Oxalá

It is an amazing restaurant worth of a special visit. The food is delicious, the service is impeccable, friendly and funny. You start at the first floor with a sparkling wine and appetizers and then move to the second floor for a meal. The size of the dishes is enormous and everything is very tasty. The wine list is so extensive, so it is just incredibly awesome.

Very nice restaurant. There's a lot of parking in the back. At the reception you are received with a buffet. It's 8€ pet person and it's worth it! Very good stuff and sparkling wine. The service is excellent although sometimes it could be a bit intense depending on how you like to be treated. Then the meals. They're large hence pricey. Order accordingly. One 50€ meal of fish as an example serves easily 4 persons. Fish is fresh as can be and the decor is lovely. Perfect location for family or friends gatherings.

Very stylish restaurant on the estuary south of Porto. So many nice touches: you are welcomed with champagne and mezes, before going upstairs to an elegant and usually busy dining room. Food and service was first class and the bill surprisingly modest for a high end place.

Oxala, Xala! I could not contain myself from thinking that perhaps I was mistaken for a wedding reception guest. Upon walking in, we were immediately greeting by a host holding a cleanly sabered chilled champagne bottle and serving it to us almost as we crossed the entrance threshold. I had to contain myself from saying, we aren’t here for a wedding. But this is their standard greeting for all their guests. The entrance looked like a wedding cocktail hour with hors d’ oeuvres spread out on multiple tables. While enjoying the multitude of appetizers there are several niche areas to take some photos. How cool! I’ve never had an experience like this at a restaurant. After we enjoyed our “appetizer” experience, we were seated at a table where we enjoyed a nice vista overlooking the marina. The staff were impeccable dressed and highly professional. The service was simply phenomenal. The waiter recommend the appropriate sized seafood platter and then when it came out he portioned it out and placed it all on our plates. We later found out that the server was in fact the owner. Amazing, this is the key to leadership where the servant is in fact the leader and there is no better way to convey customer service than to actually robe up and serve your customers. From the moment we walked in to the moment we walked out, we were treated like personal guests of the restaurant. Not just customers but guests. So the fact that it felt more like a wedding reception than a restaurant experience is quite fitting because they go the extra mile (kilometer) to ensure that you are valued more like a guest than simply a customer. I highly recommend this restaurant. You will truly fell like family here. Oxala!

This is one of the best restaurants that I have dined in. You start off with champagne and appetizers with a little tour of the restaurant. Once you are seated you are treated like royalty. The food presentation and taste are spectacular. Every server took pride in their work. Completely affordable for the service and food that you get.

Great experience love coming here. We celebrated great dinner with the family

Great service. Great food. Great memories

The place 2 be! So great to be treated in a extraordinary style by the padrone and his colleagues. Very smart, cosy and simply super! Without words and many thanks.
Wolfgang
P.S. Wine and water will served in RIEDEL glasses!

One of the greatest restaurants I have visited in my life. Very cool concept with starters in the ground floor and then you will be seated in one of the floors above for the main course. Fantastic food. Slightly higher prices as restarants around but definately worth it. Large parking area behind the house.

Excellent. One of the best meals I've ever had. Waiters and owners made this place wonderful and a perfect dining experience.

Updated review: after renovation, Oxala is now a solid 6 stars! Amazing experience every time here.

This place is amazing. Delicious food, incredibly professional, polite and всеки от тях има amazing personality. I recommend this restaurant if you want to feel like the most important people in the world. We also thank the owner of the restaurant, thanks to him this is happening.

We went to Oxalá for a special celebration and it was the perfect choice. The whole experience felt surreal.
Kind and attentive staff;
Amazing seats with a gorgeous view;
Delicious food - appetizers to dessert;
Good wine pairing.
Well done indeed!

Gourmet restaurant.
Good food.
OK staff. Very attentive.
Fast after ordering.
Parking
Huge wine selar.
High priced.
Nice view over ria de Aveiro.
High prices for the area where it's located, but not exaggerated.

Definitely a restaurant to experience.

My husband and I decided to give this place a try! Loved, loved this restaurant! Excellent food and staff. Will definitely be back.

If I could score it higher I would. It does everything right. Food is excellent. Atmosphere is fun and inviting. Service is exceptional for Europe and even U.S. standards. Wine selection is great. It is the finest dining without the pretentious feeling.

A must to do when you in Portugal, Porto side!
Incredible fish!!
Price not for everyone!

The excent meals, The excelent staff, the pleasant interior

Although we live some further away, we love to go to this special and unique restaurant. Yesterday we did it again and we were very surprised about the new electric car chargers. For us this is an important reason as well to come back without taking the risk of not coming home with an almost empty battery. Also very important are the security measures to contain the pandemic and to protect us guests for more contaminations. This is BEST PRAXIS!

Nice place! With very nice concept.
Ideal for business dinner and after work.
Personnel is very funny and surprising.
I recommend this restaurant!!!

The most amazing restaurant, Boss and waitresses are superB.

Amazing lunch/dinner experience. Champagne and appetizers to start off and then awesome entrees. I recommend Simfonia do Mar (Sea Symphony) as entree.