Fodor's Expert Review Bean Bag Bohemia

One of the city's most intimate and popular restaurants, Bean Bag serves a mix of cosmopolitan and Mediterranean food. It's abuzz with Durban's young and trendy, especially late at night, when you can get a good meal after a movie or the theater. Cocktails and lighter meals are served at the downstairs bar, where live musicians often play jazz. Up rickety wooden stairs at the main restaurant, a popular starter is the meze platter, with Mediterranean snacks such as hummus, baba ghanoush (an eggplant spread), olives, and pita. It's well known for its vegetarian meals, but dishes such as lamb shank and duck are also good. Finish your meal with the baked pecan-praline cheesecake and then relax on the terrace.