Christmas Day at De Vette Mossel Grootbrak is the kind of celebration that proves you don’t need snow to have a magical festive season.
All you need is the ocean breeze, warm hospitality and plates piled high with coastal favourites. Their Rolling Christmas Buffet, served at 12:00 and 18:30, is one of the Garden Route’s most relaxed and delicious ways to enjoy the day.
From the moment guests arrive, the whole experience feels like a proper South African Christmas — sand underfoot, the smell of the sea in the air and long tables ready to be filled with food as fast as the kitchen can bring it out.
- The meal kicks off with fresh, warm potbrood, farm butter and jam, the kind of simple comfort that instantly gets everyone in a festive mood. Then the seafood starts rolling in. There’s mussel meat cooked with onions, garlic and butter, mussels steamed in white wine, and the ever-popular West Coast Snoek with traditional sweet potatoes.
- The famous seafood pot — a hearty mix of three types of fish, calamari strips and prawn tails — is a highlight every year. But meat lovers aren’t left out: the beef and game pot adds rich, slow-cooked flavour to the spread. Add to that calamari steak, the catch of the day, fragrant rice, fresh garden salad and comforting veggie dishes, and the table becomes a festive feast built for lingering.
- Once everyone’s had their fill, dessert arrives with a proudly South African twist: seasonal fruit, coffee or rooibos tea, and golden, sticky koeksisters. It’s homely, warm and wonderfully familiar.
- For those wanting to go all out, whole prawns and crayfish can be ordered as extras, and guests are welcome to bring their own wine (with a small corkage fee). But the real magic of the day is the atmosphere — children running in the sand, families catching up, and platters that keep arriving until the meal feels like a seaside celebration worthy of Christmas Day.
With its unbeatable setting and famously generous plates, De Vette Mossel Grootbrak delivers a festive feast that is joyful, relaxed and filled with flavour from start to finish.
Bookings are essential:
Online: https://account.dineplan.com/widgetframe/KrNQjPXp
Phone / WhatsApp: 079 339 0170
Email: grootbrak@devettemossel.co.za
Souwesia Beach, Groot Brak River, Great Brak River
079 339 0170
grootbrak@devettemossel.co.za
