Bao Down

Restaurant · Schotschekloof

Bao Down

Restaurant · Schotschekloof

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First Floor, Exhibition Building, 79 Main Rd, Green Point, Cape Town, 8005, South Africa

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First Floor, Exhibition Building, 79 Main Rd, Green Point, Cape Town, 8005, South Africa Get directions

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First Floor, Exhibition Building, 79 Main Rd, Green Point, Cape Town, 8005, South Africa Get directions

+27 66 022 1165
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@baodownrestaurant
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The 15 Best Restaurants In Cape Town 2024

"We’ve been coming to Bao Down since it first opened in a small glass-fronted dining room on a residential street in Gardens. These days, it’s twice as big, and the lofty space with a giant balcony in Greenpoint is a great pick for a group dinner. The menu hasn’t changed much since it opened in 2018, which, here, is a good thing—we’d never get sick of their pillowy steamed buns stuffed with spicy Korean fried chicken, or their lemon and miso tart with a cornflake crumb and a dollop of double thick cream." - mary holland

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Bao Down Review - Green Point - Cape Town - The Infatuation

"We’ve been coming to Bao Down since it first opened in a small glass-fronted dining room on a residential street in Gardens. These days, it’s twice as big, and the lofty space with a giant balcony in Greenpoint is a great pick for a group dinner. The menu hasn’t changed much since it opened in 2018, which, here, is a good thing—we’d never get sick of their pillowy steamed buns stuffed with spicy Korean fried chicken, or their lemon and miso tart with a cornflake crumb and a dollop of double thick cream." - Mary Holland

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The 18 Essential Cape Town Restaurants

"Getting a reservation at Asian hotspot Bao Down is not an easy task, even after the restaurant reopened in a larger space in Green Point. Opened by husband-and-wife team Graham and Philippa Oldfield (former head chef at Chefs Warehouse and a former caterer, respectively), the restaurant is consistently packed, and with good reason. Inside the retro pink-and-blue space, small but mighty dishes fly out from the kitchen, with options like prawn toast, Korean fried chicken baos, and yellowtail sashimi in a zingy coconut cream." - Mary Holland, Sarah Khan

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George Hyland

Google
Good restaurant overall. Small food menu but a good selection and variety of flavours and options. Food was very fresh and tasty, well presented too. Mostly presented in portions of 2 servings of an item. Good wine selection. Waiting staff were all very friendly, accommodating and professional. Well worth a visit

Lisa Harlow

Google
Loved this restaurant! I ate at some of the top restaurants in Cape Town and the winelands but this was up there with my favourites Fluffy bao buns, tasty fillings, especially the pork belly. Fantastic wine list and by the glass too. Service was excellent, even on a very busy Saturday evening

sina mühlethaler

Google
We had a great experience. Service was great. The food was excellent. I’m a vegetarian and I loved every bite of it. New and different vegetarians options. I love the small put very thought through menu. Would recommend 10/10!

Diego Villaveces

Google
Absolutely amazing place for dinner. The service was top notch, but what really set this place apart is the unique flavours. Absolutely amazingly delicious food!!!

Ashleigh Frank

Google
Amazing experience with friends for dinner. Especially good is the cauliflower cake, I order it every time I come here.

Charmaine Arellano-Chua

Google
Flavours were too strong for my liking, and the server forgot about the dessert I ordered. They were super accommodating to me as a walk-in guest though, and the atmosphere is fantastic! Would still consider going here; it just didn’t suit my flavour preferences.

Alexander Holzhammer

Google
Wow the flavors! Every dish is unique and perfectly composed. The sauce game is also top notch. Interestingly, even the egg fried rice tastes way better than a standard one. The place is beautiful, has a very good atmosphere and the service was also flawless. Amazing dinner experience! The price to value here is incredible. If I had to pick one dish, the shrimp toast was something really different.

Toby Jermyn

Google
Another amazing meal and excellent service. Second time eating there in a week! Jason our waiter(both times) was attentive and charming and certainly added to the whole experience. The team in the kitchen do an amazing job and seeing as we have tried pretty much everything i can confirm every dish is a winner! Bravo!