The food was really good, had crayfish, prawns, mussels (mussels were particularly good). Others had hake wrapped in bacon, served on an espetada stick, and the salads were excellent and well presented. However the service was mediocre - cutlery was not checked before mains were served, ice melted, lemon butter for one diner didn't come with the meal and had to be requested twice. When we paid the bill, our waitress had the cheek to return to us and said 'it's customary to tip 10%' as we had given her less! Surely a resturant as visited as the Black Marlin will train its staff that good service gives good tips. Tips are for overperformance, they are not a right. Too complacent because of the tourists I think.

The food was awful - it looked and tasted like everything had been frozen then microwaved and covered in a brown sauce. The vegetables were boiled, the salad was a handful of leaves and some halved tomatoes. After three attempts they still could not get the steak medium rare, it just went grey, there was no pesto in the mash (as stated on the menu), the calamari was rubbery and stringy, served fried but cold, with no accompanying lemon, apparently they do not stock fresh garlic or chilli, the former only in sauce form and the creme brulee was the worst I have ever tasted - runny, cold and granular! To top it all I ended up with a mild case of food poisoning .And if you are wondering why we did not send it all back - this was our office Xmas lunch! Never again will I go there - the place was packed with tourists being bussed in on the way to Cape Point, so clearly the need to serve good food is no longer paramount as they have a captive audience - what an embarrassing ambassador for Cape Town's "hospitality" industry.