Portuguese restaurants in Central Portugal
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Restaurante Zé Manel
Tucked down a nondescript alleyway, this little gem, which is papered with scholarly doodles and scribbled poems, is easy to miss. Despite its location, it’s highly popular, so come early or be ready to wait. Try the good feijoada á leitão (a stew of beans and suckling pig).
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Botequim da Mouraria
The town’s culinary shrine may be O Fialho, but some gastronomes believe this place is better. Poke around the old Moorish quarter to find this cosy spot serving some of Évora’s finest food and wine (the owner currently stocks more than 150 wines from the Alentejo alone). There are no reservations, nor tables – just 12 stools at a counter.
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Restaurante Cozinha de Santo Humberto
This is a traditional, long-established place, in a grand arched, whitewashed cellar hung with brass and ceramics. It offers hearty servings of rich regional fare – try the arroz com pato (duck risotto). It has an excellent plaza-side cafe serving similar (but lighter) bites.
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Restaurante O Fialho
People talk in awed tones of O Fialho, such is the quality of its food. Spread over several small rooms and with wood panelling and white tablecloths, this restaurant manages to be smart yet unpretentious. It serves up professional service and top-quality Alentejan cuisine.
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Snack-Bar Restaurante A Choupana
Snack-Bar Restaurante A Choupana This is a tiled, busy place where many locals opt to sit on stools at a long bar. There’s a TV, lots of knick-knacks and tasty daily mains. Attached is an appealing restaurant served by efficient bow-tied waiters.
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Restaurante Tomaz
Popular with locals, this simple, appealing place has a cosy tiled dining room and outdoor seating on a wide, leafy street. Specialities include Portuguese dishes such as bacalhau à brás (salt-cod fried with onions and potatoes).
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Restaurante Zé Neto
This marvellous family-run place specialises in homemade Portuguese standards, including cabrito (kid). Come in the late morning and you’ll catch the elderly owner tapping out the menu on a typewriter of similar vintage.
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Café Alentejo
With arched rooms painted in pale gold and red, and blues forming the soundtrack, this is an appealing, relaxed restaurant, with well-spaced tables and traditional Alentejan specialities, featuring lots of bread, coriander and garlic.
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Restaurante Taverna
Set in a former chapel (note the vaulted ceiling), and with drawings of Évora’s plazas along the stone walls, Taverna serves a solid menu (pork with Madeira, chicken with roasted capsicums) at fair prices.
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Jardim do Paço
Beside Igreja de São João, in the former garden of the Palácio dos Duques de Cadaval, this is a lovely setting amid orange trees - or there is an indoor hall decorated with wedding-reception chic.
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A Sereia
Sit around the large downstairs counter or upstairs in the equally old-fashioned dining room and get some of the best traditional Portuguese fare in town. Nothing fancy, but delicious.
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Adega do Neto
This cheap and cheerful eatery has daily specials, such as fried chicken and feijoada (pork and bean casserole). There are a handful of tables and counter service.
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Ponto Sem-Nó
An appealing local drinking hole in a back alley, serving petiscos (snacks) including tasty cheeses and octopus salads, as well as grilled sardines (€5).
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Adega Funchal
Delicious smells fill the alleyway outside this popular spot. Owners are proud of its chanfana carne de cabra (goat stewed in red wine) for two. Gruff service.
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Restaurante Bela Vista
The views are lovely from Bela Vista’s wisteria-bedecked terrace overlooking the river, but service and food (standard Portuguese fare) are somewhat less dependable.
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Restaurante Democrática
A down-to-business, family-friendly place offering good-value standards, Democrática is a Coimbra classic and always filled with hungry students.
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O Aqueduto
A much-recommended restaurant that's a cut above the rest, this place has inspiring food that has won prizes, and service to match.
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Taberna Típica Quarta-Feira
A jovial spot in the heart of the Moorish quarter, this place is decked with wine jars and serves up hearty dishes.
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Cafe Restaurante Repas
Repas may be nothing special cuisine-wise, but its location near the Igreja São Francisco is pleasant.
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Snack Bar 15
Simple but good food at bargain prices served up in a bright, modern café.
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O Antão
With a white, arched, leafy interior, this prize-winning restaurant offers beautifully cooked rural fare such as braised lamb, and partridge with bacon.
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