High quality food and a really good brunch menu. Highly recommend the lasagna and some of the other brunch item menus. Drinks are good and parking is free.
January 2024
The waiters make a mistake with your order and they become Liars! And ruin your whole night, this is a hangout by the
October 2023
We had a lovely dinner. The food is very good authentic Portuguese cuisine. Excellent service.
Tavira restaurant opened its doors in November of 1999. The name Tavira comes from a beautiful place in Portugal. Since opening Tavira has been included in Washingtonian Magazine's 100 Very Best Restaurants and rated very good to excellent by Zagat. Tavira has also been mentioned nationally in Gourmet Magazine, Bethesda Magazine and received favorable reviews from The Washington Post, Washington Times, The Gazette, Washington Diplomat and other local newspapers. Our professionalism, attention to detail and hard work will make your dining experience a delightful virtual escape to Portugal.
By far and away the most under-represented cuisine in the metro area is that of Portugal. Maybe folks are too used to the kick of Thai or the heft of Tex-Mex to demand something that is both unusual and yet familiar. That's what makes a destination like Tavira so comforting and desirable. Once you're settled into one of its three intimate dining areas (try the one with the fireplace on chilly evenings), you need not jump over culinary hurdles to walk away well satisfied. Don't skip over the caldo verde, a typical Portuguese soup of potatoes and sausage that will warm you down to your toes. And the grilled chicken, tender as a cloud, has a spicy pepper sauce rub and a mountainous side of divine freshly-made potato chips. Other entrées skip from beef to seafood to pasta to arroz valenciana (like paella) and all lead to a grand finale: dessert. Only one really merits the calories: the bread pudding, as dense as cheesecake and laden with custardy orange tenderness.
