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Praia de Alvor
Portuguese · Fish & seafood · Grills
Restinga Praia is a restaurant and bar on Alvor beach, with Portuguese fish, seafood and grilled dishes. Its beach location suits a proper meal by the sea as well as a drink after time on the sand.
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Prainha / Praia dos Três Irmãos, Alvor
Mediterranean · Fish & seafood
Caniço is built into the Prainha cliffs beside Praia dos Três Irmãos. The menu centres on Mediterranean fish and seafood, with rice dishes and cataplanas, while the restaurant’s tunnel and beach setting form part of the visit.
Explore this placeLargo da Ribeira, Alvor
Portuguese · Fish & seafood
A Ribeira is a seafood restaurant at Alvor’s Largo da Ribeira, with a family background in fishing and shellfish gathering.
Explore this placeRua Padre Mendes, Alvor
Portuguese · Fish & seafood
A former fisherman’s house near Alvor’s old fish market, with regional seafood cooking and two terraces.
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Marina de Portimão / eastern Praia da Rocha
International · Asian
NoSoloÁgua Portimão combines restaurants, bars and beach-club spaces at the marina end of Praia da Rocha. It suits a meal or drink with a beach-club atmosphere, with an international food offer that includes sushi.
Explore this placeLargo da Barca, Portimão
Portuguese · Fish & seafood
Taberna da Maré serves regional Portuguese food in Portimão’s old fishing quarter at Largo da Barca. Its tavern setting makes it a town-centre alternative to the beach restaurants further south.
Explore this placeLargo da Barca, Portimão
Portuguese · Fish & seafood · Grills
Dona Barca is a traditional Algarve restaurant at Largo da Barca in Portimão’s old riverside quarter. Fish, cataplanas and regional desserts make it a useful choice when you want Portuguese cooking away from Praia da Rocha’s resort strip.
Explore this placeRua Direita 89, Portimão
Portuguese · Fish & seafood · Wine & tapas
Maria do Mar combines a conservas shop with tasting plates made from Portuguese tinned fish on Rua Direita in Portimão.
Explore this placeRua Direita 61, Portimão
Portuguese · Coffee & pastries
Casa da Isabel is a tea room and cake shop in central Portimão, specialising in traditional baking and Algarve sweets.
Explore this placeAvenida Tomás Cabreira, Praia da Rocha
Portuguese · Fish & seafood
Restaurante F offers contemporary Portuguese cooking on Praia da Rocha’s Avenida Tomás Cabreira. Traditional cataplanas share the menu with more composed fish, seafood and meat dishes, giving it scope for a planned dinner by the resort promenade.
Explore this placeAvenida Tomás Cabreira, Torre da Rocha, shop 4
Portuguese · Fish & seafood · International
Humbertos combines Portuguese fish and seafood with international meat dishes on Praia da Rocha’s seafront avenue.
Explore this placePraia da Rocha sand, beach unit 6
International · Fish & seafood
Casalinho is a restaurant on Praia da Rocha’s sand, offering an international menu with seafood, salads and more substantial dishes.
Explore this placeMarina de Portimão
Portuguese · Fish & seafood · International
Dockside offers Portuguese and European-style restaurant meals at Portimão Marina, with outdoor dining facing the Arade estuary.
Explore this placeLargo da Barca, Portimão
Portuguese · Fish & seafood · Grills
Forte e Feio serves traditional Portimão cooking in a former dockside warehouse at Largo da Barca, with fish from the grill and regional dishes.
Explore this placeAvenida Tomás Cabreira, Edifício Scalabis, shop L
Italian
NoSolo Itália’s Cletonina venue combines an ice-cream parlour with pizza, pasta, salads and crêpes on Avenida Tomás Cabreira.
Explore this placeRua Damião Luís Faria de Castro 16A, Portimão
Portuguese · Wine & tapas
Taberna de Portimão combines Portuguese tavern cooking, petiscos and wine in the town centre, at Rua Damião Luís Faria de Castro.
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Beyond our featured places
Explore the old village for cafés, bars and restaurant menus. Portimão and Praia da Rocha offer different settings for another evening out.
Start with Largo da Ribeira and the streets around the old fish market, including Rua Padre Mendes. The riverfront setting lends itself to a fish or shellfish meal before exploring the village lanes.
Restinga is at Alvor beach; Caniço is at Prainha. These are different coastal settings from the village riverfront, so use the specific venue address.
Portimão’s old riverfront and Praia da Rocha offer more choice nearby. They are separate outings from Alvor village; the featured list puts Alvor venues first.
Over 170 places to eat, drink and find a new favourite around Alvor. Take a wander, browse the menus and make room for a few delicious discoveries of your own.
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