13 restaurants in Funchal, editor-picked for restaurants open sunday. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. All restaurants in Funchal.
Gavião Novo ★ 4.6
Zona Velha · Rua de Santa Maria 131, 9060-291 Funchal
Hours: Daily 11:00-23:00
Gavião Novo grills fish off the Funchal coast on Rua de Santa Maria, the old town street where the day boat rather than the menu decides dinner.
Tip: Book ahead for dinner. The dining room is small and the pavement tables on Rua de Santa Maria go first.
Horta ★ 4.5
Lido · Rua de Leichlingen 11, 9004-566 Funchal
Hours: Wed-Sun 18:30-22:00, closed Monday and Tuesday
Horta is PortoBay's healthy comfort-food room on the Funchal Lido promenade, flagging every vegan and vegetarian plate on an otherwise mixed carte.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday, and the a la carte runs in the evening only. Ask for a table on the Lido promenade rather than inside.
Restaurante do Forte ★ 4.4
Zona Velha · Rua do Portão de São Tiago, 9060-250 Funchal
Hours: Daily 12:00-15:00 and 18:30-23:00
Restaurante do Forte has cooked inside the São Tiago fortress in Funchal since 2001, with terrace tables above the bay and a Portuguese carte.
Tip: Ask for a terrace table at sunset. The fortress walls block the wind that hits the promenade below.
Taberna Ruel ★ 4.4
Zona Velha · Rua de Santa Maria 119, 9060-291 Funchal
Hours: Daily 11:00-23:00
Taberna Ruel works a Madeiran and Portuguese kitchen on Rua de Santa Maria, named for chef Ricardo Ruel and built on island produce and modern technique.
Tip: It runs straight through from 11:00 to 23:00 every day, so it catches both the late lunch and the early dinner.
Terreiro Concept ★ 4.4
Sé · Rua Imperatriz Dona Amélia 107, 9004-542 Funchal
Hours: Restaurant daily 12:30-15:30 and 18:30-22:30; gastrobar Sun-Thu 11:00-23:00, Fri-Sat 11:00-00:00
Terreiro Concept is a zero-waste Funchal gastrobar and dining room cooking and mixing from its own kitchen-garden plantings and island growers.
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.
Doca do Cavacas ★ 4.4
Ponta da Cruz · Rua da Ponta da Cruz 66, 9000-250 Funchal
Hours: Tue-Sun 10:00-23:30, closed Monday
Doca do Cavacas is built on the rock above the Ponta da Cruz sea pools in Funchal, serving grilled fish, shellfish and espetada by the water.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Lunch on the terrace catches the sun over Praia Formosa.
Oxalis at Casa Velha do Palheiro ★ 4.4
Palheiro · Rua da Estalagem 23, 9060-415 Funchal
Hours: Daily 19:00-22:00
Oxalis is the dining room at Casa Velha do Palheiro above Funchal, cooking flavours of Madeira from the estate kitchen garden and island growers.
Tip: Dinner only, and it is a 20 minute drive up from the Funchal seafront, so plan the taxi back before you order wine.
Villa Cipriani ★ 4.4
Lido · Estrada Monumental 139, 9000-098 Funchal
Hours: Daily 18:30-00:00, last orders 22:30
Villa Cipriani serves Italian cooking on the clifftop terrace at Reid's Palace in Funchal, revisiting Italian classics with the Atlantic below the balustrade.
Tip: The terrace tables at the seaward rail are the ones to ask for when booking. Last orders are at 22:30.
Lá ao Fundo ★ 4.3
Zona Velha · Rua Portão de São Tiago 17, 9060-250 Funchal
Hours: Daily 12:30-15:00 and 18:30-23:00
Lá ao Fundo sits at the fortress end of the Funchal old town, where chef-owner Jaime Cruz pulls Portuguese, African and Indian threads into one short menu.
Tip: Lunch and dinner run as two separate services with the kitchen shut between them. Book the terrace.
Casa Portuguesa ★ 4.2
Zona Velha · Travessa das Torres 30, 9060-314 Funchal
Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00-22:45
Casa Portuguesa lines its Funchal old town rooms with hand-painted cobalt tiles and cooks a traditional Portuguese carte, with fado by prior reservation.
Tip: Fado nights need reserving in advance rather than asking for on the door.
Beerhouse ★ 4.1
Sé · Avenida do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses, Pontão de São Lázaro, 9000-054 Funchal
Hours: Daily 11:00-23:00
Beerhouse brews on the São Lázaro pier in Funchal, pouring its own beer beside a marina terrace and a kitchen of fish and regional Madeiran plates.
Tip: The terrace faces the marina and the cruise berth, so it fills fast on cruise days.
Casa das Espetadas ★ 4.1
Lido · Estrada Monumental 175-177, 9000-100 Funchal
Hours: Fri-Tue 18:30-22:30, closed Wednesday and Thursday
Casa das Espetadas cooks Madeira's laurel-skewer espetada over wood in Funchal, with beef, chicken, tuna and pork versions off the same fire.
Tip: Closed Wednesday and Thursday, and the terrace runs folklore and fado on some evenings.
A Gruta ★ 4.1
Sé · Avenida Sá Carneiro, 9000-017 Funchal
Hours: Daily 12:00-01:00, Fri-Sat until 02:00
A Gruta reopened in 2019 above the Funchal port, cooking clay-pot Portuguese food and staying open past midnight when most kitchens have shut.
Tip: One of the few Funchal kitchens still serving after midnight, and later again at weekends.