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Hours
Sun
11:00 am - 9:30 pm
Tue
11:00 am - 9:30 pm
Wed
11:00 am - 9:30 pm
Thu
11:00 am - 9:30 pm
Fri
11:00 am - 9:30 pm
Sat
11:00 am - 9:30 pm
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4.0
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PRICE RANGE
$18.00 – $54.00
CUISINES
Seafood, Mediterranean, European, Portuguese
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
meals, features
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About
Big terrace, with shade and beautiful views. Serving food from 12:00pm until 21:00pm. Advice: always good to book your table, gets busy on lunch and dinner time. Try a early dinner to see the sunset (the mountain in the end of the beach reflects the beautiful colors of the sun). Very relaxing spot, with soft chilling music. Recommendation: lamb Kebab, grilled fish of the day, Fish & shellfish Cataplanas, Zavial prawns in special garlic sauce. To drink, try the red and white sangria (freshly made). As a desert, Lemon cheesecake, apple pie and chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream. Cappuccino Zavial and Algarve Coffee (with Medronho). Credit card accepted (but, it's better to take money, some times, because of the old telephone lines it doesn't work). The place is far from everything, surrounded by nature, beautiful views, clean and white sand, cold and light blue sea, relaxing atmosphere. If you wish to relax and recharge, this is the place.
PRICE RANGE
$18.00 – $54.00
CUISINES
Seafood, Mediterranean, European, Portuguese
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, After-hours
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Street Parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Mastercard, Visa, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Beach
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4.0
392 reviews
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Liz L
Cobham37 contributions
Jun 2021 • family
We had a lovely dinner last night. Fantastic service and a really good menu with plenty of choice. We started with the fisherman’s platter, garlic mushrooms and the goats cheese with pumpkin jam. All delicious and decent helpings!
For mains, sea bream, spaghetti with mussels, fresh tuna steak and then the lamb kebab. All served with a great selection fresh veggies, which were served al dente. We were all full so one homemade lemon cheesecake was shared for dessert.
I can’t tell you how nice it was so sit on the shady terrace overlooking the beautiful beach.
Also I would say the restaurants compliance with COVID restrictions was excellent. Felt very safe and tables spaced.
Would recommend a visit!
Written 21 July 2021
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Ernesto M
Thank you very much!
Written 23 July 2021
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abeato
13 contributions
May 2023 • couples
Great spot! Friendly staff and very accommodating. My wife has multiple food intolerances and despite nothing explicitly mentioned on the menu, the staff and kitchen catered for her needs. We managed to have starters, main meal and drinks without and aide effects! Will come again next time we’re in the south of Portugal 🇵🇹
Written 28 May 2023
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lopsylou
Bilston8 contributions
Jul 2023 • family
Another wonderful and delicious lunch at Zavial! We visited twice last Summer and were impressed with both the food and the service. This year we were a party of 10 (5 adults and 5 children ages 5-70). The adults ordered the lamb cutlets and lamb kebabs and the children burgers and items from the kids menu. All the food was delicious. The atmosphere was relaxed and view of the beach beautiful.
Written 22 July 2023
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Daniel P
29 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
Although service was kind and location was beautiful, I don’t recommend the place because it works to make money with the tourists. If you wish to overpay, this the place to go. Honestly, charging 50€ for a sea bream (dourada), supposedly not from a fish farm, is not fair. There are thousends of places where you can have the same thing for half of the price.
Appetizer was a variety of canned food. 15€.
Glass of wine served without showing the bottle at 5€ (hundreds of traditional restaurants charge the same for a full bottle of house wine, which is what I was served)
Couple of draft beer at 5€ each and a piece or a regular apple pie at 5,5€.
Total amount, 88€ two people.
As mentioned, prices for tourists, amazing margin for the restaurant.
Written 27 August 2020
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dicky_elaine
Espiche132 contributions
Aug 2021 • none
We came here on. a friends recommendation, he had never eaten here before but thought the menu looked good and the location is superb, right on the beach. Unfortunately the food was a disappointment, over priced average food.
What a shame it has everything going for it, also the G&T's we ordered were not good, we did ask if they served Zero sugar tonic, and were told they did, but it came straight out of a large bottle, full sugar, when you have a sugar intolerance you really need to listen to the customer, next time you may kill them !!!
Written 30 August 2021
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Alexandra L
Vilamoura40 contributions
Sept 2023 • family
Very disappointed. I remember coming to this restaurant years ago and having great lunches and dinners, but not now.
1) introducer said if we were eating lunch we could sit inside, then took us to a table on the terrace where only one of us had a view, despite window tables being available, side on to the beach. 2 tables on our left, with the comfy seats were smoking which wafted over our food.
2) I ordered Spaghetti with clams which was completely dry with clams overcooked with coriander. You couldn’t taste the clams.
