Tea House Oriental - Loulé

Great food, superb location and wonderful staff make the tea house the place to eat in the praca. The staff are really helpful and Luis a really great guy, don't miss out get yourself to the tea house

Nice ambiance and good service. Lovely flavours. Highly recommended.

I have dined here many times and the service and food is amazing

We visit this restaurant every year, and have always been very happy with both the level of service and the quality of the food. This year we booked as usual, and had a quick scan of recent reviews. I was amazed to find some recent negative views expressed, but decided that we would check it for ourselves. I am so glad we did, as the service we received was totally up to standard, and completely at odds with the views expressed by some diners. The girl who served us could not have been more pleasant or more professional, and our interaction with other members of staff was similar. We were a family group of seven, we all had a selection of diverse dishes, and we were all perfectly happy with the food presented. It is a brilliant location for enjoying the live music in the Pracca square, and the older children can go down to dance and interact with the group, and you can clearly supervise them from your dining table. Ignore the people who like to complain and go make your own mind up. You will not be dissappointed!

I think best description for the food at this oriental fusion restaurant is ‘unexceptional’. The food is not offensive but is bland and instantly forgettable from a taste standpoint. It looks attractive enough in terms of presentation, but does nothing to stimulate the tastebuds. So lacking was the food that 24 hours later I struggle remember what I had. Even simple staple dishes like egg fried rice, and Singapore noodles, whilst looking like the real thing, just didn’t really taste of anything. Then when you ask for the bill comes the only thing that is memorable, and for all the wrong reasons. Boy does this restaurant know how to charge for mediocre food. This was the biggest bill we had on our holiday, even outstripping the cost of meals at some of the exceptional fish restaurants in the area. Unfortunately at this time of year the Praca at Vale do Lobo is like a ghost town at night. Tea House Oriental appeared to be the only restaurant open, and on the night we were there they had fewer than 10 diners including us. So if you want dinner here, it’s Hobson’s Choice. It’s a perfectly pleasant restaurant environment, with attentive and friendly staff, but very disappointing in terms of quality and value. I can’t really recommend it.