Em Lume Brando

Genuinely the best meal I’ve had in my life. The pumpkin appetizer was delicious, the octopus entree was incredible, and I would highly recommend the French toast with wine braised peaches and ice cream. The only upsetting part of the experience was that we waited until our last night in the area to try the restaurant. We would have happily eaten here multiple times!

Incredible food, service, everything. Waiters are so lovely. The amuse bouche was delicious! Everything was top notch best meal of our trip 😊

Fantastic food (the best we had during our week in Portugal) and great service. Definitely a recommendation.

The octopus was a absolute dream, same as the shrimp roll.

Difficult 5 stars for me. I wondered whether to give 4 stars instead. Outstanding appetizers and desserts but main courses fell a little short. The place is a nice corner in this resort village by the sea. Quiet area with nice greenery around. The outside seating area is a must ( I recommend reservation if you want to guarantee outdoor seating). Service is 5 stars. We tried 3 appetizers and 3 desserts and they were first class. For the mains the ribeye steak was medium well instead of medium rare. The lamb was overdone and lacking in taste. The fish and octopus were good. My recommendation for 2 people would be to order everything in the appetizer and dessert section and share the main dish. I wanted to deduct a star for the mains but considering the rest of the meal and the service with reasonable prices by international standards, I decided to go for 5. Recommend if you are in the area.

Excellent from beginning till the end! Highly recommended. Food & Service are at best!

We’ve eaten here three times during our holiday. Can highly recommend the food was delicious and staff amazing . Thank you so much see you on our next trip .

First class. Following a delicious watermelon gazpacho amuse-bouche, we tried three different starters, three main courses, snapper catch of the day, 24 hour-cooked pork neck fillet and king prawns in creamy risotto, all perfect. We shared a single delicious dessert and loved everything. This is first class cooking, excellent friendly and attentive service, good wines selection and all at very reasonable prices considering the quality of every aspect. We feel lucky that our favourite destination in Portugal has such a restaurant. Book and go whilst you can, before this chef/front of house team move on to bigger and better! Highly recommended.

Excellent food and service. The shrimp roll is the best thing I have eaten in Portugal. Bruno and staff delivered excellent service! Bravo

Gourmet Restaurant, family run in a modern architecture building in Salema.
All courses and the amuse bouche tasted outstanding! It was our best dinner at the Algarve in 4 years !!! I would have given 6 stars if possible 😃

Holy cow. Absolutely delicious food. We shared 3 starters, the fresh garden salad, the mackerel, and the scallops. Then they split the lamp for us. You could taste the lamb in every bite as it was served in a juice reduction. Chocolate mousse for dessert was yummy. Even their bread plate was lovely ans unique. Go here for a lovely splurge. Reserve first!

Amazing service and even better food. My picky son ate all his fish sticks, which by the way were the best I also ever had and was blown away by the chocolate mousse. Best eating he did all trip. All the fish dishes were a knock out.

After travelling through Portugal for over a week, I have found my favorite restaurent by far. The staff is 10/10 and very professional and the food was amazing from the start to finish. I would recommend this restaurent to anyone near or far, it's well worth the drive.

One of the most spectacular meals I’ve had in a very long time. Everything was perfectly prepared. The scallops with lobster head and sea urchin bisque was uniquely exceptional. The endives with the stone bass were the best I’ve ever had.

Absolutely recommend. Great food, great service. I'll describe it as fusion cuisine and we loved it. We had fish and meat, as well as razor clams as starter and the Aljezur dessert. It was perfect.

Excellent food and fantastic service! Best restaurant we’ve been to. Great choice of selected dishes in every category (meat, fish …). We had the octopus and the lamb as a main dish and loved it! Would also recommend the dessert, we had the French toast and the chocolate mousse, amazing! Prices are a bit higher, but absolutely worth every penny. Would definitely come back and recommend 100%. We had an amazing time.

So very delicious! Gorgeous presentation, super service and espresso martinis for dessert. We loved it so much, we are going back in a few days!!

The food rivals Michelin star restaurants the world over. Each dish was better than the last. I’m so happy the four of us decided to order four different things and share them. I will be returning to eat more of the menu!

Very elegantly designed restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating. The restaurant offers exquisite seafood and meat dishes.

we were happy to eat here again after the end of the winter season. We were 4 and each ordered a different starter, entree and dessert and so we had almost everything on the menu (and shared). I can only say you should just pick something and you'll be happy. If there was a "don't miss" dish I could suggest it would be the aljezur. Service is great and friendly. Prices are exceptionally reasonable considering the quality. Can ahead and reserve a table to avoid disappointment.

Excellent meal, hospitable staff, child-friendly. Should have a Michelin Star!