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The service at A Cave is rated 9.7/10 by TheFork users.

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The noise level at A Cave is rated 8/10 by TheFork users.

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The quality of the food at A Cave is rated 9.6/10 by TheFork users.

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The waiting time at A Cave is rated 8.8/10 by TheFork users.

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The atmosphere at A Cave is rated 9.1/10 by TheFork users.

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Reviews - A Cave

Name: A Cave
Address: Av. dos Pastorinhos 895, Fátima, 2495-408, Portugal
Price range: €18 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 9.5

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9.5
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Excellent

1601 reviews

Ambience

9.1

Food

9.6

Service

9.7

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Betsy O. • 1 review
September 1, 2025
10/10
Everything about this experience was delightful. The service was personal. The food exquisite. So so delicious and beautifully presented. The value is excellent. One of our best evenings so far in all of Portugal. If you’re in Fátima make this your dinner spot. Absolutely fabulous.
Robert F. • 1 review
August 21, 2025
9/10
Excellent service, very nice restaurant. Small(ish) menu. Very reasonable prices
Christine C. • 1 review
August 19, 2025
10/10
The best restaurant we ate at in Portugal from start to finish!! (And we are foodies!) The food was outstanding! From the taste to the presentation, well done! We had two starters, two entrees and one dessert and all were exceptional! The waiter Imo is one of the best in the business. Friendly, welcoming and knowledgeable (he made great recommendations). He also had the right amount of touch points (being there when you needed him but also giving you space to enjoy your meal). He recommended the house wine and brought a taste of it, saying we didn’t have to keep it if we didn’t like it. It was great! Imo also poured only half the glass while we had our appetizers (so the wine wasn’t warm for our entrees) and then topped us off for the entrees. What a nice touch for chilled wines by the glass! Chef came around to greet us. A nice touch that allowed us to tell him how wonderful his food was! This meal was the surprise of our trip and a bonus as it is 5 min from the shrine at Fatima. A++
Matthias G. • 4 reviews
August 2, 2025
9.5/10
Excellent dinner, best octopus I had in a long time. The menu is not extensive but what is on it is done well
Claudia I. • 9 reviews
July 31, 2025
9/10
Excellent cuisine both quality and creativity. A delightful discovery. Exceptional cost-benefit. Highly recommend.
Vanessa S. • 2 reviews
July 22, 2025
10/10
The dishes are delicious and well-prepared. The wine list is excellent. The service is impeccable, with a very comfortable and pleasant atmosphere. I highly recommend it.
Vanessa G. • 3 reviews
July 12, 2025
10/10
It was my second time at A Cave. The food always tasting so good, the service like the family restaurant it seems to be. Cozy Treatment. Fair price for what it delivers. I will always be back, whenever I am In Fatima.
Ashley L. • 1 review
July 16, 2025
10/10
So far the best restaurant we’ve tried in Portugal! The service and food were amazing. We had a wonderful experience there and right away decided to go again the next day.
Nicholas G. • 2 reviews
June 30, 2025
10/10
Eat here! Duck and tuna were amazing! Great prices and fantastic service.
Carla A. • 3 reviews
June 29, 2025
9.5/10
Excellent service, with well prepared and refreshing food. Quality products, very well prepared in original versions of traditional dishes.
Marcelo S. • 1 review
June 25, 2025
10/10
Excellent! Perfect meals, drinks and environment
sue s. • 1 review
June 13, 2025
10/10
From the moment we arrived, the service was outstanding—welcoming, attentive, and genuinely friendly. The staff went out of their way to ensure everything was perfect. The food was absolutely delicious, beautifully presented, and full of flavour. Every dish exceeded our expectations. It’s clear that both the kitchen and front-of-house teams take pride in what they do. Highly recommended— when we revisit Fatima we will definitely be coming back to A Cave restaurant!
Andrea F. • 1 review
June 13, 2025
10/10
Excellent food. The staff was very kind. Excelente service.
Rui G. • 25 reviews
May 24, 2025
9.5/10
Highly recommended
Gail L. • 1 review
May 21, 2025
7.5/10
Restaurant is about 20 minutes walk from the Sanctuary and 20 minutes from the Museum of Aljustrel. Server was very nice and made recommendations for the mains which turned out to be delicious (octopus and a slow cooked veal). Dishes and wine were reasonably priced. Only thing that I did not appreciate was that another server brought over a platter of antipasto (olives, prosciutto type ham, squash and warm bread) and placed it on our table without asking us or letting us know it would cost 9 euros. It’s one thing if they want to give us a complementary platter but I don’t think they should assume we will pay for it. We did end up taking it because they said the shrimp appetizer that were ordered would take 15 minutes and we were hungry. However, their approach was a bit off putting. Overall a good experience and would recommend.
Pamela P. • 3 reviews
May 15, 2025
9/10
The owner was great. Explained in detail how they made their dishes down to the fact that they make their own unsalted butter with garlic and parsley- yum! The restaurant is very cool. It has an open kitchen as well. We had a great experience.
David O. • 1 review
May 14, 2025
10/10
The owner took the time to come to our table and explain every dish in great detail and with passion. All of the food was excellent and the service could not be better. Highly recommend to all. Enjoy.
