L'Orange — Restaurant in Lagoa

We should have checked the reviews properly before going here. I believe most of the good reviews came from Germans and they apparently do not have great taste!

Everything had to be ordered at once which is annoying.

The food was diabolical to say the least. We got the mixed starter and finished off with the pasta with prawns and a mango prawn salad. The mixed starter was a mix of everything weird from Indian food to Portuguese to British. The pasta was mixed with a curry paste and made absolutely no sense to any taste buds 🥴 the mango was good but prawns of a fairly mediocre standard. And everything was finished off with a thousand island dressing…. I felt like, I was on Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay!

Sorry but will not recommend this to anyone apart from...

We ate here last night and the food and service were both really excellent. Having eaten here just under 3 years ago when the UK temporarily took Portugal off the red list, we were very keen to return.

Our experiences echoed those of 3 years ago; excellent service with very friendly and helpful waitresses, delicious starters (including fresh mozzarella salad, scallops and black pudding, and prawn with avocado) and wonderful main courses (chicken with rice, prawns, duck with potato and child’s pasta with chicken).

Great wine list, delightful digestif and very well priced. I would heartily recommend this restaurant and if we are back in the area - from the UK - in future years, we...

This restaurant is outside the hustle and bustle of Carvoeiro. That was fine for us, because within walking distance of our apartment in Hello Villas. We even went there twice during our holiday in Carvoeiro of 10 days. Limited menu but with a few delicious dishes, the spicy curry for example. And we lucked out with some very tasty off-the-card specials. Friendly staff, multilingual. After the meal a port or liqueur on the house. It is wise to make a reservation and this can easily be...