Restaurants, cafés and bakeries in Moya

Aeroporto da Portela, 1700-008 Lisbon

Mon–Sun 06:00–23:00

Cafe in Lisbon serving cafe. Offers takeout.

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Praça do Oriente, 1990-223 Lisbon

+351282422274

Mon–Sun 10:00–22:00

Snack bar in Lisbon serving burgers.

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Avenida do Índico, 1990-207 Lisbon

Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00; Sat, Sun 08:00–21:00

Cafe in Lisbon serving cafe. Offers outdoor seating, takeout.

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Rua da Pimenta 35, 1990-254 Lisbon

+351218955892

Sun 12:00–15:30; Tue–Sat 12:00–15:30, 19:00–22:30

Restaurant in Lisbon serving fish and seafood.

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5C, 1100-240 Lisbon

+351217933766

Mon–Sun 08:00–22:00

Bakery in Lisbon serving cakes and pastries and cafe and home cooking. Offers outdoor seating.

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C. Butiplaya, 5, 29649 Mijas

+34952587500

Tue–Thu 18:30–23:15; Fri–Sun 13:00–15:30, 18:30–23:15; Mon Closed

El Olivo de La Cala is a Mediterranean restaurant on Calle Butiplaya in La Cala de Mijas, the beach village on the coast south of the home, and it has been part of the village for more than fifteen years. The house puts a lot of weight on its rooms. There is an open air terrace under the Mediterranean sky, made for warm evenings and the sunset, and inside there are dining rooms gathered around a central fireplace, which makes it a place that works in winter as well as in summer. A wine cellar holds over a hundred Spanish references from the main regions, chosen by the house sommelier and renewed with the seasons. The kitchen describes its cooking as the authentic flavours of the region: seafood, Iberian meats, seasonal vegetables and desserts made in house, with fish and shellfish chosen from the market each day. The cold starters give a good idea of the style: a serrana salad, a rocket salad, a foie gras salad, avocado with prawns, a classic prawn cocktail, smoked salmon, melon with Iberian ham, and portions of Iberian ham and cured cheese to share. Further sections cover warm starters, fish, meat, grilled meats and a cheese board, with seafood paella and steaks among the dishes the house highlights. Anyone with an allergy is asked to say so when booking, and the kitchen adapts where it can. Groups from six people are welcome for birthdays, christenings, anniversaries and company dinners, with long tables inside or on the terrace and a menu proposed to suit the occasion. Tables can be booked online. Pets are not allowed, apart from assistance dogs.

Calle Tranco, 4, 29649 Mijas

+34673635287

Vista Lago is the restaurant of Hacienda el Sueño, an apartment resort in Las Lagunas de Mijas, and it welcomes outside visitors as well as residents; the house presents it as a place to spend a whole day or an evening between Marbella, Mijas and Fuengirola. The setting is the draw: mountain views, a terrace and a roof terrace, a large pool and the resort's own lagoon with a waterfall. The kitchen describes its menu as Mediterranean and grill, with Italian, Spanish and African influences and fresh local produce. The day starts early. Bread and pastries are baked every morning, and breakfast runs from a full English with eggs, sausages and hash browns to eggs Benedict, pancakes with maple syrup and filled rustic toasts. From midday there are wraps, burgers and a club sandwich, plus tapas such as homemade Iberian ham croquettes, filo wrapped prawns with cane honey and, a sign of the many Dutch guests, bitterballen and frikandel. The evening card covers king prawns pil pil, red tuna tataki, beef tartare, risottos, a seafood tagliatelle with prawns and clams, grilled squid, sea bass meunière, presa ibérica, duck magret, sticky spare ribs and a rib eye. Vegetarian and vegan plates are marked, including a vegan wrap and a vegetable wok, and a gluten free brown roll is available. Cocktails and smoothies come from a mixologist's list, and the wine list is international with some natural wines. Booking a table in advance is recommended. It suits a long lazy lunch by the water or a dinner with a view of the hills.

