Come back from cage diving, walk 50m to the harbour restaurants, and eat the freshest fish of your life while processing what you just experienced. The hake and chips (R75) has never tasted better than after seeing a great white up close.
Book a cliff-side table at Tolbos in whale season (Jul-Nov). Order the seafood platter, and watch Southern right whales breach below your window. No whale-watching boat trip can match this -- you are warm, fed, and have wine.
Buy fish and chips at the harbour, drive 10 minutes to Danger Point lighthouse, and eat on the rocks where the HMS Birkenhead sank in 1852. The shipwreck gave us "women and children first." The views are hauntingly beautiful.
The town's main restaurant, themed around its shark heritage without being tacky. Fresh line fish daily (market price, usually R135-R165). The seafood platter for two (R350) is the signature order. Casual atmosphere, outdoor seating with partial harbour views. Also does excellent steaks (R165-R195) for non-fish-eaters.
De Kelders' finest -- a cliff-top bistro with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Walker Bay. The menu leans Mediterranean with local seafood. Linefish of the day (R185), lamb loin with fynbos jus (R225). In whale season, this is the best restaurant in the Overberg for combining food and whale watching. Book a window table.
No-frills takeaway at the harbour serving fish that was swimming this morning. Hake and chips R75. Calamari and chips R85. Yellowtail when available (R95). Eat on the harbour wall watching the boats come in. Cash preferred. Open 10:00-17:00 daily. The best R75 meal in the Overberg.