Ocean Basket Ferndale on Republic — Restaurant in Gauteng

I go often. The food is always consistently good quality and the portions are good value for money. There salads are the freshest and have all the cucumber, tomato, green peppers , olives, and most of all, delicious creamy feta that you will need. It's not merely lettuce with a tomato and two slices of cucumber with some raw onion like almost every other restaurant that gives you a side order of salad for one. The salad isn't cheap but once again, great value and can be shared quite easily with at least one other person. I have had all sorts of meals and combos. It's all good quality seafood. Their own ocean basket cheap fish is much cheaper than hake even, yet tastes equally good! Their line fish, prawns , muscles, calamari are always made the way you want and expect from ocean basket. The restaurant is just like any other OB. The staff are...

From arrival i knew this experience wasnt going to be pleasent. No one to greet us in arrival ( after me making a booking).We were the only table, it took 15mins for the kids drinks. My strawberry daquiri arrived with no alcohol, took the waiter almost 20 mins to bring back a watered down drink (from the ice) with an added shot of alcohol. The food took almost an hour to arrive. I asked for the manager and 30mins later i am now leaving as he is apparently not interested in tending to my needs. This was a special occasion forbmy neices birthday, and it was pathetic. Our food was dry- we werent asked if we want fried or frilled food. My previous experience was awful, i thought I'd give it another try and not drive to Centurion, but i would rather drive there than have this mediocre service. PS thanks for forgetting to bring my niece her...

Disappointing Lunch at Ocean Basket

I had lunch at Ocean Basket today, and unfortunately, the experience was disappointing. The food was okay, nothing majorly wrong, but it just wasn’t what it used to be. The portion sizes were noticeably smaller than what I remember them to be, and for the price I paid, it simply just wasn’t worth it.

What stood out most was how different the meal was compared to what’s advertised on their website and menu. It felt misleading, and I left feeling underwhelmed and disappointed. When a restaurant promotes a dish a certain way, that’s what customers should receive.

To be fair, the staff were polite and the atmosphere was pleasant – those aspects have remained consistent. But after being a loyal customer for over 20 years, this visit was a real letdown. Sadly, I won’t...