3) My mum ordered lamb chops which were like 1.5 inch wedges, should have been thinner. Lamb was not cooked thoroughly which made the meat too chewy, and tinges of red still showed. Over salted.
4) While I was eating my main course, a waitress reached over my plate to take away my side dish. I still had my knife and fork in my hands! Very unhygienic.
5) The coffee order was wrong because the waitress was too busy looking around rather than listening to us. My mum actually said while she stood there ‘She’s not listening!’.
6) cash only. This is a very lazy Algarvian custom because the restaurants don’t want to pay credit card banking charges.
Restaurant staff should be trained. I know it’s the end of season but we are there as customers and should receive a general good level of service. Not be treated like we are an inconvenience interrupting their day.
Not impressed.
Written 10 September 2023
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Gunnaredsgarn
2 contributions
Oct 2021 • friends
Restaurant Zavial has been one of our favorite restaurants for five years.
We brought a couple of friends there because they had not been there.
We had a reservation away from the sun.
It did not start very well. They told us that our table was the only one in the sun! After some arguing we got the table I had asked for. The waiter got of totally on the wrong foot by telling us that he was an expert on wine and recommended the most expensive wine.
We did not agree since we had not decided what to eat.
After ordering some drinks and food. We decided to order some wine and beer.
The "waiter" manages to flip a glass of wine across the table and all over me.
In stead of an apology he claimed that it was our friend who did it!
Time to get the bill. Still not any kind of excuse or apology. Instead he starts yelling at me that I am a lier and that he will never ever serve me again.
Finally I was offered a discount!
The only thing I wanted was an apology.
So now they are taken of the list of places I recommend.
Written 9 October 2021
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Vianapt
Porto7 contributions
Jun 2020 • family
We have been in this restaurant in today and it has been kind of crazy. A lot of wrong information combined with an extremely rude waiter. Didn’t even try the food because suddenly the table we were assigned was only for coffee.
The only positive thing was a very kind Spanish speaking waitress that tried to hide the extreme rudeness of a very strange guys. Not recommended
Written 13 June 2020
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Appie
Amersfoort9 contributions
Jun 2022 • couples
Pushing to sell their expensive turbot, not appearing very fresh anymore. Looking at the wine list, they advised strongly the better, highly priced wines in stead of the house wine - which was not bad. We had the robalo and the squid. They were okay, nothing wrong, average quality, but at 26 and 27 euro each these were way too expensive. Coffee (bica’s) was okay. Not a very pleasant visit, this lunch at this beautiful spot close to the sea.
Written 2 June 2022
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OnAir549024
10 contributions
Aug 2024 • couples
Guided by the good reviews, we bet on this site to say goodbye to our vacation in le Algarve. After eating fresh fish for days, this restaurant sneaked it in well. While they had (little) fresh fish on the sideboard, I attest that there was tin sardine in the starters, and frozen fish and shellfish in the cataplana. The only thing fresh on the whole menu was mussels and clams. The rice that accompanied the cataplana was bright or similar (not to be exceeded). Too expensive for the quality they offer. We have eaten much better for half the price in the area.
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Written 9 August 2024
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Jo H
Greater London65 contributions
Aug 2024 • family
Lovely staff, delicious food, great view, fresh fish is a bit pricey but seems to be the norm now. They don’t take lunch reservations but we turned up at 12.30 and there were plenty of tables. Free parking but does get busy. It’s closed Mondays. Lovely beach for a swim before/after.
Written 19 August 2024
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Gilberto PeCurto
Almada35 contributions
Aug 2024 • couples
A bit overrated for the quality.
Nice atmosphere, the view is awesome, the waiters are ok.
Fish could/should be fresher, looked frozen.
They call the special Zavia sauce, but the 2 dishes we tried are based on the same sauce.
Gets monotonous fast
Sangria is weak and a lot of ice.
I'm sure will please tourists 😉
Written 16 August 2024
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Brenda R
Edinburgh14 contributions
Jun 2022 • family
Great seaside restaurant with friendly staff and really delicious seafood with fresh seabass and the monkfish and prawn skewers. The kids meals were also really good, highly recommend the deep fried chicken. Nice view of a busy surf beach
Oh and the fresh juices are amazing!
Written 10 June 2022
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Mary L. Brandon
London2 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
We had amazing food during all week. Fish and meat kebabs, Cataplanas and big Salads. The staff is very friendly and professional. I'll always come back to this place.
The restaurant is always very clean and its very beautiful. The beach is amazing!!
Written 26 August 2020
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JaneF
Knowle5 contributions
Aug 2022 • family
Zavial beach was a new favourite for us this year, visiting in July for a family holiday. Had a lovely lunch overlooking the sea at this great restaurant, would really recommend for a family meal out. Super friendly staff and lovely food.
Written 1 August 2022
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