Explore Johannesburg
Johannesburg is South Africa's electric city of gold, from regenerated arts precincts to the living history of Soweto. Chauffyr connects its sprawling neighbourhoods in a fixed-price black car, from a Rosebank rooftop grill to a Soweto heritage lunch.
South Africa's fast-paced city of gold — art precincts, apartheid history and a bold, grill-driven dining scene.
The facts, upfront
The best restaurants in Johannesburg
Marble
Grill · Contemporary · $$$$ · Rosebank
David Higgs's glamorous wood-fire grill atop Rosebank's Trumpet building.
DW Eleven-13
Contemporary · $$$$ · Dunkeld West
Marthinus Ferreira's long-running tasting-menu room in Dunkeld West.
Marabi Club
Jazz · Contemporary · $$$ · Maboneng
An intimate jazz supper club in Maboneng's landmark Hallmark House.
Urbanologi
Modern · Small plates · $$ · Newtown
A creative small-plates kitchen inside a Newtown microbrewery.
Sakhumzi Restaurant
South African · $$ · Soweto
A lively Soweto buffet on famous Vilakazi Street, between two Nobel laureates' homes.
The Radium Beerhall
Portuguese · Grill · $$ · Orange Grove
Johannesburg's oldest surviving bar and grill, serving peri-peri since 1929.
What to see in Johannesburg
Apartheid Museum
Ormonde
The definitive, deeply moving museum on the rise and fall of apartheid.
Constitution Hill
Braamfontein
A former prison complex, now home to the Constitutional Court — a living monument to democracy.
Maboneng Precinct
Maboneng
A regenerated inner-city arts and food district, best on a Sunday market day.
Keyes Art Mile
Rosebank
Rosebank's gallery district and the hub of Johannesburg's contemporary-art scene.
Soweto & Vilakazi Street
Soweto
The historic township at the heart of the anti-apartheid struggle — and the only street home to two Nobel Prize winners.
Neighbourgoods Market
Braamfontein
A buzzing Saturday food-and-design market in a Braamfontein warehouse.
One perfect day in Johannesburg
9:00 · Morning
Apartheid MuseumOrmonde — Powerful apartheid history
11:00 · Late morning
Constitution HillBraamfontein — Old Fort prison
13:00 · Lunch
Marabi ClubJazz · Contemporary · Maboneng — Small-plate tasting
15:00 · Afternoon
Maboneng PrecinctMaboneng — Regenerated arts district
18:00 · Golden hour
Keyes Art MileRosebank — Everard Read & Circa galleries
20:00 · Dinner
MarbleGrill · Contemporary · Rosebank — Dry-aged Karan beef tomahawk
Book this day, one chauffeur
One fixed-price car and driver for every stop — no parking, no waiting, no surge.
