The main bar, two big screens and the indoor stage under the green lights. Home to club nights, comedy, lip-sync battles and the big game.
- Main bar
- 2 big screens
- Indoor stage
Restaurant · Bar · Live music · Observatory, Cape Town
Pizza at noon. Bass till 2am.
Scroll and watch the sun go down
Trenchtown logo: a striped sunset behind two palm trees and Table Mountain, over the sea.
Good energy only
Noon till 2am, every day, on Lower Main.
Trenchtown is a restaurant, bar and live-music venue in the heart of Observatory, named after the Kingston neighbourhood where reggae grew up. Come for a pizza in the courtyard, stay for the quiz, the karaoke, the band on the stage and whoever's on the decks. No dress code, no fuss.
- 4.2★from 2,604 Google reviews
- 12–2noon till 2am, seven days a week
- 3spaces: bar, courtyard, cocktail garden
- 2stages, indoors and in the courtyard
The week at Trenchtown
Every night has its own sound.
Our regulars, stacked like a sound system. Scroll through the stack, or tap a box.
From the kitchen
Come for the pizza. Everyone does.
Pizza is what people write home about: it comes up in more than 200 of our Google reviews. Get it half price on a Thursday, or go all in on a Monday when it's bottomless.
WhatsApp a takeaway order
Takeaways and WhatsApp orders welcome. Ask your server for today's full menu.
Three spaces, one address
Inside, outside and somewhere in between.
Palm trees overhead, graffiti on the walls, a deck and pebbled seating, and the outdoor stage with screens and a projector. Lunch in the sun, bands after dark.
- Outdoor stage
- Projector
- Deck
A big seating area and a patch of grass: the slower corner for jam-jar cocktails, birthdays and long conversations.
- Lawn
- Big tables
- Cocktails
Restaurant, lounge and nightclub. Book a corner for your birthday, or take over the whole building for a festival, a launch or a two-stage all-dayer.
Host your night
What's on
Fresh posters on Lower Main.
Promoters, crews and collectives bring the nights. Here's what's pasted up right now; tickets go through each promoter.
Host your night
Your crew. Our stage. Till 2am.
Trenchtown is a restaurant, lounge and nightclub available for bookings and special events. Bands, promoters, collectives, student societies and birthday crews: tell us what you're planning.
- Two stagesThe courtyard and indoors, run together for an all-dayer.
- Screens & projectorFor visuals, launches and the game.
- Full bar & kitchenPizza for the crew, drinks for the crowd.
- Open till 02:00Seven days a week.
- Easy to get toLower Main Road, a short walk from Observatory station.
“Saloon brawl energy. Minus the actual brawl please, we like this venue.”
“Thank you to Trenchtown for their space and hospitality.”
Played, promoted or partied here
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Word of mouth
4.2
from 2,604 Google reviews
What reviews mention most
- pizza204
- vibe173
- karaoke15
- live music13
- outdoor seating9
- comedy nights7
- nacho pizza3
“A laid back, chilled, feel good vibe and great pizza paired with fine beats.”
“Such a vibe! Went there on a Saturday afternoon and the place was buzzing.”
“Bottomless pizza and drinks night… it's actually really good pizza.”
“Nice vibes and suits different range of ages.”
Find us
143 Lower Main Road, Observatory.
On Lower Main at Station Road, in the middle of Obs, a few minutes' walk from Observatory station. Street parking on Lower Main and Station Road.
Open every day, 12:00 to 02:00
- Monday12:00 to 02:00
- Tuesday12:00 to 02:00
- Wednesday12:00 to 02:00
- Thursday12:00 to 02:00
- Friday12:00 to 02:00
- Saturday12:00 to 02:00
- Sunday12:00 to 02:00