Top Johannesburg Food & Drink

Yeoville is one of the most diverse suburbs in South Africa, known for being highly Afro-cosmopolitan with many African nationals found in one square mile. The area is also rich in history and due to the diversity in African culture, offers a great experience when it comes to African cuisine. Our Taste of Africa experience will give you a taste of the continent with no visa requirements or expensive flights. Our guide will be leading you to local restaurants like Malalahitoka for traditional Ghanaian Wat, Kifto and Injera, Pondu and Kwanga, Mama Osu will be our Nigerian stop for Akara and Killshi. Baskim offers a mixture of African foods such as Konkonte and Ampesie. This will include a walk through the Yeoville food market where you can purchase fruit and veg you have seen in some of the dishes you have tasted so you can recreate your favourite African dishes at home. We offer an optional beer tasting experience with this food tour at an editional cost.

We only showcase boutique wines and not mass-produced commercial wines, so they will get the chance to taste the best wines South Africa has to offer. You will be given the opportunity to experience and learn about the best wines South Africa has to offer and understand more about the history of wine making in South Africa, all in the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg!

This fun walking tour covers the fascinating history of Fordsburg and surrounds. The tour meets up at the City Lodge Hotel in Newtown, from where we take a gentle walk to Fordsburg, covering some beautiful street and public art along the way. The focus is on street food, and we eat from Indian, Bangladeshi, Syrian, African and Pakistani traders – best to come hungry! You will discover all the hidden secrets, meet the traders and lovely people of Fordsburg, and do plenty of shopping! The tour is suitable for vegetarians and people unable to eat spicy food, but not for vegan or lactose intolerant eaters.

An exciting introduction to the world of cocktails, providing a practical foundation in the mechanics of mixology and cocktail preparation at work and home. You learn methods of cocktail preparation building a drink, stirring, shaking, layering, muddling, straining, smashing…oh and drinking. You will prepare and make a range of classic and contemporary cocktails including: Collins, Margaritas, Daiquiris, Caipirinhas, Sours, Mojitos, Martinis and much more.

What our curator offers at the Yeoville Dinner Club is an unapologetically gritty city experience, looking down on the busy street from the balcony, where preprandials are served in little enamel mugs. The banquet-style food reflects the mostly African people and cultures around them, taking inspiration from what’s fresh from the famous Yeoville market. What started as an idea to provide Friday and weekend dinners in a casual space has become the bustling Yeoville Dinner Club on Rockey Street in Johannesburg, where the owner hosts everyone at his 18-seater table for lunches and dinners every day of the week.

Get to know South Africa’s biggest city on a full-day tour that covers all the highlights of Johannesburg and Soweto. Take in the views from the Top of Africa, learn about the city’s history as you visit Constitutional Hill and the Apartheid Museum, then follow in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela in Soweto, with a tour of the Nelson Mandela House, Hector Pieterson Museum, and Freedom Square.

Come and experience the wonders of the Pilanesberg Nature reserve in an open 4x4 Safari vehicle on this 10-hour tour. Have the opportunity to view the big 5 (lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, and leopard), up close and personal. After lunch (included), you can choose to either do another safari drive in a closed vehicle (Minivan).

The finest way to explore Johannesburg safely, reliably and in comfort from the top deck of an open-top bus. Learn about the history of gold mining, hear stories of apartheid history and understand the triumph of modern Johannesburg while listening to the on-board audio commentary, available in 15 languages. This tour stops at all top sites in and around the Johannesburg allowing you to explore the economic powerhouse of Africa, easily and safely. 

Visit the Lion Park outside of Johannesburg without the hassle of renting a car. This tour includes round-trip transportation from your Johannesburg hotel and admission to the Lion Park, where you can explore at your leisure to see more than 85 lions, including the rare white lion, and other animals such as wild dogs, hyenas, and cheetahs. Take a 1-hour safari drive to see the animals, then stop at Cub World to learn about baby lions and their challenges surviving in the wild.

Visiting South Africa's most famous township can be tricky to do independently. But this half-day tour of Soweto lets you explore with a guide who was born and raised there. You'll hear personal insights into the culture of the township and learn about Soweto's vibrant modern personality.

