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The Deli-Dining Experience

The Deli-Dining Experience

Dal-Italia Delicatessen

The Deli-Dining Experience

The Deli is a unique mixture of a traditional shop, coffee shop, and evening dining venue. In the shop, you will browse genuine imported products from around the world, alongside the best quality local produce (our bread is made just around the corner for example!). We think it's how shopping should be. It's all about personal service and good advice, which is unusual these days.

A coffee break at the Deli is just as unusual. Delicious Italian coffee, enjoyed while you're surrounded by shelves full of culinary temptations. It's so hard to leave without buying something you noticed on the shelf.

Then there's our Deli-dining. This is where we really push the boat out. We want to keep the "exclusive" feel, so we invite you to join us on a few evenings per month only.

There are 2 chefs in the family, Fabio and Carmen, and both are passionate about food. Together they create a menu for each month, keeping a couple of favourites and adding something new (and often quite exciting) to make the Deli-dining experience new every time. 

It all adds up to, quite simply, the Deli, the red house on Aberdeen in Hermanus. The unique shopping and dining experience... 

The Deli-Dining Experience

Dal-Italia Delicatessen

Dal-Italia Delicatessen in Hermanus serves up an authentic taste of Italy on Aberdeen Street. Stock up on Italian ingredients, local and imported deli favourites, fresh and frozen home-cooked meals, and the house speciality, pasta hand-crafted by Fabio of Fabio’s Ristorante. The shelves and fridge...

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