Vitrúvio — Restaurant in Luanda

The restaurant is located in the heart of downtown Luanda in the reputable and upscale hotel Epic Sana. Had a nice dinner with a friend/colleague after work at this place. Ordered a bottle of wine, a reserve selection from Portugal. For starters, we ordered beef carpaccio. It was quite fresh and just melted in mouth as you eat it. Accompanied with parmesan cheese, capers and lime, this was nice. For main course we ordered two dishes so we can share. Lamb Carre is basically lamp chops with baked layered and sliced potatoes and peas paste. I prefer my lamb to be a bit more cooked. There were four pieces of small lamb chops in yhr dish. The dish is the most expensive on the menu and I would expect a bit more on the plate for that price. The other dish was beef tenderloin and it was perfectly cooked accompanied by nice potato wedges, sprinkled with sea salt and pepper. It was definitely a much satisfying dish. Overall the ambience is great and service is good. A lot of business people were there for dinner but it can be a nice place for a dinner date. We spent around $200 for two people and it was decent for the price. Would definitely go...

I wish I could give Vitruvio more than 2 stars, as it is a pleasant place to dine with an extensive wine list, but the food quality was way below what we expected, especially for the price. We had the squid ink tagliatelle and the linguine with mushroom sauce. The seafood in the tagliatelle was chewy, as if old, frozen or improperly cooked and the mushroom linguine was overly creamy. The pasta was not cooked al dente. We also had appetizers and desert, but they were just average. We will not be returning...

The ambience is great. Everything from the tableware to silverware, is feel good!

The staff is super friendly and nice. Plus point most of them speak English and understood food allergies very precisely. This made the ordering experience 10/10 for me. Restaurant manager checked on every table to make sure everything was in order.

Lastly the presentation was also nice and the dishes were delicious.

Must recommend for everyone...