C. Mirador del Golf, 1, 29649 Mijas

+34610046422

The Clubhouse is the social centre of La Cala Resort, the golf resort in the hills above La Cala de Mijas, a short drive west of the home. The resort calls it a meeting point for golfers, friends, families and guests, and it is open to all of them: there is no need to book, people simply walk in. Tables stand indoors and on a sunny terrace that looks straight across the Campo Asia course to the Andalusian hills behind it. The cooking is casual and fresh, with lighter choices alongside the heartier plates. The current menu names a La Cala salad of baby spinach, feta, roasted pumpkin, pecans and cranberries, a burrata salad with citrus and pistachio pesto, a pastrami sandwich of Irish Angus beef with Emmental and the house sauce, fettuccine marinera with scallops, prawns and mussels, teriyaki baked salmon with jasmine rice, and a grilled Irish Angus sirloin with béarnaise or chimichurri. For sharing there are patatas bravas, gambas al pil pil and a platter of Iberian charcuterie with Payoyo cheese, and the pizzas run from a plain margherita to a white pizza with truffle and portobello mushrooms. Every pasta can be made gluten free. Inside, large screens show live football, golf, rugby and tennis, and a golf simulator gives non players something to try on a rainy afternoon. The terrace, a large canopy and a garden pergola are also used for private celebrations. For holiday guests it is the easiest relaxed lunch nearby, with a view over the fairways that justifies the short drive.

Calle Murillo s/n, 29649 Mijas

+34952586990

Tue 20:00–24:00; Wed–Sun 13:00–17:00, 20:00–24:00; Mon Closed

La Mejicana has been cooking in Las Lagunas since 1989, which makes it one of the long standing names of Mijas Costa. It sits on Calle Murillo beside the María Zambrano park, in the residential heart of Las Lagunas, and its motto, Para tu gusto, lo mejor, roughly 'for your taste, only the best', sums up how the owners describe their approach: they make everything themselves, starting with the buying of the produce, and cook every day from what they call original South American recipes. The menu mixes two worlds. On one side there are pizzas, from a margherita and a four cheese to a Mexican with spiced minced meat, a Colombian with chicken in hot sauce, a Moorish with spiced mince, onion and black olives, and a Nordic with salmon and capers. On the other side there are Tex Mex plates: hard or soft tacos, including tacos al pastor with pulled pork and pickled onion, nachos with guacamole and hot sauce, burritos served with rice and salad, chicken fajitas and quesadillas. Pasta, salads, burgers, finger food and desserts complete the list, and vegetable versions of most dishes are marked. What sets the house apart is its gluten free cooking: it runs a completely separate kitchen so that people with coeliac disease can choose from a wide menu, and there are lactose free options as well. Food can be eaten on the spot or collected to take away, which suits a relaxed evening back at the holiday home. A second branch operates in Alhaurín de la Torre; the Las Lagunas house is the original.

Rua do Penedo 20, 9680-146 Vila Franca do Campo

+351296581183

Mon 09:00–19:00; Tue 09:00–19:00; Wed 09:00–19:00; Thu 09:00–19:00; Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–19:00; Sun 09:00–19:00

Queijadas do Morgado on the Rua do Penedo in Vila Franca do Campo makes one thing, and it is the thing this town is known for across the whole archipelago: the queijada da Vila. The house calls them the fantastic queijadas of Vila Franca do Campo, the only ones — and it is not really an exaggeration, because the recipe belongs to this town. A queijada da Vila is a small baked tart of egg, sugar and milk in a thin pastry case, wrapped in paper and sold by the dozen. Despite the name — queijo is cheese — there is no cheese in it. They are eaten as a mid-morning thing with coffee and they are what Azoreans carry back to family on the mainland, which is why the shop is set up for taking away rather than sitting down. It opens every day from nine in the morning to seven in the evening, with no closing day, which for an island bakery is unusual and useful — Sunday included. Vila Franca do Campo was the first capital of São Miguel until an earthquake and landslide destroyed it in 1522. It lies on the south coast, about twenty minutes east of Ribeira Chã along the coast road. You will find Queijadas do Morgado at Rua do Penedo 20, 9680-146 Vila Franca do Campo.

Rua da Caloura 15, 9560-206 Água de Pau

+351935614425

Adega Caloura is a restaurant in an old wine cellar in Caloura, the fishing hamlet below Água de Pau where the vineyards run down to the sea in stone-walled terraces. The vaulted room, the barrels and the candlelight make it the most atmospheric dinner on this stretch of the south coast, and it is small enough that a table is worth reserving. The kitchen is fish and seafood first: grilled tuna and tuna tartare when the boats bring it in, garlic prawns, octopus, with a couple of vegetarian plates and a long list of Azorean and mainland wines to go with the cellar. It opens only in the evening and only on some days of the week, which vary through the year - a phone call before driving down saves a wasted trip.

