Our Story

About café FRANK

Established in 2009, café FRANK is a fast-casual eatery that offers fresh, wholesome food, prepared daily, using sustainable, locally sourced, seasonal produce.

Café Frank's Soso prepping food during a private venue hire event in Cape Town

Stripped Down Honest Food

At café FRANK, our approach is to strip down traditional restaurant dining to offer something more honest. Our food is fresh, fast, simple, responsible and fuss-free. Our space is an upmarket canteen, offering fast-casual dining in a cosy and beautiful café environment.

Café Frank's Soso prepping food during a private venue hire event in Cape Town

Our Menu

The menu is determined by the weather and what is good to eat now. We source our produce from local suppliers with sustainable practices. We encourage you to look at the food on display, make your choice then sit down and enjoy.

café FRANK is open for breakfast, lunch, private functions and catering. We also do bicycle deliveries to the surrounding offices and offer take-home supper options.

Our Values

These core values below guide us in our everyday duties and decision-making to make sure we stay true to our promise of always preparing good food whilst taking care to be respectful of all elements required to make the business run.

  • Be respectful of our planet, of others, of plants and animals.
  • Be sustainable by minimising negative environmental impact and encouraging positive change.
  • Be frank. The reason for our name; our food and our employees are open, honest, natural, real and sincere.
  • Be better by encouraging each other to grow, learn and be bold so we can reach our dreams and have a better life for all.

Our Sustainable Partnerships

Some of our local, responsible suppliers include:

Hopefield Raised Chickens

Hopefield Raised is a free-range poultry farm that focuses on delivering top-quality poultry products right to your front door.

Usana Pasture-Reared Eggs

The chickens roam free on the farm pastures, living off bugs and grass. At night they roost in mobile caravans. They also make great wine.

Ryan Boon Speciality Meats

A speciality butcher supplying pasture-reared, sustainably-sourced meat to the restaurant industry. Fabulous biltong.

Green Home compostable packaging

Sustainably sourced & biodegradable food packaging.

Montagu Cheese

A non-certified organic dairy which supplies us with all our cheese, and with fruit, olive oil and vegetables when in season.

Richard Bosman Meats

Pasture-reared pigs for our bacon, ham and other cured meat products.

Our favourite organic wineries:

Noble Hill, Usana, Lowerland and Iona

Our Team

At café FRANK, we are incredibly proud of the passionate and dedicated team behind everything we do. From crafting delicious meals to ensuring our café runs smoothly, each member of our team plays a vital role in bringing fresh, wholesome food to your table every day. Meet the wonderful people who make café FRANK what it is!

Channe Pieters

Restaurant Manager

Alton Mutyavaviri

Head Chef

Debbie Wynne

Founder &
Executive Chef

Patrick Mapongwana

Rotisserie Chef
& Store Manager

Patrick has been with us since day one!

Violet Wata

Pastry Chef

Sindiswa Mhlom

Breakfast Chef

Our Location

A corner spot on the most beautiful street in the centre of Cape Town, with a view of Table Mountain. We are surrounded by heritage buildings, the Company Gardens, local design shops, museums and restaurants.

Strolling down Bree Street is a perfect way to explore Cape Town and its plethora of design shops, cafés and galleries.