Anyone knows the phone nr. of the above rest.? Thks in advance.

YEP: (+351) 282 357 297

Make sure to book well in advance!

Where is l'Orange and is it expensive?

Thanks for any info.

In Mato Serrao, close to Vila Nova Resort.
Fairly expensive I guess compared with other places, but worth it in our view. eg. in Euros:

COLD STARTERS
Portugese ham with melon or salad 5,75
Duo of cream and mushroompaté with cranberries 5,75
Goatcheese with Orange marmelade 6,00
Papaya with prawns and cocktail sauce 6,00
Smoked salmon traditional style 6,50

HOT STARTERS
Soup of the day 3,25
Deepfried camembert with cranberrysauce 6,50
Stuffed and gratinated mushrooms 6,50
Lukewarm chickensalad with bacon, mushrooms and sesam oil 6,50
Tigerprawns with garlic and Piri-Piri 9,50

FISHDISHES
Filet of salmon with prawnsauce 12,50
Filet of Nileperch with spinach and leek sauce 12,50
Panfried sole 14,00
Grilled tigerprawns 14,50
Tagliatelle with seafood, tigerprawns
and tomato sauce 12,00

MEATDISHES
Grilled chickenbreast* 7,50
Grilled porkfillet* 8,50
Grilled filetsteak* 14,50
*your choice of: pepper, Roquefort, tomato or tarragonsauce +2,00
Beef curry with rice and puppodums 10,00
Duckbreast with red port and cranberry sauce 14,50
Rack of lamb with garlic-mustard sauce 14,50

VEGETARIAN DISHES
Tagliatelle with tomato-oregano sauce 8,25
Stirfried vegetables and potatoes 8,25
Vegetable curry with rice and puppodums 8,25

All maincourses served with fresh vegetables and salad
and choice of: rice, sauteed or cheesy potatoes.

Sandy

Is it open on Christmas Day or that week

Gordon & Sandy
We've never visited L'Orange, mainly because previous posts on the forum have given the impression that it may be quite romantic,
not that we are against romance and intimate dining, but we do go out of our way not to spoil things for those without three noisy children.
Can you confirm this, as we would love to go - on the other hand if anybody is offering to babysit next time we are in CVO....
Thanks
Tricky

Gordon & Sandy; very kind of you to copy/paste the menu from my site

Map to and pictures from l'Orange can be seen on: www dot algarve-restaurants dot com
(sorry, but the Webmaster does not allow me to give the 'normal' URL )

Rob F.

Tricky - many people take children to L'orange so unless they are totally destructive I do not think you will have a problem. (there is also a nice outside area in the summer if this would make you more relaxed)

Alternatively, we use a lovely Scottish lady who lives in Sesmarias for babysitting who is great with the children - send me a private message if you want her phone number/email address

Graham

I've had countless pleasant evenings out ruined by noisy, badly-behaved children so - parents everywhere - if an any doubt PLEASE leave them at home - you'll enjoy yourselves more at the end of the day anyway!

Sandy

Sandy - I think that is a bit unfair.

One of the joys of somewhere like Portugal is that it is so child friendly, and there are restaurants that we can visit with our children (unlike Surrey where I am not sure you are even meant to let your children be seen in public, let alone somewhere so grand as a restaurant!)

It is not always possible to leave the children at home, and unless they are allowed to experience restaurants when they are young then they are going to grow up into the kind of adult that sometimes ruin my evenings out.

I do, however, think that with young children it makes a great deal of sense to go early, since they become fairly fractious if they are tired and hungry after 9 o'clock, and I do agree that children running around after 11pm is probably not a good thing for anyone.

If you have had an evening out ruined remeber that it is the adults, not the children, at fault.

I would also say that it is a very frequent delight to watch a family with well mannered children enjoying a meal and conversation together, and whilst mine are not old enough yet I aspire to this idea of an enjoyable dinner far more than having to leave them behind.

Graham

I have had countless evenings out ruined by noisy, badly-behaved adults.

and I have never had an evening out (dining) ruined by children.

Eating out as a family is the joy which makes the southern med so special, large family groups, enjoying each others' company, talking, laughing and making the meal an occasion.

There are any number of establishments the world over that do not welcome children and I would suggest that if in any doubt PLEASE use those establishments and if you could possible take the loud, boorish, man regaling his table and the whole restaurant with a stroke by stroke replay of his afternoon's round with you I would very much appreciate it.

Maddi

I agree with both Maddi and Graham.
My children (as yet) have never ruined anybody's evening, but sometimes
you can just tell as you walk past a restaurant that children will be as welcome as a flea on a dog, and I must admit to avoiding those places.
But you are both right, why should I, my children are far better behaved
than many adults, and gordon and sandy, its not always easy to 'just leave them at home'
Tricky

Oh dear, I was disappointed to read Gordon's comment but I do sympathise if an evening is spoilt by misbehaving children or adults

One of THE most enjoyable aspects of our holiday is to sit down in a restaurant with the kids and enjoy a 'relaxing' meal together. They don't misbehave but enjoy our conversations and even when they are laughing they are not as noisy as a lot of adults getting drunk and swearing!

I brought my children up from a very young age not to run round cafes, restaurants, pubs etc. because of the dangers of accidents from scalding etc. and because I know it's annoying, not just for me but for people who don't have children.

Unfortunately some parents think these places are play rooms for their kids and again it's really the parents at fault for letting the children run round in eating places and then wonder why there are lots of tears when their kids crash into things and have an accident

OK, so here is the solution, if you have noisy screaming children, give them a pint of lager and watch them simmer down to a blissfull slumber - better even, take that pint of lager from the noisy, pissed adult at the other table and give him/her the childs dummy.

Sorry, no valuable input from me - no kids and the wonderful ability to ignore.