Name: The Polana
Address: Kalk Bay Harbour, Main Road, Kalk Bay
Contact information: +27 (0) 21 788 7162
Cover charge: None
Music: Occasional Live Acoustic and Jazz
Full bar: Yes
Pithy sentence: Hey…..I’m soooo wasted…..
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The Polana is a restaurant/bar below the fantastic Harbor House. It claims to have a “Portuguese and Mozambican inspired menu” - but after our amazing dinner upstairs, we weren’t there to eat, we were there to drink.
And so, apparently, was everyone else. Unfortunately, the joint emitted a cumulative obnoxious vibe of loud voices, cigarette smoke and “bumping”. The masses had long since claimed any available seats on the couches and large armchairs.
Low tide subdued the legendary view of waves crashing up against the windows, so even that wasn’t a saving grace. Stop in for a drink, but don’t plan your whole night in this out-of-the-way place.
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Nicole, thanks for the tip - don’t know how “Camps Bay” snuck into the title. (If you read the review, you’ll see we list all other addresses in Kalk Bay.) I’ve amended the post. I guess we all make mistakes! For instance, Polana’s nowhere near the Indian Ocean - it’s on the False Bay coast, which still counts as part of the Atlantic. The Indian Ocean’s Benguela current often reaches past False Bay, generating stormy weather at Cape Point, but the official line of ocean demarcation is to Cape Town’s southeast, at Cape Agulhas. See: http://www.capeinfo.com/WCregions/Agulhas/agulhasOceans.asp.
I hope you enjoy your time here! -Ed.
POLANA is not in Camps Bay. It is in Kalk Bay which is on the other side of the peninsula, in fact it is on a different ocean, namely the Indian Ocean.