Camps Bay's legendary seafood institution — choose your catch fresh from the display counter and have it cooked to order. The best way to eat the Cape's extraordinary seafood: simply, freshly, and with an ocean view.
Why It Belongs on the List
Codfather is a Cape Town institution that has been doing the same simple, brilliant thing in Camps Bay for decades — you choose your catch directly from the fresh fish display counter (snoek, yellowtail, kingklip, Mozambique prawns, West Coast rock lobster in season) and it's cooked to order, simply and without fuss. The setting faces the Camps Bay strip and the Atlantic; the atmosphere is relaxed and unpretentious for the neighborhood; and the seafood quality is excellent. Snoek — a distinctly Southern African fish unavailable almost anywhere outside the Cape — is the essential order.
What Stands Out
- Cape Town institution
- Choose your catch from the display
- Snoek — essential Southern African fish
- Yellowtail, kingklip, and Mozambique prawns
- Simply cooked, superb quality
- Camps Bay ocean views
- Unpretentious atmosphere