Absolutely deserves it status at a top restaurant. Had a taster menu and it was delicious from start to finish.
I’ve chosen not to post all courses so save the surprises but my stand outs were the squid dish which is probably in my top five dishes of all time. And also the orange tree.
Service and the experience was impeccable. Deserves the star.
Would go again.
Dietary restrictions: They substituted out for allergies to scallops, welks and clams.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Scarlet Shrimp
manuel garcia garcia
A great job by the chef and team working on quality products. The environment and the outstanding service. Perhaps the best in Portugal, a Michelin star seems little to me after what I've seen there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Suzannah Longval
We had very high hopes for this restaurant, as it came highly recommended by friends, and while the entire experience, including the service, visiting the kitchen, having a lovely beach view, was truly very wonderful, we felt as though the food was lacking. We wanted to see more raw seafood product - many dishes lost the integrity of the product itself. The cheese pairing at the end was a massive letdown. In the end, price/food quality ratio was off for us.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Larry Ward
Wow! What a unique and amazing dining experience at Vista! The dinner is a fixed menu (€200 each) lasting 4+ hours so I suggest the 1900h start time. The cadence is good but it could have been a bit shorter overall. We left full (and a bit tipsy) so plan ahead. Getting there you need to drive into a pedestrian street and the instructions for how to get thru the barrier were unclear. We finally arrived and entering the gates and valet parking were easy. The dinner begins with a kitchen and wine cellar tour and small unique snacks at the chef's table. I won’t spoil the meal details and I’m sure they change frequently but overall it was an amazing example of local ingredients, a perfect blend of flavors (only a couple plates missed the mark slightly) and originality. Mostly fish and seafood and vegetarian - no poultry or beef. Nice light sauces. We did the wine pairing and every wine was good but this was overpriced and a bit too much wine for us so I might choose the half pairing or a single bottle next time. The service was over the top amazing and more like a play or dance the way they worked together as a part of the meal itself. Overall would highly recommend this if you want a (expensive but) truly unique and memorable evening in the Algarve.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wine Paring
Marie
My husband and I dined at Vista on my 70th birthday. The food, service and ambience made for a memorable celebration. The tasting menu is fabulous. The food is delicate, delicious and divine! The flavors are remarkable and the plating is stunning. The tour of the kitchen and wine cellar is an added touch. The Chef and the staff were extra nice. Overall, it was a truly special evening!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mia Cardillo
WOW! Absolutely incredible from the very beginning when you walk into Vista until the moment you walk out. In the beginning of your experience you get a tour of the kitchen and wine cellar so the kitchen team can introduce themselves and start you off with a “snack” before your dinner. The “snack” was absolutely delicious and so creative. You then go upstairs to start your experience. They bring you a menu that was made by a local artist, and they also have a map of Portugal on the table to guide you through what region the dish you are eating is from. There were so many creative and beautiful dishes like the tomato salad that included tomato sorbet, the mackerel broth, and the orange tree dessert. Not only was the food absolutely phenomenal the staff was outstanding. Professional, nice, and really cares if you had a special experience. The chef also presented one of his dishes which made the experience so much more personal. I would come back to Portugal solely to eat at Vista again. Thank you so much to the vista team!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
conal treacy
This place is amazing probably the best restaurant I have ever eaten in the ambience the decor the service and omg the food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Solomon Chung
Absolutely enjoyed what Chef João Oliveira had prepared for us at Vista at the Bela Vista Hotel & Spa.
The meal featured a landing area where you can enjoy some light drinks while waiting to have a quick tour of the kitchen and cellar. At the kitchen tour, we actually meet Chef Oliveira and his staff whilst they prepare for the evening. After the tour, it was a teaser at the Chef’s table to kick everything off. And what followed was memories and history pleasantly burned into my brain.
Menu features all fresh ingredients from all over Portugal, particularly the Algarve. Wine list offers a majority of Portuguese wines and other countries. All in all a Michelin Star well deserved and highly recommend and will likely revisit when/if I am in the area again!
