2024

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Lounge bar

In the Melville district, on trendy 7th Street, the place is pronounced Shy Shy, a casual lounge bar where you can rub elbows with the poets and short story writers of the South African press. The bar-restaurant takes its name from a small coastal town in Mozambique, so the décor is reminiscent of the neighbouring country, between sea and jungle. The regulars spend endless evenings here, over a traditional Portuguese dish, a good beer or the house cocktails. The atmosphere sometimes takes off when the students are out.

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 Johannesburg