Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Cascais from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Cascais
In Guincho, Fortaleza do Guincho holds a Michelin star for 2026 and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Maré - José Avillez holds a Michelin Plate for 2026, and The Spot by Fortaleza do Guincho is a casual hotel restaurant.
Fortaleza do Guincho, a Relais & Châteaux hotel-restaurant in Guincho, is a modern Portuguese seafood restaurant in a 17th-century coastal fortress. Chef Gil Fernandes cooks locally sourced, ocean-driven seafood. It serves a tasting menu, a la carte, and a set menu. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list. It holds a Michelin star and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026.
Maré - José Avillez is chef José Avillez's seafood restaurant in Guincho, with an open kitchen that shows the day's catch. Chef Filipe Pina cooks a la carte Portuguese coastal dishes, including codfish liver escabeche, grilled octopus, and corvina with lemon and olive oil. The wine program has an extensive wine list and craft cocktails. The restaurant holds a Michelin Plate for 2026.
The Spot by Fortaleza do Guincho is a casual hotel restaurant in Guincho, with indoor and outdoor seating and views over the Atlantic Ocean. Chef Gil Fernandes prepares typical regional dishes, served from the terrace or the library lounge. The restaurant holds a Relais Chateaux Award for 2026.
Kappo, in Cascais, Conceito, in Bicesse, and SULT Cascais, in downtown Cascais, serve omakase or a tasting menu. Kappo is a twelve-seat counter, Conceito serves two seasonal surprise menus, and SULT Cascais serves a tasting menu beside a la carte.
Kappo is a twelve-seat omakase counter in Cascais. Chef Tiago Penão serves Edomae-style nigiri made with local Portuguese fish and traditional Japanese techniques, in a single nightly format built on seasonal Japanese ingredients and the hospitality principle of Omotenashi. The restaurant pours sake and keeps an extensive wine list. Kappo holds a Michelin star for 2026.
Conceito is a modern Portuguese fine dining restaurant in Bicesse, with the cooking done in an open kitchen. Chef Daniel serves the seasonal surprise menus Essência, the five-course menu, and Viagem, the seven-course menu, with Portuguese wine pairings. The wine program has an extensive wine list. The restaurant holds a Michelin Plate for 2026.
SULT Cascais is a restaurant in downtown Cascais from chef Nelson Soares, serving Italian fine dining with Brazilian and Portuguese influences. It serves a tasting menu and a la carte. The pasta is hand-rolled, including tortellini and cappelletti, and finished tableside on a rolling cart with chili heat and mascarpone sauces. The wine program has an extensive wine list. The restaurant holds a Michelin Plate for 2026.
Our guide counts two Michelin-starred restaurants in Cascais citywide. They are Fortaleza do Guincho, in Guincho, and Kappo, in Cascais. Each holds a Michelin star for 2026. Fortaleza do Guincho has also held its star in each of the previous two years.
The two exceptional wine programs in our guide are in Guincho and Praia do Guincho. Fortaleza do Guincho, in Guincho, holds an exceptional wine program and an extensive wine list, and it holds the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Porto de Santa Maria, in Praia do Guincho, holds an exceptional wine program, an extensive wine list, and a wine cellar since 1947.
Tasting menus in our Cascais guide are at Fortaleza do Guincho in Guincho, at SULT Cascais in downtown Cascais, at Conceito in Bicesse, and at Art Restaurant Cascais in Cascais. Omakase is at Kappo, in Cascais, at a twelve-seat counter.
Our guide counts one Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence citywide. Fortaleza do Guincho, in Guincho, is the restaurant that holds it. The restaurant's Wine Spectator awards are a Best of Award of Excellence for 2025 and for 2026.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Cascais.
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A 17th-century coastal fortress converted into a Relais & Châteaux hotel-restaurant, Fortaleza do Guincho holds a Michelin star and La Liste recognition for chef Gil Fernandes's locally sourced, ocean-driven modern Portuguese cooking. Set inside the Parque Natural de Sintra-Cascais with direct views of Cabo da Roca, it serves dinner only, with limited covers rewarding those who arrive early enough to catch the Atlantic dusk.
