Chicken being basted over open flame at Salt & Roost.
Flame-Grilled · Hout Bay

Where flame meets flavour

Chicken charred over open flame, breakfast from seven, waffles, thick shakes and proper coffee — on Victoria Avenue.

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Checking hours… 28 Victoria Avenue, Hout Bay 7am until 8:30pm, seven days
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Today7am – 8:30pm Find us28 Victoria Avenue, Hout Bay Call ahead064 985 6616
Our Grill

Open flame, real smoke, no back kitchen

We light up at seven and keep the flame going all day. Every bird is basted in the rub you choose and charred until the skin blisters.

There is nowhere to hide here — the pass is the counter. You can stand and watch the baste hit the pan and the flame come up. Breakfast, flame-grilled chicken, wraps, waffles and a full coffee menu, all in one spot on Victoria Avenue.

Choose your baste

Salt & Roost cook grilling chicken over open flame and smoke.
Open flame, real smoke, no shortcuts.
Breakfast & Sweet Things

From 7am, breakfast gets its own spotlight

Eggs, avo toast, omelettes, cake, cheesecake and shakes — a proper morning stop before the flame-grilled lunch rush.

  1. House Breakfast: fried eggs, bacon, grilled tomato and homemade rooster brood. House Breakfast
  2. Eggs Benedicts: poached eggs, bacon and hollandaise on rooster brood. Eggs Benedicts
  3. Smashed avocado toast topped with poached eggs and chilli sauce. Smashed Avocado Toast
  4. Roasted pepper, red onion and goat's cheese frittata at Salt & Roost. Goat's Cheese Frittata
  5. Chocolate cake of the day topped with cream and chocolate squares. Chocolate Cake of the Day
  6. Whole cream cake of the day dusted with icing sugar. Cream Cake of the Day
  7. Breakfast in a Glass: berry compote, yoghurt and homemade granola. Breakfast in a Glass
  8. Berry Bliss shake topped with cream, berry syrup and a strawberry. Berry Bliss Shake
The Place

A look around

Ten frames, all of them
shot at 28 Victoria Avenue.

Salt & Roost's open kitchen and service counter behind the chequerboard dining floor.
01 The pass. Everything is cooked in front of you — the menu boards hang over the counter you order at.
Salt & Roost cooks working beneath the flame displays in the open kitchen.
02 Kitchen in motion. The open line stays busy from breakfast until 8:30pm.

There is no back kitchen. The pass is the counter — the flame is three feet from where you order.

The Salt & Roost kitchen team working together at the grill.
03 The team. Every order moves through the open kitchen together.
Pastries, cakes and bottled juices displayed at the Salt & Roost counter.
04 A Little Sweet Treat. Red velvet and baked cheesecake, cut to order.
Salt & Roost's shaded outdoor tables and branded umbrellas in Hout Bay.
05 Take a seat. Shaded tables outside, a minute off Hout Bay's main drag.
Flame-grilled chicken served with fries, lemon and a side dish.
06 A proper plate. Grilled chicken, crisp fries and a side made for the table.
A Salt & Roost barista preparing coffee at the espresso machine.
07 Proper coffee. Pulled to order from seven in the morning.
Basted chicken pieces turned with tongs over open flame on the Salt & Roost grill.
08 Over live flame. Basted chicken, turned by hand — the fire you can see from the counter.
Floured rooster brood rolls toasting over the grill grates at Salt & Roost.
09 Rooster brood. Grilled in-house — the same rolls under the burgers, the benedicts and the bacon & egg.
Two smiling Salt & Roost kitchen staff holding a tray of freshly baked rooster brood.
10 Baked this morning. The kitchen team with a tray of rooster brood, fresh from the oven.
Plan Your Visit

Come find us in Hout Bay

A minute off the main drag, with tables on the pavement.

Checking hours…

The shop opens at 7am every day and closes at 8:30pm.

Address
28 Victoria Avenue, Hout Bay, Cape Town
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064 985 6616  ·  066 583 5111
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The Grill's On

Come hungry. We'll handle the flame.

Walk in for breakfast, swing by for a flame-grilled bird, or call ahead and collect. Either way — the coals stay hot.

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