The restaurant has space for over 100 guests, plus 60 seats on the high terrace overlooking the tennis courts and a further 40 seats in the beer garden.

The Men­des brothers, who come from a family of restaurateurs, attach great importance to Portuguese hospitality. “Our dishes are prepared with love and good taste, and our guests should feel at home here”, says Ma­nu­el Men­des.

On the menu: The starters (from 3 Euro) include two warm salted cod croquettes (3.50 Eu­ro) or ham with fried mushrooms (10.50 Eu­ro), there are 11 pizzas on offer starting at six Eu­ro as well as a selection of cakes and a snack menu. Main courses include black pasta parcels stuffed with salmon and prawns accompanied by a dill sauce (12.50 Eu­ro), calf’s liver with butter and sage (19 Eu­ro), king prawns in a dill and white wine sauce (24 Eu­ro) or a freshly grilled whole gilthead seabream (18 Eu­ro). For des­sert the Portuguese tartlet Na­ta (2.50 Eu­ro) is highly recommended. The menu of the day offers further specials.

Drinks: Draught beers Früh Kölsch and Krom­ba­cher Pils cost 1.60 Euro for 0.2l, Kronenberg wheat beers are also available on tap (0.5l for 3.70 Eu­ro). The wine list includes nine open wines (0.2l) from 3.50 Eu­ro, as well as 23 bottles starting at 15 Eu­ro, such as Vidigal Vin­ho Ver­de from Min­ho (north Por­tu­gal) for 15 Eu­ro or Can­ti­ne San Mar­za­no Pri­mit­ivo (Apu­lia, Ita­ly) for 23,50 Eu­ro.

Address: Sabor, Saalestr. 30, 53127 Bonn-Ippendorf. Tel. (0228) 26 19 26 19 www.sabor-bonn.de. Open daily 11am – 11pm (hot meals available from noon – 3pm and 6pm-11pm)

(Orig. text: hgh, translation Caroline Payne)