Excellent food, amazing staff, a very good space with a nice decoration. Definitely a place to return.

Great ambient, very good decoration and a wonderful cuisine. The staff is friendly and with good mood.

In my opinion the best restaurant in the island. Every plate is made with utmost dedication and design both in aspect and in taste. The atmosphere is very calm and relaxing in terms of lighting and background music. The staff has a very good mood...and is very kind. They often have small art expositions.More

We were on the island for the day and I found this restaurant on trip advisor. We showed up early and they allowed us to sit. It was by far the best restaurant we have eaten at. Appetizers were simple and tasty. The main courses...were amazing. I had pork ribs with couscous and veggies. My boyfriend had the cuttlefish, octopus, shrimp. It was so good. And the final dish was the steak with chips. The curry yogurt sauce for the steak was amazing. Such a great meal! Great atmosphere! 10 out of 10.More

The best restaurant of the island, beautiful space and the food has the perfect balance, a must! Enjoy it

We visited the restaurant on our last day and did not regret it. All the dishes and wines were amazing, I would go again any time. Need to book 3-4 days ahead in high season.

During our trip to Santa Maria the restaurant 'Espacoem Cena' was recommended to us. We are really glad the we followed up on the recommendation because it was the best restaurant that we visited on the Island. There is no typical menu, the waitress tells...you the today available dishes. There were several choices for appetizers and main dishes with beef, lamb, chicken, vegetarian and fish, also a choice of different desserts. The service was super nice, you could really see the passion about the dishes that are served. Everything was fresh and local ingredients were used. I had the steak and it was one of the best I have ever eaten.More