Lek K. • 3 reviews
April 10, 2025
10/10
Always enjoy coming back to the Cave. Food, wine, service and story make for the magic!
Gina W. • 2 reviews
April 7, 2025
10/10
Angelo took the trouble to explain every dish, including the types of port wines, all done with a big smile. The food was delicious and the portions big. The bread was fresh and crusty, and it came with in-house pumpkin paste and garlic butter. The place was spotless and the tablecloth pristine. It made our 20th wedding anniversary evening.
April L. • 1 review
March 6, 2025
9.5/10
Nena our server was amazing and friendly. Food was outstanding. The starter of roasted asparagus and mushrooms and main of duck confit and carrot purée was melt-in-your-mouth delicious. Well worth a visit.
Stephen J. • 22 reviews
February 14, 2025
10/10
Excellent restaurant with brilliant staff and a lovely atmosphere. The quality of the food is excellent and provides a near unique experience with its innovative menu.
Luís Augusto R. • 20 reviews
February 9, 2025
10/10
Excellent ambient and food.
Mafalda B. • 5 reviews
November 15, 2024
10/10
we were the last ones to leave the restaurant, the chef was trying a new recipe and brought us to the table as a complimentary item. it was excellent
Catarina D. • 13 reviews
November 10, 2024
9.5/10
The food was incredible - the duck was the best I’ve ever had! Service was great, and we were impressed that the chef went to each table to check if everything was okay.
MARCELO C. • 4 reviews
November 2, 2024
10/10
Everything. The food was amazing and the service was perfect
MARCELO C. • 4 reviews
November 1, 2024
10/10
Everything was perfect
Carlos V. • 20 reviews
October 4, 2024
10/10
Very good food, quiet environment, very helpful and friendly staff
Jessica M. • 1 review
September 27, 2024
10/10
The food and service was exceptional!
Samuel M. • 18 reviews
August 25, 2024
10/10
Super restaurant = excellente cuisine !
James H. • 8 reviews
August 19, 2024
9.5/10
A Cave is a real find - family operated and patronized by locals. It’s very unassuming from the street - you’ll walk one flight down to the restaurant and enter a nice dining area. The wait staff was great and spoke English - a big plus for us. We started with the charcuterie board and followed with tuna and octopus - all were excellent. Our waiter was very knowledgeable about the local wines and paired our dishes nicely. I would recommend you consider A Cave if you want to experience a lunch/dinner away from the tourist areas while visiting Fatima.
Tomás Pablo D. • 2 reviews
August 16, 2024
10/10
Great food and service, one of the best experiences we've had on our trip of Portugal and Spain.
Frederico D. • 1 review
August 1, 2024
10/10
The attention of every detail of the meal and the excellence of the service.
Nga N. • 1 review
August 2, 2024
9.5/10
The foods are simply amazing!
Anthony B. • 3 reviews
July 15, 2024
10/10
A welcoming place with delicious food. Always glad yo dine there
Enrique P. • 6 reviews
July 13, 2024
9.5/10
Place was nicely decorate for small town restaurant Food was so good, well season and truly portugués authentic .
Eduardo A. • 17 reviews
July 10, 2024
10/10
Delicious food and great service.
Eulália D. • 13 reviews
June 24, 2024
9/10
The food was amazing. A few definite wow moments!
Viet-Vy D. • 1 review
June 6, 2024
10/10
This restaurant is a must visit, when you are in Fatima! Great service and such a welcoming and attentive team will leave nothing to be desired. The chef owner came out to give us a wine recommendation and I love his passion for the local (and absolutely fantastic) wine! The food itself was a delight and you would find yourself hard pressed to find this kind of quality for such reasonable prices. Seasoning was spot on and the dishes were cooked with great care. Thank you for this great experience and I will definitely drop by again!
Nuno V. • 20 reviews
May 25, 2024
10/10
Everything very good.
Lucia C. • 1 review
May 8, 2024
10/10
It was a wonderful experience of epicurean excellence. Small restaurant with great service and culinary art level of earthy bites of home cooking. We had 4 dishes and all of them were delicious and amazingly prepared. The shrimps appetizer was fresh and seasoned to the best. The bread was freshly baked, crunchy and hot. Needless to say, we soaked up every drip of sauce on the plate. The secondi was Mediterranean Sea bass fillets. It was meticulously prepared with innovative and tons of flavor. As our host, Angelo, gave us the run down of this dish, I felt the sense of pride as a father telling you of his son’s soccer game. The fillets were cooked perfectly with crispy skin and tender flaky white juicy meat. It rested on a hump of delicious seafood pudding, with a careful swipe of garlic aioli on the plate. A poached cherry tomato sat on a pickled onion bench watching the show to start. All the while, a purple dusting of red cabbage lightly sprinkled around. The seafood pudding was a burst of flavor from the ocean, it had good texture and unpretentious. The pickled onion was a perfect balance to the richness of shrimp and clams. Then we had the short ribs. It was a 6-hour braising of a 12-hour marinade cut, The bone-in meat pieces were sat on finely puréed potatoes with a generous portion of rustic black eye peas and wilted cabbage. Just when we thought we are done with flavor town, Angelo brought over our dessert of Rice pudding. It was beautifully dusted with cinnamon over the not so traditional dessert, a quiet crispy rice paper chip sat proudly on top. The companion of the ice cream was a traditional arroz doce churned into a delicious ice cream treat. Very interesting of a show down to be the star of the show. The bill of this lunch was more than fair. We had a very enjoyable time.