Highly recommend you make a reservation as many people got turned away at the door. Call them up or…read morehave the hotel call. The family is very proud of their restaurant and very welcoming and kind. Lots of fresh fish! Will remember this meal forever

This was an amazing experience from the second we walked in. We were welcomed like we had been here…read more100 times. We started out walking over to see the many choices of fresh fish. It looked (and tasted) like it was caught the same day. We started with the bread and butter along with the limpets (I have never seen these in the US before but my wife and I thought they were delicious). For our entree we split the barracuda that was prepared perfectly - nice char on the outside and perfectly cooked on the inside. We ended up splitting a dessert that was just as good as good as the rest of the meal. The service could not have been better. As we were leaving, the owner (I assume) made it a point to thank us for coming which I thought was a great gesture. I highly recommend this restaurant if you like good, fresh seafood and amazing service. .

Hello, visiting from NYC, so trying different things along the way. We were quite surprised and…read moredefinitely recommend anyone who visits San Miguel to try this place. Atmosphere: nice mom and pop atmosphere Waiter: great guy, very helpful and nice, good English Owner (bartender): very nice fella Ordered: Appetizers: Limpet A +++ Fish soup A Cabbage soup B (only because we didn't know it comes with pork) Main dish: Tuna Pauline A (only because really wanted grilled one, but it's is available in the summer only) Risotto B (only because we were blown away by next item, and person who preferred risotto got upset) Trigger Fish A+++ Desserts: Charlotte cake A+++ Bean cake A+++ Drinks: Red sangria A+++ White sangria A (only because red sangria was amazing) Overall this is definitely place to go while you are visiting Azores.

Our last last meal on the island before our flight and I saved this restaurant for last…read more Got there just as they opened and the restaurant is a small establishment just like the majority of the restaurants in the area. Service was good, ordered the usual local fresh cheese,chef's garlic shrimps, and the grilled limpets. All the appetizers was pretty good, but not the best we've had so far on the island. For the entrees we ordered the traditional tripe, seafood rice and the grilled tuna. The tuna was tender and melted in your mouth, the tripe and seafood rice were bextremely salty. It was just too difficult to eat. Our fingers was swelling up just after a few bites and couldn't get enough water. But the is not a uncommon issue. Any of the "stewed" traditional dishes are super salty in most of the restaurants. I felt like I was a big piece of salted cod after how much salt was ingested from the entrees.

We ate at outside tables. The food and service were excellent, I had the Alcatra Beef sandwich, and…read moreI would recommend it. We had entrees, 2 appetizers, 2 glasses of wine, and split a dessert; all for around 55€. No reservations, so get in line early.

TL;DR: Overhyped in my opinion but decent food, so this place gets a 3.5 stars, rounded to 4…read more I'll start my saying that getting people seated took way longer than we expected when the restaurant was half empty. The couple ahead of us probably waited 10mins and then we waited another 5 to 10mins after them just to get seated. Then it took another 5 minutes after seating for them to hand us the menus. It seemed a bit strange that the wait staff couldn't seat us first quickly after all that, with the menus at the table. So just expect a long wait before you can even get to reading a menu. I do think the food was quick to come out after that ordeal though. Food was fine but honestly not the best I've had on the island. Ok if you want something in the heart of town but I'd recommend other places. The tuna fish of the day was well made but I wasn't blown away as I've had better tuna elsewhere in Sao Miguel.

Absolutely incredible food. Would make a trip for just this restaurant!…read more We came in on a Wednesday, and the service staff kept hinting at slow service due to a large party. For how much they said this, we did not find the service slow, even as Americans! We had the quail egg, the tomato salad, and the bread for appetizers. The butter they had was incredibly delicious, and the tomato salad portioned the cut of the tomatoes incredibly well with the cheese. We got a pesto and the fish of the day. The fish was minimally prepared, which was excellent. The natural taste, as well as the pairing with the beet rice was really clever. This was better than any place we had in Lisbon!

