11 editor picks across South Africa.
11 seafood restaurants worth the trip across South Africa, editor-ranked. All cuisines in South Africa.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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