Dumar d’benagil em Lagoa

12/09/2024: Always a winner - great food, great service, great wine and a great location. The first on our list whenever we come to the Algarve!

11/09/2024: Two of us had a great meal here on a Tuesday evening in September. We were sat outside on the terrace, which has great views, but does mean there’s an evening breeze so we were glad of the blankets the staff provided. The villa owners where we were staying had recommended O Algar as they have been coming for many years and it was clear that many of the diners were the same - we overheard one saying she had first visited in the 1990’s. Our main were the sole and prawn kebabs - both very good, with the waiter (one of the two sons of the owners) expertly filleting the sole for me. As per our hosts, we had a bottle of white Cartuxa wine - Chablis-like and a great match. Reservations seemed a must - several parties were turned away whilst we were there. Prawn cocktail starter was trip back to the Berni Inns of my youth, but the prawns were three times the size and considerably fresher. A number of diners had clearly booked for repeat visits and we could understand why. Service was very good and friendly - we overheard one of the sons describing his time in Bristol and London studying, which helped explain the very fluent English.