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Food trucks in KwaZulu-Natal
From spit braai caterers in Durban to dessert trucks at uMhlanga's Treat Street and a hot dog stand at Scottburgh's main beach, find KwaZulu-Natal food trucks.
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Some of the trucks in KwaZulu-Natal
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Fudart strEATERY
Fudart strEATERY is a big orange Bedford bus converted into a self-contained street food kitchen, run by the Durban catering company Fudart. It serves gourmet street food such as burgers, bunny chow, bao buns, burritos, designer dogs and noodle bowls, with starters and desserts as add-ons. The truck is hired for concerts, conferences, weddings, functions and house parties around KwaZulu-Natal.
Local Coffee Ballito
Local Coffee Ballito is a coffee trailer at the Clarke Bay Surf Life Saving Club on the Ballito beachfront. They make espresso-based drinks such as flat whites, cappuccinos and lattes on a red espresso machine, plus chai, hot chocolate, iced coffee, smoothies and cold drinks. Tables with a sea view sit next to the trailer, and cups carry the Local Coffee branding.
Smaquè Stack
Smaquè Stack is a halaal smash burger spot trading from a trailer at Treat Street, the food truck section below The Pearls in Umhlanga. The menu has charcoal-bun and cheddar smash burgers, a toasted grilled cheese burger, waffle fries and chip twisters on a stick. The brand also trades from Sugar Rush Park in Ballito and Florida Food Hub in Durban. Open every day from 10am to 10pm, and available on Uber Eats and Mr D.
The Curbside Kitchen SA
The Curbside Kitchen is a Pietermaritzburg food truck serving tacos, sliders, brisket and birria. The menu also runs to loaded fries, nachos, wraps and saucy wings, all dished up in takeaway boxes. The truck moves around town rather than keeping one fixed pitch, so check their Facebook page or call to find where they are trading.
Braai Boss Catering
Braai Boss Catering is a halaal spit braai caterer in Durban. They set up at your venue and braai on site, with whole-animal spit roasts, grilled chicken and braai meat served buffet style from chafing dishes. Photos show their work at private homes, corporate events and functions around the Durban area. Contact them to arrange a quote for your event.
Doxa Donuts
Doxa Donuts serves gourmet mini donuts from a black food trailer at The Pearls of Umhlanga, with other outlets at Florida Road in Durban and Westown Square in Shongweni. Donuts come in trays of 5, 10 or 20 with a choice of milk chocolate, caramel, white chocolate or cinnamon sugar, plus extra toppings and fizzy drinks. The trailer can also be booked for events, and delivery is listed through Mr D and Uber Eats.
Le Oma Spitbraai Specialists
Le Oma Spitbraai Specialists is a Pinetown-based spit braai caterer serving Durban and travelling to venues anywhere in South Africa. The team brings smokeless, gas-fired stainless steel spits and cooks on site, indoors or outdoors. Lamb on the spit is the signature, with beef, chicken and ox also available, served with potatoes, carrots, salads and rolls. Set menus suit small groups from 25 guests up to large events, and spits can also be hired. Takeaway meals and salads are available for smaller gatherings.
Oceanfront Oasis Cafe
Oceanfront Oasis Cafe is a drinks trailer on the Pearls beachfront at Treat Street in Umhlanga. They serve coffee, matcha, smoothies, milkshakes, lemonades, slushies and mocktails, with cocktails also on offer, plus a few baked snacks. The team also sells wholesale coffee beans and matcha, and has an online shop on its website. Look for the black trailer by the promenade.
The Amateur Barista
The Amateur Barista is a mobile coffee business in Durban that sets up a barista station at weddings, parties and other private events. The menu covers iced lattes, crushed-ice freezos and chillers in a range of syrup and sauce flavours, with extras such as almond milk and extra espresso shots. Orders can be placed by call or WhatsApp, and cash and card are accepted.
Cuisines in KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal's listings are led by spit braai caterers, followed by dessert trucks selling mini donuts, soft serve, frozen yoghurt and gelato. You'll also find burgers, wood-fired pizza, tacos, coffee, a converted bus serving bunny chow and bao, South Indian dosas and Turkish doner kebabs.
About food trucks in KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal's food truck listings sit mostly on the coast. Durban has by far the most, uMhlanga has a row of food trailers at The Pearls, and the list also reaches Ballito, Pietermaritzburg and Scottburgh.
The province's trucks split into two kinds of business. Spit braai caterers, the largest group, bring the spit and the chefs to your venue for weddings, year-end functions and family celebrations, and several state that their meat is halaal. Walk-up trucks and stalls sell mini donuts, gelato, smash burgers, dosas, coffee, hot dogs and tacos at markets and beachfront pitches.
If you want to eat rather than book, the Saturday markets in Durban's suburbs and the Treat Street trailers in uMhlanga are the surest places to find trucks trading.
Durban's spit braai caterers and market stalls
Durban's list is led by spit braai caterers such as Le Oma Spitbraai Specialists in Pinetown, which cooks lamb, beef, chicken and ox on smokeless gas spits at your venue. The city also has mini donut carts, including Dinky Donuts on the North Beach promenade, frozen yoghurt and soft serve for hire, wood-fired pizza, a burger truck in Westville, and Desa's Dosas, the vegetarian South Indian stall at The Musgrave Market every Saturday.
