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  • 3/5 Adriana �. 1 year ago on Google
    Not great, not terrible :) Hamburger was very basic, salad had no dressing. Nice service though!
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  • 2/5 Mati 7 months ago on Google
    Positives, the staff is very kind. Negatives, the food takes ages to come out and I got a really unusual pasta sea food. Firstly, anyone knows that parmesano cheese doesn't match sea food or fish, the chef in this place apparentenly has no idea about it. And also they add cream which neither fits in pasta sea food 🙈 After seeing that I can't recommend this place
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 anthony t. 1 year ago on Google
    I love seafood. Lived in Australia. Oz and NZ have superb seafood. However Elementos seafood tagliatelle has to be the best in the world. Just ditch the cream and ask for olive oil. And a glass of vino Verde... On this often hellish planet this is a taste of heaven.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Daniel C. 1 year ago on Google
    Best restaurant on the beach. Really good and friendly service! The garlic prawns and seafood tagliatelle were lovely and very good portions. Definitely recommend.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sotiria C. 1 year ago on Google
    Although the food was great, they were getting ready for an event, thus the service was a bit inattentive and slow. Apart from that, the place is great.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Pieter A. 7 months ago on Google
    Very nice view over the lagoon, the risotto camarão was good. However, it took at least an hour to get the food even though the terrace was only just over half full. After 45 minutes they said it would come within a few minutes, but took more than 15 minutes. Not advisable if you still have to catch a plane.

  • 2/5 Ceri W. 10 months ago on Google
    It's a real shame, nice location and view, attractive restaurant, but terrible parking for restaurant use (it took me 25 minutes to find somewhere, meaning I had to leave my 89 year old grandmother alone at the restaurant while I went to find a space. The service was confused, we watched and tried to get the attention of the waiter who was busy giving away our sangria to someone else (we heard them ask what it was, he explained and then they said they'd have it!). A tiny portion of fries was brought to the table, yet we had a 25 minute wait for the rest of our food that should've come with the fries. We asked two members of staff where the rest of the food was, they said they would check but neither came back with an answer. We finally caught the attention of the manager (we think?), asked him, and 5 minutes later the food finally came. The food was very disappointing for me. My grandmother was relatively happy with her meal choice, but the gratinated goat's cheese salad was the most boring one I've ever had. Dull lettuce choice, the avocado was missing so I had to ask for that, a tiny pot of vinaigrette that was nowhere near enough to cover the salad, one sorry tiny piece of goat's cheese that barely left the fridge let alone be gratinated which is charged at €5 extra, boiled egg which was so overcooked it smelled and tasted sulphuric, about 4 large raisins... I had to add salt a few times and extra olive oil, asked for some balsamic vinegar which was added to the bill at €1 (it was about 2tsp worth of vinegar!), the waiter took it off the bill. However, the worst thing about about our experience here was finding out that if you tip on credit card, the waiting staff do not receive the tip.... this is a disgusting practice and management should be ashamed.

  • 5/5 Jo G. 1 year ago on Google
    Best seafood cataplana ever!! Such a depth of flavour and wide range of shellfish - delightful! Lush lime tart too. The sangria ( white wine and red fruit!) was a cut above!! Excellent service - and all sat beside the ria with the tide slipping out, sun setting and stars appearing...it doesn't get better than this!!

  • 5/5 Bryan L. 7 months ago on Google
    Wow what a great place, was at a wedding there, fantastic day. The place is in a great place with lovely views and atmosphere. It is opposite Faro airport but once there and after 5 mins you don't notice them coming and going.. Hope you enjoy as much as we did..

  • 5/5 Wojtek B. 11 months ago on Google
    Delicious dishes, nice view and helpful staff

  • 5/5 Jonat Q. 8 months ago on Google
    Great place by the beautiful water in the Algarve coast, food is great quality and affordable prices, it's local products of course much of it. The time between the entering and being served or checked upas customer is really the only thing to work on a little bit. Other wise it's really one of the greatest lunch restaurants I've been at, and today it has been a few due to my time at Google as local guide.

  • 3/5 Onur 10 months ago on Google
    So you came all the way to the beach, walked for hours, had some fun swimming and now you’re feeling a little tired and super hungry? Unfortunately, the food we got served here did not meet the Portuguese quality we got used to. The cheeseburger bun was dry. The fries were not salted. The Supreme Chicken Baguette was a half baked bread—we were so hungry but we had to eat a dough-like bread here. I’m giving 3 stars: 1 for the lovely waitress who came to our table to explain us some of the options on the menu (obrigado!), 1 for the waiter who served us the food and has been very kind, and 1 for the amazing view we had. That’s true, the restaurant is right by the lagoon and the atmosphere is really lovely.

