Tavira

Proper Portuguese fine dining built on regional produce, with the town and the castle laid out in front of the window. The one for when dinner is the occasion.

Creative Portuguese cooking in an elegant room inside the historic centre. You go to eat with attention, not to get it over with.

A family-run house with an unusual crossing of Cuban and Portuguese cooking, and desserts made in house. Service from people who like having guests at the table.

In the historic centre, with the hospitality you expect from the Algarve and a well-executed Portuguese menu. No tricks, and that is the point.

Traditional Portuguese dishes, nicely plated, with the Roman bridge right there. The table you pick when you want the view to do half the work.

Rustic and modern at once, with plates to share and a kind bill. It works well for a table of several who do not want to decide everything up front.

Tapas and sharing boards in the centre, built on first-rate local produce. The right stop to taste a lot of things without committing the whole evening.

Traditional comfort food in the central area, and it delivers exactly what the name promises. Nobody leaves thinking about dessert.

No ceremony at all, and that is where the merit is: what stands out is the food, Portuguese and without shortcuts. One of those local places you cannot not know.

Traditional and full of character, on one of the emblematic streets of the old town. You go for the tapas and the fresh fish, and stay for the street.