Kuta-Kola sits on Compensation Beach Road in Ballito, close enough to the water that you can see the ocean from the deck. The kitchen serves seafood — prawns, calamari, line fish — and breakfast wraps, omelettes, and smoothie bowls through the day. The deck looks out over the beach, where dolphins sometimes pass.

The lunch menu includes build-your-own tapas plates, where you choose from beef kebabs, falafel, grilled haloumi, or prawn cheese pots to assemble a platter. The seafood platters come with hake, prawns, and calamari, grilled or fried. Breakfast runs until eleven, with options like smoked salmon benedict and avocado toast on ciabatta.

The restaurant has won local awards for breakfast and vegetarian food. The deck is covered, so it works in wind, and the layout gives a clear view of the water from most tables. You order at the counter, and the kitchen sends the food out to you.