Wood-fired pizzas, salad and hands reaching in across the share table

Established 1992  ·  South Africa · Namibia · Mauritius

Wood-fired
since ninety-two.

A three-decade story that unfolded as the ultimate rom-com meets foodie adventure. Love at first bite, Italian flavours blended with South African charm, and the kind of pizza that brings the famiglia together.

34yrsOf pizza
29Stores
3Countries: SA, Namibia & Mauritius
25%Back with Vitality

A kitchen for you, wherever you are

However you eat, we've got a kitchen for it.

Sit down at a Restaurant or order in from a delivery-first GO kitchen. Same wood-fired heritage, same secret-recipe dough.

Col’Cacchio Sit-down

Restaurant

Where it all started: a wood-fired oven, a long table and room for everyone. Pizzas blistered to order, pasta rolled by hand, salads built for sharing. Book it, walk into it, bring the whole famiglia.

21restaurants
Col’Cacchio GO Delivery-first

GO

Same oven, same secret-recipe dough, built to travel. Kitchens made for delivery and collection, and home of the 45cm Mega, big enough for the whole table. Order from your nearest GO.

8GO stores

Our story

The Reason You Crave Pizza

One wood-fired oven in 1992 has become a restaurant group across South Africa, Namibia and Mauritius: sit-down Restaurants, delivery-first GO kitchens and a retail range in supermarket freezers.

The scale changed. The craft didn't. Italian inspiration, South African heart: hand-stretched dough, blistered crusts, fresh produce, and recipes you'll only find on our menu, made the same way in every kitchen we run.

Buon appetito.

Meet the Famiglia
A Col’Cacchio table from above: pizzas, pasta and salads mid-meal

Why the dough's different

One recipe, made the same since '92.

The same flour, the same hydration, the same overnight cold ferment, the same hand-stretch at the bench, in every restaurant and every GO kitchen. That's the secret-recipe dough, and it has never changed.

Overnight cold ferment  ·  Hand-stretched at the bench  ·  Wood-fired to order

A taste of the menu

Some of the dough that built us.

Twenty-plus signature pizzas, hand-rolled pasta, big salads, antipasti and bambini favourites, all made fresh in-store, every day.

Fresh-herb wood-fired pizzas, overhead

Margherita

San Marzano tomato, fior di latte, fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil. The classic, done properly.

Two loaded wood-fired pizzas on a teal table

Norm's Pralina

Roasted butternut, chilli, feta, pumpkin-seed praline, rocket on a butternut & tomato base. A Col’Cacchio original since the early days.

Pasta

Crema di Brisket Pasta

Slow-cooked pulled beef brisket, creamy mustard sauce, tomato salsa.

Insalata

Caprese Salad

Fior di latte mozzarella, tomatoes, olives, basil, balsamic glaze. Big enough for a main.

Antipasti

Chicken Livers

Chicken livers in peri-peri pomodoro sauce, served with ciabatta toast. To start, to share.

Bambini

Bambini Mac 'n Cheese

Cheddar cheese, seasoned white sauce, macaroni, toasted breadcrumbs. Kid-sized, same kitchen.

What's on this week

Offers that come around like clockwork.

Always-on

Vitality 25% back.

Discovery Vitality members earn up to 25% back on HealthyDining meals at any Col’Cacchio. Vitality kids: up to 50%. Activate via the Discovery app.

How it works

Tuesdays

Tasty Tuesday Trio

Order three pastas, pizzas or salads and the cheapest one is on us. 3-for-2 on standard adult mains.

Daily · 4–7 pm

2-for-1 Happy Hour

Two-for-one cocktails, mocktails and draught beers, every day. The perfect ease into the evening.

Mon–Fri · until 6pm

Kids Eat Free

Free bambini meal whenever you order a standard pizza, pasta or salad. Great food for you, joy for the little ones.

All current offers

At participating stores. Each franchise opts in per offer, so the line-up can vary by branch. Offer T&Cs apply.

Vouchers

Gift the table.

Digital Col’Cacchio vouchers, redeemable at our restaurants and GO stores.

Franchise opportunities

Become a franchisee.

Restaurant and GO formats across three countries, and growing. Want to open a Col’Cacchio in your city? Join the famiglia: the franchise team would like to hear from you.

Discovery Vitality

Eat well. Get up to 25% back.

As a Vitality member, you earn up to 25% back on HealthyDining meals at any Col’Cacchio. Vitality kids? Up to 50% back on HealthyDining bambini meals.

How HealthyDining works
25%

Back for adults

50%

Back for kids