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9.5
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Excellent
1271 reviews
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9.4
Food
9.5
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  • Renata L.

    Renata L.12 reviews

    May 29, 2025

    10/10

    It was all wonderful but very expensive. Each side dish was charged extra. We ate with our 8 year old daughter who only had fries and ice creams my husband is vegetarian and only 1 glass of house wine. We paid €145.

  • Renata s.1 review

    May 1, 2025

    10/10

    The food was incredible, every dish we ordered was delicious

  • Martyn H.1 review

    May 23, 2025

    9.5/10

    This is a typical Portuguese restaurant. Friendly staff, excellent food (best steak I’ve had for a long time - wife’s king prawn was really good too). Many local Portuguese used it. Nice location with great sunset photo opportunities.

  • Richard E.19 reviews

    May 18, 2025

    9.5/10

    Excellent fish restaurant with great views!!

  • Ricardo S.44 reviews

    May 8, 2025

    5.5/10

    Poor quality for a big price!!! Three different types of rice with basically the same base with the ingredients on top. No clue of what a real arroz de berbigao, arroz de grelos é arroz de marisco should be prepared. Not to repeat. By the way, I am Portuguese leaving in that zone and not the first time in that restaurant. What a shame!

  • Cynthia H.2 reviews

    April 14, 2025

    10/10

    Beautiful restaurant overlooking the ocean. Staff was very attentive. The food was some of the best I’ve have ever eaten. Wine list was superb. Highly recommend

  • Clara G.73 reviews

    April 3, 2025

    10/10

    I always come back to this restaurant to celebrate special occasions. It is one of my favorites and I am a client already for 23 years! Lovely place, friendly and attentive staff, nice sea view as well! I love the “fish au bread” and the rice with lobster and sea food. Desserts are good as well: farófias is a must for my husband. I like the “queijada pie” (similar to the Sintra “queijadinhas” in another format); the almond pie is also good, as well as the walnut mousse.

  • Jonathan S.5 reviews

    January 12, 2025

    10/10

    Family favourite, amazing food and service. Very accommodating to our 2 year old daughter.

    O FaroleiroOwner

    Dear Jonathan, thank you for your reply! We hope to see you soon.

  • Pedro M.15 reviews

    January 5, 2025

    10/10

    The cataplana was really good and the fish - bread was amazing. A top restaurant.

  • Coy J.3 reviews

    December 30, 2024

    10/10

    The seafood rice w Lobster was amazing ! Probably one of the best Portuguese dishes I’ve had since 2018 when I 1st set foot in this beautiful country. The house vinho verde was quite good too!

  • Jillian E.1 review

    December 28, 2024

    10/10

    Recommended by the friend. Ordered the sea bass Portuguese style. Delicious, family style with potatoes worth the trip. Lovely service

  • Philipp H.1 review

    November 21, 2024

    10/10

    Best Oysters and Tiger Prawns in the region. The Seabass in salt is out of this world

  • Clara G.73 reviews

    November 9, 2024

    10/10

    I go to this restaurant since August 2001 to celebrate special occasions or “just because I feel like it”… It’s beautiful, “open” with lots of windows and cozy, nice ocean view and attentive and friendly staff. We shared the starters and a clams Bulhão Pato, then we had a sea bass “in the bread” for 3 people. Both dishes were delicious. The dessert we had the classic Portuguese farófias. It is not cheap, but the quality is very high! I will certainly go back! :)

  • Paulo P.8 reviews

    October 25, 2024

    10/10

    Lovely open and light space with good sea views and good food On the expensive side but worth it. Good parking too

  • Kevin C.1 review

    September 15, 2024

    10/10

    Food amazing as always

  • Jacqueline D.15 reviews

    September 15, 2024

    10/10

    Great food, great services, amazing views.

  • Nathan H.

    Nathan H.8 reviews

    September 3, 2024

    8/10

    Food was wonderful with spectacular views, and very friendly staff.

  • Steve S.3 reviews

    August 22, 2024

    10/10

    Excellent food and service.Authentic Portuguese Restaurant.

  • Hetul K.7 reviews

    August 4, 2024

    8.5/10

    Nice view

  • Clara G.73 reviews

    August 5, 2024

    10/10

    It was a lovely meal (as always!). We’re celebrating my husband birthday and I’ve asked to reserve our “special” table (where we had celebrated his anniversary back in 2001 just after we’ve started dating). They kept that table reserved for us (even having being late for 30 min, but warning them previously) and I was so, so happy! I had my first meal at Faroleiro back in 2001 and from then on we just keep going there to celebrate our birthdays or just to have a good time and a delicious lunch! The food was very good as always! For a Monday late at 15:00, it was still quite busy. The service was friendly. Very good clams, then the amazing lobster rice and ending with two delicious desserts. What could we ask more? Yes…it is not cheap… but it has good quality and that comes with a price! I hope I can continue to go there for many, many years more!!!

