OUR AWESOME MENU | FIVE FLIES FINE DINING RESTAURANT IN CAPE TOWN  

The 200-seater restaurant is made up of exclusive private dining rooms, a bar opening out onto a vibrant courtyard, and a sophisticated cigar lounge.

The dynamic team at Five Flies has been enormously successful in making Five Flies one of the most stylish and popular restaurants in Cape Town. "The emphasis of the kitchen is on unique flavours together with exquisite presentation, using the finest and freshest ingredients", comments chef Greg Bevarstock.

The menu offers a selection of exquisite dishes, combining local and international elements with true cosmopolitan flair. It is unique in that it features a choice of different set menus listed within various price categories.

General Manager, Alex van Nes, comments: "We pride ourselves in having an incredible mix of good food, a great ambiance and outstanding service. We have a highly experienced and motivated team that has brought about a new dining culture in this unique part of the city.”

Five Flies is open from Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner, Saturdays and Sundays for dinner only. Street Parking available on Keerom or Leeuwen or Dorp street.

As one of the best fine dining restaurants in cape town, Five flies is proud to recommend our mouthwatering a la carte menu


A La Carte

Main Course R125.00
Starters & Mains @ R185.00
Mains & Dessert @ R170.00

3 Course Menu @ R235.00
4 Course Menu @ R275.00
5 Course Menu @ R325.00

STARTERS

Fresh asparagus with hollandaise sauce, roast pepper puree and toasted almonds

Oak smoked salmon and fish fritters, potato rosti, watercress and citrus aioli

Roasted field mushroom with caramelized onion, gorgonzola and creamy artichoke, truffel sauce

Fresh Saldanha bay mussels with basil cream and garlic toasts

Beef Carpaccio with parmesan shavings, Dijon mayonnaise and marinated shitake mushrooms

SALADS

Gorgonzola, poached pear, baby greens, caramelized cashews and red wine dressing

Goat's cheese, beetroot-polenta, confit tomatoes, baby leaves and basil vinaigrette

Crisp calamari with marinated vegetables, bean sprouts and coriander-lime dressing

Confit duck with thai curry paste on garlic crostini with watercress and roast apple-lime dressing

SOUPS:

Chef's soup of the day, freshly prepared with seasonal ingredients

Smoked fish and potato chowder with caramelized onion and parmesan croute

FISH:

Grilled pesto crusted kingklip with sweet potato puree, fine beans, red pepper and cumin beurre blanc

Steamed sole fillets with prawn thermidor, crushed potato-corn salad and basil sauce

Linefish, freshly delivered and served with a twist from the kitchen

Prawn green thai curry with coconut rice, pak choi and roasted peanuts

MEAT:

T-Bone (400g) with roast butternut, spinach, rosemary spiked potato chips and peppercorn sauce

Chicken breast filled with goat's cheese on ratatouille, saute potatoes and watercress cream sauce

Roast, pressed veal shoulder with horseradish potato, roasted beetroot, asparagus and smoked butter jus

Char-grilled siloin (200g) on blue cheese polenta, mushroom and corn ragout, grain mustard jus

Braised lamb shank on basil potato puree, roasted root vegetables and thyme jus

SPECIALITIES:

Pan-fried scallops on cauliflower puree with sultana-sweet onion salsa, truffel oil and smoked fish foam

R25.00

Seared salmon with goat's cheese crust on chickpea-aubergine puree, roast pepper and chorizo ragout and red wine jus

R25.00

Tournedos of beef fillet, with roast pumpkin, rosemary spiked potato chips and bearnaise sauce

R25.00

Springbok loin on cauliflower puree, ginger pomme anna, shitake mushrooms and cape gooseberry jus

R30.00

Seared ostrich fillet on sweetcorn puree, pak choi, potato dauphenoise and tom, yum sauce

R30.00

Confit duck legs on warm thai noodle salad with tenderstem broccoli and apple-tamarind jus

R25.00

SHELLFISH:

West coast oysters half dozen with shallot vinaigrette

R25.00

Starter platter of langoustine, tiger giant and queen prawn

R65.00

Queen prawn starter platter

R25.00

LM Langoustines

R195.00

West Coast Cape Crayfish

R155.00

LM Prawn and Langoustine platter

R195.00

Shellfish platter of crayfish, langoustine, tiger giant and queen prawn

R250.00

All shellfish served with rice, rocket leaf salad and lemon beurre blanc

DESSERTS:

Vanilla seed creme brulee

White chocolate and poppy seed arctic roll with fresh berry compote and berry foam

Dark chocolate marquise with truffles, espresso sauce and hazelnut ice-cream

Naartjie and cinnamon milk tart with banana ice cream and butterscotch sauce

Apple, rhubarb and caramel trifle with cinnamon croutons and apple sorbet

Vanilla panna cotta with mango puree, all spice doughnuts, white chocolate granita

South African cheese plate with dried fruit salami, crackers and pickled grape jam

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