Ubuntu Beach

Boho fixture on the south boulevard doing easy mornings, long lunches and late dinners properly.

Ubuntu has been holding down the south boulevard for years with a formula the newer clubs keep copying: rattan, linen, warm earth tones, and a kitchen that runs from nine in the morning to midnight without a dead hour in between. The card reads beach-club standard, yogurt and Buddha bowls, avocado smash, colourful salads, but execution is a clear cut above the postcode average, and the reviews agree at scale: 4.5 on Google across more than three thousand of them. The falafel burger keeps vegetarians loyal, the bavette with truffle risotto covers the other end of the table, and the sandwiches earn their price. It is also the rare pavilion here that handles a twelve-person birthday and a solo laptop coffee with the same ease. Not a destination kitchen and not trying to be one; as an all-day base camp on the sand, it is simply very good at its job.

Falafel burger at lunch, or the bavette with truffle risotto once the sun gets low.

Photo: Ubuntu Beach

Photo: Ubuntu Beach