Recommended Restaurants
Best Restaurants in and around Lagos
The food, service and wine list here is exceptional - very modern portuguese cuisine
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A Petisqueira
54 Rua 25 de AbrilThe food, service and wine list here is exceptional - very modern portuguese cuisine
Best Bakery in town and just a few mins from the house. Their pasteis de nata (Portuguese custard tarts) are exceptional.
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Padaria Central
23 R. Primeiro de MaioBest Bakery in town and just a few mins from the house. Their pasteis de nata (Portuguese custard tarts) are exceptional.
Fantastic elevated stylish tapas - not your usual Portuguese restaurant. It's in an unlikely location by the dry dock but you won't be disappointed.
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Tasca do Kiko
A Estr. de São RoqueFantastic elevated stylish tapas - not your usual Portuguese restaurant. It's in an unlikely location by the dry dock but you won't be disappointed.
There's a queue throughout the year so book or prepare to wait. Try the house prawns, seafood cataplana or stuffed squid if you're lucky enough to visit on a stuffed squid day (only 1 day a week). But beware, the portions are huge! Luis the owner is impressively the only person in the kitchen and will shout over to you to see if you're enjoying your meal.
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Casinha do Petisco
51 R. da OliveiraThere's a queue throughout the year so book or prepare to wait. Try the house prawns, seafood cataplana or stuffed squid if you're lucky enough to visit on a stuffed squid day (only 1 day a week). But beware, the portions are huge! Luis the owner is impressively the only person in the kitchen and will shout over to you to see if you're enjoying your meal.
Delicious fresh seafood on the cliff above Camilo beach with ocean views.
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Restaurante Camilo
Estrada da Ponta da PiedadeDelicious fresh seafood on the cliff above Camilo beach with ocean views.
Tasca Da Lota
Excellent value seafood
Only open lunches and not on Sundays - a local favourite. You'll see cars parked right down the N125
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Restaurante Chico Zé - Francisco Jose Sequeira Torres
125 Estrada NacionalOnly open lunches and not on Sundays - a local favourite. You'll see cars parked right down the N125
The most popular place in town for the younger crowd. Mexican food, fresh juices and great veggie options.
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Beats & Burritos
4 Tv. do CotoveloThe most popular place in town for the younger crowd. Mexican food, fresh juices and great veggie options.
If you're tired of all that delicious seafood, Calhou serves more meat focused Portuguese mountain food,
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Calhou Restaurante
10 R. Dr. António Guerreiro TelloIf you're tired of all that delicious seafood, Calhou serves more meat focused Portuguese mountain food,
Excellent Japanese very close to the house and unbelievably good value - it's all you can eat for around 13 per person.
Osaka Japanese Restaurante
20 R. Primeiro de MaioExcellent Japanese very close to the house and unbelievably good value - it's all you can eat for around 13 per person.
Fish and chips are amongst the best I've ever eaten and the fish tacos are really good too! They have a lovely cocktail bar across the road.
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Ol' Bastard's Cocktail Bar
115 R. Cândido dos ReisFish and chips are amongst the best I've ever eaten and the fish tacos are really good too! They have a lovely cocktail bar across the road.
The food is delicious and the service super friendly and faultless. always open too even through winter.
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Casa do Prego
18 R. Lançarote de FreitasThe food is delicious and the service super friendly and faultless. always open too even through winter.
Great service, coffee and food. Very trendy so go early in the morning or expect queues
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Black and White Coffee Shop
40 R. Marreiros NettoGreat service, coffee and food. Very trendy so go early in the morning or expect queues
Great for healthy and veg options. The smoothies and cocktails are divine.
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Goji Lounge Café
61 R. Marreiros NettoGreat for healthy and veg options. The smoothies and cocktails are divine.
Fabulous menu do dia lunch option. The lovely chef makes the most delicious desserts and prawn rice and also sells bottles of excellent peri peri oil which I buy to use at home. Try the mousse de limão if it's on offer.
Restaurante O Brito
Fabulous menu do dia lunch option. The lovely chef makes the most delicious desserts and prawn rice and also sells bottles of excellent peri peri oil which I buy to use at home. Try the mousse de limão if it's on offer.
An excellent Indian. 5 stars and over 1000 reviews on G maps. It's always packed so prepare to put your name down and wait.
7 Hills Indian Restaurant
An excellent Indian. 5 stars and over 1000 reviews on G maps. It's always packed so prepare to put your name down and wait.
A lovely restaurant right on the beach with great service and food. The prawn linguine and the chocolate mousse with peppercorns, olive oil and sea salt are especially delicious.
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Restaurante São Roque
Estrada de São RoqueA lovely restaurant right on the beach with great service and food. The prawn linguine and the chocolate mousse with peppercorns, olive oil and sea salt are especially delicious.
Do not miss!! A shop that has homemade bagels in the morning and burgers at night (including vegan options). The shop switches signs in the afternoon to change from pom pom bagels to Illicit Burgers and both are outstanding.
