Cape Town’s famous Blowfish Restaurant at Dolphin Beach Hotel in Blouberg offers the perfect combination of delicious food, postcard perfect views and excellent service to ensure guests enjoy a memorable beachfront dining experience. Relax at the Sushi Bar while our sushi chefs make your favourite sashimi, or sip on a glass of bubbly and take a moment to watch the sun sinking into the Atlantic with iconic Table Mountain providing an Instagram-worthy backdrop. From business lunches with colleagues and casual meetups with family and friends to celebratory dinners and dreamy beach weddings, Blowfish Restaurant and its experienced staff are ready to ensure you have the very best time. Come and enjoy our special food, views and vibe!
Our specially crafted menu combines the best produce from land and sea. Seafood lovers will enjoy visiting our seafood counter where the fresh catch of the day is grilled to perfection by our acclaimed chefs. If you love sushi, you’ll love Blowfish! Blowfish Restaurant has been serving superb sushi for more than 20 years and offers a range of beautiful to look at and delicious to eat traditional and signature sushi treats. Alongside our fresh seafood and sushi, we also serve a selection of starters with a global twist, the freshest salads and veggie sides, and sizzling premium meat grills and dishes.
Daily Specials
You’ll find great value meal deals on offer at Blowfish Restaurant every day of the week! Enjoy a special lunch, sundowners, date night or dinner and enjoy our friendly hospitality, great service, spectacular views and delicious meals – without breaking the bank. Invite your family, friends and colleagues along – we look forward to welcoming you.
Daily
OYSTERS AND BUBBLY SPECIAL – R150
Get your game on with six succulent West Coast oysters and two glasses of bubbly for only R150. Our stunning sunsets and romantic vibe will set the perfect mood!
Mondays
TGIM SEAFOOD PLATTER – R130
Mondays are the best days here at Blowfish, because we have the biggest and best seafood platter for only R130!
Delve into a delicious platter, consisting of fish of the day, calamari, mussels and prawns, served with chips, savoury rice and veggies. And don't forget our million dollar views and sunsets!
Wednesdays and Sundays
HALF-PRICE SUSHI
Come and enjoy a sushi feast with 50% off ! *Belt items only. 16:00 – 21:00
Thursdays
HALF KG PRAWNS & CHIPS – R145
Phuza Thursdays just became Prawn Thursdays with this brand new special.
Half a kilo prawns, served with a garlic beurre blanc sauce and hand cut chips, only R145!
Dream Beach Weddings
Blowfish Restaurant is the ultimate Cape Town beach wedding venue, combining Instagram-worthy views, menus to suit every taste and budget, and exceptional service from our experienced team who will help you plan and create your dream event. And to top it all we provide a special gift for the bridal couple – a honeymoon suite on the night of their wedding!
User reviews
★★★★★
5 Reviews
Wayne Houghton
★★★★★
Horrible experience. Despite us only being the 2nd group of customers, we waited almost 45mins for the food. The waitron, Audrey, was hardly around, and I had to go find my own cutlery. Completely inattentive. Worse was the Baby Kingklip, which after waiting so long was undercooked. The waitron had the audacity to ask me to taste the obviously undercooked translucent flesh "just to make sure". Management then offered me another dish, which I had to takeaway. That was just as appalling. My son, who had the prawns and calamari, complained a few hours later to me if food poisoning symptoms. I will NEVER go back to this place again.
Steve Farrand
★★★★★
I had the best steak of my life here. It’s bonkers good! Booking ahead advised.
John Murray
★★★★★
Nazir khan, spot on and it’s 2 years later
Bev Moss-Reilly
★★★★★
A picture perfect day as the majestic Table Mountain boasts its beauty against a backdrop of a crystal clear sky and serene seas.
This is what Blowfish is proudly set against.
Unfortunately this restaurant which had previously raised the bar for us, disappointed today.
We were warmly welcomed and ushered to our table at the window.
I ordered a sushi individual portion for myself as a starter. Im a cheater in terms of sushi as l am not a lover of raw fish so l generally opt for the vegetable Californian rolls which disappointed slightly in that they were slightly dry and the portion of wasabi less than generous.
The main meal which l ordered was a soul which was cooked to perfection and smacked of the sea. I chose mash potato as a side accompaniment which was a massive portion. It was exceptionally tasty although somewhat oily as it was drizzled with truffle oil and sprinkled with cheese. I only realised when the bill arrived that this was charged for seperately and did not accompany the meal automatically. We were somewhat surprised.
Vegetables are an extra and not complimentary as well but one is not informed of that. Thus one only gets the main meal protein portion and anything extra is charged for. It makes this restaurant somewhat expensive.
My spouse had a 200g fillet which she thoroughly enjoyed along with a portion of mash as well. The sauces on the menu are all unique and require interpretation.
As much as it may sound jush....a standard sauce even verbally dressed should be on the menu, be it cheese, garlic or mushroom.
Not everyone is adventurous and many people have their firm favourites.
The presentation of the food is not in line with what one would expect of a restaurant of that calibre. It is not by any means attractively plated.
Sadly the restaurant fails to pay attention to detail and overlooks the finer details that just drops it down a notch since my last visit.
Although the waitron was attentive and really good, there was no salt and pepper on the table, no steak knife presented with the steak and also no spoon in the sauces.
The hand drying facility in the cloak room did not exist
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The home brand bottled water which is meant to be sparkling ,was flat. Although replaced ,management admitted to having a problem with the supplier. In my opinion nothing less than best should be served to patrons. If he was aware of the problem l feel he should've withdrawn it until sorted.
Having noted all of the above l will say that it was a good start to the weekend and extremely peaceful feasting our eyes on the best scenery in the world.
nasir khan
★★★★★
I was a frequent guest at Blowfish from 1995 - 2011. Then change of ownership and all went downhill. I live in the area. Went there on Saturday , August 27 for lunch after almost 2 years. Same horrible service and mediocre food. Ordered a starter and main. Waitor forgot to put in starter order, brought my main after 35 min wait. Only 4 tables on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Will never go back. It is a over priced poorly run establishment
