We've been dining at Alvaros since they opened 38 years ago and I've never had a disappointing meal. The choice is amazing. Their vegetables are always cooked to perfection. Their steak melts in your mouth. I love the dishes they cook at your table. My husband always has the mariscos espetada. It is a spectacular dish of prawns and scallops wrapped in bacon hanging on a skewer over your plate with garlic butter dripping from it. He loves it. I try to have different dishes fir main course but tend to have fresh asparagus with olive oil, garlic and Parmesan for my first course. The asparagus is thick, juicy and tender and just delicious. The dessert trolley is mouthwatering and their cheese board has a good variety of quality cheeses. A good selection of champagne, wines and spirits. The waiters are dressed smartly and know about the menu. It really is the best restaurant in town for me. I can't praise them enough.
Wonderful! As a restaurant should be, excellent service & very friendly & polite staff. Still has the trolley for filleting & flambaying by your table & the delicious dessert trolley. Great menu, lots of choice, out food was perfect. Cosy bar to sit & have a drink whilst deciding on the menu. Our favourite restaurant from now on, just wished we lived nearer. Thank you Alvaro’s!!
Best restaurant in town for old fashioned service (i.e. Very courteous and attentive) and delicious food. Many of the dishes are served with delicious rich sauces and some are actually cooked freshly beside your table. Lots of tasty Portuguese dishes as well as French and other haute cuisine food. Freddy has been running this place for decades and always buys fresh produce so the specials menu can vary daily. It's tucked away but easy to find off Hamlet Court Rd and there's always parking nearby or even outside in the evening. Well worth visiting for a memorable meal in traditional surroundings.
Just celebrated my son's 18th birthday at Alvaro's. He absolutely loved it. The food was amazing.. plenty of choice, even from the set menu and everything cooked to perfection.. even the vegetables are amazing. This is a wonderful restaurant, with a first class service from the staff. Alvaro's is definitely worth a visit and we will be returning soon.
I first went to Alvaros in the late seventies and thought what a superb restaurant,I have been going ever since and it just gets better every time.
The service is second to none the food is too die for. If you’ve never tried this restaurant,then put it on your bucket list. Last visit 23/3/18
Fresh, tasty, food cooked with passion and aim to serve the best. Good wines. Courteous and helpful staff. Lovely ambience to the place.
The best restaurant by a long shot. Been going to Alvaros for 15+ years and always consistently fantastic. Food excellent, service excellent, staff excellent. What's not to love about it.
I come to this amazing restaurant quite a lot, usually with family for birthdays and other family celebrations, we love it, we've never been disappointed. Lovely staff lovely food what else do i need to say
Love the old fashioned service and excellent food downside was I found the service slow and staff not very welcoming we were up in a corner and everybody got served before us
Although we got there early otherwise a lovely meal
very good menu very friendly staff excellent food service just like the old days
Went for my Dad's 81st birthday, but all the family enjoyed the old fashioned service, taking coats, pulling chairs out etc. Attentive service and staff made my little girl feel like a princess. Wide variety of dishes. Cosy atmosphere. Everything we had was lovely. Freddy and his staff should be commended for sticking to a tried and tested formula....great food and great service.
Wonderful place & food as always. Highly recommend to try this lovely restaurant if you've never been x
Doesn’t matter how long between visits, I’ve never been disappointed! Can not fault the environment, service or quality! Just amazing! Can’t wait to go back.
Wonderful food and excellent service. I have been going to Alvaro's for 25 years and I am pleased to say the food and service have always been excellent.
Charming
Excellent choice at the bar
Beautiful food
The staff are attentive and adorable
Impeccable venue
I love this quaint Portuguese restaurant ✨✨✨✨
Such a lovely restaurant, fantastic food, lovely staff, great atmosphere, certainly would recommend
Great choice of freshly cooked main course, good variety of starters, the best desserts in town -best quality really! Very professional staff who make you feel welcoming. Would highly recommend!
