Thanks to Thunderbolt, Michael Crane & Guest for your kind welcome, comments & wishes. I certainly will enjoy CVO & particularly trying new bars!! The weather seems to be improving but I'm not tempting fate by saying more. It's got to be better than here!! I seem to have managed to compose a post in...

dear spam man -sorry about the bold but being old & decrepit my eyes are failing & I find bold easier to read-didn't realise it's shouting on-line as I'm also fairly new to internet.

Thanks e-llen for the info about Slam bar - will check when we arrive.

Thanks Craig for the excellent feedback, we will certainly try 'Joker'. Our usual haunts are 'Havana Bar' & 'Mexilhao'; these are good but usually just for a quiet drink or football in 'Mexilhao' - have also tried 'Imprevisto' where there were two portugese football games on & had a good criac with...

Thanks kteee for that.

Always find this good-excellent fillet steak with gi-normous portion,I can never manage a starter, just the couvert.Rest of menu good,service attentive.We go in March each year at least once or twice, managed 3 times this year as we met up with friends who wanted a good steak.They enjoyed it too!Pr...

I fail to see why no-one has recommended A Casa Do Bife on restaurant hill(Estrada do Farol).They do amazing stone steaks -try the fillet-it is really special & you get it just how you like it.All the food is good and the service attentive,the house red wine is excellent.You can have jacket potatoe...