Restaurant review

À do Pinto

Faro

Open now - closes 23:00

À do Pinto on Rua de Santo António in Faro combines a wine shop with À Taska do Pinto - Portuguese snacks, regional products, and house wines in the old town.

À do Pinto storefront on Rua de Santo António in Faro at night with outdoor tables

Our verdict

Go to À do Pinto when you want Faro wine, petiscos, and something to take home from the shop. Skip weekend nights - it is closed Saturday and Sunday.

À do Pinto sits at Rua de Santo António 26, 8000-283 Faro – a short walk through the old-town lanes rather than a marina terrace.

This is not a generic charcoal-grill tourist room. It is a wine-led Faro house: browse bottles and regional products in the shop, then sit for Portuguese snacks at À Taska do Pinto under the same roof. Hours are Monday-Friday 12:00-23:00, Saturday and Sunday closed.

À do Pinto wine shop interior with lit bottle shelves and regional products
The shop side is the first impression – lit wine shelves, house labels, and baskets of regional products to take away.

The shop and the wines

Wine is the spine of the brand. Expect À do Pinto house labels beside other Portuguese bottles, from familiar names to smaller finds. The shop also stocks charcuterie, jars, and Algarve-leaning grocery bits so you can leave with dinner ingredients or a gift bottle, not just a paid bill.

Gift cards and takeaway / delivery options sit on the house site when they are running – useful if you are stocking a Faro apartment rather than eating in.

À Taska do Pinto

The dining half is a relaxed tasca: Portuguese snacks, regional products, and those same house wines by the glass or bottle. Think petiscos energy – garlic squid in a copper pan, share plates, conversation – not white-tablecloth ceremony.

Sautéed squid with garlic, bay leaf and coriander in a copper pan at À do Pinto
Petiscos land in the copper pans – garlic, bay, coriander, and seafood meant for sharing.

The family story behind the brand is part of why the room feels personal rather than franchised. You are in someone’s long project, not a strip concept invented last summer.

Who it suits

Yes for Faro city nights when you want wine and snacks without driving to a beach club. Couples and small groups. Visitors who like leaving with a bottle from the shop.

Skip it if you need Saturday or Sunday open, a huge tourist grill menu, or a quiet fine-dining tasting sequence. More Faro ideas: best restaurants in Faro and Faro town.

Worth it?

Yes when old-town Faro, wine, and petiscos are the plan. Come weekday, give yourself time to browse the shelves, and treat the tasca as the tasting room for whatever you might buy on the way out.