Victory Lounge is famous for more than just its sweetmeats, savouries and chilli bites. We pride ourselves in our Indian cuisine and confectionery. The wide range of products we produce are all manufactured on our premise by a skilled and professional team.
 
 
  Victory Lounge - The Restaurant
The older generation of South African Indians can tell you about the ‘good old days’ down in Durban, around the Grey Street area. They can tell you of the crowds of people, the noisy market, the colourful shops and the many bargains. It is more than likely, they can also tell you of the superb meals they had at Victory Lounge.

Over the years, many things many have changed - but you can still, to this day, have a mouth-watering meal in our restaurant. Fried Mutton Curry & Rice, a favourite all those years ago, is still a house speciality.

Victory Lounge range of food

The ‘very South African’ Bunny Chow is another of our specialities and Victory Lounge has a reputation of making one of the best mutton bunny’s in the land.

The restaurant at Victory Lounge has always been about family, about tradition. The next time you are in Durban…. come have a meal with us.

[Menu]  
 
Spicy Treats

From Bhajia (Round, Potato and Spinach) to our famous mutton curry pies, Victory Lounge has devised a range of foods that are an amalgamation of east and west. Spicy ‘masala’ fried fish & Chips, mince rolls, samoosas, puri patha, spicy fried chicken, burgers with our secret hot sauce, fish cakes…Mmmm, getting hungry just thinking about it.

 
victory lounge wedding cake

Our Bakery

Our bakery manufactures a wide variety of cakes, biscuits and breads. People come from ‘far and wide’ to buy our famous Queen, Sponge and Cheese cakes. Other favourites include our Current Squares, Doughnuts, Beaded Biscuits, Naan Kathai, Naan and Twisted Bread.

Then there are our beautifully decorated wedding, birthday and engagement cakes, everyone a work of art by our master confectioner

 
The Bunny Chow

'It was here in the Grey Street area that the famous "bunny chow" originated. The "bunny chow" was an invention born of the City's racist regulations. African people were not allowed to be served in Indian restaurants but had to resort to take-aways. As a result the practice arose of serving curry in a section of bread with the centre scooped out. Over time this became known as the "bunny chow" and became a popular take-away'.

Extract from Grey Street, Durban Cafes - "Bunny Chow and Jazz", www.sahistory.org.za

Victoy Lounge mutton bunny chow

'...it is for its excellent sweetmeats that Victory Lounge has become famous.'
Extract from
'Short & Sweet', Sunday Tribune SM, 11 Nov 2001

Our Sweetmeats have been featured on SABC's Eastern Mosaic and on The Electric Workshop.

'Another virtual victual monument is central Durban's Victory Lounge…the restaurant is still as famous for its mouth-watering sweets as it is for its eye-watering curries.'
Extract from
' Appetite for Asian Spice', http://www.hinduismtoday.com, August 1998

Victory Lounge do not sell beef or pork products. We have a range of dishes and snacks that are suitable for vegetarians.