Café Restaurante Faisão — Restaurant in Tábua

Traditional Portugese Café / Bar and a simple Restaurant in a separate room. But it's not a usual Restaurant with a menu from which you choose, order and get it served... Instead, you should phone them ahead or you will wait quite a while as everything is prepared freshly!

The location is not very cosy or pretty - as usual in Portugal. But its clean and, most importantly, the food is very delicious and reasonably priced. We once had the grilled chicken (one of the best we tried in Portugal) with french fries and the other time bacalhau with batatas ao murro (9€ per person). They also have a selection of home made desserts which are quite good (e.g. molotov = "baked egg foam cake", bolo de bolacha or fruits). You also get fish (e.g. Dorada), meat (veal or cow steak, lamb and - goat with a few days pre-notice and a bunch of people) or vegetarian...

This was the only place we found in the village to have dinner when we stayed at a nearby hotel on 7th May 2024. The owner was welcoming and we were well attended to. Choice of 2 dishes which made it simple, home-made cooking, honest quality and generous portions. The bread and the olives for starter were very good, the main dish was pork loin served with the usual salad and delicious chips and the house wine was perfect. A no-fuss experience at the reasonable price of 23 euros for 2. We left...

Authentic people, authentic food with the best Piquante Frango in town freshly grilled on the outdoor barbecue: Highly recommended with the fresh French fries that compete with the Belgium ones even thought they are...