Where to eat and drink in Umdloti
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Umdloti eats above its size, mostly along the beachfront and up at Marine Walk. Pick what you are after: open now, a sea view, breakfast, sundowners or delivery. Every tag has a source, named on the place's own page.
Staying in? What delivers to Umdloti, on Uber Eats, Mr D or the restaurant's own delivery. Groceries, the pharmacy and every shop by centre: the Umdloti mall guide.
Umdloti Beach
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Photo: Afro's Chicken Shop, Google Afro's Chicken Shop 4.3 on Google (27) Afro's Chicken Shop, the Durban chicken shop, has a branch at Umdloti Centre on South Beach Road, next to the Total garage. Its own shops page gives trading hours of 08:00 to 20:00 and the phone number 031 020 2251. Confirmed trading locally by the site owner in October 2026.
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Photo: Bel Punto, Google Bel Punto 4.5 on Google (1 565) Bel Punto is a family-run Italian and seafood restaurant on Umdloti's beachfront, with a large terrace and uninterrupted ocean views, open daily from 12:00 to midnight.
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Photo: Bush Tavern, Umdloti, Google Bush Tavern 4.3 on Google (2 562) Bush Tavern is a beachfront pub and grill at 1 South Beach Road, a local pick for a casual meal and watching sport. Confirm your fixture and current hours with the venue.
- Cafe Bonjour 5.0 on Google (1) Cafe Bonjour is the TotalEnergies cafe at the Total garage at Umdloti Centre, 1 South Beach Road. TotalEnergies describes the Cafe Bonjour range as coffee, fresh pastries, sandwiches and pies. Confirmed trading locally by the site owner in October 2026; the branch publishes no hours of its own.
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Photo: Gerry Buitendag, Google Dolores Cafe 4.8 on Google (77) Dolores Cafe is a small beachfront coffee kiosk at the corner of South Beach Road and Margaret Bacon Avenue, Umdloti, popular with locals from sunrise to lunchtime.
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Photo: FOAM Coffee, Google FOAM 4.2 on Google (430) FOAM is a small coffee shop at 31 North Beach Road, Umdloti's beachfront, open daily from 06:30 to 16:00 and rated 4 out of 5 on Tripadvisor.
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Photo: Luan Coetzee, Google Mozambik Umdloti 4.3 on Google (250) Mozambik Umdloti, at 1 Jabu Ngcobo Drive, Umdloti Beach, is a local outlet of the national Mozambik chain, serving African and seafood dishes with Mozambican-Portuguese flavours.
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Photo: Salt and Citrus, Google Salt & Citrus Umdloti 4.4 on Google (222) Salt & Citrus overlooks the beach at Umdloti Beach Centre. Start with breakfast and a flat white, or check the restaurant’s current menu for lunch and dinner. Here is what diners mention, plus practical details for your visit.
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Photo: Sandbar Restaurant & Cocktail, Google SandBar Restaurant & Cocktail Bar 4.4 on Google (2 374) SandBar is a 90-seat casual restaurant and 20-seat cocktail bar at 32 North Beach Road, Umdloti Beach, open every day from 11:00 to 22:00, about 20m from the beach.
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Photo: A Warnich, Google Seattle Coffee Company, Umdloti 4.6 on Google (23) Seattle Coffee Company, the South African coffee chain, now trades from the beachfront unit at Umdloti Centre, 1 South Beach Road, that Selections Cafe occupied until 2026. Confirmed locally by the site owner in September 2026.
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Photo: Walter Kruger, Google Tasca Pizza 4.3 on Google (619) Tasca Pizza is a Portuguese-owned restaurant at 31 North Beach Road, Umdloti Beach, serving thin-base pizzas, pastas and tapas.
- Umdloti Community Space The Umdloti Community Space is a coffee, snacks and ocean-view coworking spot above Victory Surf Shop, founded by Deon Bosman and open to the public since its soft launch in late July 2026.
