Blue Peter Hotel Bloubergstrand

The silly season is all but over in the Cape and its time for us locals to explore. After being here over a year, we have come to the conclusion that we live the most boring life possible in what after all is one of the top tourist spots in the world. Working from a home office in our internet marketing business. certainly has its benefits, however one of the big draw backs of running Scream Media is the time we spend online. Day in day out, weekends, evenings, the laptop beckons... But not today, today the hubby and I vowed to start exploring our new home.

We live in the Northern suburbs, so were looking for something "not too far" that would be a good spot for a chilled out lunch. We remember being told about an amazing sushi restaurant, and after much argument, remembered the name. Blowfish Restaurant, and bonus, it's just down the road in Blouberg.
However it was not to be, we easily found their website (what a great site and it's optimised) and loved the look of it, but when we called we were told there were no tables till 7.30pm. Back to the drawing board. We did however note that Blowfish has a sushi special every Sunday evening, and half price Sushi on a Wednesday. Definitely one to remembered for future reference, early booking next time round.

Not to be put off we start our online search, it never fails to amaze me just how badly (if at all) some South African websites are optimised. We really had to search, with some of our search terms turning up restaurants in the USA. However we were on a mission, and weren't going to be beaten. We eventually found On The Rocks, but were put off by the Fine Dinning menu. Nothing wrong with Fine dinning, but both of us didn't feel like getting "all dolled up" So it was back to the search.

Via one of the many online directories, we stumbled on The Blue Peter Hotel Popham Street Blouberg Strand. It looked casual and fun, so it was out with the Nav and off we went. It was actually very easy to find, and there was secure parking behind the Hotel. We got there just after 12, and it was packed. There were plenty of locals with their well behaved dogs. We didn't take our two which was probably a good idea. There were no tables available on at the lower deck restaurant, but we were advised by a friendly waitress to grab a spot on the lawn and move quick when we saw an opening. They only take cards with purchases over R50 and don't have an ATM, fortunately we were going to eat so this wasn't a problem, but if you don't carry cash and pop in for a quick drink, it could be a bit embarrassing. Some 10 minutes later a table opened up and we charged for the empty spot. Next to us was a young girl with two adorable well behaved  chows.

The mood was casual, alot of people were just ordering take away pizza and laying out on the lawns eating them. There was a good mix of family and young couples, and the beach was a stones throw away. We had pigged out on pizza the day before, so I opted for a pesto coated chicken salad and hubby went for the meat lovers basket. The salad was simple but tasty, the basket was proper pub food with a generous dose of peri peri sauce. I gave up on the wine and ordered a strawberry daiquiri, which came in a beer glass (different). It certainly wasn't the best daiquiri I've had, but it was cold and tasty. Hubby was thrilled that they served Black Label draft.

Lunch over the bill was a pleasant surprise at well under R200. A quick walk on the rather crowded beach finished off our first Sunday tourist outing. All in all I would give the Blue Peter Hotel  a big thumbs up for its laid back atmosphere and honest food. Definitely somewhere to kick back on a Sunday. Would we go again, yes, would we have the same food, probably we would go for the pizza which looked great, would we recommend it, yes. 


Inspired by our success it was time to head home.


Lets see what next Sunday brings ....