Casa Branca — Restaurant in Vila Nova de Gaia

After our long trip on the train from Lissabon we saw this restaurant was still open close to our hotel so we decided to come eat, and I am glad we did.

It was a very busy Sunday evening so the service was a bit slower but the quality was still immensly great, the waiter that evening was amazing and very friendly. The wine we orderred was nothing less but fantastic, definetily recommend it.

Now don't even get me started on the food, the vegetable soup was fantastisch and the tomato bruschetta that my girlfriend had was amazing too.

The main courses would be what I would describe as simply magical, we had the beef tenderloin and the entrecote, both were immense.

The waiter gave us a traditional portuguese licor for the wait, very nice gesture and it tasted fantastic as well, which we sadly couldn't finish otherwise we would crawl home after a long trip.

All in all, if you are nearby, go eat here! The view is amazing, it is even worth going from the main city to this place to eat, you will...

Casa Branca is a great restaurant for destination or date night dining. It has a beautiful dining room, impeccable service and excellent food. Being right on the beach adds fantastic views to the ambiance. It is continental fine dining at its best. The signature house dish, stuffed cod is stuffed with ham and wrapped in bacon with an olive tapenade on top. A novel take on the national fish of Portugal and delicious! The duck in port wine sauce was equally wonderful; cooked to perfection and served with potato croquettes. When in Gaia, dine at the...

Pros- The restaurant itself is nice, food well made. Traveled alone and found the younger wait staff to be helpful.

Cons- Older wait staff/maitre d was unfortunately "too friendly" and on the last nights meal spiked the complimentary free drink with roofies/date rape drug very sweet,not my taste. only that drink and a small sip of white wine before feeling extremely drunk and started blacking out. Lady was lucky to make it back to her room, before puking, having chills and blacking out. Single female travelers...