Funchal By Night

I've been really impressed by this place! I've been there with my girlfriend, we where looking for a nice place to discover during the eat out help out and after a long walk we've found Funchal by Night. It's a family business, well organized and very welcoming, but the thing that surprised me the most is the amazingness of the food, as a freshness, quality and perfect preparation. We started with cocktail prawns, and the cocktail sauce was perfect and not the already made one that you'll find everywhere! Was really creamy and fresh! After that I took the 8oz steak with mushrooms cream... And I've been in haven for exactly 20 minutes! The mushrooms cream was stunning, mixed with the rice on the side! Unbelievable! And the meat was exactly how I asked! Perfect! Chips and rice comes with the dish and the price is absolutely fine with the product! Other places will charge you double or either triple for a plate like that! My girlfriend took the tuna steak with seafood and tomato sauce and was amazing as well! The seafood where fresh and so well cooked that where melting in the mouth... Squid, octopus and mussels! And the tuna steak was perfect! Is not so easy to make taste the tuna soft and not dry and they did it! Amazing! Hands up for the chef! All the desserts where home made and there where perfect like the rest of the dinner! I took a typical Portuguese creme caramel and my girlfriend a dark chocolate cake topped with sprinkles of coconut... The fact that there's no photos of that will let you understand how much we like ! I'm quite fussy person and I don't do compliment so easily! But this place make me feel like home! Where the food is genuinely good and the vibes are friendly! We will come back there for sure! And you should do the same!

After not being able to go on a summer holiday to Portugal this year, a visit to Funchal By Night definitely made up for it whilst on our holiday to Bournemouth instead. The waitress was lovely and friendly and the food was really delicious and generous portions. We had the pork and beef espetada and the seafood risotto. Then for dessert had the passionfruit cake and a caramel egg cake (forgot what it was called!) A shame that we only came here on our last night as we’d happily come again!

Free parking nearby if you look for it. There is also plenty paid parking nearby. The restaurant is well located in Bournemouth. As soon as you come in, you can feel the Portuguese atmosphere, the decoration, the music, the smell and even the football on the television. As a Portuguese person, this is home. The staff is very friendly and welcoming, also checked on us once we had our food. There is plenty of choice on the menu to please all sorts of tastes. The food portions are big, so make sure you are hungry, good value, good taste and good temperature. I have attached a picture of what I had, Atum Pescador (tuna steak with seafood, mixed vegetable, salad and a tomato sauce). The prices are reasonably for what you get. We found that the restaurant can get busy, so a reservation is recommended to avoid disappointment. Recommend this restaurant if you are looking for an authentic Portuguese experience.

My wife and I have just returned from a very enjoyable evening at Funchal by Night (a lovely hand painted picture of which adorns the long back wall of the restaurant). Staff really looked after us so well all night which makes such a difference. All our food was freshly prepared and cooked to perfection with the highlight being the hanging skewer of beef and pork - just like you get in Funchal town! To our delight they also made us a very tasty sangria (so good we had a second jug!) and the home made desserts were also delicious. Thank you very much for making us so welcome and we would urge everyone to give this place a try - you won't be disappointed!

Fantastic, felt right back to Portugal, food is excelent and customer service too.