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The hotel has six restaurants, and every one needs a booking for dinner. Galáxia, on the roof, serves Chef Roberto Barros's Madeira-inspired menu from 19:00 to 23:00 and closes on Mondays and Tuesdays. Il Olivo cooks Italian with handmade pasta every night from 18:30 to 22:30. Pau de Lume grills dry-aged meat and fish over a Josper, and Terreiro shares Portuguese petiscos; both serve brunch from 11:00 and dinner from 19:00 to 22:30, and Terreiro's happy hour runs from 17:00 to 18:00. Alameda does pizzas, gelato and lunch by the pool until 18:00, and Hibiscus serves breakfast. Outside, Rua Imperatriz Dona Amélia, the street behind the hotel, and the lanes off it make a restaurant row, and everything below is within eight minutes on foot.

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  • Audax

    4 min walk

    Contemporary Madeiran tasting menus · €€€

    In the MICHELIN Guide, four minutes from the door: Chef César Vieira's modern room with a fully open kitchen, cooking contemporary dishes rooted in the island's folklore. Lunch is a tasting menu of three or four courses; dinner is five or seven, in a more ambitious register. Look for the Poncha and Coastal Prawn, a modern take on the poncha and peanuts of the island's fishermen. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 12:30 to 15:00 and 18:30 to 22:00, closed on Sundays and Mondays. Book ahead, above all for dinner.

    Book well ahead: tables go weeks outRua Imperatriz Dona Amélia 104, Funchal

  • Poncha da Imperatriz

    4 min walk

    Poncha bar and restaurant · €€

    Something only Madeira does: poncha, the island's own drink of sugar-cane spirit, in a bar and restaurant in the Gallerias beside the hotel, fitted out by Nini Andrade Silva's atelier with a carriage hanging from the ceiling. Order the house poncha da Imperatriz or a fisherman's, tangerine or passion fruit poncha, then a Madeira wine from the private collection. Stay to eat and the kitchen does bolo do caco, risottos and grilled prawns. Open Monday to Thursday from 16:00 to midnight and Friday and Saturday to 02:00; closed on Sundays.

    Walk inRua Imperatriz Dona Amélia 94 (Gallerias), Funchal

  • Casal da Penha

    5 min walk

    Family-run Madeiran kitchen with a roof terrace · €€

    A Bib Gourmand in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide, five minutes away, and the place for Madeira's own cooking. It is family-run, with the father at the stove, and the menu is traditional: regional specialities, fresh fish of the day, a wide choice of meat and rice dishes. Order the limpets, grilled and brought to the table in their skillet, and eat on the roof terrace. Open Monday to Saturday from 11:00 to 22:30, closed on Sundays; book through the website or by phone.

    Reserve aheadBeco do Ataíde 1, Rua Penha de França, Funchal

  • Prince Albert

    5 min walk

    Victorian-style pub · €€

    The late drink on the street behind the hotel, in a pub fitted out on a Victorian and Prince Albert theme, with a red, black and gold front, velvet walls and English pub memorabilia inside. Order a beer from a list that runs from the world's brewers to Madeira's own, or one of the house drinks, and come on a night with live music. Portions of pub food are large. It opens in the evening and stays open until about 01:00, long after the hotel's restaurants have stopped serving.

    Walk inRua Imperatriz Dona Amélia 86, Funchal

  • Porta do Lado

    6 min walk

    Madeiran grill · €€

    The good-value Madeiran dinner of the list, six minutes away. Order the espetada, beef on a skewer, or the grilled scabbard fish with banana and passion fruit sauce, the island's signature fish dish, with octopus or a tuna steak to start and the homemade chocolate cake to finish. It is open every evening from 18:30 to 22:30. It fills, so ring 291 627 678 to book a table, and to ask about lunch on weekdays.

    Reserve aheadRua Imperatriz Dona Amélia 80, Funchal

  • Casa Velha

    8 min walk

    Mediterranean and Madeiran restaurant with a cocktail bar · €€€

    One of the longest-running restaurants in the hotel district, cooking Mediterranean and Madeiran dishes for 40 years. Order the beef skewer Madeira style at €28, or the scabbard fish, grilled at €20.50 or flambéed at the table at €26, and finish with crêpes Suzette. Start or end at Harry's Cocktail Bar in the same house. Open for lunch from 12:00 to 15:00 and dinner from 18:00 to 23:00; book by phone on 291 205 600 or by email.

    Reserve aheadRua Imperatriz Dona Amélia 69, Funchal

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Breakfast

Breakfast is a buffet at Hibiscus from 07:00 to 11:00, with a barista area and outdoor tables by the pool, and vegetarian and vegan dishes such as chia pudding, quinoa pancakes and avocado or hummus toast. The rates for June 2027 included it; check that yours does. For an earlier start, the room-service menu, breakfast included, runs 24 hours. The best change of scene is Armada, the restaurant of the sister Royal Savoy by the sea, where Savoy Palace guests on bed and breakfast, half board or full board can take breakfast from 07:30 to 10:30; book it through reception at least 24 hours ahead.

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Where can I eat near Savoy Palace?

The hotel has six restaurants, and every one needs a booking for dinner. Galáxia, on the roof, serves Chef Roberto Barros's Madeira-inspired menu from 19:00 to 23:00 and closes on Mondays and Tuesdays. Il Olivo cooks Italian with handmade pasta every night from 18:30 to 22:30. Pau de Lume grills dry-aged meat and fish over a Josper, and Terreiro shares Portuguese petiscos; both serve brunch from 11:00 and dinner from 19:00 to 22:30, and Terreiro's happy hour runs from 17:00 to 18:00. Alameda does pizzas, gelato and lunch by the pool until 18:00, and Hibiscus serves breakfast. Outside, Rua Imperatriz Dona Amélia, the street behind the hotel, and the lanes off it make a restaurant row, and everything below is within eight minutes on foot. Audax, 4 min walk. Poncha da Imperatriz, 4 min walk. Casal da Penha, 5 min walk.

Our verdict

A big, polished city resort with a rooftop pool for adults and a spa of real size, a walk from the old centre of Funchal. Check availability for the Superior Ocean Room.

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Last checked: October 2026

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