Mother's Day Lunch Aboard a Floating Restaurant

For something completely different, dine aboard the beautiful Museum Ship, C.S.Cable Restorer, permanently moored in picturesque Simons Town


The C.S. Cable Restorer is a cable repair ship built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at the Neptune Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne. She was one of five sister ships built between 1939 and 1945.

From 1994 to 1998 she was home to 200 boarders from Simon’s Town Maritime school, and is now the spectacular venue of the “Roaring Forties Restaurant”.

Mother’s Day Menu:

Starter: Butternut & Feta Soup OR Smoked Salmon Salad

Mains: Roaring Forties Seafood Platter OR Mediterranean Lamb Bake OR Butter Chicken – Vegetarian Dish on Request

Desserts: Homemade Malva Pudding OR Baked Berry Cheesecake

*Tea and Filter Coffee with homemade shortbread


Mother’s Day Lunch on board the C.S. Cable Restorer:

Date: 10 May
Venue: Aboard the C.S.Cable Restorer
Location: Simons Town
Price: R160 p/p
Contact: +27(0)21 786 4808 (bookings essential)

Need more idea’s for your mom this Mother’s Day? For more Mother's Day ideas, treats and lunches, read through our Mother’s Day in Cape Town overview.

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