Faro Restaurants

  1. Adega Nova

    Serving nicely prepared meat and fish dishes, this long, narrow restaurant has country charm: a lofty beamed ceiling overhead and rustic cooking implements along the walls.

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  2. Café Aliança

    Head for this dog-eared, old-fashioned place for coffee, snacks and people-watching from the tables spilling into the square. Has internet access.

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  3. Café do Coreto

    Overlooking the marina, this casual café has well-placed outdoor seating and many lighter bites and drinks.

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  4. Centenário

    A smartly decorated restaurant, specializing in grilled fish and seafood stews, Centenário serves delectable arroz marisco (seafood with rice). Outdoor seating on the tree-shaded square in front.

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  5. Faro e Benfica Restaurante Marisqueira

    Candle-lit at night, with a marina-side setting, big open windows and a plant-filled terrace, this is a classy seafood choice.

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  7. Gengibre e Canela

    Tucked away on a pedestrian lane, this Zenlike vegetarian restaurant has a small menu of daily specials (tofu with vegetables etc), plus organic wine and fresh juices.

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  8. La Pizza

    On a quiet pedestrian lane near the bars, this pizzeria serves up tasty thin-crust pies. Outdoor seating.

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  9. Mesa dos Mouros

    With splendid outdoor, cathedral-shaded seating, this place offers a large choice of seafood or unusual, hearty mains such as rabbit with chestnuts.

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  10. O Aldeão

    This fetching, upmarket place has outdoor seating in the square, and inventive Algarvian and Alentejan dishes, including steak with clams and fragrant black pork.

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  11. Restaurante A Taska

    Popular with locals, this trattoria-style, high-ceilinged place serves delicious regional food, with an impressive wine list.

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  13. Sushi Ya

    Faro's sushi restaurant has an attractive dining room and an airy back courtyard, decorated with paper lanterns, bamboo and flickering candles. The sushi and sashimi is decent.

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  14. Tasca Rasca

    In a charming old-fashioned setting (woodwork, curious murals), Tasca Rasca serves rich plates of seafood. Try the cataplana a tasca (seafood stew cooked in a copper pot).

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  15. Vilaadentro Restaurante

    This cathedral-side, tiled restaurant sets the scene for upmarket traditional Algarvian cuisine. There are outdoor tables, but for once inside could be even nicer.

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