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#16 of 58 restaurants in Durban
  • Address: 31 Yacht Mole, Victoria Embankment, Durban, South Africa
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“Really good food...shame about the long, long, long wait for it”
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1 of 5 stars
revellerwasdrunk 1 contribution
London
Jul 9, 2009

When the food finally did arrive it was first class, but the long wait really wasn't on. Whilst I understand that 30,000 British & Irish Lions fans in town meant that everywhere was busy, I find it very hard to understand that any restaurant in town would not prepare for this properly...they dropped the ball here...just like Ugo Monye did... more

“Consistently great service and meals!”
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5 of 5 stars
Thunzi63 1 contribution
Jul 1, 2009

Cafe Fish has been our first choice restaurant for lunch every time we visit Durban - about once a month. The food is consistently great - fresh, well presented and tasty - the staff and management friendly and efficient. On reading 'mobilelisa's' review all I could think of was that they were at a different restaurant. Then I looked at... more

“Slowest service ever & an unreasonable manageress”
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mobilelisa 2 contributions
London
Jun 23, 2009

Our hotel recommended Cafe Fish for dinner. We arrived for our 8pm reservation, were informed that nearly all the wine had run out & a photocopied list of what was remaining was handed to us. We quickly ordered our food, to be told that several items including the oysters had also run out (surprising being a seafood restaurant in the... more

“excellent food- great...”
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4 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Contributor
Jan 19, 2009

excellent food- great experience- lango's to die for more

“Used to be excellent...”
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2 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Contributor
Aug 2, 2008

Used to be excellent... lost it.... more

“Nice, fresh seafoof all...”
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3 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Contributor
Jun 18, 2008

Nice, fresh seafoof all the time with a lovely view more

“expensive”
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4 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Contributor
May 7, 2008

expensive more

“Excellent food great...”
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4 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Contributor
Mar 21, 2008

Excellent food great venue fair service more

“Mmmm if you love...”
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4 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Contributor
Mar 15, 2008

Mmmm if you love seafood, then come here, lovely food and good prices. more

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Cafe Fish Address

31 Yacht Mole, Victoria Embankment, Durban, South Africa
* Restaurant price information is based on meal cost per person, excluding drinks, tax and tip.