Rua da Caloura 20, 9560-226 Água de Pau

+351296913283

Bar Caloura sits right on the water at Caloura, the small harbor below Água de Pau on the south coast of São Miguel. It began in the 1980s as the place where the local fishermen met, and it has kept that spirit: informal, with a terrace over the sea where the sound of the waves comes with the meal. The kitchen is about fresh fish and seafood - limpets, prawns and the catch of the day from the grill - alongside Portuguese dishes. The restaurant is accessible by wheelchair, takes reservations and also does takeaway.

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Rua do Paúl 26, 9560-246 Água de Pau

+351296913161

Pérola do Oceano is a family restaurant in the village of Água de Pau, a few minutes up the hill from Ribeira Chã, where the owner cooks and the dining room is papered with postcards, photographs and notes left by guests from all over the world - the decoration has grown for years and is half the reason people come back. The food is Azorean home cooking, unfussy and generous: fried chicharros, the small mackerel of the islands, baked octopus, crab and fried prawns to start, a grilled beef tenderloin for those who want meat, and for dessert bean pudding or the house ice cream. Prices are village prices. It suits a family evening more than a formal one.

Rua do Cerco 29, 9560-206 Água de Pau

+351296247644

Mon–Sun 12:00–15:00, 18:00–23:00

Dragoeiro is in Caloura, at the Quinta do Mirante above the coast of Água de Pau, and it cooks two things side by side: sushi and the food of the Azores. Next to sushi and hot sushi there are fusion plates, starters and salads, meat, seafood, pasta and risotto, açaí and desserts, with a wine list to match. The kitchen works to one rule - "waste has no reserved seat" - and tries to use every ingredient and every protein in full. It is open every day for lunch and dinner, and tables can be booked by phone or through TheFork.

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Rua Direita de Cima 41, 9600-221 Ribeira Grande

+351917725881

Mon Closed; Tue 12:00–15:00, 18:45–22:00; Wed 12:00–15:00, 18:45–22:00; Thu 12:00–15:00, 18:45–22:00; Fri 12:00–15:00, 18:45–22:00; Sat 12:00–15:00, 18:45–22:00; Sun 12:00–15:00

O Silva has been cooking on the Rua Direita de Cima in Ribeira Grande since 1979 — more than forty years of the same kitchen, run on family recipes handed down through the generations. Regional character, tradition and freshness are the three things the house names for itself, in that order. It is unusually specific about what it is known for, which saves a visitor guessing. The famous dish is the Bife à Silva. Then there is arroz de cherne com miolo de camarão — wreckfish rice with shrimp — the espetada de cherne com camarão, cavaco, and filetes de abrótea, fillets of forkbeard. Cherne and abrótea are deep-water fish of these islands and are not things you will have eaten at home. Food is also prepared to take away, which the house calls flavours at home. It is closed on Monday. Tuesday to Saturday it serves lunch from midday to three and dinner from a quarter to seven until ten; on Sunday there is lunch only. The Rua Direita de Cima runs through the old centre of Ribeira Grande, the island's second town, on the north coast about forty minutes from Ribeira Chã. The drive crosses the middle of São Miguel over the ridge, past the Lagoa do Fogo, which makes the journey there worth as much as the meal at the end of it. You will find O Silva at Rua Direita de Cima 41, 9600-221 Ribeira Grande.

Rua East Providence 68, 9600-524 Ribeira Grande

+351296473516

Mon 12:00–15:30, 19:00–22:00; Tue 12:00–15:30, 19:00–22:00; Wed Closed; Thu 12:00–15:30, 19:00–22:00; Fri 12:00–15:30, 19:00–22:00; Sat 12:00–15:30, 19:00–22:00; Sun 12:00–15:30, 19:00–22:00