This place looks super cool, but I would recommend trying another place in the general area. I'm…read morenot sure if it was because the holiday (New Years) had just passed, but the meal started with a list of what was NOT available which was more than a quarter of the menu -- which also included no white wine by the glass and no beer. The white sangria pitcher was almost too bitter to drink. The croquettes were a tasty starter -- but the cheese wrapped in filo dough was a non-starter. The beet risotto was pleasant but not necessarily memorable. The Hot Cold dessert was a big disappointment. It has beautiful presentation, but we could not finish even the small dessert. Our service was less than ideal. The restaurant was not full, yet you could see their intense stress levels. With the high quality of dinners we'd had for similar and even lower price in the area, we really expected a lot more.

Actually, the food here overall was very good. Why then an okay rating? Well the day decided to eat…read morehere service was extremely slow. Dinner from beginning to end took about two and a half hours?!? I arrived about 8:30pm and left at about 10pm. All of the food was good at this very popular spot in town. But the one standout was the breaded and deep-fried octopus.

I found this place after trying unsuccessfully to go to another place around the corner. The…read morestaff, the presentation and everything was good, but the food was just okay. I ordered the sirloin steak with regional sauce and it came with just fries so I ordered a side of sautéed veggies so my body would get some vitamins. The steak had really no flavor in it. Also the fries were limp and not crispy at all and lacked flavor. My side of sautéed veggies was basically boiled veggies with absolutely no flavor. It seems like no restaurants in Portugal serve veggies any other way than boiled which is really strange.

Best steak in Ponta Delgada. I tried several restaurants that were ok. Stopped into this small…read moreplace and the sirloin S. Miguel was unreal. Fresh seafood as well. You may want to walk by thinking it's a small place...don't. Best Portuguese food I have had since I have been here (and I have high expectations when eating out).

The Mercado - One of the first places we wanted to go to when we visited Ponta Delgada. Since we…read morearrived on a Saturday it was the biggest market day. There are rows with tables of beautiful flowers, fresh vegetables, fruits and fish. When we arrived there was a large crowd gathered at one end and when we asked what was happening a local told us it was the President of Portugal visiting. Seems he goes around to the various cites in Portugal and tries to meet with the local people. An unusual occurrence but really fun to witness.

Awesome place! Great prices from what I heard. IDK about the cost because it was a special thing…read moreand was paid for by the school and not us.

Came here in the off season, not busy. The seafood was very good and well prepared. The service and…read moreatmosphere were not great however. Also the cheap dishes advertised outside did not seem to be on the menu.

Easy 4 stars. We arrived about 9ish, place was busy, yet they found us a table outside overlooking…read morethe quay. Calamari appetizer, excellent, fresh, light panko breading, crispy, but not overdone, served with just lemon. Seafood paella for two, way more than we could reasonably eat. Good spice, every forkful had seafood in it, clams, shrimp, prawns, mussels, and lots of fish. Only complaint was that the mussels were a little oily, probably not as fresh as the rest of the seafood. Wine selection was good, bread and cheese fresh.

Had the seafood rice special. Delicious. The view was almost as wonderful as the captain. Hope…read moreto return to this restaurant in the future.

Yummy! Shared a seafood risotto for 2 with hubby today. Huge portions with lots of fresh fish,…read moremussels, and shrimp. The risotto is more of a soupy rice but very delicious. Service a little "island pace" but very good and personal.

Decent pizza but quite big. I got the carbonara pizza and it was pretty good. Easy to get a seatread more

Amazing food, one of the best meals we've ever had. Definitely the best meal of our trip. We got a…read morebunch of different starters, my boyfriend raved about the beef tartar but that's not for me personally. We got the ribeye to share and it was delicious. Everything was seasoned/cooked perfectly. Their chocolate mousse dessert is also amazing! The atmosphere is also great, great aesthetic and it's overlooking the marina.