The View Tapas Cafe & Bar

If you're in Plettenberg on a Sunday, Barrington's is one of few restaurant options. So thankfully it is very good. The menu is inventive and extensive, including plenty of lighter or meat-free options. The wine list is extensive, plus they have their own microbrewery. Any restaurant would be lucky to have a front-of-house team like this. Every staff member was warm, proactive, efficient and quick to build rapport. Adjoining the restaurant, there's a bakery and food shop full of interesting SA-made treats.

During our stay in Plettenberg Bay, we had the privilege (& I mean privilege) to eat twice at Barringtons. Both times was in the evening so I can’t comment on their daytime meals. We had a table right next to the roaring fire & it was the perfect spot. Not so perfect for the people sitting near the door which was constantly opening and closing. They were frozen by the end of the evening. First up - value for your buck (& food) is their current winter 2023 dinner menu. 3 courses for R245 without a glass of wine & R300 with wine. There is also a choice of a 2 course meal. Our first meal there, we chose the 3 course meal (without wine) & chose all the vegetarian options. Pear & blue cheese salad to start for me (enough for 2 persons) & the most sublime potato & leek soup for him. Main course was excellent melt in your mouth beer battered fish - 2 generous pieces & excellent thick cut chips. Partner had the Thai red curry which was packed with fresh veggies, beautifully presented & deemed excellent & filling. They had run out of chocolate brownies so we settled on the sticky toffee pudding (very sweet but served without ice cream which would have complimented the dish) & a delicious Amarula Dom Pedro. I can highly recommend the winter special as value for money. The 2nd meal was Dahl spring rolls (dish of the day in my opinion) & sumac roasted cauliflower. Main was tagliatelle with mushrooms & thyme - excellent! Dessert was the chocolate fondant which made all the calories worth it. Ambience of Barrington’s is social, loud and with the beer factory to greet you when you walk in the door makes it an overall highly recommended restaurant to eat at. A special mention to the manager on the floor both evenings who welcomed us back as long lost friends. Thank you for taking the time to chat to us. I recommend you check out their website to see what is on offer but a trip to Plett will never again be without eating at Barrington’s numerous times. I can’t recommend this spot enough. Edit: they also offer Friday night burger & beer nights & movie with dinner nights. Both of these evenings need to be booked beforehand and the manager assured me they were full house on the evenings.

This place doesn’t look like much from the outside but it completely transforms when you walk inside, you would have no clue there was a main road right there when you’re sitting in the restaurant! You arrive to a beautiful white boxed kitchen garden absolutely chocked with vegetables. The main building has a bakery, grocery, brewery, restaurant and more and it’s all designed so well, I was very impressed. The restaurant itself is lovely with live music, I got the mushroom and thyme tagliatelle and it was AMAZING. The portions are definitely big so we didn’t need the starter. 10/10 visit if in the area!!!

We loved this place!!! Went there for drinks and dessert last night and were really excited about the atmosphere, the service and of course the beer and dessert selection. So we decided to come back for lunch today. I had the trout and my boyfriend ordered the steak. Service was good again and the food was delicious. I enjoyed every bite. We also picked up a bread and a pastry at the bakery counter. As i was not so impressed with south african pastries so far, the almond croissant was surprisingly very, very tasty - so tasty i was sad i didn't buy 2 of them.

We are still sitting here and I am giving those 5 stars because this entire atmosphere is amazing! We had as main menu the chicken and the lamb. The chicken was really good but this lamb was the best we ever had! If you like lamb try it! Starters, wine, desert, everything was great!