Get the most possible learning out of your visits to the Cradle of Humankind and Sterkfontein Cave. By traveling with a guide, you'll get the full picture of the remarkable fossil findings there and why the site is so important. Walk through Sterkfontein Caves to see the fossils of hominids such as Little Foot and Mrs. Ples, two of the greatest archaeological discoveries of our time.

Combine a comprehensive tour of Johannesburg with an educational visit to Soweto Township in a single tour. This half-day excursion allows you to check many of the must-see area landmarks off your list, including the Hector Pieterson Museum, the Apartheid Museum, and Constitution Hill. Along the way, you'll enjoy insightful commentary from your guide.

Explore South Africa's most famous township on this full-day guided tour of Soweto from Johannesburg. Enjoy a personal experience of how vibrant and lively Soweto from your guide, who was born and raised in the township, as you visit landmarks like the Apartheid Museum, the Diepkloof area, and Carlton Centre.

Experience some of Joburg’s most famous drinking spots - from trendy rooftop bars to underground pubs and historic watering holes. Discover a city that is undergoing a remarkable rebirth, a city that offers much more than you would imagine in terms of trendy bars and entertainment. You are guaranteed an exceptional and memorable Joziburg day! The tour includes six stops. The final route is only confirmed a week ahead of time as stops depend on availability and private function bookings at the establishments, The Pubs, Bars & Rooftops tour is a curated experience that involves storytelling about the city’s history and regeneration along the way.

Up close and personal experience with the history and culture of the tribes that still inherit the land of South Africa today. Experience the dance rituals for mating, marriage and overall battle in this environment.

Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with host Kerry who recently, gave up a full-time job to be on a cooking show called ‘My Kitchen Rules’ and made food her life, writing a blog about food and restaurants, cooking family meals for busy moms and a host of other food related things! This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Kerry will teach you how to make 2-3 Cape Malay dishes from their family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together in your host's home. • Cooking lesson in a local home • Introduction to South Africa's culture and cuisine. • 100% private activity • Experience South African hospitality in a residential Johannesburg neighborhood • Vegetarian options available

It’s like binge-watching your favourite show Our First Weekend Experience will give you the opportunity to stay and explore the City of Johannesburg like never before! A package deal of fun-filled, culturally diverse & eclectic experiences & tours! This is a two day experience with awesome activities including a genuinely different tour of Braamfontein, authentic African cuisine, accommodation in the heart of the city & a pub-crawl through the city. Explore everything Johannesburg has to offer with regards to markets, great food and awesome people to share it with. This is basically a combination of our Braamfontein Walking Tour, Jo’burg NightLife Experience and Taste of Africa Tour all wrapped into one to give you an all-round experience of everything the city has to offer in terms of arts,crafts, cuisine and a good time!

Have you ever wondered what it takes to make the perfect cup of coffee? Is it the beans, the milk or the barista? You will learn some of the secrets of professional Baristas, the theory, pouring an espresso, milk dynamics and how not to burn the milk when making a latte. And you will get a chance to drive a proper espresso machine

We do value packed craft beer experiences for mates, colleagues and staunch beer drinkers alike. OverBrew Brewery Visits are much more than just a boring walk-through. We pack value into the tour by systematically working through, in as much detail as your group prefers, the following: Brewery Overview: Started when? Owned by? How different? Brewer: Profile? Started where/when/why? Ingredients: Water? Malt? Hops? Yeast? Other? Purity law? Recipes? Equipment: Mill? Mash/lauter tun? Kettle? Fermenter/Unitank? Filler? Labeller? Processes: Malting? Milling? Mashing? Lautering? Cooling? Fermenting? Beers: Styles? Brewery beers described and categorised?

Shaker offers unrivaled practical and theoretical bar training and educational courses for the hospitality industry. Our mission is to evolve our courses amid the ever-changing climates of the industry and provide an environment which endorses that advancement.' We aim to contribute to the growth of professional bartending by educating and inspiring the bartenders of tomorrow.