Ilha da Berlenga Restaurants

When we first fetched up dockside in Peniche, after we had booked our Island tour, we asked the young ticket lady if there was a good place for us to get some food before we left (it was coming up on 2 PM and we still had not eaten lunch). She mentioned the Popular and pointed it out to us. We walked over for a look but, their menu was obviously not geared for a quick take-away meal situation. It was back to the car to gobble down the last scraps of our picnic supplies. However, that evening, once we had found a bed for the night, we decided to give the Popular a proper go!

Favorite Dish: We lingered as we walked down to the restaurant so it would have a chance to get a little darker and we also would not be the first ones there - the Portugese tend to eat later than is our usual habit! However, they had a nice little crowd when we arrived. After perusing their extensive menu, and, remembering what our Irish friends had recommended as well as observing what one of the tables next to us had ordered, we decided to also try their Fish Stew at E18 for two. It was quite simple when it came, a bread bun and a soup dish each along with a single large aluminum pot with a big spoon in it. It turned out to be piping hot and delicious with small shrimp, whitefish of some sort, calimari, hunks of potatoes, onions and lots of juice. Along with our obligatory half-bottles of wine, the meal was well worth the E30 that it came to with a tip!