Places to eat - Camino Portugues

[Eswee]

I have found a couple of threads of places to eat on the Camino Frances, but none on the Camino Portugues. Can I ask that we start this thread with places to eat on the Camino Portugues, both the Central as well as the Coastal route?

Please mention the following in your comment:
1. Where
2. What kind of cuisine
3. What price range (cheap, affordable, expensive)
4. For locals or tourists (peregrinos)

 

[mspath]

In Viano do Castelo there are two wonderful places for food. The CasaPrimavera/Taberna Soares is where local fisherman eat. Delicious huge portions generally of fish and cheap; you can ask for a half order of anything. Busy at lunch with workers.

More upmarket but with a simple daily menu is O Laranjeira. The dining room is handsome with white linen, the friendly service pleases the local bourgeois clientele and the Portuguese food is creative and delicious. Splurge and visit both!

 

[SabsP]

Great topic!

The restaurant of Antonio Martins in Pedra Furada who btw has some alberguebeds and private rooms! He has a wealth of info about the Camino Portugues and is an active member of the different Portugues Camino organisations.

http://www.pedrafurada.com/

Very good traditional Portugues cuisine prepared by his two sisters.

Cheap price in cafeteria part and expensive in the restaurant part but rest assured that they still work with high quality produce in the cafeteria part.

For locals and peregrinos both!

Then in Pontevedra : Pulperia Fidel. Lovely pulpo as specialty but lots of other choices.

http://www.opulpeiro.es/#!view=default

Cheap to medium price. Caters for locals and pilgrims.

 

[jsalt]

A fabulous place for lunch, about 2 or 3 kms before Agueda, is a workman’s canteen. Look out for it on the right hand side of the road as you are walking through the industrial area. I’d hooked up with two others along that stretch, and the three of us were hungry, so we went in. We paid 5 euros each, which included a great meal, a beer and a coffee each. Nice, friendly vibe in there too. Sorry, I don’t know the name – not sure it even had one.
Jill

 

[Anemone del Camino]

Yume Sushi in Barcelos.

Sarabulho in Ponte de Lima at lunch at a restaurant with large terrase in main tourist area facing the river, across the street from Encanada restaurant.

In Tui, Tui y yo. Super welcoming owner/chef, on the same street as Albergue San Clemente. He even made us fresh croissants and napolitanas for us to bring back to the albergue for breakfast.

What I discovered on the Portugue is mixing beer with red vermouth. Saw an advert for it in a cafe at 10 am and passed, but ordered it in the evening, and is now a favourite Camino drink. Spaniards have never heard of it but are happy to serve it, and often for little more than the price of a beer.

 

[katie@camino]

Vila do Conde - on the left hand side of the bridge as you enter VdC, there is a well-maintained park along the river. From memory there are a few restaurants parallel to the river, facing the park. One of the restaurants; about half way along, was sensational, reasonably priced with wonderful service. I arrived at VdC about 12 midday, put my feet up and enjoyed a leisurely lunch here and was the first to check in to the albergue when it opened at 2. Loved that day.

 

[katie@camino]

Also a restaurant opposite the wonderful municipal albergue in Ponte de Lima. The owner was super kind, helping me locate my backpack so i went back there for dinner and wow! Delicious.

 

[Kate P]

La Platería (Pontevedra)
Nice homecooked meals as well as some fusion cuisine and vegetarian options. They have a daily lunch menu for about 11 € (drinks and dessert included). Lots of locals there, but some pilgrims as well.