Azorean flavours and traditions, as always.

Cataplanas cooked in the copper pan, fresh fish on the charcoal grill, octopus, limpets and shrimp. In Ginetes, between Sete Cidades and Ferraria.

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Seafood cataplana at III Arcos, with crab, seen from above

Cataplana de mariscoFor 2 people, served in the cataplana

Cataplanas
Roasted octopus
Grilled limpets
Camarão à 3 Arcos
Charcoal-grilled fish
Our fresh cheese
Amêijoas à Bulhão Pato
Sirloin steak

House specialities

What our guests order most and what we love cooking: the Azorean sea, cooked the traditional way.

For 2 people

Cataplanas

Cooked and served in the copper cataplana, opened at your table. Five recipes, from seafood to the Alentejana, our house speciality. With boiled potatoes and a seasonal salad.

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The most talked-about

Azorean roasted octopus

Roasted the Azorean way and served in its rich, slow-reduced sauce. It's the dish our guests mention most in their reviews.

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Limpets grilled in the pan with garlic and lemon

To share

Grilled limpets

Azorean limpets grilled in a cast-iron pan with garlic and lemon. They arrive sizzling at the table and open the meal just right.

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House recipe

Shrimp

Shrimp 3 Arcos style is made our way and you'll only taste it here. For something crispy, there's also shrimp tempura.

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From the sea to the grill, from the grill to your table

Fresh local fish, grilled over charcoal and cooked to order. No shortcuts.

1
It arrives fresh

Our fish is local. Ask us what today's catch is.
2
It goes on the grill

Grilled to order, with our green house sauce: parsley, olive oil and garlic.
3
It reaches your table

With boiled potatoes and salad, as tradition demands, and our own home-baked bread.

Made by us

Our bread and house cheese

To start: our fresh cheese, aged Azorean cheese and bread straight from our kitchen.

Our fresh cheese
Fresh and aged, from the Azores
Homemade cheese

Our suggestion from the menu

A meal from start to finish, for two.

To startGrilled limpets and our fresh cheese
To shareSeafood cataplana for 2
To finishHomemade chocolate mousse

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Behind the scenes

From our kitchen to your table

A glimpse of what happens before your dish reaches the table: cooked to order and plated with care, one by one.

Dishes ready on the kitchen pass, waiting to go out to the dining room — Ready for the dining room

Plating

On the way to your table

Cataplana de mariscoSeafood cataplanaShrimp, mussels, clams and limpets
Cataplana de peixes da épocaSeasonal fish cataplana
Cataplana de marisco e peixeSeafood and fish cataplanaWith 2 kinds of fish
Cataplana de bacalhau e camarãoCod and shrimp cataplana
Cataplana AlentejanaPork and clamsHouse speciality: pork, clams and boiled potatoes

All served with boiled potatoes inside and a seasonal salad on the side.

Some dishes depend on what the sea and the season bring us.

To finish

Our house desserts, to end on a high note.

Homemade chocolate mousse
House cheesecake
Vila Franca cheese tartA São Miguel classic
Azorean pineapple

Secure your table

At weekends and in summer we fill up. Book on WhatsApp and we'll reply to confirm.

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Cataplana de marisco com caranguejo, servida no restaurante

A group of friends at a table in the restaurant

Birthday dessert decorated with Happy Birthday on the plate, for a special occasion

Birthdays, families and groups

Large tables and group menus. On special occasions, such as birthdays, we decorate the dessert with a message on the plate. Tell us how many you are and what you're celebrating; we'll take care of the rest.