Umdloti Village
Marine Walk
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Photo: KAUAI Marine Walk, Google Kauai Marine Walk 3.9 on Google (45) Kauai Marine Walk is a healthy fast-food and smoothie outlet at Marine Walk Shopping Centre in Umdloti, open from 07:30 on weekdays and 07:00 at weekends until 18:00.
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Photo: Casa Nostra, Google La Casa Nostra 4.5 on Google (645) La Casa Nostra is a family-run Italian trattoria that has traded since 1996 and now operates from Shop 06, Marine Walk Shopping Centre in Salta Sibaya.
- Milky Lane Marine Walk Milky Lane is a dessert and milkshake kiosk at Shop 05a, Marine Walk Shopping Centre, beside Mugg & Bean. Its own branch page has said it is temporarily closed since at least 16 October 2026.
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Photo: Mugg & Bean Salta, Google Mugg & Bean Marine Walk 4.8 on Google (2 491) Mugg & Bean Marine Walk is a cafe and restaurant chain outlet at Shop 05A, Marine Walk Shopping Centre in Umdloti.
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Photo: Owner's Office, Google Owner's Office 4.4 on Google (28) Owner's Office is the Tightline group's late-night speakeasy at Marine Walk Shopping Centre in Salta. It serves shared plates, sushi and cocktails in the evening, then turns into a nightlife venue with live music and DJs, open daily from 18:00 to 02:00.
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Photo: The Drip, Google The Drip 5.0 on Google (1) The Drip is a rotisserie chicken and comfort-food spot from the Tightline group at Marine Walk Shopping Centre in Salta. It opened in June 2026 and is open every day from 11:00 to 21:00, to eat in or take away.
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Photo: The Room Umdloti, Google The Room 4.5 on Google (28) The Room is a modern French bistro run by the Tightline restaurant group, trading downstairs at Marine Walk Shopping Centre in Salta Sibaya since March 2026, open daily for lunch and dinner.
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Photo: Eryn Tuckett, Google Tightline 4.6 on Google (1 079) Tightline is a fine seafood retailer and wholesaler by day and a seafood bar and grill by night, trading from Marine Walk Shopping Centre in Salta Sibaya.
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Photo: zola ngubane, Google Tyler's 4.6 on Google (358) Tyler's is a steakhouse and butchery trading from Shop 24b/c, Marine Walk Shopping Centre in Salta Sibaya, ranked among Umdloti's top restaurants on Tripadvisor.
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Photo: Waxy O'Connors Salta, Google Waxy O'Connors Marine Walk 4.5 on Google (396) Waxy O'Connors is an Irish pub and restaurant at Shop 05b, Marine Walk Shopping Centre, part of a national chain built around Guinness, Irish stout and pub food.
Sibaya
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Photo: Nando's Sibaya Reefside, Google Nando's Sibaya Reefside 3.4 on Google (85) Nando's Sibaya Reefside is the peri-peri chicken chain's branch at Shop 8, Reefside, the centre on the M4 in Sibaya that opened on 1 October 2026, about 2 km by road from Umdloti beachfront.
- Ocean Basket Sibaya, Reefside Ocean Basket Sibaya is the seafood chain's branch at Shop 19, Reefside, the centre on the M4 in Sibaya that opened on 1 October 2026. Its own branch page lists daily hours of 11:00 to 21:00.
- Shoots and Leaves Reefside Shoots and Leaves is a Durban restaurant serving breakfast, harvest lunches and coffee from KwaZulu-Natal produce. Its second branch opened on 3 October 2026 inside the Weylandts showroom at Reefside in Sibaya.
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Photo: Vovo Telo Bakery & Café Reefside Sibaya, Google Vovo Telo Reefside 4.4 on Google (53) Vovo Telo Reefside is the bakery and café chain's branch at Reefside, the centre on the M4 in Sibaya that opened on 1 October 2026. Its own branch list gives hours from 06:30 every day, to 21:00 Sunday to Thursday and 22:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Nothing that publishes its hours is open right now. See when places open, or what delivers.
Photos and ratings: Google, with each photographer named on the card. Open now reads each place's own published hours. The tags come from each place's own website, menu or posts, and delivery from its listing on the delivery app; each is named on the place's page or on the delivery page.