Sea Point keeps its best sports nights at a bar that calls itself The Office, a corner room on Main Road where the only meeting that matters is kickoff.
Published June 11, 2026 · By Daniel Okafor
The Office opened its doors at Shop 2, 315 Main Road in October 2021 and settled fast into the rhythm of Sea Point. It describes itself as a restaurant, sports bar and music room, and on a busy Saturday it works as all three at once. The address sits a short walk from the Sea Point Promenade, which makes it an easy stop on a stroll along the Atlantic seaboard.
The room is built for watching. Four screens cover the floor so the action follows you from the bar to the booths, and Cape Town Etc counts it among the spots in the city to watch sport, sink a beer and feel the room lift when a goal drops. Seating runs both inside and out, so you can take the game in the air or under the lights, and during a tournament like the Rugby World Cup the foosball table draws its own crowd between matches.
Order the way the regulars do. The kitchen is known for handcrafted burgers that punch above their price, and the Steak Frites and grilled sirloin reward anyone who came hungry for more than a snack. The beer is poured ice cold, the cocktail list is honest rather than precious, and prices hold in friendly $$ territory for a Sea Point address. It earns a place in the Cape Town sports bar scene on screens, kitchen and stamina rather than on size alone.
The week has its own shape here. Tuesdays bring a sirloin deal that throws in a bottle of Cult wine when you order two grills, and Fridays hand the room to a resident DJ with cocktail specials running into the evening. That swing from match-day pub to weekend music bar is the trick that keeps a neighbourhood crowd coming back through the year.
The crowd is pure Sea Point. Promenade walkers drifting in off the seafront, flat dwellers from the high rises along Main Road, and a green and gold contingent on Springbok Test days all share the same screens. Service stays quick and warm, and the staff keep orders moving even when every seat is taken before a derby.
Go early when a big fixture is on the satellite, because the best screen seats fill before the anthems. A weekday evening is the calmer way in, with the full menu and room to actually hear the table next to you. For a wider tour of where the city watches the game, our guide to the best sports bars in Cape Town sets the field, and the broader best bars in Cape Town roundup covers the rooms beyond the seaboard.
The Office slots neatly into a Cape Town sports circuit. In the City Bowl, The Fireman's Arms is the historic pub for a Test, the Slug and Lettuce in Green Point keeps the next neighbourhood watered, and down the coast the Brass Bell at Kalk Bay pours through every match with the ocean as a backdrop.
What makes The Office worth the booking is its reach. Few Sea Point rooms cover the match, the meal and the late set with this much ease, and fewer still do it seven days a week within sight of the sea. Judged on its own patch, it is the seaboard's most dependable place to watch the game.
Sources: The Office official site (theofficecpt.com); Cape Town Etc, 6 spots in Cape Town to watch sport; Secret Cape Town, Top Sports Bars in Cape Town; Tripadvisor The Office, Cape Town (2026).