Cape Town’s most beautiful restaurant; styled with passion and attention to detail to give you an extraordinary dining experience. Sophisticated yet very homely, The Opal Lounge is situated in a 111 year old Victorian villa near the centre of Cape Town. Two stylish dining rooms, a glass enclosed Verandah, a stunning bar lounge, and garden deck, each one differently designed, provide a unique encounter each time you visit.
The Oriental Lounge is an elegantly styled room displaying Chinese antiques, an enormous chandelier and other interesting Chinese works of art. The working fireplace further enhances the room’s ambience when dining on cold or rainy days.
The Persian Lounge is the largest room with long, tall lounge couches, and beautiful Persian rugs and ancient saddle bags adorning the walls. Candle-light flickers from within the Persian copper lanterns, whilst Byzantine lamps glow in front of the bay windows. The working fireplace gives this room an even warmer feel during cold days.
Furnished with crisp white and cream fabric chairs, the Verandah offers smokers or non-smokers a unique dining experience whereby they not only get a view of the garden deck with wonderful aspects of Table Mountain but also glimpses of the Oriental and Persian Lounges. An enormous deep red Afghan kilim adorns the main wall and smaller Afghan kilims lay scattered on the floors. On warm days, the sliding doors open up this area to the wonderful deck below.
The Bar Lounge is a dramatic pre- or post-dinner area to enjoy a drink – the perfect place to start savouring mouth-watering cocktails such as the Opal Chill or Peanut Butter Dream. The original pressed ceilings are meticulously hand-painted in black and gold, whilst the vaulted pressed ceiling is lit, taking ones eye to the hand-painted patterns of the craftsmanship of a bygone era. French, Louis XV chairs and beautiful sofas complete the look.
The Colonial Lounge is The Opal Lounge’s cosy smoking bar. Decorated in antiques, fabrics and paintings from deepest Africa, it houses some of the collection from the owner’s travels through the continent. Deep, comfy chairs and a huge suede sofa will make you want to savour that cigar for a while.
The Garden Deck is a wonderful area for a pre- or post-dinner drink and will become the area for lunches on hot summer days and lazy Sunday morning brunches.
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