Babylonstoren
Annemiek
from South Africa
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We visited Babylonstoren to have lunch at the Greenhouse followed by a wine tasting. The lunch at Greenhouse was amazing, such fresh and delicious food and the service is very friendly! The wine tasting was also good but less impressive compared to the outstanding lunch. The herb garden is beautiful to walk through afterwards.
Sonny
from South Africa
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Babylonstoren has got the whole experience. A beautiful fruit & vegetable garden, fresh and really good food, delicious wines and the wow effect if you are there. You really feel happy when you are walking through their garden and if you are eating at Babel or the Greenhouse (visited both) you taste the freshness from the garden.
Carina
from South Africa
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Amazing wine farm! So much to see and explore here. Beautiful gardens, cute farmstall, a spa and some really good restaurants.
Dennis van den Berg
from South Africa
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The wines are very average, but the gardens are so amazing that you will want to go here anyways! It is so incredibly beautiful and serene, with all the fresh fruits and veggies around you, and lovely walkways. Highly recommend the visit, just after you go through the gardens take a drive to a nearby vineyard (such as Glen Carlou) to have lunch and some nice wines
Jonathan
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Is this the most beautiful place on earth? Might very well be. Wines are great, garden and food make Babylonstoren the #1 must-visit winery in the Winelands.
Ruben
from South Africa
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What an amazing winery. I went here together with my parents and my girlfriend. A perfect place: beautiful (vegetable) gardens, great food and service and nice wines. If you want to go for the whole winery experience, Babylonstoren is the place.
Hannah
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Beautiful gardens and a really cool food menu.
Isabelle van der Straten
from Netherlands
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You should taste the sandwich with cheese. Really, you don't want to miss this place!! Loved the walk to the restaurant.
Sofie Smit
from Netherlands
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Wauw! What a beautiful place. I actually fell in love with the beautiful garden. I could walk there for hours, so don't forget to take your time here to enjoy the scenery! We had lunch in the greenhouse, which was really fresh and delicious. It was a Saturday so quite busy, but we had a table in the shadow right away, so perfect!
Harriet Kay
from Luxembourg
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We ate at the greenhouse. The way it looked and felt was beautiful. I just though there was not that much choice in the food, but what I did eat was delicious! Babylonstoren is such a beautiful place I would recommend everyone to go here! There were a lot of children, which can be annoying if you're not a big fan of other peoples children... Didn't have any wine so cannot review this!
cuisine
The garden at Babylonstoren looked to the past for inspiration, taking its cue from the Company’s Garden of Cape Town, which supplied passing ships to the Cape with food in the 1600s. All of the more than 300 varieties of plants in the garden are edible or have medicinal value, with everything from blood oranges to asparagus, mushrooms and persimmons supplying the farm’s two restaurants: Babel and the Greenhouse. As such the garden’s ever-changing tapestry and rich bounty of produce, informs every aspect of Babylonstoren.
Dining Experience:
Greenhouse at Babylonstoren
Babel at Babylonstoren
Bakery at Babylonstoren
Kitchen:
Bakery, Coffee, Health Food, Light Meals, Modern, Vegetarian, Fine-Dining, Country-Style, International, Contemporary, South African
opening hours
Garden:
Monday to Sunday, 9h:00 - 17h:00 (Last entry, 16h:00).
Greenhouse at Babylonstoren:
Lunch: Monday to Sunday, 10h:00 - 16h:00.
Babel at Babylonstoren:
Breakfast: Monday to Sunday, 8h:00 - 9h:30.
Lunch: Wednesday to Sunday, 10h:00 - 16h:00.
Dinner: September to May: Monday to Sunday, from 19h:00.
June to August: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, from 19h:00.
Bakery at Babylonstoren:
Dinner: Wednesdays & Fridays, from 19h:00.
Wine Tasting:
Winter from May: Monday to Sunday, 10h:00 - 17h:00.
Summer from September: Monday to Sunday, 10h:00 - 18h:00.
The Farm Shop:
Monday to Sunday, 9h:00 - 17h:00.
Healing Garden:
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9h:30, 10h:30, 14h:00.
The Garden Spa:
Monday to Sunday: 8h:00 - 17h:00.
prices
Greenhouse at Babylonstoren:
R150 average for 2 courses (Starter/Main or Main/Dessert).
Babel at Babylonstoren:
R300 average for 2 courses (Starter/Main or Main/Dessert).
Bakery at Babylonstoren:
R290 for a set menu and R150 for a child (Excluding drinks).
Wine Tasting:
The costs of wine tastings starts at R30 p.p. for 5 wines. (extra per flagship wine: Chardonnay R10, Nebukadnesar R15 & Sprankel R25).
Daily cellar tours start at the Tasting Room, every hour on the hour, from 11h00 to 15h00. It costs R50 p.p. and includes a tasting of five wines.
Food Platter's:
Winemaker's Platter (Cheese & Meat): R180
Meat Platter: R170
Fish Platter: R200
Vegetarian Platter: R150
Please note: Food Platter's may only be enjoyed when a wine tasting is done at the wine tasting room.
staff
Head Chef Babel: Cornelle Minie
Cellar Master: Charl Coetzee
Winemaker: Klaas Stoffberg
facilities
- Child Friendly
- WiFi
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Spa
- Gift Shop
- Free Parking
- Panoramic View
- Wine Tasting
- Garden
- Food Platter
- Terrace
- Workshop
- Cellar Tour
- Franschhoek Wine Tram
+27 (0) 21 863 3852
Simodium Road, Drakenstein, 7670, Paarl
Mon to Sun: 10h:00 - 18h:00