Casa do Polvo Tasquinha

Amazing octopus- best octopus I’ve ever had. Grilled and tasty. Great Alentejo house wine. Great local desserts. Friendly service by owner and two female servers - so polite! Great vibe. Nice authentic fishing village. We stayed just one night in Tavira and I’m so glad we drove here instead of walking to a tourist restaurant in the old town.

Second time here and we loved it again. Best octopus dishes ever.

Excellent food, if you like octopus this is the best place to eat, great value for highly local food experience, the view and sorrounding area add to the overall experience. Nice service. Thank you.

Fabulous! We went for octopus and had 4 different starters and then octopus curry and octopus with Gambas in coconut sauce/stew. Caramel mousse for dessert and 2 half carafes of wine plus coffee for under 70 euros. Excellent service and perfect atmosphere. Highly recommended.

What an amazing restaurant
No words, everything very very good, be back

Fabulous if I could give 10 stars I would.
Service was exceptional, atmosphere is excellent, but the food was perfect, large portions tender and delicious.
Must go again.

Very well done restaurant in this small coastal town. Great scenic setting on the beach with the fishing boats strewn across the shore. Then, inside, fresh seafood perfectly prepared in creative recipes. Specializing in octopus, but a good variety of dishes are available.
Very good service by staff who are proud off their work!

When in Tavira… This small coastal town facing the Ría Formosa nearby Tavira is known around Portugal as the country’s ‘octopus capital’, hence the reverence paid here to this popular culinary speciality. Maritime inspired cooking and decor fully focussing on octopus. Place to be for octopus lovers! Attentive service also deserves an applause. Be sure to book in advance

Excellent place for dinner, the best in Santa Luzia. Both the Polvo Lagareiro and the Feijoada Polvo were world class dishes. Good value at €30 a head including tip.

The Polvo Royal was the absolute best octopus I've ever eaten (and the biggest as well). Sweet potatoes were also from another world. If you're planning on coming, make sure to book ahead because when we went they were totally booked for the rest of the week.

I learned something new today. I really like grilled octopus! The taste was fresh, of the sea, slightly chewy, kissed with charcoal smoke, and good in a fish-like way. The vegetables and potatoes sides were a nice contrast to the octopus. The potatoes seem to have been boiled in a saltwater, yielding, a creamy, unctuous interior. Lisa had the grilled tuna, sweet potato and a tomato, garlic, onion, and ginger compote. The tuna was grilled to perfection, and the sweet potato with soft, sweet and was an absolutely wonderful accompaniment to the tuna. The surprise on the plate was the compote, which worked extremely well with the tuna. I can envision making it at our house in the future. Service was prompt and friendly. We sat outside and enjoyed the view of the boats in the Ria Formosa. It was on the pricey side, but totally worth it!
It’s hard to like what you don’t know! But now we know where to go for delicious seafood in the Tavira - Santo Luzia area

Welcome to Octopus house in Octopus capital!! Anything that can be made of octopus, can be found here :) But for those who can't eat octopus they have an amazing cod fish dish (Bacalhau à Brás). This is a very busy & famous restaurant and you definitely need to make a reservation. We initially didn't get a table but we left our number and then they arranged a table for us. In the starters we directly jumped into octopus samosa, octopus crocket and something like octopus bitterballen. Everything was perfect! Octopus samosa is a must try. We tried here a local's favourite Breaded octopus with beans rice, grilled octopus and Baclhau à Bras. We ended with Algarve's 3 delight's dessert. At the end I was full, but still craving for more octopus :)

Excellent location, seafood and octopus specialities. Highly recommend.
Very friendly staff
Don’t miss it

Wow wow wow. Did I say wow?!?! Polvo (Pulpo) is one of my all-time favorite foods so when our hotel recommended we go there, we were in! And we were lucky enough to get a table outside right before they filled up and couldn’t seat anyone else for lunch — translation: if you want to go, make a reservation. This octopus was simple and yet insane. As usual on this trip, I wan’t hungry and didn’t think I’d eat ceviche and my entire plate of polvo but it was too good to not eat every drop of food on my plate. There’s little that makes me happier than well-grilled octopus and I’m still smiling from that meal.

You sometimes find a place that just gets it right and I think this is one of them. We tried to eat slowly to savour the taste.

We had
Prawns with rosemary, garlic, chilli
Pulvo croquetas
Pulvo with sweet potatoes, apricots, garlic, pine nuts
Pulvo with clams, potatoes, roasted red pepper, carrots, olives.
Mango mouse

A tad more expensive than the average restaurant in Portugal but we were happy.

You have to start queuing from 6:10 for a 6:30 opening and they are quick to allow everyone to have a chance to get a table.

Excellent! The best octopus we ever had :) Both the grilled and the oven, almond octopus are delicious and therefore Highly recommended!

A restaurant straight at the lagoon of Tavira! I ordered the mixed sea plate for 1 person, but it was enough for 2ppl! The fish was fresh and perfectly grilled! This restaurant knows what they are doing! Not too dry or over cooked! The fish is typical Portuguese and the staff can tell you exactly where it comes from.

Incredible lunch, a feast of octopus dishes and plenty more, great wine list, superb service, one of thebest restaurants in area

The food lived up to its great reputation as was the brancho sangria. Wonderful staff was helpful as well.

A must place to visit if in Santa Lucia. The Caril (curried) Octopus was superb. The samosa starters were a little disappointing but still good.
The Octopus from the oven with almonds, apricot, garlic and sweet potatoes was fantastic - the octopus was so tender.
The service was sporadic and we didn't seem to get the same waitress twice?? bit we were in no rush so didn't bother us.
The bill, for 2 people came to €68 for starters, main course, Jarro of wine, 2 Keneca's and coffee. Will definitely be back