Alegria Restaurant St Helena Bay

Mysteriously tucked into the Bay...

Alegria is a renowned, yet secluded and romantic restaurant right on the seafront in St Helena Bay, where you can smell the salt in the air, feel the wind in your hair and virtually touch the sand with your toes.

Menu

Your host Bryn welcomes you to share the beautiful surroundings and enjoy the simplicity of all our meals which are cooked fresh and with great love, care and pride.

Fully Licensed

Starters

  • Peri-Peri Chicken Livers 
    • Chicken livers pan-fried in our delicious home-made peri-peri, wine and garlic sauce
  • Esgargot Snails
    • 8 Snails done in fresh garlic butter  
    • 8 Snails done with Roquefort cheese 
  • West Coast Mussels  
    • 8 Mussels done in a creamy garlic and white win
  • Chorizo with Milho Frito  
    • Portuguese pork sausage pan-fried with fried cocktail tomatoes, spicy Portuguese sauce and deep fried maize
  • Sardinhas Assadas 
    • 2 Portuguese sardines grilled and served with fried peppers, onions and deep fried maize meal
  • Tentacles  
    • Deep fried and served with fresh garlic parsley butter and lemon wedges
  • Calamari Strips  
    • Tenderly deep fried calamari strips and served with spicy rice

Salads

  • Greek Salad  
    • Traditional Greek salad
  • Smoked Salmon Salad  
    • Smoked salmon rosettes served with fresh garden salad
  • Portuguese Salad  
    • Fancy lettuce with onions, tomatoes, feta cheese, olives, boiled egg, anchovies and croutons

Fish

  • Hake  
    • Deep fried or grilled fresh fillet of hake served with rice or chips, salad and tartar sauce
  • Hake and Calamari Combo  
    • Deep fried or grilled fresh fillet of hake served with calamari strips, rice or chips, salad and tartar sauce
  • Calamari Platter For One  
    • Deep fried or grilled calamari strips, calamari steak and patagonicas, served with rice or chips, salad & tartar sauce
  • Seafood Platter For Two  
    • Linefish, hake coujons, calamari strips, mussels, prawns, savoury rice or chips, sauces and salad
  • Calamari Strips  
    • Calamari strips deep fried and served with your choice of starch, salad or stir-fry veggies and tartar sauce
  • Hake Au Gratin 
    • Fresh fillet of hake grilled and covered with mushroom sauce, grated cheese and then baked
  • Sardinhas Assadas  
    • 4 Portuguese sardines grilled and served with mixed peppers, onions and Milho frito
  • Seafood Pasta  
    • Mussel meat, chorizo, calamari strips & prawns served with fettuccine pasta in prego or garlic sauce with pecorino shavings
  • Prawns 
    • Queen size prawns fried or grilled 

Meat

  • Sirloin  
    • 200g Tender sirloin, grilled to perfection
    • Rump 300g  or 500g 
  • Espetada Marinated rump 
    • grilled and served on a skewer with dripping garlic butter 300g or 500g
  • Eisbein 
    • Pickled pork shank grilled and served with sauerkraut, mash and stir-fry vegetables
  • Portuguese Steak 
    • Rump grilled and served on a hot skillet with our special spicy sauce, fried tomato, egg and chorizo 300g or 500g 
  • Cheddamelt Steak 
    • Tender steak topped off with a delicious creamy cheddamelt sauce, served with rice or chips, salad or stir-fry veggies 200g 
  • Spare Ribs 
    • Marinated tender and juicy pork belly rib done to perfection 400g or 800g 

All of the above dishes are served with your choice of starch:

  • Rice or chips
  • Salad or stir-fry veggies

Chicken

  • Portuguese Peri-Peri Chicken  
    • Half a chicken or 2 chicken fillets done the Portuguese way
    • Mild / Med / Hot
  • Cheddamelt Chicken Fillets  
    • 2 Chicken fillets topped with delicious creamy cheddamelt sauce, served with chips or rice, salad or stir-fry veggies.

Sauces and Sides

  • Garlic Butter 
  • Pepper 
  • Mushroom 
  • Creamy Garlic 
  • Homemade Chilli 
  • Onion Rings 

Corkage

  • Per Bottle R35.00

Please Note: 

  • Some dishes can take up to 45 - 60 min, especially during high volumes 
  • A 10% service fee is always appreciated 
  • A fixed service fee of 10% will be charged for 8 or more people per table
  • Pets are allowed in outside sections
  • Swimming at your own risk
  • We cater for private functions, events & more

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