Metanoia offers a great terrace overlooking De Beer St (where the entrance is) for people-watching, an enticingly chic interior and a medley of alcoholic libations including cocktails served in fishbowl-like glasses, and a Mediterranean-inspired menu of tapas, flatbreads and the like.
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