Alvor Restaurants

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Set between Rua D Joao II and Rua D Sancho 1 (near the Taxi rank)
This Fabulous restaurant is probably the best and is certainly the most elegant in town.
Lovely food with some well thought out set menu's and dishes from Hong Kong, Peking and Szechuan served by charming, Beautiful waitresses.
Good service with no long waits between courses.
Fantastic Decoration with a lovely relief of the great wall (Grande Muralha) of china with lights set into it in the covered terrace
This has to be a must for anybody who likes Chinese food.

Newly opened in what used to be the Hong Kong Shopping, this restaurant has the same menu and offers as the Chinese Garden
(which leads me to think that it is owned by the same people) but also offers a
'All you can eat' Buffet for just 9.90E per person (3.90E for children below 1.5m)
They offer a good selection of dishes (25 items in total plus fruits puddings etc)
It is certainly well worth the money.

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This Restaurant is recognisable by the large lobster that that sits on the roof, looking down at passers by.
while not that big on the street the restaurant stretches back quite away, most of the tables being set in a covered garden at the back.
the kitchen is viewable (if your sat in the right place) and makes more of the experience seeing the chef's bustling about.
The food is well cooked and beautifully presented and the service was ok.
Not the cheapest restaurant around but then it does mostly serve Fish, Crabs, Lobsters (crabs and lobsters can be seen in a tank as you come in). Lamb, Steaks etc.
none of which are cheap anywhere I think prices for a main course meal start from about Euro 9.
They have a children's menu.

Best Indian restaraunt in town, just won best curry house on the Algarve award (or so they say)
If you like Indian food why not try this one (or it's sister restaraunt called convienently, Indian Hut II on Rua Dr Frederico Mendes.)

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This is a great place to sit outside and have a coffee and indeed you will see a lot of locals doing just that.
They have a Juice bar with some interesting drinks on the menu, from Hangover cures to energy boosters, Cocktails to just plain fruit juices include mixes of ginger, cucumber, beetroot, orange, lemon's, apples and many more.
The menu is extensive with a wide choice of dishes, and the restaraunt looks really nice.
I had a Mixed Kebab with BBQ sauce, The Kebab's (2) were a mix of pork and chorizoe and would have been better if it did not have the BBQ sauce as it was a bit sickly after the first one. My son had Spicy chicken Kebab with a Yoghurt and mint sauce,
It consisted of 2 chicken Kebabs with a bit of a spicy sauce poured over and a seperate dish of a kind of mint Raitaand he liked his. Both were served with Chips and salad.
My mum had fish and chips and said it was horrible and was the worst food she had ever had in all the years she has been comming to Alvor, My Father had a chiocken sandwich and said it was ok.
A Woman sat behind us sent her food (something in a bowl) back because it was cold.

I would probably go back and have a coffe or a fruit juice there but would certainly think twice about eating there again and with so many other bars and restaraunts around it will be a long time before i do.

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This great restaurant is modelled after an Egyptian tomb with paintings on the walls all done in an Egyptian manner. The food was fantastic we had the mixed grill and there was plenty of it. The most memorable bit of our visit to this resaraunt was my Father. We were sat in a room that had all tiled walls and my dad had to make constant remarks about how we were eating in a toilet. I suppose you had to be there really but it made it a most memorable visit and we will be going again next time we are in Alvor.

Favorite Dish: The mixed Grill is Fantastic

Every year when we go to Alvor we go to The Pyramid. The staff are friendly and the wide choice of food is excellent! its well worth a visit! You can sit downstairs, or up on the balcony!

Favorite Dish: I usually have medium done steak - its sooo flavourful and good value for money, and the accompanying veg is also delish!! (and im realli fussy with my veg) The fish is gorge too!!

This is a wee portuguese cafe/snack bar. I think that only really portuguese people go here, cos there were never any tourists in it when I went. Fernando, Seamie and Mickey (another crazy irishman) took me here for lunch. Basically they offer a meat dish and a fish dish and you have one or the other. Both times I went, the food was great and exceptionally cheap!