Dona Lota — Restaurant in Cacela Velha, Algarve, Portugal — photos, reviews and opening hours

Dona Lota

Restaurant 📍 Cacela Velha Restaurant €€
4.6
★★★★½
183 Google reviews
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💬 Reviews (5)

Melvine Smith ★★★★★
2025-10-21
What an unbelievable venue 💯🔥
The food, the service, the atmosphere...simply amazing. It sits right on the most beautiful white sand beach. Definitely worth the visit!
Melanie Rawlings ★★★★★
2025-09-01
Perfect
Right on the beach, shaded from the sun, excellent menu, relaxed atmosphere, attentive staff and friendly service.
kristof backx ★★★★★
2024-07-28
Perfect last night of our holiday 😍 The friendly owners, the great DJ, the good food and overall ambiance was perfect for us. We had a great time, beautiful view of the beach and our daughter loved playing in the sand, while we enjoyed our Caipirinha. The prices and portions are correct for the location. If I understood correctly, they only recently started doing dinner as well. I hope they will continue doing this, so we can come back next year. For us, ideal after a day on the beach.
The garlic shrimps, golden bream and porc recommended.
Edie Cruise ★★★★★
The food was to die for! Family-owned, right by the water, can't beat the prices, gorgeous scenery... Simply amazing!!
Frits van Zijdervelt ★★★★★
Lovely restaurant at the beach. New owners and upgraded the menu incredibly compared to previous owners without changing the character of the place. Menu has been significantly upgraded. The meat is sourced locally and the pork is fantastic. The sandwiches are very nice. Service is friendly and so are the prices. Definitely a good place to visit for a nice lunch with the right authentic beach vibe. Definitely will come back. Well done and keep it up.

🦉 TripAdvisor Reviews — 3.6★ (901 reviews)

3.6
★★★½☆
901 TripAdvisor reviews
★★★★★
May 13, 2026
If there is a restaurant to praise, it is definitely this one. Affordable prices for this category, but in addition, a staff worthy of fine dining. Table with candle and flowers. Very classy restaurant. A dining room manager prepares the meals in the dining room, especially those that are flambéed.…
★★★★★
February 2, 2026
Wonderful place. We booked via Facebook as we read the comments that it usually fills up soon, and although we arrived early there they had us stored our table by the window. The staff is lovely and the food to remove your hat, very plentiful and rich. Very fresh seafood. We'll be back.
★★☆☆☆
September 27, 2025
Unfortunately, our lunch was a disappointment. I ordered a few oysters, they only had 4 with 3 days, we ordered a grilled fish and there was blood near the spine. I have known the Old House for many years and it has always been a reference... Sorry, I would not recommend it to anyone else.
★☆☆☆☆
September 1, 2025
The person responsible is a rude ignorant man. I don't care if the food is good or not, I prefer to eat a stone before giving a euro to such a bunch of rude people. From the comments, I see that we are not the only ones who have had that experience. Eat somewhere else.
★★☆☆☆
August 18, 2025
After several years trying to book in this restaurant so much spoken, I finally managed to book well in advance to dine with a group of friends during a vacation in the Algarve. We arrived at the scheduled time (21:00) and made the request to the employee, explaining that we would order dishes to d…
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ℹ️ Details

📍R. da Lota, 8900-038 Vila Nova de Cacela, Portugal
🍴Restaurant
💰€€
👁49 views

🕐 Opening Hours

Monday 12–5 pm
Tuesday 12–5 pm
Wednesday 10:30 am–5 pm
Thursday 12–5 pm
Friday 12–5 pm
Saturday 12–5 pm
Sunday 12–5 pm

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