Encontro De Amigos - Portimão

Set out to have a meal in one of the most rustic and countryside type restaurant around, 'Encontro de Amigo ', you hit the main road from Portimao to Monchique EN 266, where you find the restaurant in the tiny village of Rasmalho. The food is good, but an atmosphere like here, is nowhere else to be found, spending a warm summer night under the bougainvillea, drinking Portuguese wine is the utmost pleasure, when it comes to a culinary experience. Driving on the on the EN 266, near Rasmalho, locally known as Storkville.you can watch the daily life of storks, nests, flying storks, sometimes on the ground are 5, 50, 500 storks.

Asked hotel for recommendation and this was it . local , friendly inexpensive and very tasty . evey item was good apart form the lamb chops and felt we were in rustic portugal ,

We have a villa locally and year in year out this place has never disappointed us or other guests staying at our villa. The food it traditionally Portuguese and simply lovely. They always have fresh fish, bread and a Portuguese dish of the day. The Piri Piri chicken is to die for and the veal steak house style is nothing short of delicious. The setting is lovely and relaxed and service is good. You know a good Portuguese place when it is full to the brim with locals, especially at lunchtime and on Sundays. This place is not in any town as such but if you are visiting Monchique I would definitely recommend you visit for a meal as it will not be beaten on food/value for money. We are returning to Portugal this weekend and I already have my taste buds tingling for the veal, see you soon Encontro de Amigo

Very bad, the service was terrible, we waited one hour and ten minutes for our food. We were a party of four, our friends ordered fish/seafood and their meals were ok, but my wife and I ordered meat and it was tough and tastless, like it had been in a freezer for a long time. Also we were the first ones in the restaurant, but were about the fifth table to be served, and as well as being poor quality our meat dish was only just luke warm and had to go back. We have visited this restaurant before and received the same treatment, I always like to give the benefit of the doubt, anyone can have a bad day, however after two bad visits I will not be returning.

Very calm and friendly, lovely food. Indoor and outdoor areas, friendly service. Has WiFi. Open all day for coffee, refreshments, lunch and dinner, closed on Mondays.