Alvor Restaurants

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Restaurant EL REI is a lovely small restaurant with friendly and helpful staff.
The food is good with large portions. We always go here for breakfast on our first morning and will have lunch here a couple of times.
The Chicken Piri Piri is lovely but best of all is the lovely home made chips, BIG CHUNKY CHIPS not your little french fries or bought in frozen ones here but real great chips.

It has closed down now thouigh which is such a shame :( the building is still empty

Favorite Dish: Full English breakfast was the BEST!
Chicken Piri Piri was really good
The Chips were fantastic

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This is one of those Places that catch your eye when you walk around Alvor, there is just something about it that makes it look inviting, I have not been in yet nor do i think i will after reading the tip put on from mikeybb who seemed to join especialy to let us know how bad it is. Unfortunatly he did not tell us which one is his. (favorite i mean :) )See mikeybb's tip here

We did go in however and had a lovely meal, maybe mikeybb had a bad experience or maybe ulterior motives who knows. The food was great and service good but it has closed now and has become an Italian Restaurant in 2011

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We called in here for the first time for breakfast, It's a lovely little Portuguese Cafe tucked between two more modern looking ones, the decour is plain but nice and chairs and tables a nice bright colours. The breakfast was lovely and they were very friendly.

We called back for lunch and i had the Chicken Piri Piri my mum had egg and chips and my dad had a ham and cheese omelette. It was really nice. We now make sure we visit for breakfast whenever we go!

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This is quite a nice Restaurant next to the Lifeboat House and old fish market Their adverts say that "since 1890 Alvor's fishermen ate grilled fish or had a brandy here after a cold night at sea"

it's a good place to sit and enjoy drinks, snacks or a meal and watch the world go by. They serve a Wide range of food Including T-bone steaks, Ribs, roast lamb with a Full fresh fish list. All are cooked to order and the Charcoal grill in full view so you can see your Fish or Steak being cooked. The service was friendly and good.

While on a recent visit in October 2010 my mum and dad called in at about 11:30 am just wanting to get a drink my mum had gone in but my dad and I were still at the entrance, My mum asked the waiter if they could just have a drink and he said it was ok but turned away from my mum and pulled his face rolling his eyes, if it was a problem for their 'empty' restaurant to serve somebody drinks they should just say 'Sorry, we only do drinks with food'. food that after having just a drink we may well have ordered, or maybe gone back tonight or another night.

We called in for lunch in 2011 and had a nice meal which was made even more interesting as the sea came over onto the street and flooded the exterior eating part of the restaurant.

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We had a fantastic meal at Big Reds, we had never been before but have often seen it advertised and thought about going, when my mum was looking through the Portuguese News (you can pick it up free from the airport and other places) there was a voucher in it for a free 1lt carafe of wine (worth 7.50) when you dine there so that kind of made up my mums mind to go.

We went in the car and found that although the restaurant lacks a carpark you could easily park in one of the side streets next to it, there was some people who had walked from the village following the local 'Free map' but found it quite a long walk as the map is not to scale, so maybe a taxi to and from would be better if you don't want the long walk.

Saying all that the walk would be worth it as the food here is fantastic, My mum and dad had the Winter Warmer set menu, you get a choice from 3 different starters mains and deserts. My Dad had Fishcakes with Thai salad to start followed by slow roasted belly pork (with the best crackling he has ever had) and Etan Mess for dessert, my Mum had Homemade soup to start followed by Salmon with new potatoes and then Etan mess. I did not have the set menu choosing instead to have a Mixed Grill, i had not eaten all day and was hungry and this really did fill me up, with it's 6oz sirloin steak, ribs, chicken wings and lamb chops not forgetting the chips and a lovely bowl of salad.

When we were leaving we were given another voucher for free wine so I had a feeling we would be calling again soon and I would maybe try their famous Monster Ribs

We did call back This year (2011) and I had the ribs but thankfully I opted out (or chickened out) of the Monster ones and just had the normal ribs, They were certainly big enough!! I had hot and spicy ribs and my dad had sweet and sour ribs. Thet were deliciuos and we were really full after! although my Mum and Dad managed to fit in a delicious Eton Mess for afters.

Favorite Dish: Ribs!!

This is the place to be, to chill out on an evening in alvor,with both locals and visitors enjoying a drink.
On some nights listen to the music of the panpipes and guitar as the the touring musicians set up on the corner.
Here you can have a snack , full meal or just a drink,chill out you are on holiday.

Visited this restaurant one evening and had quite a nice home made steak and mushroom pie,which enticed us to book a table the next day for sunday lunch,you know roast beef,yorkshire puddings,veg and gravy.
We arrived at the booking time of 20:00 hrs and the room was full.
I looked round and noticed that everyone was waiting for food and I surmised that we were in for a long wait.
After nearly an hour the food arrived and was acceptable,if we had know that it would take so long then I do not think that we would have bothered
Prices were ok and decent English food,but if it looks busy then be prepared for a wait.

Favorite Dish: Homemade Steak and Mushroom Pie
Nice top with plenty of hot veg and gravy

Called in for a curry after reading about this place in the Alvor street map local guide.
The four of us ordered Indian starters and different curries off the menu,we also ordered some rice and naan breads.
The food was very good but we were surprised by the size of the the Naans which were about the same size as a small slice of bread,not the gigantic ones that we are used to at home.
As this meal was one of the costliest of our our holiday,if the meal sundries had been more substantial then we may have returned as the chef certainly knows his stuff and portion size let a good meal down.