Horta is a contemporary restaurant in Lido, Funchal.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Rua de Leichlingen 11, 9004-566 Funchal
Avista hangs over Pirate's Bay on the Funchal cliff line, running a Josper grill menu and Asian plates across a carte built for sharing at table.
OrderAnything off the Josper grill, taken at a window table over the bay.
TipThe operator publishes no schedule online, so confirm the lunch service when you book. Ask for the terrace edge, not the inner row.
Casa das Espetadas cooks Madeira's laurel-skewer espetada over wood in Funchal, with beef, chicken, tuna and pork versions off the same fire.
OrderBeef espetada on the bay-laurel skewer, hung at the table.
TipClosed Wednesday and Thursday, and the terrace runs folklore and fado on some evenings.
Avista hangs over Pirate's Bay on the Funchal cliff line, running a Josper grill menu and Asian plates across a carte built for sharing at table.
OrderAnything off the Josper grill, taken at a window table over the bay.
TipThe operator publishes no schedule online, so confirm the lunch service when you book. Ask for the terrace edge, not the inner row.
Casa Portuguesa lines its Funchal old town rooms with hand-painted cobalt tiles and cooks a traditional Portuguese carte, with fado by prior reservation.
OrderA traditional Portuguese main, booked with the fado sitting if you want music.
TipFado nights need reserving in advance rather than asking for on the door.
Oxalis is the dining room at Casa Velha do Palheiro above Funchal, cooking flavours of Madeira from the estate kitchen garden and island growers.
OrderThe seasonal menu, rewritten as the estate kitchen garden dictates.
TipDinner only, and it is a 20 minute drive up from the Funchal seafront, so plan the taxi back before you order wine.
Casa das Espetadas cooks Madeira's laurel-skewer espetada over wood in Funchal, with beef, chicken, tuna and pork versions off the same fire.
OrderBeef espetada on the bay-laurel skewer, hung at the table.
TipClosed Wednesday and Thursday, and the terrace runs folklore and fado on some evenings.
Restaurante dos Combatentes is a plain central Funchal dining room with a garden, cooking regional Madeiran plates at everyday weekday prices.
OrderThe regional plate of the day, which is what the room is built around.
TipLunch is the busy service with local office trade. Both services run Saturday too, and it is closed Sunday.
A Gruta reopened in 2019 above the Funchal port, cooking clay-pot Portuguese food and staying open past midnight when most kitchens have shut.
OrderA clay-pot dish finished at the table, which is the house method.
TipOne of the few Funchal kitchens still serving after midnight, and later again at weekends.
