Café Império

Food is absolutely amazing, even the starters. It was so good and we ended up ordering another piri piri chicken. The best!

Note: They don’t take cards, so bring cash.

For piri piri chicken in the Monchique area look no further. Tender chicken, accompanied with a delicious spicey sauce on the side meant we were literally picking the bones clean! We had no room for dessert so topped off the night with medronho (local fruit brandy aka fire water), mine had honey which was tasty. Thank you Joao and family for the outstanding service.

Absolutely the best meal! So authentic! Best check tomato salad, chips and chicken ever !
Yet their rare unsung hero is their cakes that are so light and airy I could eat 5 ! Definitely coming back for another meal that will wow us.

Such a delicious lunch and dessert. We ordered everything from cheese, butter, sardine, pate, and olives. For lunch we ordered chicken and french fries. Everything was hot and fresh and delicious. The best part was definitely the dessert as everything was homemade. Inside of the restaurant there is a big see-through fridge with all the different desserts and we got everything except for the meringue. I definitely recommend the passion fruit cake along with the walnut cake. The chicken was really good but the spicy chicken wasn’t spicy. It’s OK though because they gave us hot sauce to eat with it. The tomato salad was also delicious and perfectly seasoned salt, olive oil, and vinegar. The server was really nice and funny and told us that there was a big festival going on so our whole entire party went there in the afternoon it happened to be the town’s spring festival.

We were a party of eight people consisting of six adults and two children under 15. Everything came out to €120 including beverages and dessert. Definitely a must stop when in the area.

BEST CHICKEN IN PORTUGAL!!! if you want good simple grilled chicken this is your place. Needs a reservation, as it’s always busy, full of locals too! The tomato salad is very yummy, just juicy fresh tomatoes as if they come from your grandmas garden. Fries are crispy. Don’t forget to bring cash! We will be back many times!