2012 Eat Out Top 20 Restaurant nominees in South Africa

The Eat Out Restaurant online guide publishes its Top Ten restaurant list on a yearly basis. This is certainly the most respected accolade a restaurant can attain in the country and the positions are hotly contested.

They recently announced the top 20 nominees, with a few exciting new additions. Interestingly enough, of the top 20, fifteen are located in the Western Cape. The Top 10 winners will be announced at the end of November. Click on restaurant link for more information.

Babel - Winelands (Western Cape)

Bistro Bizerca - Cape Town (Western Cape)

Delaire Graff EstateRestaurant - Stellenbosch (Western Cape)

DW Eleven-13 - Johannesburg (Gauteng)

The Greenhouse (TheCellars-Hohenort) - Cape Town (Western Cape) (2011 winner!)

Hartford House - Mooi River (KwaZulu-Natal)

Jordan Restaurant - Stellenbosch (Western Cape)

La Colombe - Cape Town (Western Cape)

Makaron - Stellenbosch (Western Cape)

Overture - Stellenbosch (Western Cape)

Pierneef à La Motte - Franschhoek (Western Cape)

Planet Restaurant at the MountNelson - Cape Town (Western Cape)

Restaurant Mosaic at TheOrient  - Pretoria (Gauteng)

The Roundhouse - Cape Town (Western Cape)

Rust en Vrede Restaurant - Stellenbosch (Western Cape)

The Tasting Room at Le QuartierFrançais - Franschhoek (Western Cape)

Terroir - Stellenbosch (Western Cape)

The Test Kitchen by LukeDale-Roberts - Cape Town (Western Cape)

Tokara - Stellenbosch (Western Cape)

Tokara Restaurant