Alabote stands on the Rua East Providence in Ribeira Grande, on the north coast of São Miguel. The building is the first thing the house talks about: an architecture built to hold contemporary, functional construction and the landscape together rather than to shut one out of the other, with the sunset as part of what you are there for. Fresh fish is what it stakes its name on — the best of the Azorean sea, as the house puts it, cooked carefully. An alabote is a halibut, so the name says the same thing. What sets it apart from most restaurants on the island is the breadth of the menu. Alongside meat and fish there are vegetarian and vegan dishes as a proper part of the card, and the traditional Azorean repertoire is kept as well. In an archipelago whose cooking runs on beef, pork and fish, a kitchen that treats a vegan diner as a guest rather than a problem is worth knowing about in advance. Service is in two sittings — midday to half past three, then seven to ten — and it is closed on Wednesday. Ribeira Grande is the island's second town, about twenty minutes over the ridge from Ponta Delgada and forty from Ribeira Chã. You will find Alabote at Rua East Providence 68, 9600-524 Ribeira Grande.

Rua Antonio Jose DAlmeida 8, 9500-053 Ponta Delgada

+351938346886

Mon 11:00–00:00; Tue 11:00–00:00; Wed Closed; Thu 11:00–00:00; Fri 11:00–00:00; Sat 11:00–00:00; Sun 11:00–00:00

Louvre Michaelense stands on the Rua António José d'Almeida in the middle of Ponta Delgada, the capital of São Miguel. The house keeps no website, so nothing here describes what it serves; what can be set down is the address, the hours and the name. The name is worth a sentence. Michaelense is the adjective for São Miguel — a person or a thing of this island — so the house calls itself the island's Louvre, which is a large claim made with a straight face and tells you it is a room that holds things as much as it is a place to sit. The hours describe an all-day room rather than a restaurant with services: eleven in the morning until midnight, without a break, six days a week. It is closed on Wednesday, which is the one thing to plan around. Thirteen hours in a stretch means a coffee at three in the afternoon and something at eleven at night are equally possible, and in a town where most kitchens shut between lunch and dinner that is the point. Ponta Delgada is about half an hour west of Ribeira Chã along the south coast, and this street is in the old centre, a few minutes from the harbour front and the city gates. You will find Louvre Michaelense at Rua António José d'Almeida 8, 9500-053 Ponta Delgada.

Bertil Harding Highway 7, Serrekunda

+2202335847

Mon 07:30–23:00; Tue 07:30–23:00; Wed 07:30–23:00; Thu 07:30–23:00; Fri 07:30–23:00; Sat 08:30–23:00; Sun 08:30–23:00

Soun is a café and restaurant on the Bertil Harding Highway, the coast road that runs along the Gambian Atlantic shore. It describes what it does as breakfast, brunch and beyond — Afro-fusion cooking with a nostalgic Gambian flair. The name carries the whole idea and the house explains it. Soun comes from the Wolof word souna, a variety of local millet, and it honours Joyce's grandmother, Kumba Soun Sanneh, who was born in the souna harvest season. A restaurant named after a grain and a grandmother is telling you where its cooking is rooted before you read a single dish. My Gambia Magazine described the room as a fusion of flavours with a welcoming atmosphere, warm lights, soft music and staff dressed to match the decor — every part of it, they wrote, reflecting Joyce's commitment. The kitchen keeps separate cards for breakfast, for lunch and dinner, and for drinks. It opens at half past seven in the morning on weekdays and half past eight at the weekend, running to eleven at night every day with no closing day. The coast road connects Bijilo, Kololi and Serrekunda, so this is a few minutes from the beach hotels and from the Bijilo Forest Park, where the red colobus monkeys come down to the path. Serrekunda is the largest town in the Gambia, considerably bigger than the capital, and the coastal strip below it is where almost everything a visitor uses sits. You will find Soun at Bertil Harding Highway 7, Serrekunda, Gambia.

67 Kairaba Avenue, Serekunda

+2203717777

Alliance Café opened in February 2021 in the garden of the Alliance Française de Banjul, in the institute's building on Kairaba Avenue. It was set up as a café and restaurant for everyone, bringing art, culture and food together in one place. The kitchen leans French and Italian, and the garden hosts regular evenings: French cheese and wine tastings, and traditional kora music played in the calm of the courtyard. It opens in the morning and stays open into the evening, later towards the weekend.

