Two Algarve restaurants have been awarded two Michelin stars. The Vila Joya restaurant near Galé and the Ocean Restaurant at Vila Vila Parc near Armação de Pêra.
Portugal now has 23 Michelin star restaurants of which only five have the two-star accolade. Vista in Praia da Rocha and Gusto at Quinta do Lago’s Conrad Algarve are the only Portuguese restaurants to have been awarded a new star this year.
The excellence of top-class restaurants in the Algarve has allowed the Michelin organisation to boost the region’s reputation with the two-star Vila Joya and Ocean Restaurants but there also are plenty of one star restaurants.
Here is a list
Two stars
• Vila Joya – Dieter Koschina, Albufeira
• Ocean Restaurant – Hans Neuner, Armação de Pêra
• Belcanto – José Avillez, Lisboa
• Il Gallo d’Oro – Benoit Sinthon, Funchal, Madeira
• The Yeatman – Ricardo Costa, Vila Nova de Gaia, Oporto
One star
• Vista – João Oliveira, Praia da Rocha, Portimão
• Gusto by Heinz Beck – Heinz Beck, Conrad, Quinta do Lago
• Henrique Leis – Henrique Leis, Almancil
• São Gabriel – Leonel Pereira, Almancil
• Willie’s – Willie Wurger, Vilamoura
• Bon Bon – Rui Silvestre, Sesmarias, Carvoeiro
• Alma – Henrique Sá Pessoa, Lisbon
• Antiqvvm – Vitor Matos, Oporto
• Casa da Calçada – Tiago Bonito, Amarante, Oporto
• Casa de Chá da Boa Nova – Rui Paula, Leça da Palmeira, Oporto
• Eleven – Joachim Koerper, Lisbon
• Feitoria – João Rodrigues, Lisbon
• Fortaleza do Guincho – Miguel Rocha Vieira, Cascais
• LAB by Sergi Arola – Penha Longa, Sintra
• L’and Vineyards – Miguel Laffan, Montemor-o-Novo
• Loco – Alexandre Silva, Lisbon
• Pedro Lemos – Pedro Lemos, Oporto
• William – Luís Pestana, Funchal, Madeira
