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The Mariner's Wharf building on Hout Bay harbour, a lifeboat mounted on its balcony and the mountain behind.

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Mariner's Wharf

The harbour's landmark seafood complex — fish market, bistro and the Wharfside Grill upstairs.

Mariner's Wharf is the large blue-and-white complex on the harbour and has been the valley's most visible seafood address for a very long time.

Downstairs is a fish market and a casual bistro; upstairs the Wharfside Grill does a proper sit-down seafood menu with the harbour through the windows.

It is firmly on the tour-bus circuit, which locals will tell you at length. It is also genuinely well positioned and the fish market is a good place to buy for home.

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