Restaurante Café Oriental — Restaurant in Guimarães

Buffet or a la carte on the top floor. I did try both of them on separate occasions. For the buffet, all you can eat joint, except drinks and desserts. Limited selection but you will still find fish, meat and chicken, freshly cooked, portuguese style. Very busy and noisy starting 13h00 and small spacing between table, so, not a really zen or romantic option. On the other hand, the top floor is a la carte, has a better selection and good quality with generous portions in a nice antique kind of dining room with the big windows. As you may expect, also more expensive but still...

Super nice experience sitting in the window having dinner and overlooking the square below. The staff was friendly, beware that they automatically come to the table with appetizers, so if you don’t want that/do not want to pay for that, tell them, and they’re very accommodating about it. Great experience and good...

We only came for breakfast, but this was very nice. Food is quite expensive, but you can stay for a short coffee if you like as staff don't seem to mind. You may have to wait a while to get seated, but a very nice cafe awaits inside. Not as good as some of the grander Art Nouveau cafes of Austria and Prague but...