Chef Marcio Silva, is an amazing chef!
Located on the 1st floor, The Market has a bar, a restaurant, and a very large terrace, overlooking the sea and the Strip. Fun to watch all the (young) people walking by from upstairs.
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The restaurant looks very good. Owner Jorge Mateus, who hails from the North of Portugal, has had the restaurant for 27 years. He is proud of it, and I can understand that! He personally greets all guests every night and makes sure everyone is not short of anything.
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The service is friendly and quick.
Vegan Menu
Besides the regular menu, there is a vegan menu, as Jorge was getting more and more demand for it. And especially when you have a lot of groups like him, there are always a few vegetarians or vegans among them. By now, this generates around 10% extra turnover!
Main course prices range from 14.90 - 24.90.
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Great chef
Chef Marcio Silva is a great chef. What he prepares you could also expect in a Michelin-star restaurant, only here you pay much less for it. Previously, he worked in such renowned establishments as Grande Real Santa Eulalia, Tivoli Hotel and Vila VitaPark.
We start with a delicious white wine (€5).
This is followed by a fantastic bruschetta (6.50 euros), with tomato, carrot, onion, caper and beetroot humus. Not only does it look amazing, it is also the tastiest bruschetta I have ever had!
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Next is the main course, a delicious ravioli filled with seitan (18 euro), with a fantastic sauce of pumpkin and tomatoes. Wonderful!
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And for dessert, I had a vegan cheesecake (8.90 euros) of cashew nuts with raspberries! Yummy!
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I'll be honest, being at the bottom of the strip, I wasn't expecting much. But how wrong I was! One of the most delicious meals I've had in the Algarve!
An absolute must-stop if you are in Albufeira!
Reservations:
http://www.themarketrestaurant.pt/
Opening hours:
18:00–22:00 (7 days a week)
Rating: Food 9.0 Service 8.5 Price/Quality 9.0 Atmosphere 8.0 TTL rating 8.6
Vegan friendly: 5/5
More info: https://www.hotspotsalgarve.com/restaurants/the-market-albufeira/
Meet Peter Cruiming, an Algarve-based food blogger. Residing in Almancil with wife Marlot Anna, a professional photographer, and their 7-year-old son, Elyas. Explore daily Algarve dining stories at www.HotspotsAlgarve.com, focused on Peter's passion for healthy and vegetarian food. Photo by www.MarlotAnna.com.
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