Restaurante Cruzeiro — Restaurant in Amares

Good old Minho family tradition. Lately it seems to me that every city and restaurant I visit are somehow drifting to a globalized template, all starting to look and feel that same general cosmopolitan ethos. This one is different. This is an endangered species of restaurant, run by a local family proudly holding the ground for the traditional cuisine of Minho. I wen here last weekend with a group of friends and I had the best rojões à moda do Minho of my life. My friends told me that the codfish, veal, and lab were also superb, though the rojões only left space for me to confirm the case for...

With so many locals in this only local restaurant in town we expected great traditional cuisine experience. This was the complete opposite, the experience was terrible, quality of the product especially the meat was unacceptable. We got a very bad piece of meat with almost only fat and nerves, we had to ask for another plate. Although this is the only restaurant in town except for the beautiful one in the poussada, we do not recommend to go to this place, the first and only terrible restaurant experience in many years in Portugal. In addition, we also had to pay 2€ for bread we...

I adore this restaurant. Traditional Portuguese food, an unbeatable view, old school and kind service in an old school beautiful room. The food may not win a Michelin for inventiveness but it’s very good and traditional, homey with abundant portions.

I’ve eaten here many many times and the most recent they didn’t even blink at putting together a plate for my husband who is vegan. He ate...