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The Stellenbosch Market
Coffee shops in the capital are plentiful, allowing the bean snobs and breakfast boffins to pick and choose from the variety. While they serve fantastic coffee and a mean brekkie, the Stellenbosch Market is not just a coffee shop.
Tucked into an inconspicuous corner of the marvellous Bougain Villas complex, the Stellenbosch Market oozes the rustic charm of a wine cellar meets roastery. In the winter months a wood burning stove toasts the interior, where classic bistro seating is deliberately scattered, creating nooks for cosy coffee sipping among the humdrum of a barista machine and the fragrance of warm baked goods. For the warmer months, outdoor seating overlooks the complex’s botanical courtyard from lanky leather barstools and wooden countertops. Regardless where you park your breakfast or lunch entourage, an ambience of the old meets a menu of the new.
Mastering the art of our nation’s beloved belegte Brötchen, tuck into the perfect German-Namibian roll topped with ham, camembert, mustard and caramelised onion, or avo, cheese and tomato. Better yet, build your own masterpiece from the Stellenbosch Market’s selection of authentic local salami, fresh pesto, grilled chicken, yummy feta, and then some. Truth be told, you can never go wrong with a Brötchen!
Breakfast, which is served from 7 - 11am, offers a spread of bagels loaded with salmon and cream cheese or eggs and bacon, classic and fantastically fluffy omelettes, their own farm-style Namib brekkie of boerewors, mushroom, grilled tomato, bacon and eggs, or a health bowl filled with seasonal fruit, honey, yoghurt and muesli. That is a really long sentence, and yet, their breakfast menu is even longer!
Everything you crave about a toasted sandwich, be it on sourdough, whole wheat or white, is prepared fresh and served all day at the Stellenbosch Market. From 11am - 4pm, a delectable wrap of the honey mustard chicken variety, to name one, is definitely in order. Opt for the much loved goulash soup or Bratwurst & Bratkartoffeln and be delighted with wholesome goodness that celebrates the cuisine of Germany in Namibia.
What truly makes the Stellenbosch Market more than a coffee shop, is the unbeatable wine selection.
Naturally, their cakes and fresh smoothies are a must, but what truly makes the Stellenbosch Market more than a coffee shop, is the unbeatable wine selection and that it is an ideal space for group brunches.
Imagine gobbling down the last crumbs of a Brötchen and lazily browsing through South Africa’s finest varieties of red, white, sweet and bubbly. Whoever is expecting you won’t be upset that they didn’t join for lunch if you are waltzing home with wine. The Stellenbosch Market is also set to offer online wine orders very soon, so be sure to check out their new website when the time comes!
They have set aside weekends entirely for hosting events. Think kitchen teas or baby showers, engagement parties or year-end lunches. Just you and your guests, in a room filled with the smell of croissants and coffee and ceiling-high shelves of South Africa’s very best wines.
The Stellenbosch Market is open from 07:00 - 16:00 on weekdays only, and can be reserved for private functions after these hours and on Saturdays and Sundays.
