Maputo Bay Hotel
Maputo Bay Hotel

The table

Bay Veranda

Cuisine: Mozambican · Seafood · Portuguese

Bay Veranda
Bay Veranda
Bay Veranda

About the restaurant

An open kitchen on the first floor terrace, facing the water. The fish comes from the fish market every morning and the plate of the day depends on what is there. There is always a vegetarian dish and a mild curry for children.

The table

Served from half past six until ten, every day.

  • House bread with mango jam Chef recommendation

    MZN 180.00

    Bread baked in the house oven, served warm, with mango jam made in the kitchen.

    Allergens: gluten

  • Maize porridge with fruit Chef recommendation

    MZN 210.00

    Light white maize porridge served with banana, papaya and honey.

    Without gluten

  • Eggs cooked to order Chef recommendation

    MZN 260.00

    Two eggs however you like them, with roast tomato and toast.

    Allergens: eggs, gluten

  • Fresh mango juice Chef recommendation

    MZN 150.00

    Seasonal mango blended to order, with no added sugar.

    Vegetarian Vegan Without gluten

  • Gorongosa coffee Chef recommendation

    MZN 120.00

    Coffee grown on the Gorongosa massif, ground to order.

    Vegetarian Vegan Without gluten

  • Seasonal fruit Chef recommendation

    MZN 190.00

    A plate of cut fruit depending on what the market has: mango, pineapple, papaya, watermelon.

    Vegetarian Vegan Without gluten

Small plates to share while the oven comes up to heat.

  • Octopus salad

    MZN 620.00

    Slowly cooked octopus dressed with red onion, coriander and olive oil.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: molluscs

  • Garlic prawns

    MZN 780.00

    Bay prawns tossed in garlic butter, served with bread for the sauce.

    Allergens: crustaceans, dairy, gluten

  • Prawn rissoles

    MZN 420.00

    Six rissoles fried to order, filled with prawn and bechamel.

    Allergens: crustaceans, gluten, dairy

  • Squid on the plancha

    MZN 560.00

    Fresh squid seared on the plancha with olive oil, coriander and lemon.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: molluscs

  • Vegetable pasties

    MZN 340.00

    Thin pastry filled with pumpkin, onion and coriander, baked in the oven.

    Vegetarian

    Allergens: gluten

  • Bay fish soup

    MZN 380.00

    A stock drawn from the heads of the catch of the day, with tomato and coriander.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: fish

Whatever the boats brought in this morning, grilled over coals or in a curry.

  • Grilled catch of the day Chef recommendation

    MZN 980.00

    A whole fish bought this morning, grilled with coarse salt and lemon, with roast sweet potato.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: fish

  • Inhambane prawn curry Chef recommendation

    MZN 1,450.00

    Bay prawns cooked in coconut milk, tomato and a mild curry, with turmeric rice.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: crustaceans

  • Seafood rice

    MZN 2,400.00

    Rice cooked in shellfish stock with prawns, squid and clams, for two.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: crustaceans, molluscs

  • Grilled tiger prawns

    MZN 2,900.00

    Tiger prawns split and grilled with garlic butter, served with tomato salad.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: crustaceans, dairy

  • Octopus in coconut milk

    MZN 1,280.00

    Octopus stewed slowly in coconut milk with onion and chilli, served with xima.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: molluscs

Home recipes cooked in a clay pot, with xima or rice.

  • Peanut matapa Chef recommendation

    MZN 620.00

    Pounded cassava leaf with peanut, garlic and coconut milk, served with xima.

    Vegetarian Without gluten

    Allergens: peanuts

  • Zambezia chicken Chef recommendation

    MZN 890.00

    Half a chicken marinated in lemon, garlic and chilli, grilled over coals and finished with coconut milk.

    Without gluten

  • Xima with nhemba beans

    MZN 380.00

    White maize porridge served with nhemba beans stewed in tomato and onion.

    Vegetarian Vegan Without gluten

  • Village chicken curry

    MZN 820.00

    Village chicken cooked slowly in a tomato and coconut curry, with white rice.

    Without gluten

Smaller portions without chilli, for guests under twelve.

  • Grilled chicken with rice

    MZN 340.00

    Grilled chicken breast with no spice, white rice and boiled carrot.

    Without gluten

  • Poached fish with mash

    MZN 380.00

    Poached fish fillet with the bones out, potato mash and peas.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: fish

  • Pasta with tomato sauce

    MZN 290.00

    Short pasta with tomato sauce made in the kitchen and grated cheese on the side.

    Vegetarian

    Allergens: gluten, dairy

Coconut sweets, fruit and cakes baked the same day.

  • Polana cake Chef recommendation

    MZN 280.00

    Cashew and potato cake, moist, served at room temperature.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: nuts, eggs

  • Coconut sweet

    MZN 190.00

    Grated coconut cooked in brown sugar with lemon peel.

    Vegetarian Vegan Without gluten

  • Coconut pudding

    MZN 240.00

    Pudding baked in a water bath with coconut milk and the day eggs.

    Without gluten

    Allergens: eggs

Prices in MZN, taxes included.