News Cafe Umhlanga Ridge is a coffee bar, cocktail lounge and restaurant rolled into one, serving drinks and meals through the day. It opened in 1995 as part of the South African News Cafe chain, which began in Hatfield that year and has since expanded across the country and beyond.

The venue operates as a combined space where you can order coffee, cocktails or full meals, with the kitchen and bar running side by side. The layout follows the chain's model of blending a coffee shop, restaurant and bar under one roof.

Located in a shopping complex on Palm Boulevard in Umhlanga Ridge, the cafe sits in a commercial area of Durban. The space is designed to function as both a daytime spot and evening venue, with the menu adapting across the hours.

The chain's original 1995 opening in Hatfield established the format that this branch continues: a single venue covering multiple dining and drinking needs, from morning coffee to late cocktails.