Last Monday, the relaunch of the gourmet guide in Portugal saw 70 establishments awarded the coveted “sun”.
Published in Portugal from 1989 to 2016, the Guia Repsol, Spain’s leading restaurant guide for over four decades, has made its return in an exclusively digital format.
Relaunched on Monday at the Convent of São Francisco in Santarém, the Repsol Guide gala awards ceremony saw a total of 194 nationwide restaurants be recommended, 70 of which were awarded one, two and three Suns – the guide’s equivalent of the stars system.
In the Algarve, eight restaurants were awarded a sun: Ocean (3 suns), Bon Bon (2 suns), Vista (2 suns), Vila Joya (2 suns), Al Sud (2 suns), Austa (1 sun), Gusto (1 sun), Henrique Leis (1 sun), Näpéron (1 sun) and Veneza (1 sun).
According to Repsol, this list reflects a selection of “classic restaurants, but also others, by young chefs, covering the entire Portuguese territory, including Madeira and the Azores”.
The winners of the Repsol Guide
With three Suns, the Repsol Portugal Guide distinguished Belcanto (Lisbon), Ocean (Porches), Il Gallo D’Oro (Funchal) and The Yeatman (Vila Nova de Gaia).
With two Suns: Al Sud (Odiáxere), Alma (Lisbon), Bon Bon (Carvoeiro), Casa de Chá da Boa Nova (Matosinhos), Cura (Lisbon), Euskalduna Studio (Porto), Feitoria (Lisbon), Fifty Seconds (Lisbon), Herdade do Esporão (Reguengos de Monsaraz), Le Monument (Porto), Marlene, (Lisbon), Mesa de Lemos (Viseu), Pedro Lemos restaurant (Porto), Ó Balcão (Santarém), Vila Joya (Albufeira), Vista (Portimão) and William (Funchal).
With one Sun: 100 Maneiras (Lisbon), 2Monkeys (Lisbon), A Cozinha (Guimarães), Arkhe (Lisbon), Austa (Loulé), Bahr (Lisbon), Boubou’s (Lisbon), Canalha (Lisbon), Cavalariça (Alcácer do Sal), Cícero (Lisbon), Ciclo (Lisbon), Cozinha das Flores (Porto), De Raíz (Viseu), Dom Joaquim (Évora), Eleven (Lisbon), Epur (Lisbon), Essencial (Lisbon), Fauno (Porto), Fava Tonka (Matosinhos), Flora (Viseu), Fortaleza do Guincho (Cascais), Gambrinus (Lisbon), Gusto by Heinz Beck (Loulé), Henrique Leis (Loulé), JNcQUOI Avenida (Lisbon), Kampo (Funchal), Lab by Sergi Arola (Sintra), Lamelas (Porto Covo), Mapa (Montemor-o-Novo), Maré (Cascais), Mercearia Gadanha (Estremoz), Mito (Porto), Näperõn (Aljezur), O Fernando (Maia), O Magano (Lisbon), O Nobre (Lisbon), 3 Pipos (Tondela), Pigmeu (Lisbon), Pirâmides do Egipto (Guimarães), Prado (Lisbon), Sála de João Sá (Lisbon), Santa Joana (Lisbon), São Gião (Guimarães), SEM Restaurante (Lisbon), Solar dos Presuntos (Lisbon), Tia Alice (Ourém), Tombalobos (Portalegre), Veneza (Albufeira) and Vila Foz (Porto).
