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Café do Teatro occupies the courtyard beside the Baltazar Dias theatre on Avenida Arriaga in Funchal, open from breakfast through to the DJ sets.
Try: Cocktails on the theatre patio
Order: A galão on the terrace before the theatre, a cocktail after it.
Tip: The interior patio is where the DJs play. The Avenida Arriaga terrace stays quieter. The operator publishes no schedule, so call ahead for late drinks.
Contemporary Portuguese€€€SéRestaurant daily 12:30-15:30 and 18:30-22:30; gastrobar Sun-Thu 11:00-23:00, Fri-Sat 11:00-00:00Until 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.
Try: Garden cocktails and small plates
Order: A cocktail built from the kitchen garden, then the daily fish.
Tip: The gastrobar runs straight through from 11:00 while the restaurant works lunch and dinner services. Friday and Saturday it stays open to midnight.
Traditional Portuguese€€SéDaily 12:00-01:00, Fri-Sat until 02:00Until 01:00, 02:00 Friday and Saturday
A Gruta reopened in 2019 above the Funchal port, cooking clay-pot Portuguese food and staying open past midnight when most kitchens have shut.
Try: Clay-pot Portuguese cooking
Order: A clay-pot dish finished at the table, which is the house method.
Tip: One of the few Funchal kitchens still serving after midnight, and later again at weekends.
Cocktail bar€€SéTue-Thu 20:00-02:00; Fri-Sat 20:00-03:00, closed Sunday and MondayUntil 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.
Try: House infusion cocktails
Order: A house infusion cocktail, the format the whole drinks list is built around.
Tip: Opens at 20:00 and runs to 03:00 on Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday.