SandBar Restaurant & Cocktail Bar

SandBar is a casual restaurant and cocktail bar at 32 North Beach Road, Umdloti Beach, about 20 metres from the sand, seating around 90 diners in the restaurant plus a separate 20-seat cocktail lounge. The website lists it as open Monday to Sunday, 11:00 to 22:00, with a booking function live on the site as of September 2026.

The menu is built around sticky pork ribs from a local farm (Loving Hams), queen prawns, whole red snapper, chicken and fresh salad mains, plus gourmet sandwiches on ciabatta and homemade rump burgers. Cocktails, craft beer and wine round out the bar side. That range makes it one of the more flexible bookings on this stretch of Umdloti Beach: a coffee-hour stop is not really its thing, but afternoon drinks through to a full dinner both work under the same roof.

Contact number is 031 568 2140. The venue also runs Facebook, Instagram (@sandbarkzn) and an older Twitter account, which are the easiest places to check for one-off closures or events before a visit, since the website itself does not publish a live status feed.

What is unconfirmed: exact price points on the menu, and whether the 11:00 to 22:00 hours hold on public holidays or during the quieter winter months.

SandBar sits close enough to the beach that it gets folded into most “where to eat in Umdloti” conversations alongside Bel Punto and Salt and Citrus, two other beachfront names covering similar ground. Anyone planning a full day at the beach and tidal pool before heading somewhere for drinks has a short walk between all three. For a broader view of what else is nearby, the things to do in Umdloti pillar links out to the rest of the area’s eating and activity options.