Carvalho - SANTA MARIA MAIOR

Good Portuguese tradicional food. Nice deserts. Attentive and kind staff. Good experience.

They say when in Chaves it´s Presunto...and Presunto it is...Excellent food and service...Tell um´ Dickie from Texas sent ya...Supporter of the local economy of Portugal since 2016!

Very good food and friendly service. We had the arroz de fumeiro (which was amazing) and the arroz de cabidela (really good too). Great place for lunch/dinner in Chaves.

The food was no big deal. Some home cooking could be better than the offerings. Service was disappointing. The waiter showed little care about what you want. There was minimal exchange, which was so different from other local restaurants that gave greetings, asking how we liked food. It was more like eating in a factory than in a highly rated restaurant.

These are the kind of restaurants we love: Slightly old fashioned, stylish, excellent quality food with kind service to match. Carvalho is close to the thermal bath facilities, and the clientele is mostly on the north side of their 50ties, dressed nicely to go out to a quality establishment and determined to enjoy themselves in typical understated Portuguese and French style (no touristy boorish excesses here!! . The key waiting staff were a pleasure to see in action, they orchestrated the dining room to perfection. The female waitress with a hint of Father Ted's Mrs Doyle, but only in as far as her maternal slightly conspiratorial smile towards her clientele reminded us of her. The food was marvellous, good quality, tasty, traditional fare. The wine was excellent. The cooked pear in red wine in particular fine desert, we don't see it enough on menus these days my husband nabbed the last one!