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A Seta Frommer's Highly Recommended

Estrada do Livramento 80, Monte, Madeira

Frommer's ReviewMap It
Cuisine Traditional Portuguese
Hours Thurs-Tues noon-3pm and 6-11pm
Location Monte, On the Outskirts
Transportation Bus: 19 or 23
Reservations Reservations recommended
Phone 29/174-36-43
Prices Main courses 12€-22€
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V

A Seta Review

A Seta (The Arrow) specializes in supreme regional cuisine. It's almost midway between Funchal and Monte, 4km (2 1/2 miles) from either, along winding roads. The mountainside restaurant, a favorite with tour groups, is a tavern where you can order inexpensive yet tasty meals. The rustic decor incorporates burned-wood trim, walls covered with pine cones, and crude pine tables.

All meals start with a plate of homemade coarse brown bread still warm from the oven being brought to your table. Above each table is a hook with a long skewer of charbroiled meat attached. You slip off chunks while mopping up juices with the crusty bread. There are three specialties: beef, chicken, and grilled dry codfish. Seasoned with olive oil, herbs, garlic, and bay leaves, these concoctions are called espetadas. Fried potatoes are always done well here (ask for some hot sauce).

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