Johannesburg has been voted number two in the world – after Naples in Italy – as the best city in which to eat this year by global magazine, Time Out.
Time Out asked thousands of city-dwellers to tell them exactly how good – and how affordable – it was to eat out in their home town right now.
Locals were quizzed on their city’s must-visit restaurants, must-eat dishes and best-value bites, and were also asked to rate their city’s food scene on both its quality and affordability.
“To create and rank the final list, we narrowed down the selection by excluding cities with lower overall scores, and including only the highest-scoring city for each country. We then asked our global network of Time Out editors and writers to…

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