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1st Street East, Serrekunda

+2203717777

Mon 08:30–00:00; Tue 08:30–00:00; Wed 08:30–00:00; Thu 08:30–00:00; Fri 08:30–00:00; Sat 08:30–00:00; Sun 11:00–00:00

The Fajara Garden Restaurant stands on 1st Street East in Fajara, on the Gambian coast. It keeps no website, so nothing here describes what comes out of the kitchen; the telephone number is the way to ask. The name says it is a garden restaurant, and in this climate that is a practical distinction rather than a decorative one. The Gambian coast runs hot and, for half the year, humid; eating under trees rather than under a roof is the difference between a comfortable evening and an endured one, which is why the better-known places here are gardens. The hours are long and start early: half past eight in the morning until midnight, six days a week, with Sunday beginning at eleven instead. There is no closing day and no break between services, so breakfast, a long lunch and a late dinner all happen at the same address. Fajara lies between Bakau and Kololi, a little inland of the beach, and is one of the older residential quarters of the coastal strip — quieter than the Senegambia road and within a short taxi ride of it. Bijilo, with the forest park and the beach hotels, is a few kilometres south. Getting between them is done by shared taxi or by the green tourist taxis, and both are cheap; walking the coast road after dark is not the local habit. You will find The Fajara Garden Restaurant on 1st Street East, Fajara, Gambia.

Senegambia Strip, Kololi

+2207816814

Darboe's is a Gambian-owned bar and restaurant in the middle of the Senegambia Strip in Kololi. It opens for breakfast and stays busy late into the night, with a band playing on most evenings, sport on a big screen and free Wi-Fi. The kitchen serves Gambian and international food, and it is the Gambian dishes that bring people back: fish benachin, rice cooked in one pot with fish and vegetables in a spiced tomato stock; yassa, chicken or fish in a sharp onion and lemon sauce; and domoda, the peanut stew served with rice. There are tables outdoors.

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Senegambia Road, Serrekunda

+2207816814

Mon 17:00–02:00; Tue 17:00–02:00; Wed 17:00–02:00; Thu 17:00–02:00; Fri 17:00–02:00; Sat 17:00–02:00; Sun 17:00–02:00

Darboe's Restaurant is on the Senegambia Road in Kololi. It keeps no website, so nothing is written here about its cooking — only what can be checked, and the hours are the most telling part of that. It opens at five in the afternoon and closes at two the following morning, every day of the week. There is no lunch and no breakfast at all. A kitchen that does not open until the evening and runs until two is an evening and night house rather than a restaurant with a late licence, and anyone walking past at midday will find it closed. That fits the street. The Senegambia Road — known simply as the Strip — is the centre of the Gambian coastal tourist area, a run of restaurants, bars and hotels between Kololi and the beach, and it is busiest after dark. Darboe is one of the most common Gambian surnames, and a restaurant carrying it plainly is signalling a local house rather than a hotel dining room. Bijilo lies immediately south of Kololi, so this is a short taxi ride or a long walk from the beach hotels there. The Gambia is the smallest country on the African mainland — a strip of land either side of its river, nowhere much more than fifty kilometres across — and its entire tourist coast is this one stretch of shore, which is why so much of it is concentrated on a single road. You will find Darboe's Restaurant on Senegambia Road, Kololi, Gambia.

Brusubi Turntable, Bertil Harding Highway, Bijilo

+2202030133

Mon–Sun 9:00–24:00

La Parisienne is the Gambian bakery-café that has been baking in the French way since 1993, and this is its Bijilo branch at the Brusubi turntable, a few minutes from the Senegambia strip and the Bijilo beach hotels. The counter holds croissants, pains au chocolat, tarts and celebration cakes; the kitchen behind it serves breakfast, sandwiches, shawarma, pizzas and a menu of everyday meals through the day, with proper coffee and fresh juices. The room is fully air-conditioned, which on a hot afternoon is half the point, and there are tables outside for the cooler hours. It opens in the morning and stays open late, so it works as much for a first coffee as for a late dessert after a beach day.

