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We've compiled the best of the best in Paternoster - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
The seven-course tasting menu at this award-winning restaurant from chef Kobus van de Merwe focuses on all that is local and sustainable, including fresh seafood, seaweed, foraged plants, and pickings from the garden. The food is sublime, but very experimental, so make sure you're up for something new and inventive. There are only 20 diners per sitting, so reservations are essential.
Based in a 19th-century fisherman's cottage, this lovely family-run restaurant is perched on the rocks overlooking a little beach. It's no surprise then that the specialty is seafood; kick off with Saldanha oysters or West Coast mussels, then try the citrus and coriander monkfish. There are a couple of meaty options as well as one or two vegetarian dishes. Reservations are recommended, especially in summer.
Quirky and brightly decorated, this unpretentious eatery and its frequently changing menu are not to be missed. Not surprisingly, seafood is the main attraction—the oysters here are legendary—but meat-eaters will delight in a wide selection of pork, lamb, quail, and Chalmer steak. Enjoy your meal in front of a warm hearth when it's cold out, or dine under the canopy, dotted with fairy lights, on a clear night.
This corrugated-iron shack on the beach stood empty for years, then suddenly metamorphosed into a buzzing seafood restaurant. As well as the usual seafood and fish, you'll find fish curries, deep-fried calamari, and smoked snoek samosas on the menu. There are a couple of meaty dishes too, plus at least one vegetarian option. It's literally set on the sand and is an ideal location to take in the sunset.
