Herdade do Esporão Restaurant

The Herdade do Esporão Restaurant has been open since 1997 on the Esporão wine and olive oil estate, just outside Reguengos de Monsaraz in the Alentejo. The dining room opens onto a terrace overlooking the vineyards, and the building makes use of local materials.

The kitchen follows the seasons. Dishes are made with ingredients grown in the estate's organic gardens or bought from local and Portuguese producers the team works with all year round. The estate also raises its own animals, and wild plants are gathered in a protected area of woodland on the property. Composting, cutting down on plastic and paper, and cooking so as to avoid waste are among the commitments the restaurant has made.

The Michelin Guide first gave the restaurant a Green Star, its distinction for sustainable practices, in the 2022 edition, and in the 2026 edition it was still one of the seven Green Star restaurants in Portugal. Today the team serves a daily menu of simple, seasonal dishes in a relaxed setting, accompanied by the estate's own wines.

The restaurant serves lunch and takes reservations. A visit is easily combined with a tour of the winery or the olive oil mill, a tasting, or a walk or bike ride on the estate's trails. Reguengos de Monsaraz is roughly 40 kilometres south-east of Évora, and the estate is reached by car.