Restaurants and Cafés

On the ground floor of an old building, next to S. Sebastião Church, in the centre of Alandroal, there is a very pleasant restaurant with both an environment and a cuisine that are very typically Alentejo. The décor is simple, but suggestive: a cart with a “jangle” on it recalling the transport of grapes, in the entrance hall; large clay jugs reminding us how wine was made, in the main room; motifs related to bull-fighting in the private room, bearing witness to the afición of the Ramalho family. Adega dos Ramalhos preserves the memory and divulges the flavours of its region.  

There are no tricks in the kitchen, only good local produce and simple but careful cooking that enhances the cuisine. The Alentejo bread is delicious, Alandroal sheep’s cheese too, and the same with the cured ham and the Alentejo pork chorizo, roast peppers and the other starters. Among the main dishes are - montado pork meat, white and black farinheira sausage, blood sausage, linguiça sausage, chickpeas, squash, potatoes, green beans and aromatic spices in a unique harmony of flavours and aromas –, but equally delicious are the dogfish soup and the barb broth or caldeta de barbo, with the scents of coriander and pennyroyal, respectively, and migas with spareribs and lamb stew, which are intense and tasty. The grills, especially, lagartinhos, secretos and Alentejo pork tenderloin steaks, Alentejo-type skewers, rump cap, chunk of veal, lamb chops and bacalhau à Ramalho are very convincing, making up half of the orders. Good desserts, examples of which are pão de rala, honey and walnuts and sericá with Elvas Plums PDO. A basic selection of Alentejo wines and good local house wine! Service efficient and friendly!