1 every day from 12pm to 2pm, and the curated Business Lunch On The Go menu is R75 in the same window.
Monday burgers are buy-one-get-one-free. The cheaper burger is the free one. It applies to eat-in only, and it runs all night rather than in a window.
Tuesday date night needs a booking. Two courses for R395 or three courses for R595 per couple, and the bottle of wine is complimentary with the three course. Message us on WhatsApp or call 021 002 8867.
Thursday shots are R20 each — tequila and Jägermeister, no minimum round.
Specials do not stack with each other, and the happy hour price already beats every other discount we run, so on a Monday at 5pm you want the happy hour on drinks and the burger deal on food. That is the cheapest hour of the week in De Waterkant, and we are aware of it.
74 Waterkant Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town, 8001. On the corner, three minutes’ walk from Bree Street and a short walk down from the Bo-Kaap. Open 11am to 11pm every day, kitchen until 10pm.
Call 021 002 8867, or book on WhatsApp.
Happy hour runs from 4pm to 6pm every single day, including weekends and public holidays. It covers two double brandy, vodka or gin and mixers for R95, plus 2-4-1 Ken Forrester Blanc or Merlot, Castle Lite or Black Label dumpies, Long Islands and Olmeca.
Only for Tuesday date night, which reliably fills up. Happy hour, the 2-4-1 pizza lunch, Monday burgers and Thursday shots are all walk-in. For Wednesday drag, arriving before 8pm is the difference between a seat and a standing spot.
The 2-4-1 burger deal is eat-in only. You are welcome to order the burgers for takeaway at the standard price.
Burgers run from R135 for the Falafel single to R230 for the F.A.B double, and every burger comes single or double. The House Cheese is R162 single, R204 double. On Mondays burgers are buy one get one free.
74 Waterkant Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town, 8001 — on the corner in the middle of the De Waterkant village, minutes from Bree Street and the V&A Waterfront side of town.
Walk-ins are welcome for happy hour and burger Mondays. Date night on a Tuesday needs a booking — it sells out.