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Vale de Abraão at Six Senses (Douro Valley)

15th June 2021 by Richard Bagnold Leave a Comment

Flagship restaurant of the Six Senses hotel in the Douro Valley, Portugal

No ‘ifs or buts’, this is a wonderful hotel all round.  Part of a very small chain across the world, it was lovely to be in the Douro Valley and the main restaurant proved to be a lovely place for a quick bite.  The absolute highlight was the wild mushroom with potato espuma on top as an absolute knockout.  The opening bean paste with bread was a little claggy and the steak tartare was unfortunately too salty as well as overdosed on emulsion (and that’s from a sauce lover) so ultimately a little too thick to enjoy, but the pasta was fine.  The chef’s table menu has a quite extraordinary £250 equivalent price tag, but that is mainly because you can order whatever you like that they can do within reason. The ultimate touch I loved was the fact that you can join the head chef on a 3 mile run around the Douro vineyards at 7am on certain days of the week which I enjoyed doing, culminating in enjoying a fruit blast and granola bites on completion before breakfast.  Utterly recommended if you can splash out and a stunningly designed hotel.

Food Grade: 66%

First dining room opposite the kitchen
Main Restaurant table
Open kitchen with chef’s table
Bean paste
Mushroom and potato espuma
Pasta and mussels
Steak tartare with smoked and herb emulsions
Side salad
Lounge area for coffee
Bar area of restaurant

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  • Food Rating - 66%
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Summary

Spacious restaurant.
View.
Wine selection.

Vastly expensive on some options.

Restaurant Details

Michelin Stars: N/A

Cuisine: Portuguese

Address: Quinta Vale de Abrão, 5100-758 Samodães, Portugal

Website: Vale de Abraão at Six Senses (Douro Valley)

Telephone: +351 254 660 600

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