Taberna "o Convés" — Restaurant in Calheta

What a glorious place this is! We were not expecting te find such a vibrant place in the small village located at fajã da Caldeira de Santo Cristobal.

This taberna has a beautiful, spacious garden with picknick tables where you can rest after a strenuous hike. We found a table on the covered terrace, which was very busy during lunch hour.

We ordered a carafe of sangría. I'm not kidding, rarely have I drank such an outstanding sangría. They mixed the sangría right before our eyes and I can tell you: the secret ingredients are Mateus rosé and Smirnoff wodka. Truly excellent! With our sangría we enjoyed some local cheeses, a sausage, tremoços and some olives. A perfect place for lunch.

The staff was friendly and the toilets...

We decided to take order some drinks and we were fine with ordering at the bar or waiting. The waitress was in a hurry (which is understandable considering full terase and being the only working person) but extremely rude. When we needed an extra minute to decide what to drink she threw us the menu and left without a word. Okay I understand, we were slow for how busy it was. When she (much) later came to pick up an order she very obviously made faces to me when I ordered one flavour of drink which they didn’t have even though it was on the menu - and I was fine with either but the attitude…Unbelievable. Otherwise the place is nice, the location is nice but be prepared there is less choice since the...

I would definitely visit this place again and again. The food was just delicious. One of the best culinary experiences we had on the Açores. I understand it's very remote and they have pricing power due to the few restaurants around. But, the portions were more on the smaller side given the price. The environment and treat of the server was excellent. He helped us sort through our inconvenient (there had been a landslide and we were not able to go back through the same road). If you go to the caldeira de fajã do cristo, which is a must in São Jorge, you should stop here after the hike. It's definitely worth it. I look forward...