Ive never eaten any 'take aways' in Carvoeiro as I always 'dine out' at night, something I love to do....although, when living in Lagoa we often bought chicken piri piri take aways at O Casarao (delicious :P ) And now we return full circle to the purpose of this thread :D I enjoyed eating out in CV...

Thank you Horzah for your feed-back on this place. Gary and I will certainly try this out on our next visit in Sept as we have often thought about the odd take-away. Gaynor :D Good for you - I'm jealous that you will be in lovely CVO in Sept. - I'll have to wait until next July for my next Summer h...

heini wrote:see my post under "Via Italia"

Via Italia was a negative experience - Funky Chicken was positive.

Nicely put Heini, Horzar sounds like someone who always gets his way and domineering to me. Is that right Hozar, by the way eaten at this establishment twice, the second time to either confirm the first time was "a bad night", won't be going back I'm afraid. Horzar? Hozar? :) Its actually Horzah (w...

My only intention was to tell others about the negative experience I had in 'Via Italia'.

I have done that so I'll move on and say 'Job done'.

I don't feel inclined to start any threads regarding decent Italian Restaurants in CVO as I don't know of any but I certainly know where to look now.

Thanks EMM, I was under the impression they were both under new hands, which I have eluded to on another thread a while back when this place was discussed. Regarding food deliveries,Horzah, it is always of interest to see what food is being delivered to a food establishment, it gives an indication ...

Horzah don't think you should get sooo upset about comparing other Italian restaurants to the one in question, it is a way of making a point, if it means so much to you, you can start a new thread. In the meantime I have many more important things to worry about :roll: Upset?? :lol: I just assumed ...

I would have thought that the fact that this topic is 3 pages long and has been going for 5 months would indicate that enough has been said about Via Italia for someone to make their mind up! Since the overwhelming opinion is very derogatory then it is only to be expected that other far better Ital...

The purpose of my starting this thread was to express my honest opinion - I enjoyed good serviceand good food at reasonable prices. I have no knowledge of delivery vehicles or sauce out of jars etc etc - the guy was friendly and I will visit this place on my return to Carvoeiro.

16 months ago I had a takeaway from this establishment and was served by a really nice Brit lady, however the food was poor, the price extortonate and was cold. Never again. Its a shame you had a bad experience - as far as I was aware the place has since been taken over by Florin and his prices are...

Why are we using a thread entitled 'Via Italia' to discuss other places to eat? Surely we should be discussing the merits or otherwise of the restaurant 'Via Italia'. Lets try to stay on-topic please.

I met his wife and I think his daughters name is Aurora - I may be wrong. My daughter and her friend went to the Funky Chicken on their own one night and they were introduced to Florin's wife and their lovely daughter. Nice guy and a real family man.

Just along from the Irish Times bar is Carvoeiro's best kept secret - the Funky Chicken!! The owner is Florin and he is one of the friendliest and most genuine people you could hope to meet. I went there with my wife and daughter and her young friend - we had been advised to try the whole chicken pi...

Visited Happy's twice and was delighted by the quality of the food and the friendliness of the staff. On our first visit we decided to book a table by the window for our last night - I would recommend Happy's for excellent food and value for money.

My wife and I visited Via Italia with my daughter and her friend. We went in the left hand door and my wife asked a young man if we were in the right place for the restaurant as it looked like a takeaway area. The young man grunted and motioned upstairs - I was on the verge of about-turning but my w...