Restaurante Vilavelha - Sagres

We visited this restaurant for dinner with 4 adults and 4 children (7 11 yrs). We experienced this place as extremely child unfriendly and inflexible. The kids were not allowed to move either inside or outside. According to the owner’s idea, the kids should sit quietly at the table. We left the restaurant before the first order. There are numerous options for a very good, relaxed dinner in Sagres.

The best restaurant that we ate in whilst on our walking tour of this corner of Portugal. Lovely building, great ambience, the very warmest of welcomes, a waiter gifted from heaven, and food to die for and to encourage you to go there!

We started with the home-made bread, olives and Algarve pork liver, then we went with seafood- tuna steak and the fish skewer. All was good, albeit not cheap. Very nice terrace to dine outside.

Fabulous meals had by all our group of 4. Prawn Curry, tuna steak, beef tornedo were all outstanding and very friendly staff made it a wonderful experience. We promptly booked again for our last night in the area.

Although I´d read some reviews beforehand I didn´t know what to expect really... but Vila Velha was way beyond my expectations. I loved my dinner there. To start with, the place itself is quite nice: sleek and exclusive but simple at the same time, with a local touch in it, it´s not the usual pretentious restaurant. The place has a relaxing and cosy vibe: soft lights and a quiet clientele of middle aged couples mainly, just perfect when you´re trying to avoid crowds and rowdy families. The staff was also great: always on the ball, caring but not overwhelmingly friendly, just in their right point. And the food was simple great: nicely presented, it has a contemporary touch but not exaggerated. Everything was delicious and its soft flavours were rightly combined. Some reviews say that prices are rather high, maybe, but I think it mainly depends on what you order, as it happens in most places. We order everything we felt like, and the bill was really moderate, I´ve had much worse dinners in mediocre places paying much more than in Vila Velha. So, all in all, taking into account the quality of the food, the excellent service, the place and the moderate prices, I reckon I must give them my five points.