10 Things you should know about Ocean Basket

Ocean basket is a brand founded by Fats Lazarides. Here are 10 Things you should know about Ocean Basket.

1. Ocean Basket is South Africa’s favourite seafood restaurant, committed to giving you delicious seafood and that ‘home-away-from-home’ feeling.
2. They offer an array of Mediterranean inspired dishes from prawns, sushi, and calamari to our famous fish and chips and their legendary creamy lemon sauce.
3. You can visit any of their restaurants to share one of their bountiful platters.
4. His first Ocean Basket was only 60 square meters, with just 6 tables.
5. The menu offered only a handful of dishes, including fish and chips, prawns, hake, calamari and Kingklip.
6. This is because the landlord imposed restrictions on what could be sold; only one wine and a limited choice of soft drinks was served.
7. He then invited customers to bring their own drinks and even their own salads.
8. Ocean Basket was limited to day trading hours only.
9. Lazarides could also decorate the store accordingly, and he used the opportunity to save on start-up costs and capital outlay.
10. Being restricted narrowed their focus and gave them a recipe they have maintained 150 stores later.