Best cafes and restaurants in Vilamoura

In Vilamoura, tourists should definitely savor the local cuisine. Each day, fishing boats dock at the town's port, often carrying catches of sardines, tuna, bream, cod, sea angel, clams, oysters, shrimp, octopus, and squid.

Grilled sardines are a staple of traditional Portuguese restaurants, often served with boiled potatoes, vegetables, or salad. Additionally, omelettes, salads, and meat dishes, such as slices of pork with a rich mushroom sauce or piri-piri chicken, are commonly found on Café Vilamoura's menu.

Prices at Vilamoura's restaurants are reasonable, with delicious food and generous portions. An average lunch for two people (2 courses each + house wine) costs approximately 25 EUR.

Appetizers - Petiscos.

Couvert, a traditional Portuguese meal starter, includes fresh bread, olives, sardines, cheese, and pickled carrots. You can choose to have couvert or not, and the cost of this appetizer typically starts from 1.50 EUR per portion. Traditional Portuguese restaurants also offer soups and seafood dishes as appetizers. Popular soup options include vegetable soup (sopa de legumes) and cold gazpacho soup. Small clams (conquilhas) are also served as appetizers.

Main Dishes - Pratos Principais.

Vilamoura Cafe offers a diverse selection of fish-based main courses, including swordfish (espadarte), tuna (atum), sea bass (robalo), and red mullet (salmonete) prepared with various sauces. The cost of these main courses varies based on the weight of each portion.

Beyond seafood, Vilamoura features other delightful dishes, including feijoada, a bean stew with pork, bacon, and sausage, and satarlapa, a Moorish-inspired dish containing clams, a medley of fish and seafood, spicy sausage, tomatoes, wine, garlic, and herbs. Another popular Portuguese dish is bife à portuguesa, which consists of a beef fillet topped with smoked ham and cooked in earthenware.

Children are warmly welcomed in Vilamoura's cafes and restaurants at any hour, whether it's day or night. Most establishments offer the option to order half portions for children. Some of the finest restaurants in Vilamoura include O Colonial Restaurante, Patio Das Laranjeiras Restaurante, Lakhsmi Indian Tandoori Restaurant, and Maharaja Indian Restaurant.