Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Funchal from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Funchal
Funchal’s starred rooms centre on tasting menus and Madeiran ingredients.
A two-Michelin-star restaurant in Funchal, Il Gallo d'Oro leads with tasting menus built on Madeiran ingredients, Atlantic seafood, and produce from the PortoBay garden. Wine Director Leonel Nunes oversees a 510-selection list, and the wine programme also holds the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.
Desarma in Sao Pedro holds one Michelin star and builds its tasting menus around Madeiran petiscos, in-house cured and fermented products, and local seafood. Its cellar carries one of the most concentrated Madeira wine selections in the world, and the room is run with a sommelier-led approach.
William holds one Michelin star inside Belmond Reid’s Palace and runs two tasting menus built around Madeiran ingredients and modern technique. The room looks over the Atlantic and Funchal coastline, with the setting forming part of the dining room’s character.
These places show how Funchal handles tasting menus across different formats, from estate dining to rooftop cooking and hotel restaurants.
Gazebo in Funchal is a chef-owned fine dining room with tasting and set menus built around island produce. Two formats run at six and nine courses, and the estate setting keeps the focus on Madeira's seasonal ingredients.
Avista Ásia in Sao Martinho brings Asian fusion to the hotel setting with tasting menu and omakase options alongside à la carte dining. The kitchen blends Madeiran ingredients with Japanese, Chinese, and Korean techniques and sommelier-led.
Avista on Estrada Monumental combines tasting menus, small plates and à la carte service with a wine list. The kitchen draws primarily from PortoBay’s own garden, and the room sits in the Cliff Bay hotel.
Funchal, São Martinho and Funchal city center are the main areas in our guide. São Pedro, the old town and Estrada Monumental also appear on the list, with starred rooms, tasting menus and Madeira wine lodges spread across those parts of the city.
Funchal has 3 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, with 4 Michelin stars in total. The starred restaurants are Il Gallo d'Oro in Funchal, Desarma in Sao Pedro and William inside Belmond Reid’s Palace.
In our guide, Funchal, Sao Pedro, Sao Martinho, Estrada Monumental and the old town have tasting-menu restaurants. Il Gallo d'Oro, Gazebo and Audax are in Funchal, Desarma is in Sao Pedro, Avista Ásia is in Sao Martinho, Avista is in Estrada Monumental, and Ákua is in the old town.
Il Gallo d'Oro and William hold the Wine Spectator awards in our guide. Il Gallo d'Oro has the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, and William has the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Il Gallo d'Oro holds two Michelin stars and a 95-point La Liste ranking for 2026, placing it among the more critically recognised restaurants in Portugal. Chef Benoît Sinthon's tasting menus draw on Madeiran ingredients, Atlantic seafood, and produce from the PortoBay garden, served within The Cliff Bay hotel above Funchal's coastline. Wine Director Leonel Nunes oversees a 510-selection list with particular depth in Portuguese and Madeira wines.
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Desarma holds a Michelin star inside The Views Baía hotel on Funchal's waterfront, where tasting menus built around Madeiran petiscos and in-house cured and fermented products move through a sequence the kitchen calls Encounter, Offensive, Attack and Surrender. The wine cellar carries among the more concentrated Madeira wine selections in the world. Service runs Tuesday through Saturday, evenings only.
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Positioned at the summit of Funchal's fine-dining tier, William operates from within Belmond Reid's Palace on the cliffside above the Atlantic. Chef José Diogo Costa runs two tasting menus built around Madeiran ingredients and modern technique, and the room's position over Funchal's coastline makes the setting as much a part of the experience as the food itself.
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Located within the historic Casa Velha do Palheiro estate a few kilometres above Funchal, Oxalis holds a 2025 Michelin Plate for its contemporary Portuguese cooking and commitment to Madeiran seasonal produce. Chef Gonçalo Bita Bota works directly with local farmers and fishermen, building menus around island ingredients. Priced at €€, it offers Michelin-recognised cooking at a more accessible level than most of Funchal's recognised dining rooms.
