Avenida Restaurante - Av. dos Descobrimentos 53

This restaurant deserves 2 Michelin stars!!! They already have one but it is not enough for the quality of food, the service and the whole experience. My review is based on our 7 days stay at Lagos Avenida hotel which included breakfast and we also had 4 dinners there. The breakfast is exceptional! My husband was sticking to cooked breakfast and he was over the moon. The buffet was my domain and I loved everything available there - a good cheese selection, fruits, bakery and even bubbly :) ! Our dinner meals were out of this world - modern fine dining, excellent presentation and mega delicious. The staff was extremely helpful, friendly and professional. The sommelier impressed us with his knowledge of wines and flavours. They've got 700 kinds of wine there! I can share only a few photos but for us, this restaurant really deserves another Michelin star to be added to their first one. Hope the Michelin guys read this review:) Thank you for your brilliant service, Avenida Restaurante!

The plates of this restaurant deserve 1 star for sure. Very positive experience.

Guide Michelin Bib Gourmand classification means good quality and good value. And it is not anything more god forbid a Michelin star. The quality is good. The value in this context is not so good. The chef seems to be a bit full of himself.

The brunch option form 8-11 cost 29€ and it was very pleasant. The chef’s offers are the best. (We were missing a bit the vegetables form the buffet )

Probably one of two options in all of Lagos for high end food. The food is ok, but at the prices they are charging 200 a person, they need to have everything dialed in, food service, atmosphere… basically Michelin prices without the Michelin quality or service… even some of the kitchen staff didn’t know the ingredients in the tasting menu. And none of the servers knew any of the ingredients. Apparently the chef does not allow the servers to taste the food, and just verbally tells them the menu 15 min before service. Also the chef was in the kitchen whistling half the time I was there. I wanted to tell him to shut up so I could eat but it’s his restaurant. All in all definitely not what you expect at this price point.

Located in Lagos, part of the Avenida hotel. Food was tasty including the presentation. A must to go when you are in Lagos!

Update... another amazing night in this great restaurant. This time I went with a friend and we had a lot more to drink. Excellent wine selection, great cocktails, and happy to learn about local gin (yummy). A big bow to the very good and professional staff of that night. In the end, I ate a bit of meat for the first time in many years... and it was delicious. But apart from that, I stuck to my fish and vegetarian dishes. Delicious mackerel but the burrata was my highlight. My friend will be back for more foie grass, next time probably as starter, main, and dessert. _____ What a delicious experience... beauty, creativity, super tasty quality ingredients, and just perfect hospitality. It was time to celebrate my birthday, so I chose this (recommended) restaurant... and it delivered all the way. I'd like to give 6 stars if I could. We'll definitely be back here soon... and so should you... I also highly recommend! With dietary restrictions for both my girlfriend and myself, the chef's menu was not an option for us. The catch of the day would have been, but I wanted to really try the menu and enjoy all the creativity and taste. So, we ordered five dishes. Later, I ordered two more, and we both had a dessert (which I usually don't do). Now, my only criticism would be, that the dishes varied in size a lot. Because I normally don't take dessert, and don't eat the meat (which I ordered for my girlfriend), it was difficult to judge how it would all work out for both of us. So, I ordered the extra dishes, but they were much bigger than the ones we started with. It was a complicated "what can she eat and what can he eat" puzzle, but we made it into a party anyway. The oysters to start with were really great. Such a lovely combination of flavours working together, but still leaving the oyster itself as the star of the show. The sardine tomato dashi was taste wise probably the highlight for me, but I also loved the cauliflower and the perfectly cooked octopus. We were the last ones in the restaurant, but I'm happy we could still go for dessert. Sorrell and fennell in a desert just screams to me: eat me!

Tasty food - did the tasting menu €69. The restaurant is part of Michelin guide 2021 bib gourmand and food was on par, if not better, than some 1 star Michelin restaurants I’ve been to. My favourite was the tartare, scallop, yuzu/coconut/berries sorbet and the white chocolate/yuzu/citrus/basil sorbet!