Lamelas

The best restaurant in Porto Covo. Original and delicious food, very fresh, attentive staff, nice ambience. We had a fish soup and chocolate mouse, a glass of wine and porto. Definitely, a place to come back.

Had a fantastic lunch experience here today. From first arriving we were looked after really well. We were seated on the little outside balcony which had a lovely view. The staff were really attentive and the lady who was front of house explained the dishes to us. We started with an aperitif then had a mix of starters - bread with pork butter and crackling, fish liver pate and fried calamari with lovely lemon mayonnaise. We then shared a dish of hake with clams and after that shared creamy fish and shrimp rice, which was amazing and my highlight of the meal. We finished with cheesecake with caramel and pistachio and a glass of muscat. At the end of the meal the chef/owner Ana came out for a chat. This restaurant is listed in the Michelin guide and it should be as the food and service is first class. So pleased we went today as we had top class Portuguese food. Thank you Ana and the whole team for a wonderful lunch.

Amazing food. I could stop there but we had the creamy fish and prawn rice which is how seafood is supposed to be enjoyed We also had the pork ribs. I have to say, those ribs... sent me in to another dimension. Not only were they fall off the bone tender - the flavour and juicyness of the meat was simply divine. The main dishes stole the show for me even though the starters and desserts were also great.

Amazing place! Chef-owner was clearly trained in Michelin Star restaurants. Genuine simple traditional cuisine but with a twist cooked to perfection! The mother of Chef is the front of house and gave us a perfect experience. Must go but… Don’t go until i get my permanent residency table there!

A serious disappointment. Some starters were good, like the gazpacho or the fried calamari, but others were uninspired, like the octopus or the tocinho lard. The main courses were significantly worse. The clam and hake dish was much, much too salted and the clams were ok, but should have been better this close to Sines. When asked, we complained about the salt but no-one seemed to care. The migas was very poor indeed, no flavour of pork or chorico inside. The meat it came with was easily 70% bone and what little meat there was was really poor quality supermarket level pork. The seafood rice was nice enough, but plenty of restaurants in Sines and Sesimbra will cook it just as well, and will not give you just 3 shrimps or charge you 35 euro for it. Finally, the wine service was poor, the wrong bottle was brought, we had to ask for larger glasses which were not offered automatically for a wine that needed them. I'm disappointed by the restaurant's response to my review, which has subsequently been removed by the restaurant. For clarity's sake, my wife is Portuguese and my parents in-law live on a monte near Castro Verde. I have been coming to the Alentejo for over 20 years and have eaten in many restaurants around Beja, Castro Verde, Vidigueira and many other places in the Alentejo and across Portugal. We are very familiar with Alentejo cuisine. What's more my wife's grandparents were local fishermen so we also have a lot of experience with seafood across the Alentejo and Setubal coast. It's therefore sad to read the response which essentially says I'm a foreigner who knows nothing about the local cuisine and culture. I think a bit of self-reflection from the management is lacking in this establishment. To wit, none of the staff tasted the very very salty dish, to check if we were right. It clearly was a kitchen error, since all the other dishes had no such problems. It's also frustrating to hear that the ingredients are top notch and that therefore the prices for seafood rice etc are high. The three (!) prawns used were not especially good, rather average in fact. The clams were just basic clams, rather than say the black clams that can be more difficult to source, etc. I would advise the discerning foodie to look elsewhere, especially in light of the glib, tone-deaf and condescending response below.

Starters were really good: Fried calamares, bread, lard and fried lard Main: creamy rice with shrimp had quite some mussels mixed in, too. But the taste was delicious Antelejo bread soup was a bit bland for our taste and compared to the rice dish (for that matter also a bit expensive) Dessert: cheesecake was good

Love Porto Covo, and adore Lamelas! It is simply The Best restaurant I have been to in a long time. Chef Ana is a wizard with traditional and local ingredients. Her gracious parents, Fernando and Antonio, together with the lovely staff, make sure you are happy with everything. The place itself is charming both in the cozy interior and the balcony with a view.

Top drawer Michelin quality food - creatively encapsulating the essence of Alentejana produce. When I arrived to book a table I was disgracefully attired, having walked to and from Forte de Nossa Senhora da Queimada and been tossed comprehensively around by the waves for a couple of hours. The maitre de kindly welcomed me in and took my details even as I baulked at entering the restaurant...what a classy man! We dined on delicious cheese and cured fish, fresh as fresh can be octopus salad, calamari and flavoursome bread and lard. The orange wine reminded me of home (Chapel Down winery in Kent). The mains of fish stew, seafood & rice and spare ribs were gorgeous and generous. Ana cooks with a real passion and attention to detail, the flavours were rich without being overbearing. The front of house staff are enthusiastic, knowledgeable and attentive. Loved every second, every mouthful. Great work. All the very best to you all.