Restaurante O Mané — Restaurant in Portimão

My wife and I passed by ca. 1pm on a random April’s Tuesday (super off peak season). Nice sun and temperature, we saw a couple of tables having lunch. Not hungry, we sat down hoping for a beer or coffee or a snack. The waiter came out and asked “drinks or food?”. We said we wanted to drink and snack something, but as we tried to order, he turned back and went to clear a table that had just been left by other customers, disappearing inside without spelling word. As he never came back, I approached the counter 5 minutes later, and was rudely bounced by another waiter who shrugged me with: “we do only meals”. Restaurant was totally empty, waiters plus 1 other customer. Very rude. Avoid, you got better options...

I have been coming here all my life. A restaurant own by a traditional family , truly fantastic. It’s as good today as it was 30 years ago. In Mane you can expect flavours of Algarve with some dishes that are now very rare in the region. From grilled fish to seafood passing across black pig (as owner is from Alentejo) you won’t have as a genuine experience in anywhere else! With every penny. Dishes to try: black pig, lulinhas fritas (mini squid with garlic) , gambas da Costa...

Amazing. Great place, we tried perceves and mackerel and it was better than we could imagine. Especially perceves which is not so easy to find even in Porgugal. Staff speaks english and it's very friendly including shows how to eat perceves:) we saw a lit of lical people, it's worth to try and spendvtime there, all fish and seafodd were...