The other night Miss Charlton Above-Average and myself went to the Villa Moura restaurant in Blackheath for dinner. We'd driven past it a fair few times and I thought it was time that I finally gave it a go.
Villa Moura describes itself as a seafood and Portuguese Restaurant, and it is very much, in that order. Most of the dishes are fish, the meat menu seems to be a very secondary add on.
So how did it go?
Well very nicely thank you.
The restaurant is pretty small and feels a bit "old fashioned" and cluttered as it were, not overly so but it's not a "modern" feeling place.
For food we had Mediterranean Peri-Peri Prawns and Avocado and Prawn salad as starters. Both were nice, especially the Peri-Peri Prawns which were nice and juicy with a lovely sauce.
The mains were a special of garlic spinach stuffed Sea Bass and Dover Sole, the Dover Sole was merely good while the Sea Bass was lovely.
For dessert if was Fudge Cake and Creme Caramel. The Fudge Cake was great, nice and soft and not too heavy. It also came with some great vanilla ice cream that we could easily have eaten a whole bowl of itself. The Creme Caramel was good, very enjoyable but not remarkable.
All told it was a great dinner. The "worst" courses were those that I would still say were very good, the best courses were lovely. Everything tasted nice and fresh, it was filling but not overfilling and with some lovely tastes and textures.
The service was good, prompt without being over pushy.
So all told two thumbs up and I would love to go again, which is about the best complement I can give to a place.
After one visit it is hard to tell but I think it is quite possibly the best restaurant that I've eaten in around here. It's certainly better than most of the tourist traps in Blackheath itself and well worth the extra journey out of Blackheath to get to.
Villa Moura has a web site here, you can find all sorts of information about the place and complete menus.
http://www.villamoura.com
The address is:
Villa Moura
121 Lee Road
Blackheath
SE3 9DS
Tel: 020 8318 2116
It's located here
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I have to say that I have thought now for about the past two years, well the first time I ate there that I believe it to be the best restaurant in South East London, at least in these parts. The menu is varied and everything I've tried has been delicious and I've been there 3 times at least, I went there once for my birthday with my family and I am a food snob. Much better than anywhere in Greenwich or Blackheath. Another recommendation if you haven't been there already is Kaya House on Deptford Broadway, Malaysian and Chinese food.
DG
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