Paseo del Mediterráneo 62E, 04638 Mojácar

+34616005387

Neptuno stands beside Playa del Descargador on Mojácar's Mediterranean shore. Fish cooked over embers, espetos and rice dishes form the centre of its cooking, with an emphasis on traditional recipes and ingredients sourced nearby. The setting brings the beach directly into the experience: the restaurant faces the sea, and steps lead down towards the sand. It is a place built around the connection between coastal cooking and its surroundings, with the water providing the backdrop to a meal. Behind the restaurant is Fran Andreu, who grew up in Orihuela in Alicante. Large gatherings of family and friends, home cooking and wine shaped her interest in hospitality long before she worked in restaurants. Her earlier career included banking, advisory work and property. While living in Mojácar and working in property, she heard that the Neptuno beach restaurant might be available and bought it with an Irish business partner. She subsequently took over running it herself. That personal history remains part of the restaurant's identity. Its cooking developed towards Mediterranean recipes prepared in house, with attention to local produce and the surrounding environment. The main choices revolve around the sea, whether through the direct heat of the grill or the rice preparations that are another house speciality. Guests can request a table through the restaurant's reservation service or contact the team by telephone. Neptuno also offers gift vouchers for meals, extending its emphasis on gathering around a table to celebrations and presents.

Avenida La Parata 21, 04638 Mojácar

+34950375590

Restaurante La Parata occupies a hillside setting in the Andalusian hamlet of La Parata, above the beach area of Mojácar. Terraces, gardens and views shape the experience, while a bar offers another place to sit with a drink. In cooler weather, a fire adds a different character to the restaurant. Richard and Louisa welcome guests with a style centred on seasonal ingredients and cooking that gives the produce room to speak. Richard Shepherd heads the kitchen, developing a changing menu with ingredients from local suppliers. The sample menu shows Spanish foundations alongside wider influences. Starters include pipirrana, the Andalusian tomato, pepper, cucumber and onion salad, and caramelised goat cheese from Lorca with pineapple and chipotle chutney. Seafood preparations include prawn fritters and baked queen scallops. Main courses range from tuna with pipirrana to pork cheeks with Pedro Ximénez and chorizo cassoulet. Vegetarian choices include sweet potato and chickpea sambar, mushroom rigatoni and squash risotto with smoked Manchego. Desserts continue that variety, with lemon posset, coconut panna cotta, torrijas and Spanish cheeses among the sample choices. Since the menu changes, these dishes illustrate the kitchen's approach rather than a fixed selection. Families can request half portions of selected dishes, and the team can accommodate particular children's tastes with advance notice. High chairs and baby changing facilities are available. Reservations are encouraged by telephone or email, and guests with food allergies are asked to mention them when booking so the kitchen can discuss their needs.

Plaza del Arbollón 1, 04638 Mojácar

+34608807331

Calima brings Moroccan and Mediterranean cooking together on Plaza del Arbollón in Mojácar village. Its food draws on Morocco, the Middle East and Africa alongside Andalucía and the Spanish Mediterranean coast. An indoor dining space and a terrace offer two settings for exploring a menu that moves between vegetables, pastry, fish and slowly cooked meat. Homemade bread and Moroccan tea belong to the same approach, linking the smaller accompaniments to the main dishes. Starters include zaluk, made with roasted aubergine, tomato and garlic, and taktuka, combining peppers, tomato, courgette and spices. A Syrian salad brings together tomato, cucumber, onion, raisins, mint and parsley. Hummus provides another vegetable option. Pastelas take the cooking in a different direction: the chicken version includes almonds and warming spices, while the seafood version combines prawns, hake and squid with rice noodles. The tagines offer several distinct combinations. Lamb comes with prunes, almonds and sesame; chicken is paired with olives and preserved lemon. A kefta tagine combines minced beef, tomato and egg, and there is also a fish version. Couscous can be ordered with lamb, beef, chicken or vegetables. Spanish dishes appear alongside these preparations, including squid, patatas bravas and prawns with garlic and chilli. Children have a separate menu section with croquettes and potatoes. To finish, the choices include baklava, coffee panna cotta and a white chocolate dessert with cream and yoghurt. Guests with questions about allergens can discuss individual dishes with the staff.

