Etxea
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9.5/10
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10
The food and service is excellent, the best we have experienced in Carvoeiro. We have visited twice in the last week, most recently on 1st April 2026 for my husbands birthday. We cannot speak highly enough of the staff, chefs and the delicious food, it tastes incredible is top quality and the staff are so knowledgeable about the wines abd cannot do enough for you. This is our favourite place and worth every single penny.
8.5
Great service, great food.. Nice ambiance
9.0
Personable wait staff...excellent food.
10
The food is interesting, different from elsewhere and delicious.
10
fabulous from the moment we arrived. The service was beyond amazing, the food inventive, and the vibe intoxicating. best place we visited in the Algarve!
10
Awesome service!!
10
Faultless food with beautiful presentation.
10
Great restaurant, one of our favorites in Carvoeiro.
10
Excellent food, wine and service. They took extra care with food allergies and happily accommodated our changed schedule. Highly recommend.
10
The quality of the food is exceptional, great menu variety, simply delicious.
2.0
We arrived 10 minutes early, having booked for 7:30pm 2 weeks previous. Etxea is not a cheap restaurant, but as we had been apart for 6 weeks, we thought we would" treat" ourselves. On arrival we were told our table was not ready (we were a little early) and to come back at our booked time. We stood outside in the rain, as there was nowhere to shelter, and impossible to drink in a bar and return in 10 minutes! On return at 7:30pm we were told the table was still not ready and to come back again at 8:00. We were not prepared to do this. We had booked in advance and the restaurant had knowingly given our table to someone else in the full knowledge that they had our booking. This is a very unprofessional and unacceptable. The tables were too close together, so no privacy possible. We won't be returning and are disgusted that a restaurant of this alledged upmarket standard treats it's customers so badly. Appalling.
10
Amazing dinner. Do not miss the basque cheesecake !!!
10
The food, service and atmosphere were exceptional. This was our family's first visit to Portugal, and I cannot say how pleased we were by this experience, considering it an absolute highlight or our trip. Everyone of our party of 6 had a different meal, and all raved how good each dish was. The service was friendly and attentive, while the atmosphere was fun and inviting. Thank you Etxea for making our stay extra special!!! Would highly recommend for anyone visiting this area!
9.0
Very good restaurant with friendly staff. One small remark: cod and Portuguese Steak little too salty.
10
Interesting quality menu and wine selection well presented and tasty food topped off with excellent service and ambience - a recipe that Keeps us returning !
10
Another fantastic evening at Etxea to celebrate a 50th birthday. We were a group of 8 people and all of us thoroughly enjoyed everything we had chosen. The service was the perfect level of friendly & attentive and we all left happy and very satisfied. We highly recommend it!
10
Best food by far in Carvoeiro very reasonable prices too, friendly staff with good bantor, high standards nice and cosy little spot, very pretty decor 😀 we never told them it was for a birthday, yet they found out and did a birthday candle on our dessert very nice touch.
10
Wonderful
10
Hugo was very attentive and took time to go explain the menu
6.5
The restaurant is supposed to be basque cuisine but not a lot of basque options and the decoration is totally not aligned with the menu
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