Pom Pom Bagels
4 R. Gil VicenteDo not miss!! A shop that has homemade bagels in the morning and burgers at night (including vegan options). The shop switches signs in the afternoon to change from pom pom bagels to Illicit Burgers and both are outstanding.
An authentic Algarvean restaurant super close to the house and the food and service is fantastic.
Restaurante Pescador
An authentic Algarvean restaurant super close to the house and the food and service is fantastic.
Cantinho Algarvio
nº21 R. Afonso de AlmeidaMichelin recommended with very authentic Algarvean food
buteo kitchen & bar
Ana Paula Mariscos
Fresh seafood store
Best ice cream in Lagos. Fresh daily so flavours change often.
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Crema & Cioccolato - Gelateria Artigianale
20 Largo Marquês de PombalBest ice cream in Lagos. Fresh daily so flavours change often.
The local speciality seafood rice is the tastiest I've had in Lagos and incredibly reasonable. We usually share one portion as it's so generous.
Império
The local speciality seafood rice is the tastiest I've had in Lagos and incredibly reasonable. We usually share one portion as it's so generous.
Places
Praia Dona Ana
Stunning beach
Pantai ng Camilo
Steep stairs and tiny but a very beautiful beach
Great for surfing and a wealth of lovely beaches and restaurants. Go to the lighthouse for the westernmost sunset.
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Sagres
Great for surfing and a wealth of lovely beaches and restaurants. Go to the lighthouse for the westernmost sunset.
Estrada da Praia
Estrada da PraiaA stunning beach withhuge waves, blowholes and walkways and a great restaurant
Another stunning west coast beach with a lovely restaurant and a cake/coffee shop
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Praia de Monte Clérigo
Another stunning west coast beach with a lovely restaurant and a cake/coffee shop
Lagos Ciencia Viva Science Centre
34 R. Dr. Faria e SilvaGood place for kids on rainy days
Shopping
Algarve Shopping
2389 Caminho dos AlámosAqua Portimão Shopping Center
72 R. de São PedroIncredible fish market with veg upstairs. It is more expensive than the Santo Amaro market but very good and 5 mins from the house.
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Mercado Municipal ng Lagos
Avenida dos DescobrimentosIncredible fish market with veg upstairs. It is more expensive than the Santo Amaro market but very good and 5 mins from the house.
Central Lagos
Largo do Rossio de São João BatistaSaturday fruit and veg market
Talho Andre - Andre Filipe Cabrita Lourenço
Excellent butcher
A really stylish interiors and clothes shop which carries some of Portugal's top brands.
TAMAR - artesanato, moda e arte
14 R. António Barbosa VianaA really stylish interiors and clothes shop which carries some of Portugal's top brands.
A very stylish lifestyle shop with a restaurant and bookshop on the first floor and a great bar on the rooftop. They stock loads of stunning Portuguese made items.
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Mar d'Estorias
30 R. Silva LopesA very stylish lifestyle shop with a restaurant and bookshop on the first floor and a great bar on the rooftop. They stock loads of stunning Portuguese made items.
A much more reasonably priced market that the locals all use.
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Mercado Municipal ng Lagos
Avenida dos DescobrimentosA much more reasonably priced market that the locals all use.
A big supermarket with a sports shop attached. Best for wine bargains - they always have incredible discounts on great wines.
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Continente Modelo Lagos
A big supermarket with a sports shop attached. Best for wine bargains - they always have incredible discounts on great wines.
This supermarket has the best fresh fish counter and a small selection of international foods.
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Pingo Doce
This supermarket has the best fresh fish counter and a small selection of international foods.
Ana Paula Mariscos
Beaches & Places
Monte Foia Monchique
67 R. da Fonte SantaAmazing views of the Algarve
When the wind picks up in the afternoons, try the beaches on the west side of town as they are much more protected than Meia Praia. This is a tiny one so only good at low tide but it is my favourite.
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Pinhao Beach
Rua José FormosinhoWhen the wind picks up in the afternoons, try the beaches on the west side of town as they are much more protected than Meia Praia. This is a tiny one so only good at low tide but it is my favourite.
An absolutely beautiful beach. It is small so can get a little crowded but it's great for snorkelling and windy days. Has a very nice restaurant too but book in Summer.
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Pantai ng Camilo
An absolutely beautiful beach. It is small so can get a little crowded but it's great for snorkelling and windy days. Has a very nice restaurant too but book in Summer.
This beach never gets crowded because it's about 5 miles long. Great for a walk or when the wind isn't too strong and it has restaurants with great views and sunbeds with umbrellas all along. Very safe for kids as the waves are never big and it's shallow to quite a way out.
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Meia Praia, Lagos
This beach never gets crowded because it's about 5 miles long. Great for a walk or when the wind isn't too strong and it has restaurants with great views and sunbeds with umbrellas all along. Very safe for kids as the waves are never big and it's shallow to quite a way out.
