23 editor picks in Cape Town.
23 seafood places in Cape Town we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Cape Town | Seafood across every city.
Codfather in Camps Bay, Cape Town, skips a formal menu, with waiters helping each table build a meal from the day's fresh fish, seafood and sushi.
OrderThe day's fresh linefish and sushi, put together with your waiter rather than off a printed menu
TipFrom October to April dinner runs in set seatings from 16:30, 18:00, 18:30 and 21:00, so book a slot through Dineplan.
Harbour House has sat over the water at Kalk Bay harbour, Cape Town, since 1996, plating seafood platters and grilled linefish with a False Bay view.
OrderSeafood platter for two, split between grilled and fried
TipAsk for a window table when booking, the harbour view is the reason regulars keep coming back.
Live Bait sits below Harbour House on the Kalk Bay breakwater in Cape Town, a casual seafood room known for its smoked paprika calamari and hake.
OrderPan fried smoked paprika calamari, or the battered hake with basil mayo
TipAsk for a seat by the wall of windows: from late July humpback and southern right whales come into the bay and are often visible from the tables.
Kalky's has served battered hake and snoek with chips from a cabin on the Kalk Bay harbour wall since 1996, with calamari, kingklip and crayfish too.
OrderThe fried snoek and chips, cut fresh from the day's catch at the harbour.
TipIt is cash only and self-service; carry notes and expect to queue at the counter before finding a bench.
Fish on the Rocks sits at the far end of Hout Bay harbour in Cape Town, frying hake and chips to order at a walk-up counter over the Atlantic.
OrderThe battered hake and chips, the order most tables at the harbour wall are eating.
TipSeating is outdoors on the rocks; bring a jacket since the wind off the harbour can turn cold fast.
West Coast Fisheries fries fresh West Coast catch, chips and gatsby sandwiches daily on Koeberg Road in Milnerton, on the edge of greater Cape Town.
OrderThe fried snoek and chips, the West Coast staple this counter is named for.
TipIt also sells fresh uncooked fish over the counter if you want to cook the catch yourself at home.
Pier at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town runs a multi course tasting menu inspired by the sea under head chef John Norris-Rogers, a three star Eat Out room.
OrderThe Chef's Menu, from smoked mussel tart and curried hake to yellowfin tuna with nahm jim
TipThe lunch menu at R1,695 is the shorter way in; either menu needs a deposit at booking, refunded on cancellations 48 hours ahead, and no under eights.
COY sits on the water's edge at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, chef Ryan Cole's ocean led room, named New Restaurant of the Year at the 2025 Luxe Awards.
OrderThe seven course COY Experience tasting menu, led by local seafood and Southern African flavour
TipLunch takes walk-ins and runs a three course special at R495, a cheaper way in than the seven course COY Experience at dinner.
The Waterside sits on Pierhead Deck at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, a two star Eat Out harbour dining room from the La Colombe Restaurant Group.
OrderThe R1,695 tasting menu, with prawn dim sum and linefish with nduja and smoked mussel
TipTables run indoors and out on the ground floor deck; the R995 Spring Special is the lighter way in at lunch or the 18:00 dinner seating.
Amura opened inside the Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel in Gardens, Cape Town, a marine tasting menu room named the 2026 Eat Out Best New Restaurant.
OrderThe marine tasting menu, from yellowfin tuna tartare with cured egg yolk to plankton risotto with squid
TipWatch for the raw fish charcuterie trolley served tableside; the room fills the hotel's old Planet Room around an open kitchen.
Azure sits inside the Twelve Apostles Hotel above Camps Bay, Cape Town, a seafood led fine dining room facing straight out at the open Atlantic.
OrderLocal seafood from the fine-dining menu, where mussels, crayfish, langoustines and squid take centre stage
TipThe Azure Terrace looks straight over the Atlantic; the two-course set lunch there is the easy way in, or come for the sunset sundowners.
Kalky's is a self-service fried snoek and chips hatch on the working harbour wall in Kalk Bay, on Cape Town's southern peninsula, cash only daily.
OrderFried snoek and chips, served on a paper plate at a harbour-wall bench
TipCarry rand notes, queue at the counter, then grab any free bench along the harbour wall to eat.
Snoekies is a fish and chips takeaway at the far end of Hout Bay harbour, trading since Hans Mickeleit parked a converted bus there in 1951.
OrderFried hake and chips, plus smoked snoek at the harbour counter
TipHead upstairs with children: the dining room there sits beside a big indoor play area.
Sea Bar is a seafood stall inside Bay Harbour Market in Hout Bay, on the edge of Cape Town, grilling fresh calamari, prawns, mussels and oysters.
OrderGrilled calamari and prawns by the plate
TipPair the calamari and prawns with a glass of sparkling wine, and ask whether the paella is on that day.
Grand Africa Cafe & Beach serves pizza, seafood and Mediterranean plates on its own stretch of sand in Cape Town's Granger Bay, until midnight nightly.
OrderPizza, seafood and Mediterranean plates
TipWalk down to the ocean view decks and the beach itself rather than staying inside, for the view across to Robben Island and back to Signal Hill.
Kalky's is a cash only fish counter on the Kalk Bay harbour wall near Cape Town, where the snoek comes straight off the boats tied up outside.
TipCarry small notes since the till only takes cash, and eat standing at the harbour wall rather than hunting for a table.
Snoekies is a fish and chips takeaway at the far end of Hout Bay harbour near Cape Town, where the brand began in a converted bus parked there in 1951.
TipHead upstairs if you have children: the Hout Bay branch has a big indoor play area with a jungle gym and sandpit beside the dining room.
Plumstead Fisheries fries fish and chips on Main Road in Plumstead, a southern suburb of Cape Town well away from the coastal harbour counters.
TipAsk what came in fresh that morning before ordering, since the counter also sells whole fish to take home and cook.
Hooked on Africa Fresh Fish Market sells the day's catch and fried fish straight off Hout Bay harbour, on the working side of Cape Town's fishing fleet.
TipAsk which fish came in that morning before choosing, the counter fillets to order and the selection changes with the boats.
Kalky's sells battered hake or snoek and chips on the working harbour wall in Kalk Bay, on Cape Town's southern peninsula, from a cabin trading since 1996.
OrderDeep fried hake and chips
TipSkip the platter for two unless you are sharing; the single hake and chips already feeds most people.
Snoekies sells a double fillet hake and chips parcel for R115 at the far end of Hout Bay harbour, where the brand began as a converted bus in 1951.
OrderDouble fillet hake and chips
TipFor less, the value meals of hake medallions or a 140g hake fillet with chips are R70 on the November 2025 menu.
West Coast Fisheries fries hake and chips at Centre Court on Koeberg Road in Milnerton, on the northern edge of Cape Town, priced as a family takeaway.
OrderFried hake with chips
TipIt also sells fresh fish daily, and the menu runs to calamari, BBQ ribs, Mega-burgers and Cape gatsbys if hake is not the plan.
Fish on the Rocks fries hake and chips for R120 at the far end of Hout Bay harbour, on the edge of the Atlantic under Chapmans Peak in Cape Town.
OrderBattered hake and chips from the harbour-end counter
TipHake or snoek on its own is R110, so skip the chips if you are sharing a portion; the seals and seagulls come free.
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