Seelan Bistro - Cape Town

We got good tickets to the place and it was literally hidden. a plane below the balthazar at the harbour. the waiter was very friendly, who could easily call the 6 dishes and 3 deserts for us, which was available. we chose both the bark fillet that was beautiful, add that the mushrooms and pfeffer sauces we received was a damn nice wise better than any other place where we ate. the chips were good, the wobbles I thought were killed by the cook. I never remember eating crispy tweeper rings. I would also like to try one of their seafood. a single plate at R700 and double at r1200. I would be curious and would like to see if they match the price on taste and presentation.

We used a hyperli voucher which got us a main and a dessert. The food was decent, nothing much to speak of. Prawns are always subpar (smallest prawns I’ve seen). Dessert was amazing. Service was okay and the ambience was really spot on. I would return but only with vouchers as the prices for the platters are way above average.

The seafood platter was really well cooked however it was a bit bland. I feel they could have added more flavour to the fish as well. The portion however was somewhat decent but I feel they could have given a bit more. The presentation was poor and there was no effort put in. As for the dessert the brownie and cheescake were really good as for the malva pudding it was really bad and i do believe the texture of the malva pudding was not great at all. The staff did not do any check ups and one thing i will make mention of is as soon as the waitress brought the bill the first thing she brought up was her tip which was unprofessional. For overall experience i give it a 2 but for the location i will give it an extra stat because it is vibey and you always given a wonderful view

The food was pretty good, service was quite slow had to ask for things multiple times as the elderly waiter would forget. Overall great location, although the restaurant itself could do with a little maintenance and cleaning!

Terrible service, average food but great location. Seelan is conveniently located in the Waterfront, surrounded by the beautiful views of Cape Town. The location makes the restaurant super overpriced. Service is terrible, waiters are very poorly trained and service is extremely slow. Food is average, nothing outstanding in the menu. The food doesn't seem nor taste fresh. The drinks are good. What really saves this place is the amazing set up in the waterfront.