Eastern Algarve

ESTAMINÉ

Simplicity is the very essence of the Vargas family’s restaurant, built on stilts overlooking the dunes on the island of Deserta. Seafood is cooked with very little fuss: oysters from nearby Praia de Faro are served with a sharp verjus of green grapes, and a house speciality is the ‘beach prawns’ coated in spicy breadcrumbs. Three-course lunch without wine from £26.50 per person. ilhadeserta.com/ estamine-restaurant

À TERRA

Produce from the gardens of the Vila Monte Farm House hotel comes together with local seafood in the kitchen of chef Adérito de Almeida. Fresh fish and lamb are roasted in the oven, oysters are served gratinated or unadulterated and small sardines are baked with mace and alioli. A cataplana (a stew made in a pot of the same name) showcases seafood, sweet potatoes, peppers and coriander. Three-course dinner without wine from £40 per person. vilamonte.com/a-terra

NOÉLIA E JERÓNIMO

The seafood rice dishes at chef Noélia Jerónimo’s restaurant in the seaside resort of Cabanas de Tavira are some of the best you’ll taste in Portugal: try the arroz de limão com corvina e amêijoas, in which juices from corvina fish meld with those of the clams, enhanced with just a touch of lemon. Three-course dinner without wine from £31 per person. facebook.com/ noeliaejeronimorestaurante