Treat Street and the uMhlanga beachfront
Treat Street, below The Pearls of Umhlanga, is the closest thing the province has to a food truck park. Smaquè Stack sells smash burgers it lists as halaal until 10pm, Lipt fills pani puri shells and waffle cones with ice cream, and Oceanfront Oasis Cafe serves coffee, matcha and smoothies by the promenade.
Coffee and gelato in Ballito and the North Coast
Local Coffee Ballito's trailer at the Clarke Bay Surf Life Saving Club serves espresso, chai and smoothies with a sea view. The Italian Corner takes its gelato trailer to markets on the Ballito and Salt Rock side and to private functions along the coast.
Tacos and birria in Pietermaritzburg
The Curbside Kitchen SA is a Pietermaritzburg food truck serving tacos, birria, brisket and sliders, plus loaded fries, nachos, wraps and saucy wings in takeaway boxes. It moves around town rather than holding one pitch, so check its Facebook page or call to find out where it is parked.
Beachfront hot dogs in Scottburgh
Cheezi Dog trades from the parking lot at Scottburgh's main beach from Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 4pm, and on Mondays in the school holidays. It does cheezi dogs, breakfasts and lunches; look for the red and white lifebuoy branding with the hot dog mascot.
Spit braai caterers in KwaZulu-Natal
Every spit braai caterer listed in the province is based in Durban or Pinetown. Durban Braai Company sells packages for groups of about 25 to 60, GMW Spitbraai cooks lamb on gas spits and sells lamb rolls from a truck at the Shongweni market on Saturdays, and Kennedy Spitbraai & Caterers adds curries and biryani and hires out braai machines. Kennedy lists the whole of KwaZulu-Natal as its service area.
Mini donut and frozen yoghurt trucks in KwaZulu-Natal
Durban's dessert trucks lean towards mini donuts. Doxa Donuts sells them in trays from a black trailer at The Pearls of Umhlanga and from outlets on Florida Road and in Shongweni, and Donutella pairs them with soft serve at school events and weddings. FrozenYO's turquoise and yellow truck serves frozen yoghurt at Durban events and posts its public trading days online.
Halaal food trucks and caterers in KwaZulu-Natal
Braai Boss Catering describes itself as a halaal spit braai specialist and serves whole-animal roasts and grilled chicken buffet style at Durban functions. Durban Braai Company states that all its meat is halaal, and Kennedy Spitbraai & Caterers says its meat comes from halaal certified suppliers. Smaquè Stack lists its smash burgers as halaal at Treat Street in uMhlanga and Sugar Rush Park in Ballito.
Where to find food trucks in KwaZulu-Natal
Most public trading in the province happens at weekend markets around Durban and at fixed beachfront spots. Each place below has current trading dates and at least one listed truck or stall.
Treat Street, The Pearls of Umhlanga
The food truck strip at the base of The Pearls, beside the uMhlanga promenade and the Whale Bone Pier, home to Smaquè Stack, Lipt, Oceanfront Oasis Cafe and the Doxa Donuts trailer.
The Musgrave Market, Durban
Saturdays from 9am to 3pm in Berea Park, Musgrave, where Desa's Dosas has a regular stall.
Shongweni Farmers & Craft Market
Saturdays from 7am to 1pm in the Shongweni Valley west of Durban, where GMW Spitbraai's truck sells lamb rolls and burgers.
Durban Street Food Festival
Three days of food and music at The Pavilion in Westville, held from 4 to 6 September in 2026, with Dinky Donuts among the vendors.
Scottburgh main beach
Cheezi Dog trades from the main beach parking lot from Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 4pm.
Hiring a food truck in KwaZulu-Natal
The province's spit braai caterers are based in Durban and Pinetown, so for a wedding in the Midlands or on the South Coast, ask about travel when you request a quote. Le Oma Spitbraai Specialists travels to venues anywhere in South Africa, Kennedy Spitbraai & Caterers and Fudart strEATERY work across KwaZulu-Natal, and The Italian Corner's gelato trailer goes to big events all over the province.
The coast's rainy season runs through summer, which is also wedding and year-end season, so ask what shade and cover a truck brings for an outdoor function and book November and December early. If you run a truck in Pietermaritzburg, the Midlands or on the South Coast, you can list it free at /list-your-truck.
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Food trucks in KwaZulu-Natal: questions
Where are most food trucks in KwaZulu-Natal?
Most listings are in Durban, with a row of trailers at Treat Street in uMhlanga and further listings in Ballito, Pietermaritzburg and Scottburgh.
Is there a food truck park in KwaZulu-Natal?
Treat Street, at the bottom of The Pearls of Umhlanga, is a permanent strip of food trailers with outdoor seating, open into the evening.
Can I hire a spit braai caterer outside Durban?
Yes. Le Oma Spitbraai Specialists travels to venues anywhere in South Africa, and Kennedy Spitbraai & Caterers lists the whole province as its service area. Ask about travel costs when you request a quote.
Are there food trucks in Pietermaritzburg?
The Curbside Kitchen SA serves tacos, birria, brisket and loaded fries around Pietermaritzburg. It moves between spots, so check its Facebook page for where it is trading.
Find a food truck in KwaZulu-Natal
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