Tasty food. Dishes usually serve two people. Terrific service. Just ask the waiter if you need any…read morechanges to your dish. Nice ambiance.

We went 2 times for dinner and this place is so beautiful and it has is a good vibe with good…read moremusic, great service and the most delicious food I have ever had.

We enjoy this restaurant we order the covert with little breads and pates and for dinner we have…read moreshrimp e risoto was delicious. The service was great and the restaurant very beautiful.

This is my favorite place to eat, or drink or just hang out in Lucena, without a doubt…read more Restaurante Manolo is located inside the Costa Brava Praia Resort Hotel, and Manolo is the owner of both. He's also the executive chef of the restaurant. Forget the beautiful view of the oceanfront of Fagundes Beach; forget that this is the ONLY hotel in Lucena (there are other B&B's, but they don't have restaurants and don't have the view that this place has). You can sit poolside below a palm-covered outdoor seating area and enjoy some Spanish dishes (like suckling pig, paella, fideuá and others), raclette, lobster and other seafood dishes as well as Brazilian dishes. Manolo is quite the character, and will visit each and every table during your stay (he speaks Spanish and Portuguese only), joking and entertaining guests. He's one of the main reasons it's worth coming here! The food is the second reason. You will not find another place in Lucena that serves the same dishes or has the same quality. Their wine list is extensive and their prices are incredibly reasonable. If you're in the neighborhood, I highly recommend snacks, or lunch or just a bottle of bubbly poolside while in this tropical paradise.

We ate lunch at Gulliver Mar Restaurante, which is located on the oceanfront in Cabo Branco. The…read morerestaurant is upscale casual. The views of the beach of Joao Pessoa cannot be beat. The service was ok (my wife's drink order was forgotten), but the food was disappointing: we ordered the deep fried Camembert (which we had at Gulliver Restaurante and loved), but here it was served barely lukewarm, and lacked the melty texture that makes it so good; the squid rings were completely unseasoned. My wife also had the Provençal octopus, but it also lacked seasoning. I had the "peixe Gulliver" (fish Gulliver), which I assumed would be their signature dish. Firstly, they serve the main courses on very large square plates, so they have a lot of blank space to fill. On one side of the plate, they place a shrimp/rice/tomato "risotto", but the shrimp were uncleaned and the rice was a bit overcooked; the fish (I was told was grouper), was a sad, small, thin overcooked, unseasoned piece of fish--a complete disappointment. To top it all off, I had gum stuck under my table like a cheap diner. The price, while not heart-stoppingly high, was too high considering the quality of the items. We really enjoyed Gulliver Restaurante, and I really wanted to like Gulliver Mar Restaurante too, but I cannot say that I did.

This was my second visit to this very busy seafood restaurant and it was an utter disappointment…read more Their menu remains small, but this time, all of the food was completely flavorless--nothing was seasoned at all. I started with the crab stew, and it tasted like coconut milk and nothing else. The main course fish was also flavorless and a bit overcooked. It's still very loud, but the service is still pretty quick and inexpensive. Despite this, I won't be coming back here for a while--it's just not a place for someone who likes good food.

This restaurant continues to be the most popular beachfront restaurant in Lucena. Their specialty…read moreis seafood, but they do have other items on the menu. The restaurant sits next to one of the most picturesque parts of the 13 kilometer long beach of Lucena (the Pontinha de Lucena), where, when the tide is low, you can walk out kilometer on a sand bar from the shore. Food and service are pretty good for a beach bar; prices are very reasonable. Worth a visit.