Quinta da Fornalha - Quinta da Fornalha

What a beautiful restaurant, quaint garden, friendly staff, all local ingredients, delicious! Vegan option is perfect.

Nice location in what is known as "agroturismo". This kind of tourism is growing rapidly in Portugal and encourages people to visit places while respecting the environment and consuming local produce, often bio products.

For dinner not accommodation : Don't know where to begin on this experience. We were recommended for dinner to come here. We arrived and waited for 10 minutes for someone to appear so we could be seated. Once seated we awaited the menu for 20 minutes without water or offer of bread etc! We were given all presented with the days specials and a menu, to decide upon out choice! A further 20 mins later, we were able to order wine. We were given bread, no olive oil we requested butter. A further ten mins later we were told the aforementioned wine was not available and without alternative another different was opened and poured without a taste by the host. At this point we were eating dry bread with a little butter, awaiting to order our food. Suddenly a small dish of overally salted small fish arrived at our table. Inquisitive, we asked when we could make our order. The waiter fetched the host who'd advised us that our food was being prepared (we've still not ordered anything). The host returned 5 minutes later with the other special (that we hadn't ordered) and placed a selection of olive oils on the table and then lectured us on how they don't believe in butter on bread (yet we given dry bread which seemed abit strange). All the while we were drinking a wine that was not of our choice or approval that was clearly meant for a dessert dish. Upon eating the food that was given to us, we felt we did not had the appropriate crockery (it was a butter knife) to properly enjoy our food. One element of the food that was of particular interest was the potatoes from the land! These were ubdercooked, skin on, and generally something you would lick from the side of the road. At this point the poinient desert wine had ceternaly made its mark, we were looking to next food order which was cooked meats on bread. We were informed this would take 20 mins. After this time some bread, ham, cheese and tomatoes arrived, it was delicious but something we could have made (and had done earlier that day) from a local supermarket. Having to pay for this seemed slightly unjust but we did and we made our way home. This may be an amazing place to stay but we would not recommend this place for dinner.

The organic side of life! You can stay in the lodges and enjoy the great food and organic wines they have available. Also a stroll through the orchards is super pleasant.

We stayed at Quinta da Fornalha on a family vacation. We loved the scene atmosphere of a farm, not to mention all the delicious fig that were in season. We were greeted by the owner, who was absolutely amazing in giving us a tour of the farm. When we were stuck in town because of a flat tire, that required a whole day to exchange the car at the Faro SIXTH rental, he offered us a special rate. He also let us sample the goods from the gift store, and overall welcomed us warmly. We stayed at the container, which was absolutely amazing, and also stayed at their largest living quarters by the reception, which was too large for us but lovely. I would definitely recommend staying at the Quinta de Fornalha. Its such a peaceful and rejuvenating place. If I happen to come back to Portugal, its definitely going to be on my list of places to return to.

Great location. In a rural surrounding but also 5 minutes from an amazing beach. Beautifully decorated apartments with all commodities of a holiday home. Pool with a view.

We just stayed in Casa Yaca and we absolutely loved it!! Everyone we met there was so friendly and accommodating. We had lunch and dinner with Maria and it was so imaginative and delicious. Being vegetarian in Portugal can be a little boring but what she prepared was just beautiful. The place wasn't very busy when we stayed so we had this amazing dining room to ourselves with an open fire, really good music and delicious organic wine. (side note..... zero hangover!) We will definitely be back! Xxxx

We went here for dinner. With a large family group. We were excited to be at a restaurant where the food is all organically grown on site or gotten from local fishermen and the chef picks the 3 course menu for you based on what is fresh. The staff treated us like family and service was great! We were brought a combination of soups appetizers, then fish (sesame crusted tuna with fresh peaches was my favorite) and seafood and finished off the meal with some yummy homemade desserts. The rustic atmosphere and wonderful wines made this a night to remember for all. My only regret was not having enough time to take pictures of the food because everyone devoured them before I got the chance!