Chá Com Água Salgada — Restaurant in Vila Real de Santo António

We went here after getting a recommendation from a friend who is from Tavira. It is his favourite restaurant and now mine! My boyfriend and I had the cream of Vegetable soup (was only €2.60!), Tuna tartar , and octopus samosas to start. It was the best tartar we've ever had and the octopus samosa was so original and amazing. Came with mango mayo and chutney. The soup was also very tasty and I still can't believe how affordable it was! For mains, we had tuna steak and razor clam rice. Again, both were super flavourful and the portions were massive! My rice dish could have fed me 3 times over! We were told the view was amazing as well (as the restaurant backs onto the opening of a terrace and ocean), but we unfortunately had a late dinner and it was dark already. Overall experience though...

Although we had to wait for them to open the food made it all up. The price is steep but is almost worth every penny. We was a party of 5 and the food tasted absolutely great. I think we ordered all of the main dishes and they were all amazing (I personally loved the bore and duck, but its worth mentioning that the bore is a really big dish but the duck breast is almost a little too small for my taste). The staff was exceptionally helpful and was quick and responsive. They have a great selection of whines and they basically offer everything you expect from a "upper-class" restaurant. In summary: this place gave me and my party of 8 and amazing experience for all of us. We were offered blankets when the wind acted up. Expensive place but...

Do not be fooled by the restaurant's unconventional appearance: the wood panelling creates an airy environment. It is a location with a great view, decent food that is well presented, and prices a wee bit on the higher end of the scale (for the Algarve region).

I had the Mediterranean Salad, grilled tuna loin, and a goat cheese sorbet; top grades for the salad and the sorbet (quite particular -- very similar to a cheese and marmalade combination), while the loin was a generous portion yet plain, even with the tartar sauce. They do not use excess salt in their dishes, which is always a plus in my book. I would eat...