Ribeira do Poço — Restaurant in Vila do Bispo

This place served the best seafood meal and literally the BEST meal in our entire Portugal trip , you should not miss it and make sure this is on your must go check list.

It’s not far away from the Cabo de Sao Vincente, so what I recommend you to do is either you visit the restaurant for dinner and then go to the end of the world for sunset viewing (the time we visited on June, the sunset was around 9pm, please check the weather app on your phone for the timing). Alternatively, you can visit the Cabo de Sao Vincente first during the day and then drive here for dinner. Plenty of parking space around here also.

Now let’s talk about why the food here is sooooo good, the secret is the fresh ingredients , you can see they put a fish tank outside the restaurant. And then the chef here is not just another copy cat of traditional Portuguese cuisine, they added their own magic twist to the dishes. A MUST order is Monk Fish with Rice, the fish , prawn and other seafood are so fresh, they also use fresh tomato to cook the fish, and most importantly, the chef garnish the soup with cilantro!!!! This is not a ingredient you can get from a soup in Europe, you guys have no idea how much we Chinese appreciate cilantro, it just simply sprinkles the magic to any dish to the next level of mind blowing taste. Trust me, seafood rice in every other place will become so ordinary after you have a taste of their version here with a perfect combination of seafood, seasoning , soup and cilantro of course !!! Every other dish are also very impressive, piri piri is an instagram worthy dish as they bring the fire to the table !!!

We are very satisfied with the food, service and reasonable price of the restaurant and we as a group of four unanimously voted here as no. 1 restaurant, that is how much...

Since they don’t take reservations, we rushed there after watching the sunset at Cabo de San Vincente (8:45 PM). The place was full, but our name got noted and we waited around 20 mins for a table inside. The fresh seafood of the day is presented in a glass display. We ordered the clams, prawns, razor clams, tiger prawns and the mushrooms. For drinks they serve a good local craft beer (Vicentina) and a very tasty vinho verde (lightly sparkly!) per jug (12 euros for 1 liter). The seafood was everything we hoped for and more; juicy, fresh, with lots of olive oil, garlic and heaps of coriander. Fingerlicking good!! Service was kind and patient, they gave us good advice on what to order and portions. Prices are fair for the quality of the food. 10/10...

This family-owned place has been around a while. The owner and manager took over from his father in law. You can see the relatives all busy there, from drying the cabalau at grandma's place across the street to working in service. The food is excellent, full stop. Nothing pretentious, simple and traditional, and all delicious. It's very decently priced for its quality (which is high). The service is exceptionally friendly and also very family friendly (kids are welcome and treated well). It's our favorite restaurant in this area, even if we don't go often (it is not a cheap snack bar). Expect to wait a bit for a table after 19.00, the place is...