Butio - VILA PORTO MONIZ

Worth visiting for perfect diner: d very talented chef! first vege diner during the holiday on madeira.

We had 1.5 hours in porto moniz and spent most of them on a club sandwich. they can not cope with when there is a group, and how touring seems an agreement with them that is quite common and then the french were undercooked because they were obviously in a hurry.

We were in the hotel and enjoyed dinner there a few times. eating is different from what it is offered elsewhere in porto moniz and very good. the people are very nice. a note: they serve the starter and the main course immediately in succession, which... is too fast for me. So the advice is to tell them they are waiting for something.

Starters: pea soup tastless ; shrimp cocktail.. to little shrimps and shrimps on toast, very tasty : Main course Chicken with a filling of shrimps... very tasty.... and beef with date sauce. ... the chicken was alright and the beef was alright. The date sauce...was NOT allright. We know that the cook used a package of oxtailsoup to get some taste to his sauce.. In northern europe we would say ´to much Maggi´´ one could only taste some dates when you were lucky to have one on your plate. Sorry Not good ! Fries were to bleak.. and wagly, the vegatables were not al dente but more or less warm and raw... All in all ... very mediocre and for 4 persons we paid 80 euros. with 4 glasses of whine. All in all to expensive for Madeira

We ate here from the half board menu 18€ if you are staying in the hotel, or 20€ otherwise , which allows you to choose from a set menu of starters, mains and desserts. The starter I had, Portuguese soup, was fairly bland, but the rest...of the food was tasty lasagne and biscuit parfait . Generous portions too and, as with the rest of the hotel, the staff were very friendly and efficient.