  • Felicity R.14 reviews

    July 30, 2024

    9.5/10

    Friendly, efficient, attentive service. Food fresh and tasty.

  • Joana M.

    Joana M.6 reviews

    July 27, 2024

    10/10

    People were extra nice, the food was soooo good (seafood rice with LOTS of lobster), and view was great!

  • Aurel V.

    Aurel V.1 review

    July 13, 2024

    10/10

    Amazing servers and beautiful sights

  • Marco S.87 reviews

    July 9, 2024

    7/10

    Client since 1990. Food taste and quality has been dropping and prices have been going up. Pitty to see a good restaurante not worrying about detail. So many options on the market I started to go there less.

  • Alison F.2 reviews

    June 3, 2024

    10/10

    Excellent restaurant with beautiful views! One of the best meals we had in Portugal.

  • Olivier C.7 reviews

    May 1, 2024

    10/10

    Very good arroz de tamboril, Nice place, Great service

  • Jonathan S.5 reviews

    February 24, 2024

    10/10

    As always spectacular and amazing service for my 11 month old daughter.

    O FaroleiroOwner

    Thank you for your review

  • Clara G.73 reviews

    December 1, 2023

    10/10

    Always a pleasure to come to Faroleiro! :) One of my favorites in the Lisbon /Cascais area!!! It is not cheap, but when the quality is great there are no regrets! The rice with lobster and seafood is absolutely delicious and one of my favorites (ex-aequo with “Seabass in the bread”!). Desserts are very good too! This time we had Farófias (the usual for my husband) and Sintra Queijada Pie. Just go and enjoy!

    O FaroleiroOwner

    Thank you very much for your feedback, dear Clara! We hope to see you soon!

  • Deborah F.3 reviews

    October 16, 2023

    10/10

    Fantastic food great service charming restaurant

  • Raluca I.18 reviews

    October 8, 2023

    9/10

    Very good food with a view in a cozy ambiance

  • Antony W.

    Antony W.69 reviews

    October 4, 2023

    10/10

    Excellent food service and view ???? There were 8 of us and the staff suggestions and food quality was great / everyone left satisfied ????

  • Darby M.23 reviews

    September 14, 2023

    10/10

    I asked for a window table as our guests were from another country and they loved the view, as did we! The food was very good although the bill was much more expensive than I had imagined compared to our local area but then you are paying for the ambience and very good service! I would definitely return!

  • Felicity R.14 reviews

    August 13, 2023

    9.5/10

    A family Sunday lunch. Masses of excellent good, very good service, excellent car parking facility and attendant

  • Felicity R.14 reviews

    July 16, 2023

    10/10

    Family outing. Everyone very pleased with our lunch

  • Darren R.3 reviews

    February 14, 2023

    8/10

    Great food. Indifferent service.

  • Diane M.5 reviews

    February 12, 2023

    10/10

    Location, view, service and ambiance. Great experience.

  • Miguel V.1 review

    February 8, 2023

    10/10

    Probably the best restaurant in Cascais. Great service, amazing location and food so fresh and prepared at the highest standard. We had the sea bass ao Sal and the octopus. What an amazing experience! Well done!

  • Cristina S.8 reviews

    January 2, 2023

    5/10

    For starter, two cheeses were accepted, and almost a whole cheese was removed from the table and charged at the end of the bill. Regrettably, in a restaurant considered good, they have these practices that reveal a lack of good faith—a shame.

    O FaroleiroOwner

    Cara Cristina, agradecemos o seu feedback, mas não podemos aceitar a injusta crítica relativamente aos valores do nosso restaurante. Temos orgulho na forma justa, honesta e correta com que nos relacionamos com os nossos clientes. Queremos esclarecer que um queijo ou qualquer outro alimento será sempre cobrado ao cliente, desde que esse alimento seja por si inutilizado, mesmo que o cliente consuma apenas uma pequena parte dele. A partir do momento em que o cliente o consome, mesmo que apenas falte uma fatia ou menos, o queijo terá que ser cobrado pois o que sobra, não poderá ser consumido por mais ninguém. Por isso mesmo, antes dos nossos colaboradores colocarem na mesa as entradas, é sempre questionado ao cliente se deseja que os alimentos fiquem na mesa. Lamentamos que tenha ficado decepcionada com a sua esperiência, mas esperamos que uma futura visita corra de forma mais positiva. Um excelente ano!

  • David B.7 reviews

    December 31, 2022

    10/10

    Excellent restaurant all-round! Staff, food and ocean views! We even had to make some last minute changes to our reservation and they were super accommodating! Would definitely recommend!

  • BENJAMIN P.1 review

    December 22, 2022

    10/10

    This is one of the premier restaurants that is on the coast of Guincho Beach just outside of Cascais, Portugal. The restaurant is facing the ocean, and hillside in the direction of Cabo de Roca, which is the last lighthouse. The Discoverers would see on their way to the New World. The seafood is incredible.

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