![]() Ours is social food, a menu of dishes designed for sharing. Fresh ingredients, including extra virgin olive oil, are all sourced from farmers and suppliers around us. We may have international flair, but our hearts will always be local. There are plenty of pincho choices, from red and white meat to seafood and vegetarian options. International guests marvel at how they have stumbled on this little slice of “Croatia”, “Italy” or “Greece” in the heart of Hermanus. Young friends cluster in groups and elderly couples celebrate a special outing. Guests in wheelchairs find their favourite spot with ease from the wide, smooth ramp that runs from the carpark above. Glamorous women dress up and, in full bling and high heels, pose for their best selfie of the year. We welcome four-legged family members, and they lie in the shade, leashes tethered to wooden tables while Ficks’ staff set down water-bowls for them. Parents relax and chat, watching their little ones play and interact with other children in this playground. Children swim and then, wrapped in towels against the chill, dash up the steps to drink natural fruit smoothies, sea salt still on their lips. YOU’RE ALL WELCOME AT FICKS (EVEN YOUR DOG) This is the perfect place for a celebration, or simply to enjoy a sunny day. No day is ever the same – and nor are the people who have discovered us. There are days when the sea is an aquamarine blue or when currents change, a deep indigo with white horses that break the wave tips. On wooden decks that hug the cliff contours, we set up our "sails" – broad umbrellas that shade guests while they look out for shy resident dassies on the cliffs above, pods of dolphins beyond the tidal pool wall, or yachts in full sail tacking to the direction of the wind.Īt sunset, cruise boats anchor so guests can toast the end of the day from their decks while our guests toast them from the shore. The restaurant had to touch the earth lightly, be at one with the surroundings, be accessible to everyone and become a stage for nature’s most dramatic marine performances.įicks is set above a tidal pool that is safe for kids and a great spot to cool down. ![]() But there were rules, and we were happy to follow them. When we heard the first murmurs about proposed plans for a restaurant here on the rocks in 2018, we knew we could give Hermanus a spectacular dining experience. “Oh, for a safe place for our children to swim…” What began nearly 90 years ago as a wish by the Ficks family for a pool washed by the tides but structured to tame Walker Bay’s waves, in the end, created a magnificent natural amphitheatre for us all for decades to come. Pinchos, cocktails, nature and diversity, writes Les Aupiais for Ficks ![]() If Hermanus is the riviera of the South, then Ficks is the reason why ![]()
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