We found this out of the way place in a beautiful location for lunch and it was awesome! Food,…read moreservice & view amazing!! Highly recommend and would go back.

Again a place I hadn't been to in close to twenty years. It is situated high above Ponte the Lima…read moreat the top of the Madalena mountain, so you need to take a taxi to get there. They re-opened recently and have a bar downstairs and a restaurant upstairs. The views over the valley and of the sun going down over the Minho is as breathtaking as ever, and this time, the food is great. I actually did not order a starter but got four: grilled pineapple chunks with blood sausage (excellent), a small omelet, olives and dried meat. Followed by a succulent octopus arm that had simmered in the oven to perfection. The crema de leite was OK, as was the quarter of alvarinho which they graciously provided (normally, it's by the bottle). All this cost me 23.50 EUR and of course, the price of the taxi. The day of my visit, I was all alone. It looks like foreigners don't know this place. It certainly deserves a visit and I wish them all the luck!

If you are looking for proper Portuguese food where the locals go to eat this restaurant is the…read morespot. They serve high quality dishes from the North of Portugal. For appetizers the "presunto" is of great quality, the "rissois" and "bolinhos de bacalhau" are also very good. As main dishes the "bacalhau a capitão" and the "sarrabulho" are superb!! The environment is very casual and it tends to be very noisy and slightly chaotic on the weekends and during the month of August.

While living in Portugal, I discovered there were many regional food specialties. People had their…read morefavorite foods from their hometown, their mother, or a restaurant that "made it best". My visit to Ponte de Lima was no different. My friend was from the Viana do Castelo region. He wanted to take me there to experience the best sarralbulho which you can only find in this region. For foreigners like me, sarralbulho is a pork blood stew. I had an ill reaction to morcilla (blood sausage) weeks prior, but experiencing a culture through food is worth a future stomach ailment, right? Of course! The serving dish of sarralbulho was huge and easily fed my party of 4. Granted, my party was two light eating women, myself, and a ravenous former local. Bring your appetites. It really did taste great, like a dish of lightly spicy chili (forgive the American analogy). I think we also had some root vegetables with this dish also. Later, we walked along the platanos lined boulevard and played billiards in the small town.

The only reviews on Yelp are outdated. Petiscas is a great restaurant that is Michelin reviewed…read more The location across the Ponte on the north shore makes for a very pleasant walk from the town. The food and service were excellent. Our server helped us thru the menu with no issue and made some great recommendations on the menu and wine list. We wanted to try a local red wine. He warned us we may not like it, but we insisted and poured into the traditional bowls for this wine.( he was right, not to our taste). We would go back to Petiscas anytime, you should too!

5 stars!! The fpod here was amazing. I had the clams appetizers and codfish cakes which were very…read moredilightful. The clams were very fresh and the sauce was very tasteful with a tiny hint of spice which made my mouth burst with flavor. I had to ask for more bread to dip into the sauce. For the entree i had a half portion of steak with potatoes and vegitables. The steak was cooked very good to my tasting with excellent use of herbs and seasoning and very tender. The service was also very well since my waiter marcelo spoke perfect english and the owner Eduardo Martins came to check up on the table and asked how i enjoyed the meal. Shows me that he cares about his costumers. Definitely a high recommendation if you are in ponte de lima enjoying the history and lovely sites. Will be coming back very soon.