Sabores do Campo

A happy savory find after touring the nearby Eco-Cork factory. Menu is limited to 2 options when we came. But both are good— the chicken stew was really delicious. Lots of hood quality wine too! The place is in a small village, and the posh set up makes you think it’s expensive. But truly, price-quality ratio is one of the best we have found here in Algarve.

A great place to get excellent food in the hills of the Algarve. The service and friendliness of the staff is amazing. You can order anything off of the menu and it will taste fabulous. The house tartar sauce might be the best in all of Portugal. I am guessing the wine list is also outstanding, but since I don't drink wine, I cannot judge. The other patrons seemed impressed though. :)

Stopped in for lunch, had the two specials of the day. One chicken the other fish. Local atmosphere and ambiance. Our waiter spoke excellent English. Made plans to return for dinner for the wild boar and steak features.

We had dinner. The place requires an effort to get to for tourists as it’s 10 miles north of Faro. Having a car is most helpful and the parking at site is easy and free. It’s a stand alone house-like structure that is surprisingly large inside. The ambiance is well-appointed and the multiple wine bottles on their wall provide interesting talking point. A separate “cellar” hosts many types of wine and their wine list is extensive, covering all of Portuguese wine-making regions. For a tourist the selection is overwhelming (in a good way) but some explanation about the wines in the menu card would be helpful. We made a quick choice after checking on the Internet and that was a good choice mostly by pure luck. Service was friendly, attentive and fast. We arrived as first customers for the evening but soon the restaurant filled up to 2/3rds of its capacity. Despite this and also despite only two staff were taking orders, delivering food and drink, clearing used utensils and crockery, answering customers’ queries and taking payment, the whole operations was running most efficiently. To be honest I’ve never come across any restaurant where two staff could be that efficient. Bravo! The food arrived as ordered and we had a good time consuming them. We have found Portuguese food to be over-salted for our taste elsewhere and it was not different here. But to be fair, much of the meat dish in any Indian restaurant in the U.K. is also almost always over-salted, so I suppose it is our palate that is rather sensitive, and we won’t blame the cooking here. The prices were reasonable, the ambiance beautiful, the food good and the people very efficient and helpful. All in all this is a place worth visiting to experience Portuguese dishes if you’re near Faro. We left the place happy. Thank you for a nice evening.

Excellent food, very friendly wait staff and they spoke English. It is loud in the main dining area when it gets busy. The service is a little slow because they could use another waiter when they are busy. On the other hand you won't feel rushed. We will have dinner here again.