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Best Portuguese food near Luanda, Luanda Province, Angola
Best Portuguese restaurants nearby. Discover the best Portuguese food in Luanda. View Menus, Photos and Reviews for Portuguese restaurants near you.. Sitting on the Western Coast of Africa, the port of Luanda is the capital and largest city in Angola. Founded by the Portuguese in 1575, the city has had a tumultuous history, finally achieving peace in 2002 after a long civil war. Now with a swelling population and surge of construction, the city is experiencing a rebirth. Take a break from the busy city and visit nearby Mussulo, a spit of land covered in coconut palms, bungalows and bars, and featuring wide sandy beaches and calm waters.
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10. Restaurante Fazendeiro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 147 reviews
Reviewed By ViatorErrantis
Business dinner with colleagues. It was supposed to be Portuguese or Brazilian, as the name recalls, but is also a bit Italian and a bit something else, without a precise identity. In any case, it didn't satisfy any of that (too oily, too spicy, too salty, ...).It's a pity, as the location is really nice
9. Lookal Sao Jorge
Overall Ratings
4 based on 91 reviews
Reviewed By 517matthijsb
Being here on business for the first time and many restaurants looking very local in the city I was pleased to have found this restaurant. The view is amazing, service was good. The food was perfect, sea food is the way to go!
8. Chill Out
Overall Ratings
4 based on 164 reviews
Fusion food restaurant by the sea at Ilha do Cabo and vibrant club at weekend nights
Reviewed By Francois M
Leaving in Luanda, you will end up one day or another in Chill out, next to the same owner's ex-magnificaent Coconuts, on Ilha. There you'll get the fashion, people all dressed up, good service, and acceptable world sophisticated plates, hopefully well served. Nice atmosphere, excellent caipirinhas, overall a very pleasant place to eat out with friends but do not to be astonished by the food. Bill is ok, for such a high end luandan restaurant.
7. La Vigia
Overall Ratings
4 based on 163 reviews
Reviewed By EricSmd
This little hidden away gem has good fish and is a popular local spot. We ordered a big grouper which we split amongst our large group. It was perfectly cooked. The large prawns on skewers were over cooked and stuck to the shell. The beer is nice and cold. There is a back room that is air conditioned and highly recommended. This restaurant is down an alley and it seems very wrong trying to find the entrance. Go with someone who has been before. You pick out your various seafood to eat from the front and they grill it up for you and bring it to the table. Nice place.
6. Coconuts
Overall Ratings
4 based on 198 reviews
Reviewed By Maria_Gasparinho
Best place in Luanda's island to lie on the beach. Great decor and a very clean place. Beach space well organized and confortable. It has also a good restaurant, with good food and very good portuguese wines, although a little pricey.
5. Cais De Quatro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 505 reviews
Reviewed By T-Africa2000
We had a business dinner at Cais de Quatro on a Monday night and it was exceptional. The service was on point and the food was excellent. The sushi, fish and steaks were all very good, as was the wine. Itâs a beautifully decorated restaurant with amazing views of the bay. A lovely experience.
4. Restaurante Recantos
Overall Ratings
4 based on 148 reviews
Reviewed By massimobJ5899HV
First time at Recantos,Some local friends brought me at this restaurant. Very characteristic, good food and genuine. We arrived quite early and there was plenty of place, but after eight it got superbusy. People queuing outside. I have enjoyed every course. Sweets are good to. Grilled meat is a must here! Price very affordable, people friendly and polite. Overall am excellent experience. I will be back.
3. Lookal Mar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 421 reviews
Reviewed By Hrodulf4x4medic
Had a business lunch here. The decor is elegant with an African twist. Service was excellent and the food to match. A bit more expensive than others in the area but absolutely worth it. The portions are not tiny so come hungry. Will definitely return.
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2. Pimm's
Overall Ratings
4 based on 300 reviews
Reviewed By CaptainMorgan68
Pimmâs is equal to excellent food, service and reliable quality. You experience the personal touch from the owner Casimiro, the Manager Angelo his colleague Joaquim and all staff serving. Best and safe choice for any business or private occasion!
1. O Madeirense Mar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 52 reviews
Reviewed By StraightTalker28
As my title suggests, I'm quite a fan of O Madeirense. The premise of the restaurant is very simple: big blocks of meat are brought to you on skewers, and that's about it. They have a basic collection of starters - garlic bread, calamari (terrible, overcooked, rubber), some potato croquette style things among others. They're all pretty average, which is fine because this place is all about the meat. Here's how it works: there is no menu, the only option is beef on a skewer, which you can request in various states of done-ness, which they actually follow through with, possibly the only restaurant in Angola that does. Without fail - and I have now been here three times - the meat is perfectly seasoned, perfectly cooked, piping hot, juicy, flavoursome, and overall perfect. I don't know where they source their meet, but I would love to meet the butcher! For a meat lover, O Madeirense is pretty much perfect.I don't know what the desserts are like, but as far as I can tell dessert is a slice of cake from a fridge. I'm sure they don't make them themselves and who knows how long they sit there, so I wouldn't recommend one of those. Besides, if you still have room for dessert, you have not done the restaurant justice.So why not five stars? Well, the starters are average at best, but the biggest factor is the service, which is so bad that it is entertaining. The restaurant is run by an extremely harassed Portuguese couple but the local waiters are absolutely useless. if you want absolutely anything outside of the norm of meat and a beer, it completely falls apart. It takes an eternity, they don't understand or forget, or need to check with someone else first, or lose something or whatever it may be, and the whole system completely grinds to a halt. It's comically awful, even if you request something like a fork. However, this needs to be overlooked and dismissed, because it does not detract from the otherwise fantastic restaurant, and worth visiting again and again.
