"Sushi, sundowners and 360-degree Camps Bay views since 2017, come for a first date timed to the Twelve Apostles at golden hour."
Chinchilla opened in November 2017 as the rooftop addition to the Kove Collection's cluster of restaurants on the Camps Bay strip. It sits on the second floor of the Promenade building on Victoria Road, with 360-degree views taking in Lion's Head, the Twelve Apostles and the Atlantic.
It is a rooftop cafe and cocktail bar rather than a formal restaurant, built around sunset, a long drinks list and a light, sharing-led menu. Live DJs play as the sun drops.
The menu is continental cafe fare with a contemporary slant: sushi and sashimi, seafood platters and crudités, toasted sandwiches and burgers, designed to graze over drinks rather than anchor a tasting-menu night. The real signature is the bar, with crafted cocktails, an extensive wine and champagne list and a deep whisky selection.
Prices reflect the rooftop address and the Camps Bay postcode, sitting at the upper-casual end, but the view does much of the work.
The draw is the rooftop itself: open-air seating, sea-facing loungers and one of the best sundowner perches in Cape Town. It is glossy, busy and social, at its best as the light turns over the Twelve Apostles.
Chinchilla is made for a sunset first date or a celebratory drink with a view, sushi in hand as the DJ starts. For a full dinner nearby, compare Salsify at The Roundhouse or the rest of the Camps Bay guide.
Not for a quiet, food-first dinner or a still, intimate room: Chinchilla is a loud, DJ-driven rooftop bar where the view and cocktails lead and the kitchen plays support.
Chinchilla is a rooftop cafe and cocktail bar by the Kove Collection, focused on sushi, seafood, light sharing plates and sundowner cocktails with panoramic views, rather than a formal restaurant.
Chinchilla opened in November 2017 on the second floor of the Promenade building on the Camps Bay strip, as part of the Kove Collection.
A continental cafe menu of sushi and sashimi, seafood platters and crudités, toasted sandwiches and burgers, built to graze over an extensive cocktail, wine and whisky list.
Chinchilla offers 360-degree views from its rooftop, taking in Lion's Head, the Twelve Apostles mountain range and the Atlantic, making it a prime sunset spot.
Yes. Sunset is the busiest and best time, with DJs playing as the light drops, so booking ahead for a sea-facing table is strongly advised in summer.
Booking via Dineplan. Sunset slots and sea-facing tables go first in the summer season.
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Chinchilla wins on one of them outright: setting. Few rooftops in Cape Town frame a sundowner the way this Camps Bay perch does.
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