What to order at A Gruta

Must order
A clay-pot dish finished at the table, which is the house method.
The dish to know
Clay-pot Portuguese cooking
Editor tip
One of the few Funchal kitchens still serving after midnight, and later again at weekends.
CuisineTraditional Portuguese
Price€€
NeighborhoodSé
HoursDaily 12:00-01:00, Fri-Sat until 02:00
Open until01:00, 02:00 Friday and Saturday
The dishClay-pot Portuguese cooking
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Madeira by Night with Traditional Dinner★ 4.5 (54)

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Madeira by Night with Traditional Dinner

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Location

Address: Avenida Sá Carneiro, 9000-017 Funchal

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OrderA house infusion cocktail, the format the whole drinks list is built around.

TipOpens at 20:00 and runs to 03:00 on Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Café do Teatro ★ 4.1

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OrderA galão on the terrace before the theatre, a cocktail after it.

TipThe interior patio is where the DJs play. The Avenida Arriaga terrace stays quieter. The operator publishes no schedule, so call ahead for late drinks.

Terreiro Concept ★ 4.4

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Terreiro Concept is a zero-waste Funchal gastrobar and dining room cooking and mixing from its own kitchen-garden plantings and island growers.

OrderA cocktail built from the kitchen garden, then the daily fish.

TipThe gastrobar runs straight through from 11:00 while the restaurant works lunch and dinner services. Friday and Saturday it stays open to midnight.

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Dash Cocktail Bar ★ 4.4

€€ Cocktail barSéUntil 02:00, 03:00 Friday and Saturday

Dash Cocktail Bar mixes house infusions on Rua da Alfândega, the narrow Funchal street that has turned into the city's late-night drinking strip.

OrderA house infusion cocktail, the format the whole drinks list is built around.

TipOpens at 20:00 and runs to 03:00 on Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Barreirinha Bar Café ★ 4.2

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Barreirinha Bar Café sits above the old bathing complex in the Funchal Zona Velha, a seafront terrace running from morning coffee to weekend DJs.

OrderA poncha on the terrace as the light goes off the water.

TipMorning coffee and late drinks happen in the same room. Weekends run to 02:00.

Café do Teatro ★ 4.1

€€ CaféSé

Café do Teatro occupies the courtyard beside the Baltazar Dias theatre on Avenida Arriaga in Funchal, open from breakfast through to the DJ sets.

OrderA galão on the terrace before the theatre, a cocktail after it.

TipThe interior patio is where the DJs play. The Avenida Arriaga terrace stays quieter. The operator publishes no schedule, so call ahead for late drinks.

Terreiro Concept ★ 4.4

€€€ Contemporary PortugueseSéUntil 23:00, 00:00 Friday and Saturday

Terreiro Concept is a zero-waste Funchal gastrobar and dining room cooking and mixing from its own kitchen-garden plantings and island growers.

OrderA cocktail built from the kitchen garden, then the daily fish.

TipThe gastrobar runs straight through from 11:00 while the restaurant works lunch and dinner services. Friday and Saturday it stays open to midnight.

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