Where to Watch the World Cup in Cape Town: the Lookout Deck, Hout Bay

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The Lookout Deck
Harbour Road, Hout Bay Harbour
Cape Town | Map

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Specialty: Pizzas & pub seafood
Tel: +27 (0) 21 790 0900
lookoutdeck@telkomsa.net

Further Insight & Opinion

The chief problem with catching a game at the Lookout Deck is the competition from the restaurant’s harbor views. You might be distracted from the action by, say, a seal frolicking in the water on the other side of the glassed-in deck, or by one of the Boat Club’s beautiful fishing vessels gliding into the bay.

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Cleverly, the managers have positioned their televisions in places that take soccer fans’ gazes away from the water. There’s a reasonably-sized screen right above the bar on the outside deck, diametrically opposed to the pretty but non-essential ocean and mountains, and another one deep inside the restaurant, where there’s nothing else to look at at all.

The menu is reasonably satisfying, from a pub perspective – read Court’s review from earlier this year – and the pizzas are, as the menu takes pains to highlight, a foot in diameter. Which isn’t all that big, come to think of it. Plan to order one per half!