Maria’s Restaurant & Beach em Loulé

Everything about this place is pretty average. We have been a few times now and the welcome is very average - like customers are a bit of an inconvenience. Not all of them - the guy who took our food order was good. Roof terrace nice views but bar staff not especially welcoming. Went downstairs and sat outside - that barman was excellent. Food is fine but no better than that. If the beach location is important to you, its a good spot but for everything else there a a lot of way better restaurants to visit in Quinta do Lago/Vale de Lobo. We have scrubbed this one off the list now.

I was shocked and outraged! My wine glass had a chip in its base. Lord, I could have cut myself and bled to death! I'm joking! Taking the Mick out of the poor reviews. Make no mistake: Maria's is great! Four of us ate lunch on Saturday. Service was excellent. Food and drinks turned up in a timely fashion. Food was absolutely lovely. I had Algarve clams to start, monkfish and prawn skewer for main, and pannacotta with berries for pudding. All good! Although the berries turned out to be mango. No problem..I like mango. The atmosphere was brilliant. A band (well, a guitarist) played (I gather this happens on Saturday and Sunday afternoons) and half the guests leapt up and started dancing. Lunch lasted for hours. Brilliant. Yes, it's quite expensive, but you can see the menu and prices online before you go. Bad reviewers be gone! Maria's is a must-visit if you're in this part of the Algarve.