What is Too Good To Go?
TooGoodToGo is a free app designed to prevent food waste by enabling customers to buy a restaurant’s left overs at a discount. You reserve a slot and pay in advance. Then, at a designated time you go to the business and show the app to pick up your order. You never know exactly what you will get since it depends on what sold that particular day.
Is the Too Good To Go App Available in Portugal?
Great news: The answer is yes!
Too Good To Go App is available all over Portugal. Not only in the biggest cities like Lisbon and Porto, but even in smaller communities across the country, including Algarve.
What You Should Keep In Mind About Too Good To Go
TooGoodToGo can be a fun way to prevent food waste, discover new places and save money in Portugal, whether you’re here as a tourist or live here.
But remember each day’s offerings are unique and without guarantee, so set your expectations as such that some boxes will be amazing and others just okay.
In the end I think it evens out!
Take advantage of the opportunity to rate and give feedback regarding the contents of your mystery boxes, too.
What’s in a TooGoodToGo Surprise Box?
Curious what your box may include?
Here are some of our personal real life examples in Algarve, Portugal:
Hussel – Chocolates & Sweets – Too Good to Go Portugal
August 2022
Pickup 12:00-10:00pm
€4.99
Hussel is a German confectionary shop with a location in Portugal at Algarve Shopping in Guia. Our toogoodtogo Hussel bag contained:
- Package of 8 truffles
- Package of 6 milk chocolate fish
- 250 grams of Baiser-Eier Bunte Schaumzucker-Eier. They are sort of like a large jelly bean, but inside is a not-quite-marshmallow, foamy sugar center.
Tip: Hussel PT Too Good To Go pick up window is one of the most flexible. If you’re at Algarve Shopping in Guia, near Albufeira, go ahead and grab a treat!
Pão do Povo -Pastry Box – Too Good to Go Portugal
June 2022
Pickup 7:00-9:00pm
€3.99
Pão de Povo is a cash-only restaurant and bakery on the Main Street in Quarteira. The surprise box was loaded with a variety of beautiful pastries definitely past prime.
Tip: If your pastries are past prime, try sticking them in the oven for a bit. It’s surprising, but depending on the pastry type, it can make a huge difference!
Vila Galé Marina – