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Lingela - Elangeni & Maharani

South African Indian
Location Pointer 63 Snell Parade, North Beach, Durban, 4063, South Africa
4.5
(6135 reviews)
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  • Buffet

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Earning the reputation as the best buffet in Durban, Lingela at Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani is a perennial favourite both with hotel guests and Durban locals. Lingela turns the tables on traditional buffets, inviting diners to interact with the chefs who will prepare dishes to your taste.

A range of starters, salads and side dishes, casseroles, Durban curries, breyani, tandoori oven specialities and a carvery with all the trimmings are included in the buffet selection. Choose your favourite at the carvery from roast leg of Karoo lamb with mint sauce, roasted farm fresh chicken with cranberry sauce as well as tender roast beef with horseradish. The dessert buffet offers a selection of gateaux, tartlets, mousses and sweets - the perfect finish to a sumptuous feast at Lingela Restaurant.

Just the Way You Like It

Select your desired cut of meat or seafood, from tender steak and cutlets to succulent prawns and fish, which our chefs will then prepare to your taste. Rare to well done, fried or grilled – you tell us how you like it.

Opening Hours

  • Monday 18h30 - 22h30
  • Tuesday 18h30 - 22h30
  • Wednesday 18h30 - 22h30
  • Thursday 18h30 - 22h30
  • Friday 18h30 - 22h30
  • Saturday 18h30 - 22h30
  • Sunday 12h00 - 15h00, 18h30 - 22h30

Reviews (6135)

4.5 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.5
Value 4.5
Service 4.6
Ambience 4.4
  • Timothy I. Dined: 3 days ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 31 Oct 25
    The best in Durban. Always enjoy our food at Lingela. Maybe needs a bigger space to acvonadate so many dinners.

  • Roxane G. Dined: 3 days ago
    4
    Food 3.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Gabriel Dined: 3 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 31 Oct 25
    Lovely choice of food

  • Priscilla Dined: 5 days ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 30 Oct 25
    Enjoyed the meals from the curries to the grills. Prawns was flavoured well but needed to be grilled more as had problem taking of the shell. Decadent desserts which was enjoyed. Service was excellent.

  • Caroline P. Dined: 1 week ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 30 Oct 25
    Excellent Service Delicious food⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you

  • Hezron M. Dined: 5 days ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 4.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 29 Oct 25
    Live station chef...number one. The meat and wors were done to perfection. The food at the rest of the buffet stations was on par. We really enjoyed our night.

  • JAYSHREE S. Dined: 1 week ago
    2.3
    Food 2.0
    Value 2.0
    Service 2.0
    Ambience 3.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 28 Oct 25
    The chef that was making the prawns on the 25th couldn't manage. Everytime I took prawns it was over cooked and sticking to the shell, it was also salty, the chops was hard, at times chops was grilled and left to sit ruining the texture, the beg pasta tasted boiled, the black label dumpy I ordered was R125(daylight) robbery. The food quality has really deteriorated since a year ago. I will definitely not visit this establishment again.

  • ASHNI S. Dined: 6 days ago
    2
    Food 2.0
    Value 2.0
    Service 2.0
    Ambience 2.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 28 Oct 25
    Food was not up to standard. Some dishes were not fully cooked. Prawns are tiny hardly and meat. Steak was rubbery and over cooked. Desserts were average, no chocolate cake, no breyani. What we viewed on social media and what we experienced was not the same.Most of the meals were not available. Rather disappointing as this was my husband's 40th birthday, I could have spent this money at a fine dining establishment in Umhlanga. No ambience. I will definitely not return.

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