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Restaurant reservation platform Dineplan has done its first-ever Reviewers’ Choice Awards in South Africa.
As you can imagine, the Western Cape’s eateries dominate the top 20 rated restaurants in the country.
The list of the best restaurants in the country is compiled via more than 200 000 reviews for over 1 000 local restaurants submitted between October 1, 2021, and September 30, 2022.
Only restaurants that had been on the Dineplan platform for that review period were eligible for inclusion.
During this 12-month period, there were over 3,6 million reservations made using Dineplan, equating to 16 million guests seated at Dineplan venues around the country.
Jirre, home-cooked meals for who?
This year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list saw Wolfgat come in at 90th, La Colombe in 56th, and FYN in 37th.
That system works through a panel of well-trained judges, whereas Dineplan’s Reviewers’ Choice Awards are 100% diner-generated, notes Bizcommunity:
Following a reservation, diners are asked to provide a review based on their experience – rating the food, value, service and ambience each out of five, with the option to comment.
Diners must have booked and honoured their reservation in order to leave a review – eliminating fake reviews.
Review systems can be tricky, so that is good to know.
A few things to note:
Alright, so now that you know the nitty-gritty of how the rating system works, here is the full Dineplan list.
Via The Citizen, here are the top 20.
1. Reverie Social Table
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2. Good to Gather
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3. The Table at De Meye
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4. Belly of the Beast
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5. Homespun by Matt
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6. The Melting Pot
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7. FABER
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8. GOLD Restaurant
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9. Cape Grace Signal Restaurant
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10. Newstead Lund Family Vineyards
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11. De Grendel Restaurant
12. Homespun Claremont
13. Epice
14. The Fat Butcher
15. 1777 @ The Old Rectory
16. 16th by KOI
17. SIBA – The Restaurant
18. Noop Restaurant
19. Jewell’s
20. Zest
While Dineplan has more longstanding Western Cape-based restaurants on its portfolio, 45% of its newcomers are outside the Cape, which received honourable mentions:
Nice to know that as the holiday approaches there is so much to explore and eat.
[sources:citizen&bizcommunity]
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