This is honestly one of the best Italian restaurants i have had the pleasure of being able to dine at. The service is excellent and the atmosphere is warm and feels like a giant hug. Their Cousin's special pasta is what i fall asleep dreaming about. Simple dishes with the most amazing flavour and fresh high quality ingredients.We have never had a bad experience and I'm pretty sure they were a big reason why we moved to Cape Town, This has become our local celebration spot and we will keep coming back! its what dining at an Italian restaurant should be.
Dinner club with friends. Our table of 18 was handled very well, even during the taxi strikes and violence around the city. It was awesome to see the managers and owners getting involved in front of house serving the tables because they were low on staff. Very good intro to the menu and specials. Very knowledgeable. Interesting menu with loads of fresh pasta options. I took the seafood option with the squid ink. I tried something I don't usually try and it was very tasty and fresh. Pasta is not my "go to" at a restaurant but it was very good. I had the veal meat balls for starters which were also very good and then the chocolate temptations for dessert. They were delicious and you could drink the chocolate sauce like hot chocolate. Very yummy. Staff were friendly and knew their stuff and the food was very nice. Well done and thank you for the awesome evening.
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We were admittedly a little dubious about the location of the restaurant, as Barrack Street is where the Home Affairs Offices are and during the day absolute mayhem. We had a reservation at 7pm, and the street in that part of town was actually rather quiet at that hour, and we even managed to find a few parking bays in front of the restaurant.
The restaurant itself is nothing spectacularly beautiful, rather old, and well used, but we loved the homey feel! And the aromas wafting through the restaurant upon our arrival had our mouths watering before we even sat down. The restaurant was fully booked when we arrived at 7 pm, and the table before us was in the process of settling their bill, so I reckon the restaurant was fully booked from 5pm even. Making a reservation is a necessity.
Customer Service was incredibly efficient! We never sat for a moment wondering where our waiter was, and this restaurant has definitely the fastest time between placing an order to receive your meal. The meal portion size was extremely generous and so incredibly tasty! Cousins offers authentic Italian meals, which will put some of the other "Italian" restaurants in town to shame! And we thought their prices were rather reasonable!
One of best Pasta and tiramisu every taste 🫶❤️
Pasta dish was made specifically for us without alcohol, respect 🫡🫶
P.S. the dish is large but in picture is divided for two😋
Best of luck 💙
This has been our favorite authentic Italian restaurant in Cape Town for YEARS. We've been coming here for dinner since it was just a small little restaurant back in 2013, so seeing it expand over the years, yet still maintaining exceptional food and service - is fantastic. Just simply love the food, wine and atmosphere.
The experience was fantastic. The staff were extremely friendly and made us feel welcome. We ordered a range of pastas dishes and all were delicious
First night in Cape Town and had the loveliest Italian dinner. Cousins pasta, affogato and tiramisu were to die for. Will return on our next trip!
Amazing food. Staff is extremely friendly. The owner came out and spoke with us and recommended a few of his favorite dishes with some back stories to them. Would recommend booking a reservation as the restaurant filled up quickly.
Pasta the cousins (signature) (10/10)
The gnocchi is fabuleus aswell, they are soft and freshly made. I had the lamb ragu ( def recommend!)
Originally a 5 star review, actually I could have given 10 stars it was so good.
On Saturday we had the best lamb ragu and steak outside of Italy, everything was sublime and I raved to everyone far and wide how great it was.
It was so good I decided to go back two days later as I just had to have more of the lamb ragu pasta…:
On Monday my euphoria was slashed as the pasta did not taste the same and I was very disappointed, the one on Saturday tasted premium and homemade and tonight’s tasted like an average pasta. If this had been Saturdays meal I would not have come back, but I do understand, it can’t be 100% every time. Just sad as something special was on my plate on Saturday.
I will be back hopefully next time it will be the Cousins that knocked my socks off.
Photo 1 Saturday and 2 Monday
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