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Visconde da Luz
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What diners said about this restaurant:
Aamer M. • 2 reviews
August 17, 2024
8.5/10Great food, excellent service, really nice waiting staff. Prices were a bit too high compared to other places we have dined in. I would gladly go back, though, simply because of the wait staff - just the nicest, friendliest people.
Lesley P. • 1 review
August 16, 2024
3/10The food was nice but pricey but was disappointed that a small plate of ham was put on the table with the bread and olives and was charged for ham 15,euro plus cover charge 6.60 euros they didn't make us aware of this charged .
Mark M. • 1 review
July 28, 2024
10/10This was the best restaurant we ate at during our two-week trip to Ireland and Portugal. The food was amazing. The grilled squid and shrimp was fresh and had a nice char on it. The white wine, recommended by the waiter, was light and crisp, just the way I like it. And the service was very attentive without being intrusive. It was a meal I won't soon forget!
Jane F. • 11 reviews
July 31, 2024
9.5/10Great service and good but very pricey.
Abraham H. • 1 review
July 24, 2024
9/10This place was recommended. It was an excellent recommendation indeed. The food was superb!
Sarah M. • 1 review
July 27, 2024
10/10The team at Visconde da Luz were welcoming, friendly and our meal was delicious. We thoroughly recommend this established restaurant in Cascais.
Lauren L. • 1 review
July 15, 2024
9.5/10This place was recommended to us by my brother and his wife as they had previously visited. It's an unassuming spot with a casual vibe and excellent food. Everything we tried was delicious - shrimp in garlic oil, octopus, cod and a fish stew. Highly recommend checking this place out if you're in the area.
Thane T. • 9 reviews
July 20, 2024
10/10This is our go-to restaurant in Cascais. They never fail to provide excellent food, service, and value for money. I can’t recommend it more highly.
Sean G. • 5 reviews
July 7, 2024
9/10Simple food cooked and presented very well. Very engaging and friendly staff. It was quite early and not full so lacked some ambiance but everything else was spot on!
Ricardo A. • 9 reviews
June 14, 2024
10/10Brilliant
Rita B. • 10 reviews
May 9, 2024
10/10We’ve just had the most brilliant time at this restaurant. All of the staff made us feel most welcome and valued. The Couvert was delicious. All mains were great Everyone enjoyed them thoroughly The wine was chosen with the dishes in mind and we took help from the staff Very knowledgeable We would definitely go back
Laurence H. • 2 reviews
April 24, 2024
10/10premium food, excellent and very friendly service
Marek D. • 44 reviews
March 1, 2024
10/10Excellent place!
Thane T. • 9 reviews
September 28, 2023
10/10Once again, we had an excellent meal and service at Visconde da Luz. We often bring visitors there, and to a person they are delighted by both the quality of the food, and the outstanding hospitality that the staff consistently brings to its guests. Their cataplana is magnificent, truly world class. I guarantee that you’ll want to return after having dined there once.
Mark O. • 108 reviews
August 31, 2023
10/10We had a fantastic lunch yesterday! First time after years of saying we were going to try it. Amêijoas and robalo were perfectly prepared as you would expect. Service by Marco was also perfect. Unexpected was the dessert wine list with many old bottles of vintage and colheita ports.
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Eduardo R. • 1 review
July 9, 2023
9.5/10Excellent food, outstanding attention. Friendly and professional staff. We always come back to this traditional restaurant in Cascais centre
Maya K. • 1 review
July 1, 2023
10/10This restaurant was highly recommended by good friends whose taste we trust. We visited Cascais, and made straight for the restaurant specifically for the sea bass baked in sea salt. It was not only the best baked fish I have ever had (and that is saying a lot), the fish was fluffy and moist, but the service and ambiance were amazing. Classically Portuguese!
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Francisco L. • 12 reviews
June 30, 2023
10/10One of the best restaurants on the Cascais-Estoril coast. Portuguese cuisine d elitoral.. Good fish and shellfish, good meat, rice dishes... Excellent cuisine and attention to table service. Adequate price, variable as requested of course. Nice place with a nice terrace inside
Wil Q. • 2 reviews
June 5, 2023
10/10Excellent service and great food! Will definitely be coming back!
Jade C. • 1 review
April 23, 2023
10/10Fantastic restaurant- food was amazing! Staff very friendly, and food tasted just like home from home. I would highly recommend and would definitely return
Susan K. • 83 reviews
February 19, 2023
10/10This space envelopes you in a 'Tavern on the Green' manner, as you watch the people in the Parque from under timbered ceilings and dark paneling. The wide variety of shellfish and seafood are their specialty yet the partridge should tempt you, too, in its velvety brown gravy and roasted veggies. Sea bream in a dlat crust was served table side with perfect veggies. Everything about this meal, this place, the servers is 5 star.
