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Grill houses, beachfront steakhouses and butcheries. 8 steakhouses and 4 butchers and suppliers listed, updated 2026-10-04.
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Eat out
Steakhouse
The original Butcher Boys grill, trading on Florida Road since 1999, built around steaks aged in-house and cut by its own blockmen.
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Umhlanga branch of the Durban steakhouse group, on the Lighthouse Mall restaurant strip near the beach.
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Branch of the long-running South African grill-room chain in the Oceans Mall, Umhlanga.
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Hussar Grill branch in the Fields Centre in Kloof, in Durban's outer west.
Steakhouse
Grillhouse in Durban North from the team behind Grimaldi's and Jack Salmon, reopened after a makeover with an open deck.
Steakhouse
Butcher and grill opened in 2023 at Marine Walk in Umdloti, where meats are hand-selected, dry-aged on the bone and cut to order before going onto a custom New…
Steakhouse
Umhlanga Ridge branch of The Baron, a grill-and-pub group founded in 1993.
Steakhouse
Hotel steakhouse at the Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani on North Beach, serving flame-grilled cuts from local producers seasoned with East African spice-route flavours.
Cook at home
Butcher & supplier
Halaal butchery and smokehouse on the Berea stocking Wagyu, Angus, grass-fed and dry-aged beef, trimmed ready to cook and cut to request.
Butcher & supplier
Butchery and deli on Umhlanga Rocks Drive known for specialised meat cuts, biltong and a deli counter.
Butcher & supplier
Owner-run neighbourhood butchery in Westville North billing itself as the 'home of the tomahawk', with ribeye, rump, dry-aged T-bone and in-house biltong.
Butcher & supplier
Butchery opened in 2024 in Westville selling wet- and dry-aged steaks, including dry-aged fillet, along with deli items and an in-store braai service.
Local tips
Grilling over wood or charcoal, the braai, is a national pastime, and many steakhouses cook the same way.
Beef is classed A (youngest), AB, B or C; A-class carcasses carry a purple roller mark.
Many butchers and grill houses dry-age beef in-house and state the number of days.
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