Caramba Authentic Portuguese Restaurant — Restaurant in Green Point

To find a proper portuguese restaurant in Capetown for dinner is not easy.... This one survived covid.... It's small, that's for sure and it's good... The tables are small too and the steel chairs are not very comfy... Apperantly we got the last table on that evening... 2 couples on a night out, as usual.... We sharing our food, always order for the table... Superbock on tap and G&T s to browse the menu.... We decide for a mixed starter platter before we choose the mains.. 2 times prawns of course for the ladies, chicken and a chourizo steak for the boys... Accompanied by a bottle of Vinho Verde... The waiter was too busy, selling as much as possible, rather to help us with mixed platters which they have...but we didn't see... Next time.... The food was great, very tasty, the wine and the beer was cold, the owner was friendly and we had a great time... We will be back... We just need a bit a...

We do "international cuisine" date nights and Caramba was our choice of restaurant for Portuguese food. As my husband has been in Portugal many times, he knows the cuisine. Some of the traditional dishes were not available to order, no stock. This was a bit disappointing. The ones we did order was ok, not my favorite. Even my dish (not the sardines) were mush more salty than anticipated - although we knew it is salted cod fish, even my husband said it was too salty for a "salted cod fish" dish which he's had many times in Portugal. It's nice that one can bring your own wine, there's corkage. Maybe next time I will just try...

This is an awesome place. In the end we regretted going to the pseudo posh places at the waterfront the night before and not coming here instead.

From the sardine starter to the great mains (the mussels, line fish, Portuguese chorizo platter was incredible) to a dessert made in heavens we enjoyed every single bit of our evening. The super friendly hosts were just the cherry on top.

Would come back any time and reminded me of a small back alley local in Peniche, Portugal where we used to eat with the locals every night during our surf trip a...