Stop what you’re doing and eat here. Despite it being early on in our trip, I can easily say this is the best meal I’ve had. Firstly, the service is warm, genial and welcoming. Secondly in terms of options, there are more than enough without it being comical and excessive to the point you know it’s not all going to be good. As for what to eat, go local with your choices and specifically have the scabbard fillet with banana in a passion fruit sauce. It’s perfectly cooked and is accompanied by sautéed veggies and roasted potatoes. It tastes homemade in the best possible way in that the focus is the flavour of without any hint of prententiousness. If you’re a vegetarian, don’t worry they have a whole chalkboard’s worth of options for you. My husband had the vegetarian lasagne and he genuinely enjoyed it and claimed (and I tested it myself also so I too can attest) that it perfectly delicious. As if we weren’t sufficiently satiated by our respective meals and garlic bread, we sampled the cheesecake simply because we were so impressed by what we had just eaten that we were open to being further impressed. Let me just say, it did not disappoint. It was creamy but fluffy and topped with a delightful passion fruit sauce that rounded out its rich flavour. So yeah, stop what you’re doing and eat here because what else could be more important.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€15–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Excellent local restaurant! Very tasty fish and good deserts! Nice waiters beautiful street location! Will come here again!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
€20–25
It was very good,we enjoyed too much…good food,service was great end also amazing place for take a dinner with your friends 🫶🏾
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€15–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Grilled Squid
One of the best fish soup ever and the Picado was amazing.Fresh sweet orange juice.Absolutely worth visiting (it wasn’t busy so great atmosphere to chill )
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
€25–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Fabulous tuna dish and great hostess. Did I mention how tasty was the cognac? We will be back. Thank you Mirela
Service
Dine in
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Excellent restaurant, traditional food & friendly staff. Something delicious for all 7 of us on the menu. We went there twice whilst staying in the Old Town in Funchal. My personal favourite was the scabbard fish with tomatoes & onions.
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€25–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Grilled Tuna Steak
Wow, just wow. We came back here after a great first trip and now the food is still the same, wonderful and full of flavour. I highly recommend the calamari starter because it's not only very well made, it's a local food. If we do return to Madeira again, this is where we will eat again one night! Thanks for the great meals!
My husband and I loved this place, the food, staff were amazing and very welcoming. We loved it that much we went 3 times while on holiday. The staff felt more like friends. Would highly recommend xx
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€45–50
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
There were many restaurants to pick from in this area but we were glad we sat down at A Tartaruga. The service was very friendly and caring. Food was incredibly tasty (octopus and steak skewer). We would come back for sure next time!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
€20–25
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Grilled Octopus
I so enjoyed our lunch there! The food, the ladies, the atmosphere were awesome. You have to try their traditional food - super well cooked, would definetely recommend!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
€15–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
