Home Destinations Africa and Middle East South Africa Cape Town Restaurants Panama Jack's

Panama Jack's Review

Read our Cape Town restaurant reviews. Or post your own.

Find more restaurants in Cape Town »

Panama Jack's

Address: Royal Yacht Club basin, off Goliath Rd., Docks, Cape Town
Phone: 021/447-3992

Price range: $-$$$$
Cuisine: Seafood
Location: Cape Town Central

Write a review

Fodor's Review:

In this raw-timber structure in the heart of the docks, the music is loud, the tables are crowded, and the decor is nonexistent, but nowhere in town will you find bigger crayfish. Your choice, made from large open tanks, is weighed before being grilled or steamed. Expect to pay about R460 per kilogram for this delicacy and a whopping R660 a kilogram for the scarce and endangered wild abalone, which is being poached nearly to extinction. Large prawns range in price from R199.50 for 10 to about R30 each for Mozambique langoustines. There is plenty of less expensive seafood as well, and daily specials such as baby squid and local line-caught fish are competitively priced. It can be difficult to find this place at night, so you may want to come for lunch if it's your first visit.

Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
Closed: No lunch Sat.