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Seafood restaurant and bar on the beach
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Vegetarian Friendly
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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, After-hours, Drinks
CUISINES
Bar, Seafood
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Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Free Wifi, Table Service, Live Music
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Reviewed 27 August 2023

These really are the best prawns in Mozambique....if not the world....Lucky enough to have traveled extensively these were the best ever! Benny's Piri piri sauce is a game changer. The ambience so chilled service friendly and efficient and more importantly non intrusive....heaven for those who...want excellent food without ego no frills just quiet consistency....We had brussel sprouts, Rissoto balls, king and tiger prawns. Calamari, fish burger, stuffed crabs and cocktails....All excellent ....Great place...More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 20 July 2023

Delicious seafood. The tastiest crab and king prawns ever had. If I could I could try the whole menu.

Date of visit: July 2023
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Robert Parker, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 22 July 2023

Thank you. Sure you agree. Our food is worth waiting for.

Reviewed 18 April 2023

This was our favourite place in mozambique. It has the very best prawns period. Mojitos were to die for. Its location is perfect, right on the beach.

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 10 November 2022

Positioned on the beach, and a 20 minute walk along the beach from the Vilanculos Beach lodge . We had yummy prawns!!

Date of visit: October 2022
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manjelito, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 12 November 2022

Thank you!

Reviewed 9 August 2022

With a beautiful setting right on the beach it is no hardship to wait a little for your food . By no means fast but not absurdly slow, the food is worth the wait.Benny’s homemade Piri Piri sauce makes the best chicken in town ,...with his caipirinha s a close second. The grilled fish and seafood pasta are also excellent.. The matapa is a wonderful introduction to one of Mozambique’s national dishes.More

Date of visit: August 2022
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Reviewed 29 July 2022 via mobile

TripAdvisor reviews brought us to CasBah. It was a great disappointment. They take forever to bring out the food. Service is not just slow but the server seemed uninterested in us. We ordered the stuffed crab starter, with garlic bread and the chicken cannelloni. They...didn't have the truffle oil sauce for the cannelloni and replaced it with a cheese sauce. It was overwhelming. The stuffed crab was different but not wow and we sent the garlic bread back because it was rock hard. They replaced it with a softer version which was much better. For mains we had their prawn special. I had 7 prawns in my portion and my friend had 6 in hers. There were extra heads mixed in with no bodies attached to it. It was fresh though. Their piri-piri sauce was essentially a mix of what tasted like tomato sauce with tabasco sauce. I found a weevil in my rice. Its just not worth it. There are other restaurants in Vilanculos like Baobab and Bahia Mar that are far more satisfying and, better value for money.More

Date of visit: July 2022
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manjelito, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 31 July 2022

Hello Miss Moodley. Thank you for taking the time to review the Casbah. I understand that you were here on a particularly busy day and as acknowledged previously we do have some shortcomings under these conditions.If I could just address some of the points you...More

Reviewed 6 July 2022 via mobile

It was only after reading a recent review regarding the service at the Casbah that I felt motivated to give my opinion. Firstly there is no debate over the fact that they serve the very best food in town. On the perceived negative side- I...too have waited for up to an hour for my food even when they weren't busy. My advise to anyone going there is; relax and enjoy the fantastic setting and realize you are not racing the other rats to beat the 5 o'clock traffic anymore and by the way I have had the Canneloni and it does come with a mushroom sauce drizzled with truffle oil. Absolutely delicious!.More

Date of visit: July 2022
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manjelito, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 15 July 2022

Thank you!. You get it.

Reviewed 3 July 2022

Ordered lunch which took 4 HOURS to arrive! Then they only sent out 2 of the dishes as we'd threatened to leave if something didn't turn up soon. The fries were stone cold, the Portuguese burger was barely warm and when the rest of the...meals came out, they weren't what we'd ordered. The cannelloni was supposed to come with a blue cheese sauce and it came out with mushroom sauce and looked like road kill, so that was sent back. The waitress was rude. On checking our bill with the record we had been keeping, they had overcharged us on the drinks. The only pluses I can give them is the amazing view, clean toilets and free wifi.More

Date of visit: June 2022
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manjelito, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 5 July 2022

Thank you for taking the time to review The Casbah. Unfortunately this type of thing always occurs when I ( the owner) am not present. I know that this is no excuse and there is management in place who should be doing there jobs to...More

Reviewed 24 June 2022

The perfect beach holiday restaurant. Great service , excellent prawn curry, magnificent views, cold beer, hot sun and warm sand! Spent hours watching kite surfers having fun out at sea. Don’t miss this when you go to Vilanculos!

