Old Harbour · Gordon's Bay
Open Wed–Sun · Lunch & dinner
Slipway Kitchen
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The covered deck at Slipway Kitchen looking out over the fishing boats in the Gordon's Bay old harbour at golden hour.
Gordon's Bay Old Harbour

Whatever the boats
brought in this morning.

Line fish, prawns and hand-cut chips, cooked simply and eaten on the deck with the water two metres away. Wednesday to Sunday, lunch and dinner.

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Tables of two to six, confirmed in a few minutes. Bigger group? Just ask.

Today's board

Written up once the boats are in

No fixed menu. What's on the board is what was landed this morning, which is why it's short and why it changes.

Thursday's catch

Updated 11:20 · Kitchen open till 20:30
  • Yellowtailgrilled over the coals, lemon, coarse saltR215
  • Snoeksmoked this morning, apricot glaze, hot off the fireR180
  • Hake & chipshand-cut chips, tartare, at the counter or on the deckR145
  • Harbour prawnsgarlic butter, grilled shell-on, half or full kiloR320
  • Musselswhite wine, cream, bread for the sauceSold out

Ask on WhatsApp before you drive out — we'll tell you what's actually left.

Two ways to eat

Counter or deck

Same kitchen, same fish. The difference is whether you're sitting down.

A whole grilled line fish on a steel platter with charred lemon and hand-cut chips on a weathered wooden table.
Sit down

On the deck

Plates cooked to order, eaten under the timber roof looking at the boats. Bring your own wine — R40 corkage. Best two hours of a Saturday.

Book ahead for weekends — it's a small deck
Small colourful wooden fishing boats moored in the Gordon's Bay old harbour in late afternoon light.
Takeaway

At the counter

Fish and chips wrapped in paper, ten minutes, eat it on the harbour wall. No booking needed — walk up and order.

Counter open 12:00–20:00, Wed to Sun

Find us

At the old harbour, past the slipway

Fifteen minutes from Somerset West, about forty from town. Free parking on the quay.

Monday & TuesdayClosed
Wednesday & Thursday12:00 – 20:30
Friday & Saturday12:00 – 21:30
Sunday12:00 – 19:00

Old Harbour, Gordon's Bay

Follow the harbour road past the slipway; we're the timber building at the end, next to the ice house.

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WhatsApp is quickest — the phone in the kitchen doesn't always get heard over the extractor.

Good to know

Card and SnapScan accepted. Dogs welcome on the deck. Not much shade at midday in summer — the roof helps.

Saturday tables go by Friday lunchtime.

Send us a message with a day, a time and how many of you there are. That's the whole booking.

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