Restaurants and Cafés

The premises had once been used as a restaurant but everything was changed, from the name to the décor and the cuisine concept, now genuinely Alentejo. The space is picturesque: large room, counter, bar, open kitchen, rustic décor with, besides the farming tools, a naïve painting on the wall, and a live size donkey next to a column, wooden chairs, chairs with bulrush seats and chequered tablecloths protected by white paper covers. The atmosphere is cheerful and relaxed. The cuisine, in the hands of Teresa and José Parrinha, who have worked in several restaurants of Alentejo cuisine before creating Moinho, is characterised by the homely way of making and presenting the typical dishes of the region.  

The menu is based on the dishes of the day, which normally consist of two or three, one of which is always Alentejo pork. Among the most popular are Alentejo migas with fried ribs or with other grilled Alentejo pork meats, grilled Alentejo pork abanicos and secretos with chips, rice and salad, stewed wild boar, house style bacalhau, that goes to the oven with onions, or charcoal-grilled, served with squashed and roasted new potatoes and Alentejo olive oil, and the chickpea and bean stews, always there on a Saturday. Starters include Alentejo sheep’s cheese sausages, such as paio. Homemade desserts with egg pudding, the dessert of the house, rice pudding and chocolate mousses especially. A selection of Alentejo wines with the exception of one or two wines from the region of the vinho verdes. Hospitable and friendly service!