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A Michelin Bib Gourmand winner in both 2024 and 2025, Casal da Penha sits in São Martinho surrounded by Funchal's large hotel strip yet operates on an entirely different register: family-run, modestly priced, and anchored in Madeiran tradition. The rooftop terrace and a menu built around fresh fish, regional rice dishes, and grilled limpets make it one of the clearest value cases in the city's dining scene.
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Ákua holds a Michelin Plate (2025), placing it among Funchal's most consistently praised mid-range dining addresses. Positioned in the historic quarter metres from the Atlantic, the kitchen works almost entirely from the sea, with dishes like braised tuna with razor clam rice and cod tacos anchoring a menu built around daily catch. At the €€ price point, it represents the accessible end of Funchal's serious fish cooking.
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A Michelin Plate recipient for 2024 and 2025, Audax operates in São Martinho, one of Funchal's more competitive dining corridors, with a contemporary menu built on Madeiran culinary tradition. Chef César Vieira runs a fully open kitchen offering 3–4 course lunches and 5–7 course evening menus at a mid-range price point, placing it firmly in the accessible end of Funchal's serious dining tier.
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Avista sits within the Cliff Bay hotel on Funchal's Estrada Monumental, serving seasonal Mediterranean cuisine under the creative direction of chef Benoît Sinthon and daily execution by chef João Luz. Holders of the Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, the kitchen draws primarily from PortoBay's own kitchen garden, with tasting menus, à la carte options, petiscos, and a vegetarian programme running alongside the main menu.
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Avista Ásia occupies the upper floor of the Cliff Bay hotel in São Martinho, positioning Asian fusion, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean techniques cut with Mediterranean and Madeiran produce, against panoramic views of Funchal and the Atlantic. Four distinct menu formats run from a three-course Descoberta to a seven-course Premium, alongside an Omakase option.
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Set on a Madeiran estate in São Martinho, Gazebo carries consecutive Michelin Plates (2024–2025) for a contemporary tasting menu built entirely around island produce. Two formats, six courses tracing North to South, nine courses spanning East to West, frame Madeira's geography as the menu's architecture. For Funchal's growing list of serious tasting-menu addresses, it represents the estate-dining end of the spectrum.
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Horta holds two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) and sits at the €€ price tier in São Martinho, Funchal. The kitchen centres its menu on vegetables, many sourced from an on-site kitchen garden, while keeping fish and meat options available for those who want them. It is one of the few restaurants in Madeira operating at this recognition level without a tasting-menu price point.
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In a city where fine dining tilts toward Atlantic fish and European technique, KIRITA Japanese noodle laboratory occupies a different register entirely. Located in São Martinho on the western edge of Funchal, it brings a specialist noodle format to an island whose restaurant scene has historically had little room for it. For visitors tracking ingredient-led cooking across Portugal, it warrants attention.
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Konsai sits on Avenida Zarco in São Martinho, positioning itself within Funchal's growing conversation around Asian-influenced dining. The address places it outside the historic centre's tourist circuit, suggesting a local-leaning clientele. Visitors to Funchal with an appetite for the city's non-Atlantic culinary registers should note it alongside the island's broader contemporary dining scene.
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O. Giro sits on Rua da Carreira 77 in Funchal's São Martinho district, occupying a position slightly removed from the harbour-front restaurant cluster that dominates most visitor itineraries. Where Funchal's dining scene splits between hotel dining rooms and tourist-facing seafood terraces, O. Giro offers a neighbourhood-rooted alternative worth tracking down for those already familiar with the island's better-known tables.
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Pizzaria Lume occupies São Martinho, one of Funchal's residential parishes, where the dining mood is local and unhurried rather than tourist-facing. The format is direct pizza, cooked with the directness that neighbourhood restaurants in Portuguese cities tend to favour. For visitors tracking Funchal's full dining range, it sits at the informal, accessible end of a city that also runs to Michelin-starred Modern Cuisine at Il Gallo d'Oro and Mediterranean-leaning fine dining at Avista.
