O Forno em Calheta

the best lunch on the beautiful island madeira. it is a must when they visit madeira. friendly and nice staff and eating. yummie! give it 10 points!

we had a warm welcome! the waiter was very friendly and took care of us. we enjoyed lunch and can recommend that restaurant for anyone who loves good food! and thank you for the little surprise that has whipped the bill!

the staff was very friendly and we enjoyed every stay a lot (many times 2019-2022). everything tasted really good and the atmosphere is great. I can highly recommend this restaurant. they can ask the restaurant for any recommendation. updated by previous review on 2019-09-29

with my parents I went there twice as there are not so many restaurants with a variation of vegetarian/ vegan options in the opposite. in most restaurants is the only thing that is vegetarian, fries and a very simple salad (blettuce, 2 slices tomato and 1 oliven however, this restaurant takes much more up for vegetarian and vegan! on the chalkboard they have a special veggie area. on the first day I had the morrocan tajine with couscous, which was very well flavored with a good amount of oil. it felt like a varied dish. I also tasted the vegan caco do bolo, which was quite good (although the original caco do bolo today tasted somewhat better I think and for dessert I had vegan crumbs that I also liked. it was funny that I was tricked to think it was with cranberries, but actually it was with apples and strawberries. Today I had to borrow the kartoffel. they were in a juicy sauce and I liked it had a little salate. the salat could have been a bit more varied, but for Madeira standards it is nice. if I had to decide to recommend a dish, I would go for the tajine: I am still very curious about the taste of vegetarian spaghetti bolognese! the service was good, the people were friendly and if we wanted something extra, they gladly helped. the waiting time was not very long.

it was great to find a place that served vegan bolo do caco! since the vegan go a care of me lacking authentic local cuisine, so this was a big plus! I had maize and drilling with salat and it was not an excessively large part, but it was enough for me. many other options also and they are clearly marked! they serve a dish that takes pieces of meat on a spit in the tables. they look warned when they get angry. it was a bit jamming.

It is one of the few restaurants in west madeira where there are many vegan options. I like that the vegan options are well labeled and there is an extra vegan menu. Here we could finally try the typical bolo do caco in vegan. We had it as a starter and it was super tasty. The main dishes were okay, not special. The vegan crumble and cappuccino were not as tasty as hoped.

I went here to try the traditional bolo do caco in a vegan variant which indeed was great. The vegan fudge offered was also nice, while being a bit pricey for the portion. However, the vegan cappuccino they offered ruined the experience for me. First of all, it was boiling hot, while a cappuccino should be around 55°C to 65°C (to not burn the milk (alternative and definitely not burn your tongue. Additionally, it also lacked in taste and foam – my guess would be that the barista tried to get foam with an unsuitable milk alternative (my guess would be rice from tasting , but only boiled and burned the milk. Better stick to a simple bika. While they grill the meat outside, there was not a lot of barbecue smell.

This place has the more veg options than most restaurants on the island. After few days on expensive boring salads it was paradise. Local cuisine and friendly staff. Nice place, great start for sunset.