A Muralha — Restaurant in Évora

Don't even bother coming here if you are a tourist and are not (a) fluent in Portuguese, or (b) familiar with "the system" of this cafe.

Wasn't too crowded at 11:00, but we were not even acknowledged... completely ignored (not even an "ola!" or "bom dia!" as we usually get everywhere else here.) We could not even tell if the tables/restaurant were open for actual dishes... we wanted lunch, but there was no sign or indication if they were serving cooked dishes yet (and nobody at the tables), so we went to the cafe counter where people were having pastries and coffee, and we started perusing the savory baked cooks (filled with meats, fish, shrimp, etc. -- we hadn't eaten in 5 hours and needed some protein.) We discussed what we were going to get (a bacalhau pastry, one filled with shrimp, and one filled with meat)... still ignored. So I raised my hand to try to get their attention with a "Disculpe..." or "Eu gosto" or "Posso temer...?", then the man who had been tomando cafe (having coffee/breakfast) at the counter suddenly cut us off and made an order... consisting of almost EVERYTHING we had just discussed. And he didn't just order one or two... they pulled out the trays and emptied them into a box for him.

No more shrimp pastries (rissois de camarao)... he took all 10 that were left. No more bolinhos de bacalhau, either... he took all those, too.

So, we just left. We couldn't even get a SINGLE greeting, or a SINGLE rossoi or bolinho that we wanted. Avoid this place... apparently they don't want tourist business AND they only make enough food to apparently feed a SINGLE customer. (We returned out of curiosity later in the day, around 15:00... and, sure enough, there were still no rissois de camarao. One customer literally bought their entire stock for the whole day.)

Don't even bother giving this...

This is a local and tourist friendly cafeteria/bakery. They speak various languages and definitely English. Order at the bar before you sit.

Enjoy a break from all the souvenir shops and smile at the tour groups as they walk past the Roman wall built end of the 1st century that’s next to the canned fish shop called Camur.

This shop front advertises pastel de nata but they also sell snacks, sandwiches, salads and simple lunch dishes like quiche, omelette and burgers. If you want a warm, quick meal, you are better off asking for the “prato do dia” which means the dish of the day. It’ll be plenty, ready, and warm. It’s what the locals eat.

I enjoy a nice glass of galão that’s a flat white or coffee with milk to the rest of us, a pastry and sometimes a nice small bowl of rice pudding that reminds me of childhood and comfort. They do have a nice flaky pastel that’s not too sweet. For breakfast I like their torrada- that’s a nice thick slice of toast with butter sliced in 3 pieces. Breakfast of champions. Add ham and cheese if you want a “complet” but I’ll stick to my torrada so I have space for lunch.

Come here you won’t be...

Terrible food. How bad can 'bacalhau à Brás' be? Super thin slices of pork, from the dish of the day, or 'prato do dia' 'lombo de porco'. This is all after they got the order wrong. Even the 'arroz doce' the rice was totally overcooked! The coffee, the finale, tasted burnt. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Never again. Distracted waiters and waitress. They also got the bill wrong. Just don't bother. Also, I AM portuguese, and I understand we are in times of somewhat austerity, but I've never had such a small portion in the Alentejo, not even in the whole...