Cascais, Portugal
A twelve-seat omakase counter in Cascais, Kappo holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and an Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe ranking. Chef Tiago Penão runs a single nightly format built around seasonal Japanese ingredients and the hospitality principle of Omotenashi, positioning it as one rigorous Japanese dining address on the Estoril Coast.
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A Michelin Plate-recognised contemporary restaurant in Bicesse, Conceito sits well outside Cascais's tourist corridor, operating two seasonal surprise menus, the five-course Essência and seven-course Viagem, from an open kitchen where the cooking process is fully visible. Seasonality drives every decision here, and the format rewards guests prepared to surrender the menu card entirely.
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Cascais has a small but serious appetite for Japanese formats, and Izakaya sits on the casual side of that conversation: counter-led, informal, and recognised with a Michelin Plate in 2025. The draw is not ceremony for its own sake, but the way an omakase structure brings kaiseki discipline into a room with neon light, client photographs, and a younger rhythm.
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Chef José Avillez's seafood-focused restaurant sits on the coastal road between Guincho and Cascais, with direct views of the Atlantic. The open kitchen displays the day's catch, and chef Filipe Pina executes a signature menu built around Portuguese coastal ingredients—codfish liver escabeche, grilled octopus, corvina with lemon and olive oil—served across two dining rooms and a summer terrace.
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On the Estrada do Guincho between Cascais and the Atlantic, Porto de Santa Maria has held its position as one of the coast's most consistent seafood addresses for years. Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 confirms what regular visitors already know: the kitchen treats the region's catch with respect, anchoring the menu around Bulhão Pato clams, Galician-style octopus, and a fish-and-seafood cataplana built for sharing. The wine cellar is worth your attention.
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SULT Cascais brings chef Nelson Soares's Brazilian-Portuguese-Italian fusion from Rio de Janeiro to a simple terrace near the beach. The hand-rolled pasta—tortellini, cappelletti—arrives with chili heat and soft mascarpone sauces, finished tableside on a rolling cart. Cascais's casual Italian tier now includes South American inflection.
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On a quiet lane in central Cascais, Almina occupies the kind of address that rewards those who already know where they're going. The cooking draws on Portugal's Atlantic larder, placing the restaurant within the town's broader tradition of seafood-led dining. For visitors oriented toward ingredient-led cuisine at the edge of the Estoril Coast, it warrants a look.
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Art Restaurant Cascais occupies a prominent address on Avenida Dom Carlos I, placing it within Cascais's emerging fine-dining corridor rather than the resort strip. The address signals proximity to the seafront promenade and the town's historic core. Visitors planning an evening here should expect a formal dining register that sits above the mid-range seafood houses lining the marina.
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Belvedere Ristorante belongs to the Cascais dining conversation shaped by Atlantic proximity, hotel polish, and the town’s constant pull between Lisbon weekender traffic and resort-season visitors. With little public detail on format, price, or awards, it is better read through setting and sourcing expectations than through chef mythology: seafood, produce, and coastal restraint matter more here than theatrics.
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On the Praia da Duquesa waterfront in Cascais, Capricciosa occupies a stretch of coastline where the Atlantic sets the pace of the meal as much as the kitchen does. The address places it within the broader Cascais dining conversation, a town that has steadily developed a serious restaurant culture alongside its reputation as a weekend escape from Lisbon.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Cascais.
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A 17th-century Atlantic fortress turned Relais & Châteaux hotel on the Sintra-Cascais coastline, Fortaleza do Guincho earns 95.5 points in La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking. Rates start from US$280 per night. The ocean-facing dining programme, built on the seafood traditions of the Guincho coast, is the primary reason to stay here rather than in Cascais town itself.
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A 33-room clifftop property on Cascais's western seafront, Farol Hotel occupies a converted 19th-century mansion where the Atlantic frames nearly every sightline. The scale keeps it intimate within a town that otherwise skews toward larger resort formats, and its position on Avenida Rei Humberto II places guests within walking distance of the historic centre and the marina.