Thanks Chef Oliveira and the staff for a great and perfect evening!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zachary May
Wonderful dining experience. My partner and I booked this as a special occasion celebration and to experience a Michelin restaurant for the first time. Did not disappoint with amazing and unique seafood dishes and really attentive service. Team is really professional but also warm and welcoming. Their menus are also focused on being connected to local Portuguese sources which was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
vincent twyffels
Excellent and very well presented dishes, perfect food and wine pairing! An excellent address
Perfect cuisine, very great wines, warm and very attentive service and a wonderful view of the sea. Wow!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jonathan Ting
A great dining experience. Started with a kitchen and wine cellar tour and little snacks at the chef's table then chose our table to overlook the ocean. The meal was decadent and a great representation of local ingredients. We did the half wine pairing and every wine we had was good, something that can't be said for every Michelin starred restaurant, my partner did the vegetarian and I did the regular so we got different wine pairings. For the regular menu I would say my overall feeling was that it was decadent, rich and flavorful with some accents of sharpness and acidity. The sauces were excellent and interesting, definitely wanted to lick the bowl more than once. The service was great, really good cadence to the courses and wine. We left full and fairly drunk, so I think that the amount of food and wine was also pretty spot on.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
corinne LOSSON PELEGRIN
All the dishes are delicious, beautifully presented with taste and originality, the Service is perfect and attentive. We spent a very pleasant Wedding Anniversary evening at Vista, to be repeated. We highly recommend this Restaurant.Corinne and Michel
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Javier Goiri
Very interesting gastronomic experience, with creative and tasty preparations based on quality regional products. To highlight the San Pedro and the carabinero, which bring you all the flavor of the sea to the table. Impeccable service, very attentive and with fair explanations. The unbeatable atmosphere, with views that live up to the name of the restaurant.I take away one star in the general rating for the price, exaggerating even for a Michelin star.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ranjit Roy
"Experiential Elation" at this fantastic gastronomic tour of the Algarve....the freshest of locallysourced and produced ingredients, delightfully assimilated and contrasted flavours, textures and colours on regional themes, and a very personalised chef's table with engaging conversations with Chef João Oliveira.This deserves 5 stars all around on Google reviews and is certainly headed for a 2 ⭐️ on Michelin
Absolutely deserves it status at a top restaurant. Had a taster menu and it was delicious from start to finish.
I’ve chosen not to post all courses so save the surprises but my stand outs were the squid dish which is probably in my top five dishes of all time. And also the orange tree.
Service and the experience was impeccable. Deserves the star.
Would go again.
Dietary restrictions: They substituted out for allergies to scallops, welks and clams.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Scarlet Shrimp
A great job by the chef and team working on quality products.
The environment and the outstanding service.
Perhaps the best in Portugal, a Michelin star seems little to me after what I've seen there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had very high hopes for this restaurant, as it came highly recommended by friends, and while the entire experience, including the service, visiting the kitchen, having a lovely beach view, was truly very wonderful, we felt as though the food was lacking. We wanted to see more raw seafood product - many dishes lost the integrity of the product itself. The cheese pairing at the end was a massive letdown. In the end, price/food quality ratio was off for us.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Wow! What a unique and amazing dining experience at Vista!
The dinner is a fixed menu (€200 each) lasting 4+ hours so I suggest the 1900h start time. The cadence is good but it could have been a bit shorter overall. We left full (and a bit tipsy) so plan ahead.
Getting there you need to drive into a pedestrian street and the instructions for how to get thru the barrier were unclear. We finally arrived and entering the gates and valet parking were easy.
The dinner begins with a kitchen and wine cellar tour and small unique snacks at the chef's table. I won’t spoil the meal details and I’m sure they change frequently but overall it was an amazing example of local ingredients, a perfect blend of flavors (only a couple plates missed the mark slightly) and originality. Mostly fish and seafood and vegetarian - no poultry or beef. Nice light sauces.
We did the wine pairing and every wine was good but this was overpriced and a bit too much wine for us so I might choose the half pairing or a single bottle next time.
The service was over the top amazing and more like a play or dance the way they worked together as a part of the meal itself.