Paseo del Mediterráneo 32, 04638 Mojácar

+34950478981

Aku Aku is a beach restaurant at Playa del Cantal, combining Mediterranean cooking with a tradition of live music beside the sand. Rice is a particular focus, although the menu extends across salads, raw seafood, grilled fish, fried fish and meat. The restaurant describes its cooking around fresh ingredients sourced nearby, while its concert programme brings flamenco, rock and pop into the beach setting. Rice dishes are prepared to order for at least two people. Choices include monkfish and prawns, cod and leeks, cuttlefish and cabbage, and a vegetable rice. Other combinations bring together Iberian pork, young garlic and artichokes, or rabbit and snails. Seafood paella and black rice sit alongside these preparations, giving guests several directions within the restaurant's central speciality. The rest of the menu makes it possible to build a meal differently. Salads include rocket with pear and Parmesan, and burrata with tomatoes, plums and basil. Raw preparations feature salmon with mango aguachile and red tuna tartare with coconut ajoblanco. From the grill come sardines, cuttlefish, tuna and a monkfish and prawn skewer, while the fried fish section includes anchovies and squid. Meat choices include the house burger, chicken and Iberian pork. Homemade desserts range from cheesecake and lemon meringue pie to chocolate mousse with olive oil and salt. Guests can reserve a table directly with the restaurant. Food and music give Aku Aku its two main identities, bringing a rice restaurant and a seaside concert venue together.

Puerto Deportivo, s/n, planta 1ª, 15960 Ribeira

+34981835389

Restaurante Náutico Deportivo de Ribeira combines a seafood meal with a direct view of the marina and the Ría de Arousa. The restaurant occupies the first floor at the sporting harbour, with a dining room oriented towards the water. Its team has been serving here since 1995, and the nearby fish market remains central to the way it describes its cooking. Daily market visits shape a menu based on fresh fish and shellfish prepared in a traditional style. Grilled cod, local fish and a mixed seafood grill give several starting points, while the restaurant also highlights goose barnacles, prawns and other seasonal shellfish. Ask what is available on the day: the appeal of this kind of kitchen lies partly in choosing from the current catch. Rice dishes receive particular attention. Lobster rice is a house speciality, with live lobsters from the Ría de Arousa kept in the restaurant's tank. Another preparation brings together local brown crab and prawns. For diners who prefer meat, the specialities include beef rib steak, entrecôte and tenderloin. Homemade desserts provide a gentler finish, with cheesecake, lemon mousse and red-fruit panna cotta among the published choices. There is also a cafeteria for breakfast or an aperitif, so a visit need not always become a full seafood lunch. Takeaway meals and group celebrations can be arranged directly. Phone ahead for current service times and discuss any particular shellfish or rice dish when reserving. The first-floor harbour address is useful to note when finding the entrance.

Paseo das Carolinas, 34 Bajo, 15960 Ribeira

+34981874692

Restaurante Tío Pepe combines a Galician grill and seafood restaurant with a substantial handmade-pizza menu in Ribeira. The business began in Aguiño in the 1980s, building its name around roast suckling pig and grilled meats before developing the hot-stone beef that remains a house speciality. Today its address is Paseo das Carolinas, with dining spaces for both everyday meals and small celebrations. Pizza is a prominent part of the choice. A margherita combines tomato, mozzarella and oregano, while other versions use Serrano ham, tuna, four cheeses or vegetables. Some bring local ingredients into the format, including octopus with paprika and olive oil. Several sizes are offered, making pizza a practical option for a group or a meal taken back to the accommodation. For a more traditional table, the menu lists grilled prawns, garlic prawns, razor clams, scallops and clams in marinera sauce. Seasonal mussels and cockles sit beside fish such as turbot and sea bass. Meat choices include Galician beef cuts, churrasco and hot-stone beef for at least two people. The restaurant asks diners to order mixed meat grills in advance. Takeaway and delivery are available, with the team able to clarify the delivery area when ordering. The premises include an enclosed terrace, a more private dining space and adapted toilets with baby-changing facilities. Vegan, allergy-related and gluten-free requests require advance notice. Booking arrangements change in summer, so contact the restaurant directly for the current table policy, opening times and any dish that needs to be ordered ahead.

Avenida da Coruña, 149, 15960 Ribeira

+34618610171

Casa Fontao is a long-established family restaurant on Avenida da Coruña in Ribeira, close to Coroso beach. Founded in 1963, it now continues under a newer generation of the family after a renovation. The cooking keeps a traditional Galician direction, with seasonal fish, meat dishes and homemade desserts, making it a useful stop when a coastal outing calls for a complete meal. The menu has plenty of local character. Starters include octopus á feira, clams, razor clams and croquettes combining turnip greens with goat's cheese. Fish choices include Galician-style cod, roasted cod loin, sea bass and skate. Meat dishes range from beef entrecôte to pork cheeks cooked with Ribera del Duero wine and pork tenderloin with San Simón cheese. Rice is another reason to come with time to spare. The restaurant specifies a minimum of two diners and a preparation time of around 45 minutes, with seafood, vegetables and meat among the alternatives. There is a separate vegetarian menu built around vegetables, chickpeas and turnip greens, plus a children's menu. Casa Fontao also advertises gluten-free dishes and invites diners to discuss their requirements directly. A homemade dessert might mean rice pudding, cheesecake or a chocolate-and-walnut brownie. Groups can arrange a meal with the restaurant, and some menu formats are available to take away. The location has nearby parking, and the restaurant says animals are welcome. When booking, mention dietary needs, pets or a rice order so the team can explain the current choices and practical arrangements.

