The view is amazing! The staff is excellent and the service is perfect. They have a special concept…read morehere where one group of employees walks around and takes all the orders and another group of employees stands prepared to fill the order and take everything to the table immediately! We ordered coffee and within 30 seconds it arrived! Bravissimo!

The Black Stove is a great Irish bar in the heart of Alvor in the Algarve, Portugal. They have live…read moremusic 7 nights a week from musicians from all over the world including their resident musician, Keith. The Black Stove has the only jukebox in Alvor, which is updated on a monthly basis so contains everything you could think of even up to the most recent hits. They import their Guinness from Dublin so it's the best pint in Alvor! It has free wifi and it's also the only wheelchair accessible bar in Alvor. A truly great experience!

Stopped by for wine & dessert after dinner. Cute outdoor seating in picnic benches under hanging…read morelights. They also have a large indoor dining space. They carry red & white options for around 4 EUR per glass. We tried the chocolate dessert, which was excellent! The chef came out to explain the dessert & how to eat it. Great vibe! Would come again.

This hidden gem in Faro is worth seeking out. I visited a pub across the alley a few times in the…read morepast and I always saw that this restaurant was always crowded...a good sign right. I decided to try it and drug a friend along and man was it tasty! The service was spot on and the photos show how cozy and warm the interior of the restaurant looks. It feels just as welcoming. We didn't have reservations so they had us wait. Attached is a hidden room called "The Library" super cool (see photos). We ordered wine and an appetizer and I would have been happy to eat dinner in this area. The food was so delicious, the garlic kale dish was so tasty and perfectly seasoned that I had to go look in a grocery store for a similar product. YUM. The steak was delicious and we decided two deserts...glad we did...delicious...go for it. I usually don't order dessert but it is worth the calories here!!! Yum, go, if you don't you're missing out. It is a bit hidden but worth trying to find. Also, the craft brewery across the alley is super cool to pop in for a drink before or after dinner.

Wow on the Friday fish & chips special (which includes a glass of wine or small beer) and the spicy…read morechicken wrap! HUGE hunk of white fish and very good, double fried chips. Onion rings were ok - batter was too thick in my opinion. Friendly service and nice outdoor space - smaller inside space.

I've been here twice and both times had the fish and chips. The fish portion is large and both the…read morefish and the homemade chips are excellent. Prices overall are very reasonable. Service was friendly and fast. Parking is difficult right by the restaurant but there's a large lot up the hill close to the Baptista store.

Nico the DJ here is amazing, he makes this place so fun. The music is always perfect, and they have…read morea mix of karaoke as well as good songs mixed in between. There is never a single person not having fun in this place, I highly recommend, especially when Nico is the DJ playing.

We had such a great time in Joe's garage. Very good music to dance, affordable and great cocktails…read more Todd the bar tender was a perfect gentleman and such a cool guy. We highly recommend this place!

Try to sit in the back where you over look the river and bridge. There is ample seating inside,but…read moreseating outside in back is nicer. Food: Vegetables soup - good vegetarian soup Quiche - vegetables quiche with house salad. I liked the fresh corn in it. Calamari with tartar sauce - it was OK but I prefer something less greasy. Fruit smoothie - tropical smoothie All for about 20 euros.

Tavira Longue is a lovely place which offers something a little different to the many other…read morerestaurants and cafes you will find all over Tavira. It's open throughout the day and well into the wee small hours; hot food is only available during normal restaurant hours but you can get some cold tapas at most other times. If you are drinking or eating in the stylish elegant room, you also get the benefit of free Wi-Fi should you need to get online. After dropping in for a drink a few times during our mini break we decided to have a long, lazy lunch here on our final afternoon in Tavira. We arrived around 1pm to find the little terrace, situated a few buildings down from the Longue itself, fully occupied so we killed some time by visiting the nearby camera obscura. When we returned around 2pm the terrace was almost empty and we got a nice shady table right by the river. I should mention that this is not really a terrace as such, just a few tables and chairs which have been placed on what would appear to be a semi-public piece of ground between the road and the river wall. Having said that it is a lovely spot and sitting here you get perhaps the best views of the Roman bridge and the river Gilao. After a beer and a look at the short but well thought through tapas menu we kicked off by sharing a lovely crostini with fresh local cheese, tomato and avocado. By the time we had finished our crostini time was ticking on and our friendly waiter informed us that if we wanted any hot food we should order now. Well we did, so we cracked on with a plate of calamari. While this was not a patch on the dish we ate at the Brisa, it was pretty tasty but a little greasy. We followed it up with a very nice smoked salmon quiche and some salad. We also had a mixed cheese and meat sharing plate which keep us grazing away through the afternoon. Not too sure what we were drinking other than that is was a white wine I have a feeling it was a bottle of Planalto which would have cost around the 10 euro mark. When it finally came time to pay the bill it was very handy that they accepted credit cards, unlike a lot of other establishments in Tavira, as we were running low on euros and still needed to buy a bottle or two of port for the return to Blighty. All in all a very pleasant way to end our all too brief stay in Tavira.