O Raul - BISCOITOS

Simple ordering meat or fish…either way you’re winning with this restaurant! Warm cost atmosphere family feeling and personal touches along with mouth watering food makes this our favorite!!

Stopped here while driving around. Small, family owned very local little place. Offered 2 meals to choose from. We ordered both and both were Delicious ! Large portions too. Lovely hospitality. Great little local stop !

Stopped here for lunch small place, cozy, funky decor warm friendly welcome. They offered two lunch dishes ... Had the beans with pork (very hearty, delicious) included soup and a basket of bread. Strong espresso! Inexpensive. Great stop along the highway.

Whilst driving around Terceira my wife and I fancied stopping for a coffee. About mid day we spotted O Raul , or Raul’s Bar, on the left as we drove westward through Biscoitos on the main road and pulled over. The bar is just that a local bar with four tables and chairs in it where the locals go for their cafe conçeiro coffee with brandy or whisky or whatever. The young man behind the bar was the son of the owner, Raul, and they made us very welcome, even though they spoke very little English. We ordered our coffees and it occurred to me that they might have a lunch menu, so I asked. He responded in Portuguese (naturally) that he had no menu, but that they did a fixed menu each day and had two options that day for lunch: • Bacalao o crema (salt cod in cream sauce) • Codorniz frito com batatas fritas (fried quail and chips). Codorniz, or quail, is considered a delicacy in some places, and not having had quail in a long time we opted for that. He went on to say that he had some fish soup for a starter if we wanted some. My wife does not like fish soup, but I had some it was excellent. We were then served TWO fried quail each, with chips, h a good mixed salad and a plate of olives, all freshly prepared, together with local red wine and mineral water, followed by another coffee each. Overall an unexpected and delicious lunch. And the cost? €14 for the lot!!!! Without question, the best value we had anywhere in the Azores, and well worth a visit.

Um restaurante pequeno, talvez mais vocacionado para servir os habitantes locais, mas a servir um peixe fresco e bem confecionado, a um preço que não tenho encontrado a mais nenhum lado, a repetir.