O Venancio - Angra do Heroísmo

It’s a must to visit this small, family restaurant with just a few tables. Food is wonderful and very reasonably priced. The Father cooks all the food and his daughter, Antonieta, oversees patrons speaking fluent English and banters with the locals. Open 11:30 AM 2:00 PM for lunch and not to be missed during your visit to Angra do Heroísmo!

Nice and typical place where people are kindly welcoming and friendly. Homestyle food was excellent. The 2 ladies are so much likeable.

I have eaten lunch and dinner here many times and have always been satisfied. Food is simple, well cooked and plentiful. Alcatra, feijoada and cozido are very delicious. Soups are always good. Wine is passable. Basic restaurant with seating for about 24, where they aim to please and generally succeed. Service is casual but friendly. A meal of soup, main course, half-litre of wine and a coffee is usually 10€. The atmosphere is entertaining ; the owner is hard-of-hearing so every conversation is shouted and involves everyone. Can be deafening. If you are looking for 5 star candelit dining stay away. If you want well cooked tasty food I would highly recommend. A word of warning though, the owners are, sadly, ardent Benfica supporters. I am not!! but taking into consideration the food, service and cost I am prepared to overlook their bad taste in football teams

This eaterie, lined on one of the streets of Angra 's old town, can go unnoticed; but not to those who, like us, were looking for local taste. The management is strictly familiar, and quite rough. The eaterie has a limited number of tables, and also has a limited choice of dishes: the owner, based on what is available every day at the city markets, prepares the menu. So whoever is looking for fancy experiences, should refrain. Having noticed it in the afternoon, we arranged with the owner the dinner menu for all of us (fifteen people). The evening was picturesque: An elderly relative of the owner also spoke a couple of fado songs, specifically for us. We were so pleased that we also made arrangements for a dinner two nights later. Foods, in both dinners, consisted of some typical Portuguese dishes: a kind of stew with bone (I don 't remember the name), grilled boca negra fish, bacalhau, little octopuses ' stew. Then salad, tomatoes, potatoes, or french fries. The bill was ridiculous on the first night (10 euros per head), while it was on the average of many Azores ' restaurants on the second night (18 euros per head). Overall, a beautiful experience!

We discovered this little restaurant on a cruise stop in November. Upon returning to the Azores in January for a 7-day visit, we ate lunch here twice. The restaurant is small (only 20 seats at 4 tables) but the food is good and VERY inexpensive, Sometimes there are a few items on the menu, and one time the only option was the daily special, which was different,but good. At lunch, my wife and I often share an entree, and carafe of wine, along with the provided bread. Here the meal was always 10 euros, including the wine. The restaurant is family owned, run by an older father and his daughter, He speaks no English, but the daughter does speak it. The regulars mob the place at lunch, and most seem to get the daily special, as the plates seem to arrive with no ordering haven taken place. There is lots of friendly bantering between the staff and the customers, none of which we could understand, but there was lots of laughter. We will return again on our next visit, partly for the food and partly for the entertainment value.