Our favourite restaurant, we have never been to this restaurant and not received fantastic service, fantastic food and also made to feel like a valued customer. Thank you.
Good old fashioned service, friendly staff. Freshly cooked dishes. Had a taste of my fellow diner's meal. Each one was delicious. 👍
All I can say is wow !! I took my parents and wife to your restaurant this evening, I drove down from Orpington in Kent, I am well and truly stuffed, the menu choice was vast, boy did you deliver, we will be back, so highly recommended....
Great Portuguese restaurant. Nice staff, fantastic fish.
The best restaurant I've ever been to. Been going years and the food and staff are amazing
Great service and excellent food. Would definitely recommend.
My favourite all time restaurant. Have been going over 20 years. Never disappoints. Staff and food impeccable. Thank you. Had a superb meal again tonight.
Brilliant! Fantastic staff so friendly. Great food. Definitely go again.
Fantastic food and very good service will be back there soon thank you to all the staff at alvaros
Went to the Alvaros Restaurant today with my Partner, and really enjoyed the food, great service with a smile, would highly recommend to my Family and Friends.
Christopher McGuinness
+5
Excellent food and atmosphere and friendly staff .....
one of the best restaurants in the Southend area, a little pricey but great food. Have used a few times and never been disappointed. keep up the good work.
Went to Alvaros to celebrate my friend's 50th Birthday. We had a wonderful evening. As my friend said, 'Everything was perfect '. This restaurant is a gem that has endured for over forty years. The perfect place for either a celebration or a romantic evening. Whatever the occasion I'm sure you will be well looked after and not disappointed.
My parents have been regulars since Alvaro's opened and introduced me many years ago.
I've brought back several people for their first experience in recent years and all love it.
We love it for the people just as much as the food!
Only my second meal out since March 2020 this evening (and Alvaro's was only not the first as that was on a Monday). They had also been our last before it all started.
Hope to be re-visiting for many years to come.
How amazingly consistent and brilliant this restaurant is, so considerate when our pre-booked taxi let us down. As ever, fantastic service and delicious food that has kept our family coming back for special occasions for decades! Thank you so much
Couldn’t be better, warm welcome, relaxed service, made to feel at home, everything delicious.
Loved this place, a little jewel, staff very friendly and efficient, food absolutely great, can't wait for our next visit
William Timothy Farrell
+5
Just first class, as it has forever been - a real and genuine restaurant, which shows up over-priced "gastro pubs" and national chain outlets as the disengenuous eating places they are.
Only the best ingredients excellently cooked into the most delicious meals. Magical and memorable! 10/10
Great environment and even better food. Fantastic wine selection.
What can I say, this is one of very few restaurants where service is still done properly. Felt welcome from start to finish. Plenty to choose from on the menu and food top notch.
Love this place! Authentic and truly Portuguese. What an outstanding level of service :) Our waiter was so, so friendly; not only him, all his colleagues were too. The food was top notch, the “old-school” atmosphere was fantastic - proof that modern isn’t always the way to go. Have been here a few times now and will definitely return whenever we want a nice evening out in the area. Thank you to the Alvaros team 🙏🏼😊
Went as a party of a large amount but great service and lovely food
Had a wonderful meal here yesterday. Was like stepping back in time with an excellent and varied menu. Staff were very attentive and didn't make us feel rushed at all. Will definitely be back.
We stayed in the apartment. Very clean and overall quality happy with our stay. We just stayed for the weekend, but if you was staying longer the Very small bin in the kitchen could be a problem, so just pop into the restaurant and ask where to dispos of it.
As always service was great and the diner was spotless. We took our neice and her husband and they are going to book a meal there themselves they were that impressed. The food was excellent and wine was lovely too.
Excellent food, awesome service in a friendly atmosphere! High quality standard.
We have been dining at Alvaros for over 30 years and we can honestly say this is our number one restaurant we absolutely love eating here. It is run by the same family and the food is freshly cooked. The staff offer top class service and are so friendly.
Lovely food and even better service with warm, friendly and funny staff. Great selection of dishes
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