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So now that you know what a Cape Town date entails and the costs involved, we figured that the Joburgers also deserve a budget breakdown because people in Johannesburg go on dates too, right?
Budget
Drinks, food, entertainment and transport on the date:
- Drinks, dinner and entertainment at the Bioscope Independent Cinema, 286 Fox Street, Maboneng. Buy the tickets online and you get a ticket, pizza (at the adjoining restaurant and craft beer at bar Chalkboard) and drink combo for R125 per person
- No Uber necessary
That adds up to R250
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Standard
Drinks, food, entertainment and transport on the date:
• Shave/Trim starting at R70 at Legends Barbershop, 28 Blackchain Shopping Centre, Soweto
• Nails at Polish Nail Spa, 44 Stanley, Auckland Park R185
• Pre-dinner beer tasting tour – R70 each at Mad Giant brewery at 1Fox-The Sheds, 1 Fox Street
• Dinner at Urbanologi at 1Fox-The Sheds, 1 Fox Street – R655 (includes 6 tapas for R510 and a bottle of wine for R145) and walk across to Good Luck Bar
• Music tickets at Good Luck Bar, 14 Alexander Street, Ferreirastown (depending on the performance ranges from R60 upwards)
• No Uber necessary
That adds up to R915
Meet one of the owners of the Good Luck Bar, Nicol van den Berg:
Luxe
Drinks, food, entertainment and transport on the date:
• Leg and bikini wax for R290 at Clarins Beauty Salon, 51 Corlett Drive, Illovo
• Haircut and beard trim for him at Sorbet Man R255
• Pre-drinks R250 for two and dinner (R600 for two mains and R300 for a bottle of wine) at Marble, Keyes Art Mile, Rosebank
• Uber from Rosebank to Newtown R80
• Theatre tickets for two for R210 at the Market Theatre, Newtown
That adds up to R1985
