We went here for mistake. Sunday afternoon around 2 PM. Very quiet but the service was brilliant. A small family run restaurant with food taht looks like homemade. My wife is from Madeira and the food we had wasn't different from the one we had on the original island (Madeira). The Owner was friendly, polite made sure we had everything and we were feeling good. The food came slow but we need to understand that this is not fast food. If food come slow is because is being cooked propely and it is fresh.

This is what we eat: "Chargrilled sirloin cubes, pork loin cubes, or chicken pieces on a scewer served with salad, chips & fried maize" and "Freshly battered, fried black scabbard fillet & fried banana, served with salad & vegetables", but without banana.

The food is beautiful. Simply the best.

Recommend to everyone!

Although i'd probably walked past this resteraunt a million times over i have never actually been in until a week ago, i felt compelled to write because of the bad reviews.



Firstly the service was brilliant, for a small family run resteraunt you have to expect that your food is not going to be out at the drop of a hat. The Owner was friendly, polite made sure we were catered for all night as well as providing our whole table shots for free .



The food is beautiful if your into your seafood the fish in passion fruit sauce, or with banana is to die for as are the meat skewers. For starters the Garlic and Chilli prawns are so morish especially with some warm bread which seems to appear on the table as soon as you empty a basket (service).



The courtyard out the back is ideal for a nice summers evening and like stated before the cafe' itself does make you feel like your on holiday.



The value here is also exceptional I and the other 9 people that went will 100000% Being coming back!

We went there for a meal one evening, we were seated and sat there for a quarter of an hour, no one brought menus or asked if we wanted a drink so we did the right thing and walked out, this has also happend to friends of mine will not be going back to this cafe. I have to leave a rating to have this put on the website but my score would be nil.

Walking in off of the London road feels like stepping into a beachside cafe/bar in Portugal. Great welcome, authentic food and brilliant atmosphere. The food is always good and the service always relaxed. Probably not the place to go if you're in a hurry but who's in a hurry on holiday!

I recommended opicado to my brothers and their partners for the special madeira evening. My husband and I have been regulars over the years and although at times service has been slow,we were happy to wait and the food was of a good standard. Last night as not only the service was non existent,the food was not fit for humans,the maize was deep fried and soggy in the middle and mashy,the chips were cold and not cooked enough the salad could be better presented by a five year old,the beef skewers had big chunks and of poor quality meat. We had to go to the bar to get our drinks several times and desert took so long that we left without it. We will never go there again.They need to get their act together and cook food fit for human consuption. Please bring back the "Dad"