  • 5/5 Richard H. 1 year ago on Google
    Had the brunch to share it was amazing, cereal, bacon and egg, pancakes, cinnamon toast cakes etc, service was great and views over the Ria Famossa, couldn't ask for more well worth the visit

  • 5/5 Desislava El H. 1 year ago on Google
    Variety of traditional dishes with pleasant ambient and inspiring view

  • 5/5 Jessi D. 1 year ago on Google
    6 of us came for dinner last night (3 couples in our mid 30s). Absolutely fantastic from start to finish. From outside it looks like nothing much, but it's a lovely restaurant with gorgeous views over to Faro (you can see the planes landing!) and the estuary - looks beautiful as the sun sets. We were served by a lovely young man who was practicing his English, he was very sweet, attentive, and laughed with us when we kept ordering more wine. We ordered 10 starters to share between us (this was a special birthday dinner so we were going all out!) and then also had mains each too. The only below average dish was the burger, but everything else was so delicious! If you visit you absolutely must order: the ceviche (beautifully fresh, light and zingy!), the Prawns in crunchy almonds (huge prawns served on a stick with crunchy almond coating), the beef carpaccio, and the fried cuttlefish sticks. For mains, the veal dish was melt in the mouth, and the seafood linguini, and tuna with clams were both particularly delicious. For our lavish dinner with lots of wine, lots of starters, and a round of espresso martinis, we thought the prices were so reasonable (less than €40 each). A fantastic evening we all enjoyed very much. I will be returning asap to try more of the delicious menu! The lunch options and salads look great if you are coming to the beach in the day!

  • 5/5 Kasper Bertel A. 1 year ago on Google
    Good service and very tasty food. Had one of the best shrimp risottos ever there.

  • 5/5 Peter R. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful setting at the Ria Formosa. Kids can play at the beach while parents enjoying their drinks&food ;-) Brunch is great! Very friendly staff.

  • 5/5 François G. 5 years ago on Google
    The location is great. Perfect after an afternoon at the beach. You can see the planes taking off and landing at Faro's airport as well. Food was great

  • 5/5 Daniel A. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing food and great service! We had the seafood tagliatelle. Clams, mussels and prawns. Clams caught just a few feet from our seat! I will say the restaurant looks unappealing from the road but it is so gorgeous as soon as you step inside! Best restaurant on the beach!

  • 5/5 Mike E. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place with fabulous views across the estury from the Island. Very good food and attentive staff who were extremely friendly.

  • 5/5 Charlie P. 2 years ago on Google
    We were recommended this place and it didn't disappoint! Food was delicious and lovely staff too. Not too fancy, which I liked

  • 5/5 Nacho -. 2 years ago on Google
    great views, good price, very good quality, kind service, parking available surrounding area (in September) ,views to airport- inner sea and choice of nice glass covered terrace.

  • 5/5 Gloria T. 2 years ago on Google
    I've been there yesterday for the first time: the place was amazing and the atmosphere became magic during sunset , really OMG!!! There was also live music, such a nice artist, hope I will have the opportunity to go back next Saturday, thank you 😍

  • 5/5 Conor N. 2 years ago on Google
    Great location, friendly service, tasty food.

  • 5/5 José 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent food in an excellent venue. Highly recommend (but go early!)

  • 5/5 Sabrina L. 4 years ago on Google
    Best seafood restaurant in faro! Worth the walk up along the beach! Must try black linguini and grilled 🐠! Beautiful terrace and friendly staff.

  • 5/5 Alexandra R. 2 years ago on Google
    Super worth it to eat some tapas and enjoy the view at sunset. I recommend the ceviche and tuna tataki, but I think the seafood tagliatteli was very well served with lots of shrimp and really delicious with apple cider and good company or alone 😊they allow dogs in the deck . I go there since they opened and allways a pleasure!

  • 5/5 Rim A. 2 years ago on Google
    Good food, nice people and beautiful view ! Really had a good time there :)

  • 5/5 Oren H. 2 years ago on Google
    Great experience and food! Had the seafood tagliatelle which had so much seafood in it, and very delicious! Also the location by the lagoon is great.

  • 4/5 Bobby Y. 1 year ago on Google
    Great experience Not amazing but fairly ok. If you are on this island then definitely worth a try... For sure better than other places around

  • 5/5 Claudia H. 2 years ago on Google
    OMG, this was SO NICE!! I'm so enthusiastic about this place!! Had tuna tatar and garlic scrimps and both were so wonderful! The other dish we had was grilled fish (don't remember which one) and that was so nice, too!! Also the homemade lemonande and Sangria were awesome. Hope that I'll have the chance to go there again!!!

  • 3/5 Andre R. 2 years ago on Google
    Took us 35 minutes to get first drinks. Then more 45minutes for the food. People were nice but kind messy and super disorganised. Food was OK. Nothing fancy. Risotto was good. Place is pretty over Ria Formosa.

  • 5/5 Adam T. 1 year ago on Google
    We had lots of seafood and it was all great. Good prompt service and a fabulous view across the water.

  • 5/5 Lorcan M. 1 year ago on Google
    Lovely lunch overlooking the lagoon. Tapas very generous, service great, a lot posher than it looks from the road

  • 3/5 Arthur B. 1 year ago on Google
    Like a lot of places in Portugal, we eat really well, the staff is friendly and speaks English easily, the price is correct. Unfortunately, there were a lot a people and it was quite loud. A lot a flies too..

  • 5/5 Magdalena F. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place. We had the seafood cataplana (€45 for two people) it was good.

  • 4/5 Lydia Van A. 2 years ago on Google
    Good food, lots of choice ! Beautiful view!


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Free street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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