Porta do Lado Restaurante — Restaurant in Funchal

This was an incredible evening. We were left in peace to look at the menu outside, the light was turned on to ease reading. We chose our food. I had the skewer deal. 18euro for skewer of meat, side salad, chips and maize, house wine and coffee. Fantastic value ! My husband had grilled scabbard fish with herbs and vegetables and potatoes. The food exceeded expectations. We even had a dessert, the chocolate cake and ice cream. Wow ! The atmosphere was easy. The staff were excellent. This is a TOP restaurant. We will be back ! Thank...

Typical tourist trap. Food tastes between marginally tolerable and disgusting. Tasteless would be a generous way to describe it. Should have paid attention to other reviews...my fault. Shrimp in garlic sauce is practically defrosted shrimps in artificial butter(margarine?). Some white flakes in this butter supposedly represent garlic. No flavor at all. No parsley, paprika, ect. Scabbard fish - same story. No taste, flavor or texture. Vegetables coming with it are overcooked crap- my mom do better for chicken... Don't...

Absolutely first class! We almost made the silly mistake of not going in as there were only a dozen people eating. What a huge mistake that would have been! We returned the following evening before we headed home. Family run with first class attentive and professional service and the menu is absolutely incredible. Presentation is beautiful. It’s not first class money though. If we’d had more time we would certainly be eating there again. We really felt valued and were certainly...