Luis B. • 2 reviews
November 6, 2022
10/10Excellent food and service, it worth every penny
Gill S. • 1 review
October 22, 2022
9.5/10One of our favourites and never disappoints. Don’t expect anything fancy, but high quality food (we always choose a fish dish), perfectly cooked always and exemplary service.
Juliet M. • 3 reviews
September 16, 2022
10/10Very warm welcome on arrival and lovely waiters throughout our meal. We all enjoyed our meals and would especially recommend the spider crab starter, sea bass Portuguese style and fillet steak. We chose the house red & white wine and both were fine.
Thane T. • 9 reviews
August 3, 2022
10/10Cascais is something of a tourist town, especially in the summer. But if you want a sample of the brilliance of the local cuisine, you need go no farther than Visconde da Luz. I'm an immigrant, a local for a year and a half, and this is one of two places I bring visitors to impress them with the idyllic nature of my adoptive home. The service is outstanding, the food is delectable, the ambiance is agreeable, and the restaurant consistently delivers a superlative experience without being fussy. This is not a place that's going to attract trend-setters or Michelin-star groupies... and that's just fine. It's honest food, prepared with skill and care and love. If Anthony Bourdain were still alive, I would take him here, and I'm confident he would love it as much as I do.
Karim e. • 9 reviews
July 14, 2022
10/10Very nice restaurant away from the tourists and where locals go that want to have an excellent dinner ! Super good service ! Very tasty home cooking!
Ruth D. • 3 reviews
July 11, 2022
5.5/10Disappointed- was expecting better. Waiting 35 mins on a fairly empty restaurant is not an auspicious start. Never had a drier bacalhau in Portugal. Many other better places in Cascáis so won’t be back
Pedro r. • 21 reviews
June 26, 2022
9/10N/A
Kurt B. • 10 reviews
April 23, 2022
10/10Delicious clams, followed by fabulous filet mignon. Compact but impressive wine list.
Thane T. • 9 reviews
April 3, 2022
10/10I love this place. They make you feel at home and cared for, they serve consistently excellent food, and they provide high quality at a fair price. It's not fancy, but it doesn't have to be. They do what they do exquisitely, and we always leave happy. It's also our go-to destination for bringing out-of-town dinner guests, and they are all envious that we have such a gem right here in the neighbourhood.
ROBERT H. • 17 reviews
March 18, 2022
10/10Excellent food and great service while sitting at a window table overlooking a park in Cascais Portugal. It really doesn’t get any better than this.
Thane T. • 9 reviews
February 5, 2022
10/10While we were disapponted that they were out of the cataplana de mariscos, we all had exceptional entrees. The grouper, done in the Portuguese style, was once again as good an expression of that dish as I have had anywhere. My wife had the dourada, prepared a la Portugues, and it, too, was outstanding. If the fish were any fresher, we would have had to slap them. We often bring our American guests here to get a taste of real Portuguese seafood, and they -- and we -- are never disappointed. We are lucky to have such a great restaurant so near to us, and I recommend it without hesitation. Incidentally, they also nailed the crust on the queijada de Sintra, which many restaurants fail to do. Finally, their staff is attentive, frendly, and knowledgeable.
Daria S. • 4 reviews
December 23, 2021
10/10Super! Favourite place in Cascais
ROBERT H. • 17 reviews
November 28, 2021
9.5/10The service was excellent we shared a Turbot that was perfectly prepared and presented. Paired with a great Vino Verde, all in all it was a great experience.
Thane T. • 9 reviews
November 4, 2021
10/10Maybe the best grouper I've had in my life. Outstanding service, terrific food, a totally excellent experience from top to bottom. The staff were friendly and flexible, it was delight to eat there. I heartily recommend them to both locals (we are recent transplants from Los Angeles) and visitors (our dining companions were from Florida). I sampled many of the other dishes at the table, and it was nearly impossible to pick a favourite. The vegetable accompaniments (haricots verts, carrots, potatoes) were perfectly simple, and simply perfect. And they nailed the crust on the queijada de Sintra, which is no mean feat. My photo doesn't -- can't -- do the food justice. By all means, go there and try it for yourself. You can thank me later.
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Gary D. • 16 reviews
October 9, 2021
10/10Cannot fault this restaurant. Excellent evening.
Thane T. • 9 reviews
September 25, 2021
10/10What a delight! We sat on the back patio and were treated like royalty. The cataplana was revelatory, and we felt attended to -- though not cloylingly so -- at every turn. I can't recommend this restaurant highly enough. A gem by any measure.
Julien S. • 21 reviews
August 18, 2021
8.5/10A more upscale restaurant in the Alto Bajo streets
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