Café do Teatro is a café late-night spot in Sé, Funchal.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must 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.
Address: Avenida Arriaga, 9000-060 Funchal
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Barreirinha Bar Café sits above the old bathing complex in the Funchal Zona Velha, a seafront terrace running from morning coffee to weekend DJs.
Try: Poncha and snacks
Order: A poncha on the terrace as the light goes off the water.
Tip: Morning coffee and late drinks happen in the same room. Weekends run to 02:00.
