So, this restaurant recently changed hands and has a new name. It was delicious. The owner was so…read moregracious and helped with menu choices and translation. I asked for possible lower salt options and he told me the chef would prepare without added salt. Very much appreciated! A very homey spot with nice people. He explained the food is traditional Portuguese.

Hands down the best Portuguese meal I had in Sines. The waitress was accommodating as I do not…read morespeak Portuguese.

Lovely sea food restaurant, overlooking the beach. The menu is simple: clams and grilled fish. Lots…read moreof it. All fresh and very tasty. And lovely pies for desert. Staff are friendly. Atmosphere is relaxed, no nonsense and low key. The place is filled with locals, which is always a good sign. Really, you can't go wrong here.

Arrived in town and came straight to this restaurant. Best sunset and best grilled Salmonete ever!…read moreExcellent service thanks to Joaquim!

Service is very attentive. Food was excellent. Cod with breadcrumbs truly represented the best of…read morethe region. We also enjoyed the chicken stroganoff, light and delicious sauce! Cheesecake to finish off this decadent treat of a meal in Portugal.

I arrived today in Santiago do Cacém planning to get some sleep, eat my trail mix for dinner, and…read morecrash early as I planned to begin the "Rota Vicentina," one of my annual epic hiking treks, tomorrow. My hotel's manager suggested this place and I tried to look it up. There are some google reviews that suggest it is basically the jewel restaurant of Santiago do Cacém. But, to my shock it wasn't even one of the listed businesses here!!! In a previous review, I mentioned that I have always wanted to be included in the "Yelp Elite," but I just never made the time to put down reviews. Well, once again, I felt the need to comment on this place. I went in on a simple hotel recommendation- millions of travelers get those all the time. I WAS BLOWN AWAY. First - Portuguese is a tough language and that's coming from someone who speaks French, Spanish, and Italian (and others!). But the staff spoke both English and Spanish, and I was super comfortable. Second, I was able to explain my gluten-free needs to my server and she readily explained what was OK for me and what was not. Finally, I ordered my dinner - the "mista" (mixed) plate of grilled Iberian Pork. My God it was delicious, accompanied by very crispy fries and tasty olives. I ordered the house red wine and it was so good I had 3 glasses! And at the end, my bill was UNDER $20! Mind you, this one of the premier restaurants in Santiago do Cacém. What a find, and what sadness that nobody has reviewed it before! I hope that more walkers on the Rota Vicentina come and have a pre-hike dinner here, they won't regret it!

This was recommended by the owner of our rental and so glad we came. The food is delicious and the…read moreservings plentiful. The service perfect. The background jazz music added to the overall delight of my wxperiwnce.

We passed through Vila Nova de Milfontes during our "Rota Vicentina" hiking trip and our hotel…read moreowner strongly suggested we visit this place. It was a good choice and I could clearly see it is popular with locals and visitors alike, and that the food is really solid. The interior is awesome and includes a fireplace with sofas! Our appetizers were delicious: a simple salad, pimientos de padron, and local sheep's milk cheese. I didn't love my main - it was roast lamb and potatoes, but what part of lamb it was wasn't explained to me very well. It seemed like throwaway cuts of ribs and vertebrae. It was very nicely seasoned and roasted, but it wasn't choice cuts, there was much more bone than meat, and I felt it wasn't worth the premium price they put on it. My girlfriend's food (Portuguese style steak) was excellent - so good that I packed it up for lunch on the trail tomorrow!!! The real star here was the service, which started a bit slow but was attentive and careful about my gluten issue! One thing I appreciated was that when we asked for a wine suggestion, we didn't get sold the most pricey bottles of wine on the menu. Rather, our waitress suggested one of the more inexpensive items on the list and it was really really solid! And as a post-meal snack we got a small sack of walnuts and a nutcracker! Bottom line, I didn't love my main dish, but I saw how good everyone else's was. Overall our meal of 3 appetizers, 2 mains, and wine cost about €85, which is expensive compared to every meal I've eaten thus far in Portugal outside of Lisbon. That's cheap compared to back home in DC of course! Get ready to open your wallet but if you are used to expensive meals, this will be well worth it!

The ambiance was good and service was fine. The food was so underwhelming. I ordered the roe salad,…read morewhich I normally love, but this time it was so full of vinegar I couldn't appreciate it. But I finished eating it thinking: ok maybe the next item will be fine. My husband ordered some whole squids fried and they were ok. For the mains I ordered a kind of bread porridge because I had something like it at another restaurant and loved it. The waitress seemed to warn me against ordering it : "This is very..plain. like a porridge. Very...typical portugese. You still want it?" It was unfortunate that it was just like she said. The porridge had an uninspired texture and the shrimp was overcooked. My husband's meal was a fresh fish and veges and potatoes. The ingrediants are fantastic but I couldn't get over how lackluster everything i had eaten so far was. What do I say? It wasn't awful. I ate the food but i found myself thinking i would have been more satisfied if we made food at home. It was just fine. But for the price?? It hurts my heart. This was just boring.