Outeiro, 7, Artes, 15968 Ribeira

+34981872775

Asador O Matadero is a grill restaurant in Artes, within the municipality of Ribeira. Its cooking puts meat and fish over the coals, supported by vegetables and other ingredients bought from nearby markets. The restaurant has operated for more than three decades and has renewed its dining spaces while keeping traditional cooking at the centre of the offer. Beef is a particular focus. The menu distinguishes between cuts and breeds rather than treating every steak as the same choice: entrecôte, tenderloin and picanha sit alongside larger bone-in cuts and a hot-stone tasting of several meats. Availability changes, so this is a place to ask the team which cuts are being served and how a larger piece should be shared. There are other ways to explore the grill. Cod is served with confit onion and sliced potatoes, while small local cuttlefish come from the hot plate with garlic oil. Ibérico pork, a beef burger in artisan bread and a brioche filled with slowly cooked beef rib broaden the menu. Seafood starters include options such as squid, razor clams and scallops, keeping the connection with Ribeira's coast alongside the meat specialities. Desserts include baked cheesecake, a warm white-chocolate preparation and a mango sorbet with Albariño. The restaurant also offers a weekday set menu and can arrange tailored menus for groups. Contact it directly to discuss the day's cuts, larger meat orders or a celebration. That conversation is particularly useful here, because the choice of cut, weight and preparation shapes the meal as much as the choice of dish.

Rúa Castelao, 7, 15949 A Pobra do Caramiñal

+34981830267

Sisal by Chicolino is a restaurant by the quay in A Pobra do Caramiñal, on the Ría de Arousa. Its approach starts with local products from the Barbanza area, then uses a menu that changes as new dishes and wines are introduced. The waterfront town gives a meal here a different setting from central Ribeira while remaining a nearby option along the same coast. Seafood is prominent, with razor clams, pan-cooked clams and scallops served with chive oil. Fish dishes include cod with lobster hollandaise and roasted peppers, and grilled hake with saffron pil-pil. Grilled octopus appears with potato parmentier, while another preparation turns it into fideuà with aioli. These choices show a kitchen that keeps regional products visible while varying the sauces and accompaniments. Rice can provide the centre of the meal: lobster rice requires an advance order for at least two people, and black cuttlefish rice is served with green aioli and piparra peppers. Mushroom-and-truffle risotto, chickpea hummus and grilled vegetables broaden the selection. Meat choices include Galician beef burgers, grilled entrecôte and beef tenderloin with spinach and raisins. For dessert, the current card includes baked cheesecake, a pastry-and-meringue millefeuille and filo rolls filled with almond cream. There is also a children's menu. The restaurant particularly recommends reserving during weekends and the summer period; contact it directly for a table and mention any lobster-rice order in advance. Checking the latest menu before visiting is useful here because regular changes are part of Sisal's approach.

Calle Batalla del Salado 3, 28045 Madrid

+34919281354

Mon–Fri 08:00–21:00; Sat, Sun 09:00–14:30

Bakery in Madrid serving bakery.

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Calle de Joaquín Turina 102, 28044 Madrid

+34915061183

Mon–Sun 18:30–00:00

Restaurant in Madrid serving pizza. Offers outdoor seating, vegetarian dishes.

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Calle de María Callas, 28021 Madrid

+34688562777

Tue–Sun 12:00–16:45, 19:30–23:45

Restaurant in Madrid serving Japanese.

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Calle de la Tertulia 29, 28041 Madrid

+34910284664

Mon–Thu 13:00–16:00, 19:00–23:30; Fri–Sat 13:00–00:30; Sun 13:00–23:30

Restaurant in Madrid serving pizza.

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