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On the São Martinho seafront, Sabor Da India brings Indian cuisine to a Funchal dining scene dominated by Atlantic and contemporary European cooking. The address on Rampa do Lido places it within easy reach of the Lido promenade, offering a distinct counterpoint to the modern cuisine formats that occupy the upper tiers of the island's restaurant offer.
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Sushi in Madeira occupies an unusual position in Portugal's dining scene, and Sakura Sushi on Rua da Carreira brings that format to central Funchal. For visitors working through the island's eating options, from the Michelin-tracked fine dining at the higher price tiers to accessible neighbourhood spots, understanding where Japanese cuisine fits into Funchal's restaurant mix is a useful part of planning any stay.
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Window to Asia occupies a quiet stretch of Estrada Monumental in Funchal, offering Asian cuisine in a city whose restaurant scene is otherwise anchored in Atlantic seafood and modern Portuguese technique. For travellers moving between Funchal's high-end contemporary tables and something structurally different, this address provides a distinct departure point on the western edge of the hotel corridor.
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Les Suites at The Cliff Bay occupies a clifftop position above the Atlantic just west of Funchal, spreading across a pair of restored century-old villas and a contemporary new wing. Twenty-three suites offer sea-facing floor-to-ceiling windows and Greek marble bathrooms, with guests drawing on the full amenity set of the adjacent Cliff Bay hotel, including a two-Michelin-star restaurant. Rates from $866 per night place it at the upper tier of Madeiran accommodation.
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A modern architect-designed property in São Martinho, Funchal, Quinta da Casa Branca earned 97 points from La Liste's Top Hotels in 2026. The hotel sits within botanical gardens containing trees and plants from across the globe, with floor-to-ceiling glass designed to frame that greenery from every angle. Two restaurants and a heated pool complete a property that positions itself among Madeira's most considered luxury addresses.
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A Michelin Selected quinta in Funchal's residential hills, Quinta Jardins do Lago occupies a restored historic manor surrounded by botanical gardens and a lake. The property sits in a quieter niche of Madeira's hotel market, where period architecture and garden scale do the work that larger resort amenities cannot. It suits travellers who prioritise setting and architectural character over poolside programming.
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Positioned on the cliffs of São Martinho with Atlantic views, The Cliff Bay earned 97 points from La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking, placing it among a small cohort of Portuguese properties competing at that level. The address on Estrada Monumental puts guests within reach of Funchal's centre while maintaining the separation that clifftop hotels trade on. For Madeira, this is one of the clearest reference points in the upper accommodation tier.
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On Funchal's oldest street, Venda Velha occupies a stretch of Rua de Santa Maria where the Zona Velha's painted-door art project meets the older habit of neighbourhood drinking. The bar sits at the more serious end of Madeira's emerging cocktail scene, drawing on the island's deep relationship with fortified wine as a building block for contemporary mixed drinks.
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Housed in a centuries-old complex of cellars and lodges, it places the volcanic terroir of the island in direct conversation with the wine in the glass.
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A small historic Madeira wine lodge in Funchal, Artur de Barros e Sousa belongs to the island’s disappearing craft-producer tradition rather than the polished visitor-centre model. Its story is tied to old casks, courtyard cellar culture, Madeira DOC grapes such as Sercial, Verdelho, Boal and Malvasia, and rare long-aged fortified wines now preserved under D’Oliveiras.
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Blandy’s turns Madeira wine into a city-center study of heat, time, and oxidation. The Funchal lodge interprets canteiro ageing through barrel rooms, museum material, classic grape styles such as Sercial, Verdelho, Bual, Malvasia, and Tinta Negra, and a visitor format that suits both serious wine drinkers and first-time Madeira drinkers.
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Pereira d’Oliveira (Vinhos), Lda. is a historic Madeira wine house in Funchal, rooted in the island’s fortified-wine tradition since 1820. The draw is the old-lodge format: quiet barrel rooms, mature stocks, walk-in tastings, and a focus on Sercial, Verdelho, Bual, Malmsey, Terrantez, and Tinta Negra rather than vineyard-side spectacle.
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