This was by far the best meal we had in Portugal. We started with a smoked sausage, which had a…read morepulled pork like consistency. The star was the black pork, which definitely was enough for two to split. It's served with a beautiful salad and roasted potatoes. Do not skip dessert here, everything looked amazing, but the drunken cake was one of the best desserts I've ever had. The service was fast and incredibly kind.

The six of us are in Pinhao Portugal for a wedding and came upon this amazing restaurant for dinner…read moretonight. Their outside patio was fully booked so we ate inside which was a rare dinner experience: All six of us enjoyed our starters, mains (steak, salmon, and tuna) and sides, and the 2 desserts we shared (cheesecake and drunken cake) - a 100% consensus that it was one of our top meals of all time. The service was unrushed, yet very attentive. The food was so fresh. We highly recommend this great restaurant!

Price is right for what you get. They didn't offer their more expensive options when I went which…read moreis probably what I would've preferred. The waiter I had knew some English and German. English a bit off but I appreciate that he is really trying. A lot better than my Portuguese. The fish steak was so so. It had good flavoring but I really wanted a more quality fish. I like that I was able to add a salad. I had a delicious coffee and pineapple soda which the waiter thought it was a sparkling drink as a translation. Somewhat similar but not quite the same. Coffee was very on-point and Porto Wine cake had a homey feel and was satisfyingly tasteful. I declined the bread since there is bread everywhere and I don't want too many carbohydrates. It probably cost extra. I tried to confirm with the waiter but I don't think he understood this nuance. He was also serving so many people with only one other person and this person was naturally better at serving more people at once than the other person but they both seemed very kind. On my way back to the hotel, I noticed a Quinta Da Foz and I wonder if these places are connected. Cais Da Foz did offer wine as an option.

Food was phenomenal! Prix fixe menu. Our lunch consisted of pumpkin soup, salad and grilled sea…read morebass with roasted potatoes, and wine. Service was excellent--Mafalda was very friendly. Would definitely recommend it and return if ever back in Pinhão!

A romantic and modern place. I had the chicken special. It was good. It was grilled with fries,…read moresalad, rice. Our server was very friendly and she was attentive to our needs. The restaurant also accommodated us, we got to the restaurant 30 minutes before closing for the afternoon.

We stopped by for lunch on our way to the Douro Valley and had a wonderful experience. The chicken…read morebreast salad and French fries were delicious and clearly homemade. Sitting by the open window added a lovely touch to our meal. Highly recommended!

Food was great and tasty. Menu came in different major languages…read more Food was cooked to order so you know it's really fresh. We ordered seafood and it was fresh. Waitstaff speaks limited English but it's manageable.

Tasty portuguese food. Fresh products. Wonderfully cooked…read more The True taste of portuguese food. Today St. John Sardines! They were Delicious. And Douro Valley Red Wine.

This was an exceptionally beautiful setting for a restaurant. We ordered a variety of the veal…read moredishes and were not disappointed. Everything was excellent and cooked to perfection! Service was wonderful. We would definitely return if we lived in the area.

A wonderful restaurant overlooking the amazing Douro Valley. Eladio, owner and host, treated our…read moreparty of six as if we were his only guests. He offers a plentiful table of appetizers including a delicious fava bean soup, a chicken soup, olives, sliced hams, and cheeses. You're welcome to return to this table as often as you'd like, but you should temper your urges. The menu offers traditional Portuguese fair but with a style and flavor that is special. At the end of our meal, Eladio offered us, gratis, a choice of tawny port or the local apple digestivo. Excellent restaurant, food, service and atmosphere.

Restaurant, awesome, tour good TLDR…read moreWe had a beautiful lunch by the river in this open and airy restaurant. The staff and service were impeccable. A pair of us shared the ribeye for two which had great flavor and was more than we could handle. The other two had the veal which was very tender. All if the desserts were perfection, very light with an abundance of flavors. The only miss was the wine tour/tasting. My friend made the arrangements for our lunch and tour reservations, checked that we had sufficient time time between them. The restaurant knew we had a tour and the tour people knew we had lunch reservations. We showed up for the tasting and were sort of scolded for being late. And apparently we were supposed to pick our tasting in advance so after the tour we had to quickly choose. Unfortunately, because we felt rushed, we just picked the classic tasting which turned out to be just ports and none of us are fans. That's on us for not taking the time we should have so I'm not hold that against them. The tour guide was very enjoyable to listen to and seemed to have real joy for her job.

We had the BEST evening here at Bomfin 1896!! ( Sunday, 26/04/2026) My only regret is we did not…read moreget the names of our Somm and waitress. They were both FANTASTIC & made our experience memorable. My hubby ordered the 3 course dinner and I had the fish rice ala carte. My husband enjoyed the ports "immensely"! He might have enjoyed 7 different ports. He had a good night. He ordered the Portuguese cod "balalhau". We "might" have taught my husband the phonetic Portuguese pronunciation of this fabulous dish.. He was struggling but we can blame it on the port. A first class experience! Thank you for making our first night in pinhao so memorable!

We read very favorable reviews of this restaurant, it was clearly a local favorite and we could…read morewalk to it from where we stayed on vacation. The focus here is on rotisserie chicken; they have other items but they're not the main event. It's very big inside, 2 stories and even early it's pretty busy. The chicken is well seasoned and very juicy; enough so that you know why it's So popular. Sides I can barely remember , but everything else was good- it's just that you will Always remember that chicken! Other than that, my only other clear memory of that dinner is that it was very reasonably priced. If I were in the area again, I'd return in a heartbeat. Highly recommended.

We followed the lead from Instagram viral posts for PERI- Peri chicken…read more The place is small and has lines obviously because of the IG posts. Super hot inside. So the told us that across the street there is absolutely the same chicken but with no crowds . So we went. Big disappointment. The chicken was nothing special at all. I expected very juicy and tender chicken , with delicious Peri-Peri sauce. Well the chicken was very mediocre, not juicy and the sauce reminded F1 American sauce. Not tasty at all.

Driving along the spectacular southern Galicia country road from Viana to Ourense, when our in the…read moresticks, opposite an 18th century working church, we stopped at Bar Irene in Larouco for the best country lunch and the warmest welcome from the proprietor, a large smiling Galician woman. There was no menu, she just sat us down along with the locals, and served us fish & bean soup with bread. We thought that hearty dish might be all of it until we noticed she'd also set down, by the soup spoon, a fork and knife. So wisely, we left room for another course, and sure enough, fish and bean soup was whisked away and out came a delicious beef stew with roasted potatoes. After that, there was a voice of cake or ice cream, which came as a tri-flavored chocolate vanilla nata slice of heaven. After that, a tiny but intense expression. For the whopping sum of 9 Euros, or about $12!! Stop here if you can, it is well worth it, not just the food, but the welcome, the view, the bonhomie!