Overall would highly recommend this if you want a (expensive but) truly unique and memorable evening in the Algarve.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wine Paring
My husband and I dined at Vista on my 70th birthday. The food, service and ambience made for a memorable celebration. The tasting menu is fabulous. The food is delicate, delicious and divine! The flavors are remarkable and the plating is stunning. The tour of the kitchen and wine cellar is an added touch. The Chef and the staff were extra nice. Overall, it was a truly special evening!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
WOW! Absolutely incredible from the very beginning when you walk into Vista until the moment you walk out. In the beginning of your experience you get a tour of the kitchen and wine cellar so the kitchen team can introduce themselves and start you off with a “snack” before your dinner. The “snack” was absolutely delicious and so creative. You then go upstairs to start your experience. They bring you a menu that was made by a local artist, and they also have a map of Portugal on the table to guide you through what region the dish you are eating is from. There were so many creative and beautiful dishes like the tomato salad that included tomato sorbet, the mackerel broth, and the orange tree dessert. Not only was the food absolutely phenomenal the staff was outstanding. Professional, nice, and really cares if you had a special experience. The chef also presented one of his dishes which made the experience so much more personal. I would come back to Portugal solely to eat at Vista again. Thank you so much to the vista team!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is amazing probably the best restaurant I have ever eaten in the ambience the decor the service and omg the food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely enjoyed what Chef João Oliveira had prepared for us at Vista at the Bela Vista Hotel & Spa.
The meal featured a landing area where you can enjoy some light drinks while waiting to have a quick tour of the kitchen and cellar. At the kitchen tour, we actually meet Chef Oliveira and his staff whilst they prepare for the evening. After the tour, it was a teaser at the Chef’s table to kick everything off. And what followed was memories and history pleasantly burned into my brain.
Menu features all fresh ingredients from all over Portugal, particularly the Algarve. Wine list offers a majority of Portuguese wines and other countries. All in all a Michelin Star well deserved and highly recommend and will likely revisit when/if I am in the area again!
Thanks Chef Oliveira and the staff for a great and perfect evening!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful dining experience. My partner and I booked this as a special occasion celebration and to experience a Michelin restaurant for the first time. Did not disappoint with amazing and unique seafood dishes and really attentive service. Team is really professional but also warm and welcoming. Their menus are also focused on being connected to local Portuguese sources which was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent and very well presented dishes, perfect food and wine pairing! An excellent address
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Perfect cuisine, very great wines, warm and very attentive service and a wonderful view of the sea. Wow!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A great dining experience. Started with a kitchen and wine cellar tour and little snacks at the chef's table then chose our table to overlook the ocean. The meal was decadent and a great representation of local ingredients. We did the half wine pairing and every wine we had was good, something that can't be said for every Michelin starred restaurant, my partner did the vegetarian and I did the regular so we got different wine pairings. For the regular menu I would say my overall feeling was that it was decadent, rich and flavorful with some accents of sharpness and acidity. The sauces were excellent and interesting, definitely wanted to lick the bowl more than once. The service was great, really good cadence to the courses and wine. We left full and fairly drunk, so I think that the amount of food and wine was also pretty spot on.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
All the dishes are delicious, beautifully presented with taste and originality, the Service is perfect and attentive. We spent a very pleasant Wedding Anniversary evening at Vista, to be repeated. We highly recommend this Restaurant.Corinne and Michel
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very interesting gastronomic experience, with creative and tasty preparations based on quality regional products. To highlight the San Pedro and the carabinero, which bring you all the flavor of the sea to the table. Impeccable service, very attentive and with fair explanations. The unbeatable atmosphere, with views that live up to the name of the restaurant.I take away one star in the general rating for the price, exaggerating even for a Michelin star.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
"Experiential Elation" at this fantastic gastronomic tour of the Algarve....the freshest of locallysourced and produced ingredients, delightfully assimilated and contrasted flavours, textures and colours on regional themes, and a very personalised chef's table with engaging conversations with Chef João Oliveira.This deserves 5 stars all around on Google reviews and is certainly headed for a 2 ⭐️ on Michelin
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Scarlet Shrimp
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