Posh Lunch

TAXMAN · Post by **TAXMAN** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:31 pm

Where is the best (good food/wine and smart service/ambience) place for a weekday lunch in or around CVO.

Please do not suggest the restaurant with no name on the beach towards Ferragudo - I'm looking for an alternative to there

Lesley Jean · Post by **Lesley Jean** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:39 pm

I would say the one in the square, it has just been refurbished and has a lovely atmosphere at lunch time. Good service and good food, I find it a bit expensive for lunch but for somewhere posh it is great.

O Pato I think it is called.

Bruce Wallis · Post by **Bruce Wallis** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:12 pm

Oh Lesley......I love it...a POSH restaurant called PATO

But you are right....I know the one you mean!

blue · Post by **blue** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:41 pm

You forgot the 'I' which is something Pato would never do.

I don't know what it's like now but it used to be very over priced & the food & the service could be very hit & miss.

Canada · Post by **Canada** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:54 pm

.....but it looks good! Just been totally refurbished.

bifas 1st darling! · Post by **bifas 1st darling!** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:39 pm

Casa Algarvia?

laserblazer · Post by **laserblazer** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:47 pm

bifas 1st darling! wrote:Casa Algarvia?

That would have my vote but would you say it is posh? How about some inverse snobbery?

Bruce Wallis · Post by **Bruce Wallis** » Fri May 02, 2008 7:17 pm

You know what?....in the last 10 days we ate in several restaurants in and around Carvoeiro. A couple of them expensive by CVO standards.

The best?
The tastiest and most satisfying?
Escondinhio last tuesday lunchtime.
Really good tasty and well cooked food.
Good slurping wine.
The bill for 2 of us?
16Euros...the cost of my steak the night before.

The best kept culinary secret around Carvoeiro....and long may it stay that way

fmm · Post by **fmm** » Fri May 02, 2008 7:26 pm

Where is that BW?

laserblazer · Post by **laserblazer** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:15 pm

Don't tell him Bruce

blue · Post by **blue** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:58 pm

'The Ritz', brilliant which is why I hadn't mentioned it during the whole chicken piri piri debate.

tricky · Post by **tricky** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:22 pm

I agree about Escondido, I know some of the 'residents' are not too keen but for a cheap meal at decent quality its hard to beat.

bifas 1st darling! · Post by **bifas 1st darling!** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:49 am

No I wouldn't say Casa Algarvia is "posh" but it was the first place that came to mind that doesn't do the "7euro dish of the day eat as much as you can and get out fast" menu. Not that I knock that, Ponto Do Encontro is great at lunch time, for a quick lunch!

laserblazer · Post by **laserblazer** » Sat May 03, 2008 12:14 pm

If you don't mind travelling a bit - N125 turn right at the new Porches roundabout towards Armação and then right at the supermarket. A short distance down on the right is a lovely little restaurant. Can't remember the name.

pato · Post by **pato** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:03 pm

What's the name of the restaurant opposite the Cvo Bar where you can dine outside amongst the trees, I've not been there in twenty years of visiting Cvo, looks a bit spooky