Another absolutely stunning beach on the west side of town. Good for windy days and with a beach cafe and good snorkelling. You can catch sightseeing boats here from the beach or walk along the cliffs to Lagos or Camilo.
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Praia Dona Ana
Another absolutely stunning beach on the west side of town. Good for windy days and with a beach cafe and good snorkelling. You can catch sightseeing boats here from the beach or walk along the cliffs to Lagos or Camilo.
I love this beach on the west coast. It's never crowded and has huge waves and 3 really good restaurants.
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Praia de Monte Clérigo
I love this beach on the west coast. It's never crowded and has huge waves and 3 really good restaurants.
Where everyone goes to watch the sunset in Lagos. The views are absolutely beautiful. You can walk all along the cliffs all the way from Praia do Pinhao but you need to really watch your step as the sandstone cliffs are crumbling. Safer is to go by road from Dona Ana.
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Ponta da Piedade
Where everyone goes to watch the sunset in Lagos. The views are absolutely beautiful. You can walk all along the cliffs all the way from Praia do Pinhao but you need to really watch your step as the sandstone cliffs are crumbling. Safer is to go by road from Dona Ana.
Right next to Praia Batata on the town side of Lagos. Very pretty beach. Swim from Batata or take the stairs down from in front of Mar restaurant.
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Dalampasigan ng mga Mag-aaral
Right next to Praia Batata on the town side of Lagos. Very pretty beach. Swim from Batata or take the stairs down from in front of Mar restaurant.
One of my favourite local beaches. A walk along the cliffs to it takes about 20 minutes from the house.
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Praia Dona Ana
One of my favourite local beaches. A walk along the cliffs to it takes about 20 minutes from the house.
The closest beach to the house. Very fun young crowd.
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Dalampasigan ng mga Mag-aaral
The closest beach to the house. Very fun young crowd.
Meia Praia
Drinks & Nightlife
Praia da Rocha is where the nightlife in the Algarve happens if you fancy clubbing..
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Praia da Rocha
Praia da Rocha is where the nightlife in the Algarve happens if you fancy clubbing..
Very lively local bar with amazing food. They also own the Mexican next door.
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Baffi Bar
53 R. Cândido dos ReisVery lively local bar with amazing food. They also own the Mexican next door.
Their bar opposite the fish and chips restaurant does great cocktails.
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Ol' Bastard's Cocktail Bar
115 R. Cândido dos ReisTheir bar opposite the fish and chips restaurant does great cocktails.
The Cocktail bar up the stairs at the back of this restaurant does the best cocktails in Lagos (there is a side door straight to the stairs) and the DJ does fabulous chilled house. It doesn't look madly glamorous but it attracts a more sophisticated crowd and the drinks are really really good.
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Dom Henrique
75 R. 25 de AbrilThe Cocktail bar up the stairs at the back of this restaurant does the best cocktails in Lagos (there is a side door straight to the stairs) and the DJ does fabulous chilled house. It doesn't look madly glamorous but it attracts a more sophisticated crowd and the drinks are really really good.
There are loads of pubs and restaurants in the marina. More an expat and older holidaymaker crowd than most of the bars in town.
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Marina de Lagos, Pontão B
There are loads of pubs and restaurants in the marina. More an expat and older holidaymaker crowd than most of the bars in town.
City/town information
In the eastern Algarve but it's one of my favourite towns. Super pretty and not at all touristy
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Estoi
In the eastern Algarve but it's one of my favourite towns. Super pretty and not at all touristy
One of my favourite towns in Algarve. Very unspoilt unlike a lot of the towns. Very close to the airport so the beaches are not great but worth a visit and with a lovely national park area for walking and biking.
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Tavira
One of my favourite towns in Algarve. Very unspoilt unlike a lot of the towns. Very close to the airport so the beaches are not great but worth a visit and with a lovely national park area for walking and biking.
A beautiful village in the mountains with thermal springs in the valley and a bustling town with craft shops further up the mountain.
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Monchique
Lugar do MontinhoA beautiful village in the mountains with thermal springs in the valley and a bustling town with craft shops further up the mountain.
Beauty Treatments
Karine is the best hair stylist I've found in Portugal and way more reasonable than Lisbon salons - she is so good she has a lot of clients (including me) who visit Lagos especially for an appt. Karine is Brazilian but speaks excellent English and I think some German and French too.
Fran is the resident Trinidadian nail technician who is absolutely meticulous about getting your nails perfect and about hygiene. I don't have nail art done but she specialises in that with some incredible creations. A normal manicure is 20€. She will do home visits for a big enough group.
K Beauty Hair
Karine is the best hair stylist I've found in Portugal and way more reasonable than Lisbon salons - she is so good she has a lot of clients (including me) who visit Lagos especially for an appt. Karine is Brazilian but speaks excellent English and I think some German and French too.
Fran is the resident Trinidadian nail technician who is absolutely meticulous about getting your nails perfect and about hygiene. I don't have nail art done but she specialises in that with some incredible creations. A normal manicure is 20€. She will do home visits for a big enough group.