Absolutely love this place . One of my top favourite meals in Alvor. Lovely family run restaurant. Monkfish cataplana is nicest I have ever tasted!!

Great fish and peri chicken. Simple but very well cooked and presented with friendly service. Small restaurant so not always easy to get a table but worth a little wait.

An absolute must! A small family owned restaurant with a big heart and the best seafood in the region! I recommend O Chefe Jaoa with no hesitation! ❤️

Nice traditional Portuguese restaurant with local specialities and honest prices wine also good very much recommend

Family run restaurant, great service and atmosphere,very friendly staff and most importantly the food was exceptional

Very authentic, beautiful food that you can watch being cooked. We had assorted meat kebab, salmon steak and swordfish - all 10/10! Highly recommend

An intimate family run restaurant that has been serving regular tourists for many years. I had the pleasure of dining at the restaurant this evening, we hadn’t booked but the young guy front of house was so accommodating and found us space outside. The service...and food was just perfect, I had salmon, my husband had monkfish rice, to say was the finest meal.More

When we are in Alvor we always call herevas the food and service is excellent and a lovely atmosphere here. Highly recommended

We visited Chefe Joao a few times during our holiday to Alvor. The food is excellent as is the service and the prices are competitive. I have a particular liking for their fish dishes, which are cooked on the barbecue, but all dishes are very...good. The staff are also very friendly and efficient. On most evenings booking is essential.More

We’ve been visiting Alvor for over 25 years and always book a table here each time we stay. We booked the other evening for the following night and the daughter took our booking. When we arrived the following evening we were warmly greeted by her...and were shown to our table. As we were doing so, the waiter who was behind the bar shouted across the restaurant that we couldn’t have the table. He had taken a booking for the same time. The daughter showed us the book and our booking was showing before his - she tried to explain that our reservation was in the book but unfortunately she lost the argument and we were told we couldn’t have the table. Very disappointing as we have been loyal customers for such a long time. The waiter needs a lesson in improving his customer service skills which are non existent and more importantly some manners!!More

Not a place for fine dining but good honest fish and meat dishes. Family run. The salmon and lamb chops come highly recommended We went twice on our recent holiday. Prices very reasonable. Booking recommended.

Having visited this restzraunt on the last night of the holiday, I just wish we had visited on the first! We will be back. From inauspicious surroundings with a quite dated interior, the food that emerges is beyond description for its taste, freshness and authenticity....The starters are not free but cheap but set the scene. The fish is fresh and cooked to perfection , but the best was my cataplana which was bursting with flavour and not served in any of the other restaraunts that we had visited. We cannot wait to go back. Run by a family and all credit to them. If in Alvor and you like seafood you must visit.More