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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.

Reviews (5434)

4.6 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.6
Value 4.5
Service 4.6
Ambience 4.5
  • Nonhlanhla N. Dined: 1 day ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Nokukhanya Dined: 1 day ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 22 Jan 25
    Excellent

  • Sharon Dined: 3 days ago
    4
    Food 5.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 4.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 22 Jan 25
    Food was delicious. It was good to see the chefs go to each table to ensure patrons we enjoying the food and check if the food was on par. It would be nice If sushi is offered. It was disappointing to see a young white lady have a lunch box in her bag and steal food. She went to the prawn station many time and brought prawns put it in her lunch box while others waited quite some time. She did the same with dessert and some of us didn't get the amazing sweet treats.

  • Marlin P. Dined: 2 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 21 Jan 25
    Hi very limited vegetable dishes especially for the Hindu people or people that are vegetarians and no eggless desserts so that was sad.

  • Bajabulile Dined: 2 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Nikita Dined: 2 days ago
    4.5
    Food 4.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Rajesh S. Dined: 6 days ago
    4.8
    Food 4.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 21 Jan 25
    Prawns was out of this world the best wors as well desserts delicious veg breyani tops only lamb chops wasnt nice overdone end taste was burnt.

  • Rosanna Dined: 3 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 20 Jan 25
    IT WAS MY BDAY AND HAND AN EXCELLENT TIME THANKS .

  • Devina N. Dined: 3 days ago
    3.5
    Food 4.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 4.0
    Ambience 3.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 20 Jan 25
    I know its a buffet and asking this is ridiculous but some organization woyld be helpful. I waited behind someone for 15 minutes and it was for nothing..

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