Delicious food. Excellent service. You have to come to this little seaside place. Sometimes food on…read morethe menu is out but that is because they only give you what comes in fresh. Come here if you are anywhere near Tavira or Southern Algarve. You will be happy. Alibaba is a wonderful head waiter. The rest of the staff is wonderful and attentive too. There is even a roof top deck if you would like. Open most of the time.

This place has a staffing issue, that is, they were seriously under-staffed. We were waiting in…read moreline for 40 minutes because empty tables needed to be bussed. Once we got a table, we waited another 30 minutes to order. We ordered everything at the same time when the server finally showed up. Chorico, goat cheese and oysters. The food arrived fairly quick. The oysters we're not quite cut all the way through so they were a little difficult to eat, but they were fresh and delicious. Chorico was great, and cheese was local and fresh. We had to go inside to the cashier and force our way to pay because it was clear the server was too slammed to attend to us.

We came here because I asked a guy in the street what was the best place to eat dinner in town. He…read morepointed me to Jaime. We had secretos of Iberian Pork and Golden Sea bream. The fish was well cooked yet moist the french fries didn't even need salt they were that good. And lastly the Secretos were just top notch! For desert we asked for semi frio de bolacha which they served us bolo de bolacha. Really weird, but we didn't want to complain. When we got the bill we were charged for bread 2 butters and a sardine paste that we didn't eat nor touched. Mind you the food was absolutely delicious. The waiters are nice and attentive. We were served in no time even though they were busy. We might come back, but we will sure to ask for the orange complaint book if they pull this on us again!

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.

The restaurant opens from 12-3pm for lunch, and 7-10pm for dinner. We arrived shortly before 7pm,…read moreand there was a line waiting already! The front of the restaurant is for take out customers, while the dining room is in the back. The waiter didn't give us any menu, because chargrilled chicken is all they serve! Not much choice for sides either - salads and fries, take it or leave it. No apologies. It's interesting to see big families having dinner here, hard to imagine, for an American, that they can all manage to be satisfied with the same dish, without some diet or preference in the way. As you can imagine, for a restaurant like this, they do one thing and do it really good. Tender chicken with a wonderful chargrilled flavor. My husband loves grilled chicken so this is like the 4th chicken place we visited on the trip, and this one is the clear winner. The fries and salad are just meh though.

Do one thing and do it well! Best peri peri chicken on our entire 2 week visit to Portugal. Arrive…read moreearly and prepare to wait but it's worth it.

From the owner: Na Manta Rota, o Restaurante O Finalmente é o lugar onde a gastronomia algarvia e mediterrânica se…read moreencontra com o conforto e o sabor de casa. Da frescura do lingueirão no arroz ou na feijoada, à tradição do atum à algarvia, passando pela estupeta e pelas barrigas de atum grelhadas, cada prato é preparado com ingredientes frescos e respeito pela tradição. Aqui, acreditamos que uma boa refeição é feita para ser saboreada sem pressa, acompanhada de um bom vinho e de boas conversas. No verão ou no inverno, ao almoço ou ao jantar, a nossa porta está sempre aberta para quem procura comida honesta, ambiente descontraído e aquele sabor que deixa vontade de voltar.

Aterra restaurant is part of the Praia Verde Boutique hotel in the midst of a green forest and one…read moreof Portugal's longest beaches. One of the rare places in Algarve where you can hide from tourist complexes and cheap mega hotels. It's still reasonably priced, a 5 star establishment competing with EU 3 star prices. What will really blow you away is the food here. Made from local Aterra ingredients grown around the area, hand picked and harvested, with fresh fish from the market and an über genius chef who has a knack in releasing flavors you didn't know existed. True, genuine rustic Portuguese cuisine with hand made passion. Not to be missed if you're in Algarve. Actually there is no other reason to be in Algarve.