Residencial Estrela do Algarve sits on Estrada Nacional 125, n.º 128 in Fonte de Boliqueime (8100-069) — the same N125 strip as O Retiro, Tasquinha da Lila, and a few minutes from Hotel São Sebastião and Eleven Boutique House & Garden. It runs as a budget residencial with an attached Portuguese café-restaurant on [estreladoalgarve.eatbu.com](https://estreladoalgarve.eatbu.com/?lang=en): home-style cooking, breakfast, brunch, and lunch, soups, pastries, terrace esplanada, air-conditioned dining room, takeaway, and free parking with wheelchair access.
The public face is restaurant-led — Monday–Saturday ~06:30–20:00, Sunday closed for the café — while Google and guest comments also reference overnight rooms used by work travellers. Owners reportedly speak French as well as Portuguese; some diners praise friendly service and honest plates. Room feedback is polarized: positive notes cite convenient stopover sleeps, while serious negatives flag cleanliness, plumbing leaks, opaque pricing, and maintenance concerns. Treat this as budget guesthouse tier, not a polished three-star — view the room before you pay for multiple nights, and keep expectations aligned with residencial pricing.
Who it suits: drivers wanting a cheap N125 base with Portuguese food without cooking; solo work trips needing a bed plus midday meal; self-caterers who eat on the terrace and sleep upstairs. The café side works for villa groups grabbing takeaway or a value lunch between Vilamoura and Albufeira runs. Less ideal for family pool weeks, design-hotel romance, or anyone needing card payments and published room rates online — cash is listed on eatbu.
Who it frustrates: comfort-focused couples (book Eleven or São Sebastião instead), Sunday arrivals needing on-site dinner, and travellers who want verified star rating and booking-engine clarity. For a proper wine dinner on the same road, walk or drive to O Retiro; for village bifana lunches, Tasquinha da Lila.
Facilities
Restaurant terrace and indoor room, free Wi‑Fi, smoking area, private-event hire, accessible entrance, valet/self parking per eatbu listing. No resort pool, spa, or marina shuttle — this is roadside residencial scale.
Compared with
Hotel São Sebastião de Boliqueime (three-star, two pools). Eleven Boutique House & Garden (adults-only boutique). Guides: best restaurants in Loulé, where to stay in Loulé, Faro to Vilamoura.
Worth it?
Maybe for a single budget night with café food on site if the room checks out on arrival. For a full Boliqueime week, read São Sebastião and Eleven first. Contact +351 936 807 617 or message via estreladoalgarve.eatbu.com.
Quick FAQ
Restaurant only or rooms too?
Both — residencial rooms plus attached café per guest reports; eatbu markets the restaurant.
Need a car?
Yes for beaches and most evening dining.
Open Sundays?
Café closed Sunday per eatbu; confirm room access by phone.
Cards accepted?
Cash listed on eatbu — confirm before you order or check in.