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Cafés in Sandton

Kramerville's roasteries on Dartfield and Kramer roads, Asmara Coffee on 5th Street, Truth on 11th Street and Vovo Telo at Merchant Place.

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Sandton takes its name from two of its suburbs, Sandown and Bryanston, and it became a separate municipality on 1 July 1969.1 The Johannesburg Stock Exchange moved here from the old city center in the late 1990s, and Sandton Square was renamed Nelson Mandela Square in March 2004, when a 6 m bronze statue of Mandela was unveiled.1

The independent coffee is spread across the district. Father Coffee's flagship is at 19 Dartfield Road in Kramerville and Cult Coffee Co at 14A Kramer Road; Asmara Coffee is at 51 5th Street and Truth Coffee at 71 11th Street. In the business district, Vovo Telo serves from the First Rand Building at 1 Fredman Drive.2

Local tip: Father Coffee in Kramerville stays open until 21:00 from Thursday to Saturday, so an evening coffee there is as easy as breakfast.

At a glance

11Cafés listed
3With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
21:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Vovo Telo, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00 · Sat–Sun Closed).
  • Closes latest: Father Coffee, until 21:00 (Mon–Wed 07:30–17:00 · Thu–Fri 07:30–21:00 · Sat 08:00–21:00 · Sun 08:00–17:00).
  • Most common features: specialty (36%), indoor seating (18%), card payment (18%).

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Coffee chains in Sandton

Kramerville, the design district

The Kramerville Design District was founded in 2005, a short drive from Sandton Central, and has moved from industrial origins to furniture showrooms and design studios.3 Father Coffee opened here in August 2021 and brought its roastery over from Rosebank; the branch is nicknamed Father HQ, and its in-house bakery makes burnt Basque cheesecake and Swedish buns.4

Time Out credits Father with about 60 different coffees a year and singles out its tahini chocolate-chip cookie.5 The Kramerville branch stays open until 21:00 from Thursday to Saturday. Cult Coffee, around the corner on Kramer Road, is a specialty coffee bar with its own barista academy.3

Asmara Coffee on 5th Street

Asmara Coffee is a roaster founded by Nobuhle Magwentshu. She incorporated the company in 2014 and began operating in 2018, and it now supplies City Lodge and Courtyard hotels across the country.6 Bizcommunity describes its business as locally roasted, quality African coffee.6

Truth Coffee, at 71 11th Street, has outdoor tables, takes cards and allows dogs. 420 Café is at 102 Sandton Drive, and The Place is at 1 Sandton Drive. Parkmore's history goes back to the 1906 Driefontein farmhouse on present-day Fifteenth Street, which later served as headquarters of the now-defunct Sandton Historical Foundation.1

Weekday coffee in the business district

Vovo Telo at Merchant Place opens from 07:00 to 17:00 on weekdays and closes at weekends.2 Sandton City, the original mall, was built by Rapp & Maister and later taken over by the Liberty Group.1 Time Out calls Sandton Johannesburg's richest square mile, a financial hub of skyscrapers and luxury hotels.7

Moon Kitchen opens at 07:00 every day and closes at 17:00, except on Sunday, when it closes at 13:00; it has seating inside and out. New York Minute is in Sandton City, at the corner of Rivonia Road and 5th Street.

Getting to Sandton

Sandton's Gautrain station, the flagship of the line, is on the corner of West Street and Rivonia Road.1 It opened on 8 June 2010 with the first section of the line to O. R. Tambo International Airport, and Sandton has four feeder bus routes.8 Trains from Sandton reach the airport in 15 minutes.8

Sources

  1. Sandton, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Find us, Vovo Telo, accessed October 2026
  3. Joburg itinerary: Kramerville Design District, In Your Pocket, accessed October 2026
  4. #JoziCoffeeSpots: 5 great Joburg coffee roasteries, In Your Pocket, accessed October 2026
  5. The 12 best cafés and coffee shops in Johannesburg (February 25, 2025), Time Out Johannesburg, accessed October 2026
  6. Nobuhle Magwentshu brews a bigger future for African coffee (August 11, 2026), Bizcommunity, accessed October 2026
  7. Where to stay in Johannesburg: the city’s best neighbourhoods (February 24, 2025), Time Out Johannesburg, accessed October 2026
  8. Gautrain, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Sandton cafés: questions

Where does Father Coffee roast its beans in Sandton, Johannesburg?

Father Coffee roasts at its Kramerville branch, 19 Dartfield Road, which opened in August 2021 when the roastery moved over from Rosebank. The warehouse is nicknamed Father HQ and has an in-house bakery. Time Out credits Father with about 60 different coffees a year.

What is Kramerville in Sandton, Johannesburg?

Kramerville is a design district a short drive from Sandton Central, founded in 2005 and grown from industrial origins into furniture showrooms and design studios. Father Coffee's flagship is at 19 Dartfield Road there, and Cult Coffee, a specialty coffee bar with a barista academy, is on Kramer Road.

Where does the name Sandton in Johannesburg come from?

Sandton combines the names of two of its suburbs, Sandown and Bryanston. It became a separate municipality on 1 July 1969, and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange moved there in the late 1990s. Nelson Mandela Square took its name in March 2004, when a 6 m bronze statue of Mandela was unveiled.

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