Reviews - O Faroleiro
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Adriano Manuel W. • 35 reviews
July 25, 2025
10/10Beautiful restaurant, sea view, great food and good service. We love it
Frank B. • 3 reviews
July 24, 2025
9.5/10The restaurant wasn't very busy so it lacked atmosphere but we watched the sunset over the ocean. The waiting staff were very attentive and helped us decide .The starters ,octopus salad and grilled prawn were good but nothing special. The main course however was memorable. We shared a sea bass Portuguese style,cooked in the oven in a lovely delicate tomato sauce with potatoes and onions.The wild bass was very fresh and full of flavour.No description can begin to tell how wonderful it was. If you're staying nearby I recommend a visit just for the sea bass.
Renata L. • 13 reviews
May 29, 2025
10/10It 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
10/10The food was incredible, every dish we ordered was delicious
Martyn H. • 1 review
May 23, 2025
9.5/10This 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
9.5/10Excellent fish restaurant with great views!!
Ricardo S. • 45 reviews
May 8, 2025
5.5/10Poor 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
10/10Beautiful 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
10/10I 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
10/10Family favourite, amazing food and service. Very accommodating to our 2 year old daughter.
O Faroleiro • Owner
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
10/10Recommended 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
10/10Best 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
10/10Lovely 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
10/10Food amazing as always
Jacqueline D. • 16 reviews
September 15, 2024
10/10Great food, great services, amazing views.
Nathan H. • 9 reviews
September 3, 2024
8/10Food was wonderful with spectacular views, and very friendly staff.
Steve S. • 3 reviews
August 22, 2024
10/10Excellent food and service.Authentic Portuguese Restaurant.
Hetul K. • 7 reviews
August 4, 2024
8.5/10Nice view
Clara G. • 73 reviews
August 5, 2024
10/10It 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
9.5/10Friendly, efficient, attentive service. Food fresh and tasty.
Joana M. • 6 reviews
July 27, 2024
10/10People were extra nice, the food was soooo good (seafood rice with LOTS of lobster), and view was great!
Aurel V. • 1 review
July 13, 2024
10/10Amazing servers and beautiful sights
Marco S. • 90 reviews
July 9, 2024
7/10Client 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
10/10Excellent restaurant with beautiful views! One of the best meals we had in Portugal.
Olivier C. • 7 reviews
May 1, 2024
10/10Very good arroz de tamboril, Nice place, Great service
Jonathan S. • 5 reviews
February 24, 2024
10/10As always spectacular and amazing service for my 11 month old daughter.
O Faroleiro • Owner
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 Faroleiro • Owner
Thank you very much for your feedback, dear Clara! We hope to see you soon!
Deborah F. • 3 reviews
October 16, 2023
10/10Fantastic food great service charming restaurant
Raluca I. • 18 reviews
October 8, 2023
9/10Very good food with a view in a cozy ambiance
Antony W. • 69 reviews
October 4, 2023
10/10Excellent 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
10/10I 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
9.5/10A family Sunday lunch. Masses of excellent good, very good service, excellent car parking facility and attendant
Felicity R. • 14 reviews
July 16, 2023
10/10Family outing. Everyone very pleased with our lunch
Darren R. • 3 reviews
February 14, 2023
8/10Great food. Indifferent service.
Diane M. • 5 reviews
February 12, 2023
10/10Location, view, service and ambiance. Great experience.
Miguel V. • 1 review
February 8, 2023
10/10Probably 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
5/10For 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 Faroleiro • Owner
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!
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