Shopping around after a trip to the Cathedral - walked by this on our way to another restaurant - and decided THIS was where we needed to eat. Regis our server took amazing care of us, even giving us a recommendation on which Port Cellar we needed to go to (Quinta dos Corvos). We enjoyed the weekly featured wine (Diálogo - white and read were perfect) and both ordered vegetarian dishes (risotto with chocolate sauce - seriously - good) and grilled pumpkin. We were so impressed with the service and food that we cancelled one of our upcoming dinner reservations, and made one at Saudade - looking forward to our second meal.
Note: We accidentally met one of the owners a few minutes later (he owns a beautiful gift shop around the corner). As we were purchasing some rings made by his son (João Pedro Andrade - check him out on instagram joaoandrade.joias) - we were gushing about our lunch - and he shared the connection. read more