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A Leading Hotels of the World member positioned on the Cascais coastline, Grande Real Villa Itália Hotel & Spa operates in the upper tier of the Estoril Coast's luxury hotel market.
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On Cascais’s Avenida Dom Carlos I, Artsy occupies a position that few hotels in the town can match: close enough to the seafront promenade to feel the Atlantic, yet anchored in a residential stretch that keeps the pace quieter than the marina. Recognised by La Liste’s Top Hotels ranking with 90 points in 2026, it sits in the upper tier of the town’s boutique accommodation.
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Set within the Quinta da Marinha estate on the Atlantic edge of Cascais, Sheraton Cascais Resort has earned recognition as both a Regional Winner for Luxury Lifestyle and a Country Winner for Luxury Family Resort. The property occupies a position between the town's historic core and the wild coastline that defined the area's aristocratic retreat character, making it a reference point among Cascais's resort-tier hotels.
Cascais, Portugal
Sitting above the Guincho coastline in Malveira da Serra, Dream Guincho is a Michelin Selected hotel that trades on one of the Lisbon Riviera's most commanding Atlantic addresses. The position, roughly 30 kilometres west of Lisbon and a short drive from Cascais town centre, puts guests within reach of both the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park and one of Portugal's most storied stretches of open coast.
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A Michelin Selected property occupying a clifftop palace above Cascais bay, Hotel Albatroz translates the Estoril Coast's aristocratic leisure tradition into a compact, character-driven stay. The address at Rua Frederico Arouca 100 places guests within walking distance of the town's historic centre, with Atlantic views that define the room experience from arrival.
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Part of the Great Hotels of the World collection, Onyria Quinta da Marinha is a five-star property in Cascais, Portugal, set within the Quinta da Marinha estate near the Atlantic coast. With 198 rooms, a championship golf course on its doorstep, and spa facilities suited to extended stays, it draws travellers looking for structured rest within reach of Lisbon.
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A Michelin Selected hotel occupying a 16th-century citadel on the Cascais seafront, Pestana Cidadela combines fortress architecture with a working art district, positioning it apart from the resort properties that dominate the local market. The setting rewards guests who want historical texture alongside contemporary comfort, with the Atlantic close enough to set the pace of any stay.
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A Michelin Selected property on the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park coastline, The Oitavos occupies a purpose-built contemporary structure at Quinta da Marinha whose architecture defines the stay as much as the Atlantic setting. The property sits at the quieter, dunes-facing edge of the Cascais hotel market, distinct from the town-centre options clustered around the marina and historic waterfront.
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A MICHELIN Selected boutique hotel on Avenida Valbom in central Cascais, The Pergola occupies a late nineteenth-century villa whose garden pergola and azulejo-tiled interiors place it firmly in the town's Belle Époque residential tradition. It suits travellers who prefer period architecture and town-centre proximity over resort facilities.
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A Michelin Selected boutique hotel on Rua Fernandes Tomás in central Cascais, Villa Cascais sits within the quieter residential grid that separates the marina crowds from the old town's azulejo-tiled streets. The property operates at the smaller, design-conscious end of Cascais accommodation, where house count stays low and the guest relationship with staff defines the stay rather than the facilities list.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Cascais.
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Bar Mare sits by the pool at R. Frei Nicolau de Oliveira 100 in Cascais, placing it in the resort-side drinking culture that defines this Atlantic town after beach hours.
Cascais, Portugal
Bar on the Rocks sits in central Cascais at Alameda Combatentes da Grande Guerra 5, placing it within the town’s compact evening circuit rather than a destination that requires a separate coastal detour. Public data does not confirm awards, prices, hours, reservations, chef, or signature drinks, so the useful reading is contextual: a Cascais bar to assess through back-bar depth, bottle curation, and its role in the resort town’s after-dinner rhythm.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Cascais.
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