Casa Estrela - Viana do Castelo

Visited for lunch during a holiday, was a bit disappointed after all the glowing reviews. The place is tight, my cup did not appear clean and the beaverages for example took forever to get to our table only after we had our actual meal cooked and in front of us (40 minutes). The menu was just a printed worn out A4 paper, which I found odd. On a more positive note, the personnel was nice and the food had a good presentation.

I stopped for lunch and the €6.50 prato do dia caught my attention. A nice veg soup, then bacalhau frito com patatas e tomates. vino e cafe. Friendly young waitress. Honest, simple food in a great location

I recently spent a couple of weeks in Viana and ate at Casa Estrela a number of times, and it was consistently good. It's a true family-run restaurant--the mother does the cooking and the (English-speaking) daughter waits on tables. Not only is the food outstanding, but the service is efficient and friendly, and the price can't be beat. It seems to be popular with locals--not too many tourists there--but tourists don't know what they're missing! Highly recommended.

We are lucky to live nearby. This is a great, fairly new (a few months) family-run restaurant in a quiet but very accessible part of town. In a town with many good restaurants Casa Estrela stands out for food quality, ambience, service and price. Very friendly folks. Open for lunch and dinner every day except Sunday, so far. High quality Portuguese home-cooking with varied menu that changes from day to day. Also great soup sandwich meals and other snacks available. We have eaten here probably once or twice a week for a few months now and we can honestly say that every single meal has been excellent.

Real nice home made food and great location in Viana do Castelo. We paired our meal with a vinho verde that was 1€ a glass that was a blast and totally enhanced the salmon and cod we ordered.