The Antique Restaurant in Cape Town is situated within the ABSA building, on the 31st floor oposite Hemisphere club. Blessed with the same beautiful view of the V&A Waterfront and Table Mountain, it's sure to be a winning recipe.

The crowd is quite hip and in the age group of around 23 - 40. The decor is very dramatic with velvet wallpaper, big framed mirrors and art deco lighting in the bar. The restaurant section is more conventional with very comfy chairs and a 'long' menu. Just try not to swot over your neighbour's glass when opening it!

The food quality was great. I was trying to establish under what genre it will fall and could only come up with fusion food. A mixture of cultures, with a strong Asian influence. Our table had some problems getting our food all at once, since they insisted on not bringing any starters mixed with main courses, which made things difficult since half of everyone only wanted the 'to share' dishes (like Haiku's tapa idea - finger foods, sushi and stuff). Unfortunately this was not perceived to be good value for money as the portions were quite small in most cases.

I will however highly recommend the main courses as we couldn't find fault with it. Compliments to the chef.

Will this new restaurant top Haiku as the best young restaurant in Cape town, in our books? No, but with the stunning venue and bed sized sofas (in the restaurant - same idea as at Poo Na Na), we think they might just get it right.