Date of visit: May 2022
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manjelito, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 26 June 2022

Thanks so much for your review.

Reviewed 24 June 2022

Had a stupendous seafood meal - crayfish, prawns & calamari. Superbly prepared, plenty to eat. A wonderful evening with friendly host Rob. Great to meet you at last.

Date of visit: May 2022
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manjelito, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 26 June 2022

Thanks for the review. Greatly appreciated.

Reviewed 21 June 2022 via mobile

Great restaurant straight on the beach. The food was outstanding, especially the crayfish. Service was very attentive. Great relaxing place.

Date of visit: June 2022
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manjelito, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 26 June 2022

Thanks for your review.

Reviewed 31 May 2022

Rob is an angel running this wonderful property on the beach for past 21 years. I had some good burgers and local food. Prawn Matapa was just so delicious. They also accept Bitcoin. Spent 2 days just eating here. Wonderful view.

Date of visit: May 2022
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manjelito, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 2 June 2022

Thank you!!!

Reviewed 11 April 2022

I was there with my family 4 adults and 2 kids, the BARMAN took our orders the moment we sat down at precisely 5.15 pm after 45 minutes only did my drink come and it wasn't even what I requested in the first place. I...asked for the drink that came in the coconut shell which he said he could do...it came in a glass. the excuse is it's not coconut season. If that wasn't bad enough after waiting for 1hr30 for the food I ask the BARMAN where my food was and he says "did you order ?" this man forgot to place my order and totally ignored the fact we were there? he didn't even apologize, he said to give the kitchen another 45 minutes to get our food but in the meantime, he would get us the plats for the kids who were growing extremely restless. The plates never came btw. only to take it up with the manager whose excuse was "we didn't confirm the order" as if that made any sense to anyone. The barman must have forgotten our order a second time cause the manager said to give them 45 MORE minutes and all we ordered was chips and the seafood platter, which when the food eventually came at 8 pm tasted bland. I felt belittled considering we were the only Black people in that restaurant. We watched many people get served, finish their food and walk away. The manager even quarrelled with us before we could even get a sorry out of him, and am convinced the barman was drunk if not even both of them.i can't believe this place ranks so high.More

Date of visit: April 2022
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manjelito, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 9 May 2022

I was shocked to read your report on the bad service you received at the Casbah.I am the owner and for medical reasons I could not be there over the busy Easter period. Suffice to say that if had been there this sort of thing...More

Reviewed 9 January 2022 via mobile

Did not have a good experience. Arrived at the restaurant around 2.30pm and the wait already received us with an attitude but because it was a reference from a friend that said the food was amazing we decided to stay. We were 4 adults and...1 kid. They said that the starters would take 30min but it ended up coming after an hour. The main dishes which were changed more than once because they were always coming back to the table to say that it was finished and we needed to pick something else. So we ended up all choosing prawns which they said it would take only 10min and for the kid just just chicken and fries.5.30pm and the food did not come yet we had to go to the counter to say that we no longer want any food, they only managed to give us the chicken for the kid we paid the bill and we left. Very disappointed. Going back home to see if we can manage to cook somethingMore

Date of visit: January 2022
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robert p, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 12 January 2022

I humbly apologise- I arrived just after you walked out.. My son- who is not qualified took your initial order and I understand you were joined by some friends later on who also ordered prawns. 7 plates in all. Unfortunately the first order never reached...More

Reviewed 9 January 2022 via mobile

They took 5 min to come to our table. We order food at 2pm and get that on the table at 3.50pm. The food was normal .. nothing special .. and came cold ..most of the food was cold. The waiters didn't show up on...our table to ask if everything was ok or if we want more drinks .. Terrible service..More

Date of visit: January 2022
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robert p, Owner at Casbah, responded to this reviewResponded 12 January 2022

Sorry to hear about your no experience. I know we can't be making excuses as a professional establishments but sometimes the waiters are working on auto pilot towards the end of a very busy season. Please accept my apologies.

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