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Food & drink around Carvoeiro.

A place for lunch, a different dinner or a café along the way. Explore featured restaurants, cafés and bars alongside other local options, with the actual locality and food style explained in each profile. There are more places to discover around the area. Explore the local dining areas →

Dining tables and framed portraits on the walls at Villa Medici in Carvoeiro
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In Carvoeiro

Dining tables and framed portraits on the walls at Villa Medici in Carvoeiro
Restaurants

Villa Medici

Estrada do Farol 90, Carvoeiro

Italian

Villa Medici is an Italian restaurant on Estrada do Farol in Carvoeiro. Its own menu centres on house-made pasta, pizza and Italian starters, alongside meat dishes and wines.

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Wine glasses and place settings on a wooden table at Xamor in Carvoeiro
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Xamor

Largo da Praia 12, Carvoeiro

Portuguese · International

Xamor is a restaurant, bar and lounge on Largo da Praia in central Carvoeiro. Its broad menu spans breakfast dishes, Portuguese fish cooking, pasta, pizza and grills.

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Taste restaurant team pictured in its official photo gallery
Restaurants

Taste

Monte Carvoeiro 59, Carvoeiro

International · Wine & tapas

Taste is a Carvoeiro restaurant offering tapas and full fish, meat and vegetable dishes. Its menu gives mixed groups an alternative to choosing only Portuguese grills or Italian food.

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Boneca Bar among the rocks of Algar Seco in Carvoeiro
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Restaurante Boneca Bar

Estrada do Algar Seco, Carvoeiro

Portuguese · Fish & seafood

Boneca Bar is a family restaurant among the rock formations of Algar Seco, beside Carvoeiro. Its coastal setting and charcoal-grill tradition distinguish it from the village’s street restaurants.

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Sharing dish at Chef’s Kitchen in front of its wall art
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Chef’s Kitchen

Rua dos Pescadores 104, Carvoeiro

International

Chef’s Kitchen serves internationally influenced sharing dishes on Rua dos Pescadores in Carvoeiro. Its main dining room and upstairs lounge offer different settings for an evening meal.

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Illuminated Levels sign beside a palm at night in Carvoeiro
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Levels

Largo da Praia 8, Carvoeiro

Mediterranean · International

Levels occupies several floors beside Carvoeiro’s beach square. A beach bar, grill restaurant and rooftop setting give it different uses within the same physical venue.

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Chef José Lopes pictured at Bon Bon restaurant
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Bon Bon

Urbanização Cabeço de Pias, Sesmarias de Carvoeiro

Portuguese · Mediterranean

Bon Bon is a contemporary Portuguese restaurant in Sesmarias de Carvoeiro. Its octagonal dining room and tasting-led approach suit a deliberately planned meal outside the village centre.

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Alegria

Estrada do Farol 15, Carvoeiro

Asian · International

Alegria is a Thai and international restaurant on Estrada do Farol in Carvoeiro. It offers another cooking style within the village’s main dining streets.

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A Esquina at Quinta dos Santos

Quinta dos Santos, Lagoa countryside between Carvoeiro and Ferragudo

Portuguese · Wine & tapas

A Esquina is the public restaurant and taproom at Quinta dos Santos, between Carvoeiro and Ferragudo. Modern Portuguese food comes with wines and craft beer produced by the business.

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Nearby places to eat

A plated meat dish with potatoes on a Rei das Praias restaurant plate
Restaurants

Rei das Praias

Praia dos Caneiros, Ferragudo

Portuguese · Fish & seafood

Rei das Praias is a fish and seafood restaurant at Praia dos Caneiros near Ferragudo. It is a separate beach outing from a meal in the village square or on the Arade quay.

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Club Nau’s beach seating on Praia Grande in Ferragudo
Restaurants · Bars & wine bars

Club Nau

Praia Grande, Ferragudo

Grills · Asian · International

Club Nau is a restaurant and beach club on Praia Grande in Ferragudo. Grilled food, snacks and a Japanese corner make it a varied beach-day dining option.

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Seafood display pictured by Ferragudu’s Terrace
Restaurants · Bars & wine bars

Ferragudu’s Terrace

Rua Afonso de Albuquerque 20, Ferragudo

Portuguese · Fish & seafood · Wine & tapas

Ferragudu’s Terrace combines Portuguese sharing dishes, seafood and cocktails on Rua Afonso de Albuquerque in Ferragudo. It is a different dinner setting from the quayside fish grills.

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Seafood cataplana pictured by O Barril in Ferragudo
Restaurants

O Barril

Travessa do Caldeirão, Ferragudo

Portuguese · Fish & seafood · Grills

O Barril is a Portuguese restaurant in Ferragudo’s backstreets, offering charcoal-grilled fish and meat alongside cataplanas and monkfish rice.

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Small plates and glasses on an outdoor Sueste table beside the Arade in Ferragudo
Restaurants

Sueste

Rua Infante Santo 92, Ferragudo

Portuguese · Fish & seafood · Grills

Sueste serves grilled fish and Algarve cooking beside the Arade in Ferragudo. Its riverfront location is distinct from the beach restaurants farther along the coast.

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Warmly lit dining room at Terra Cotta in Ferragudo
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Terra Cotta

Rua Vasco da Gama 30, Ferragudo

Italian · Mediterranean

Terra Cotta is an Italian restaurant on Rua Vasco da Gama in Ferragudo. Handmade pasta and seafood feature alongside a rooftop terrace above the village.

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Portarade

Praça Rainha Dona Leonor 17, Ferragudo

Portuguese · International

Portarade is a restaurant on Ferragudo’s central Praça Rainha Dona Leonor. Portuguese dishes sit alongside an international selection and a separately advertised lunch menu.

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Beyond our featured places

Explore more places to eat around Carvoeiro.

The selection starts with Carvoeiro itself, followed by countryside and nearby coastal alternatives. The village has many more cafés, grills and restaurants; a short walk through the main dining streets is useful when you prefer to choose a menu on the day.

Beach square and Estrada do Farol

Largo da Praia places restaurants and bars beside the village beach. Estrada do Farol climbs away from the square with Italian and international choices; consider the uphill return when choosing somewhere on foot.

Rua dos Pescadores and Monte Carvoeiro

Rua dos Pescadores provides a separate restaurant corridor, including Chef’s Kitchen. Taste is at Monte Carvoeiro, so use its actual address rather than treating every village restaurant as a beachfront table.

Algar Seco, Sesmarias and nearby Ferragudo

Boneca Bar is among the Algar Seco rocks, with a seasonal dining offer. Sesmarias has independent destination restaurants, while Quinta dos Santos and Ferragudo provide nearby alternatives requiring a separate journey.

Local dining area sources

Around 150 places to eat, drink and find a new favourite around Carvoeiro. Take a wander, browse the menus and make room for a few delicious discoveries of your own.

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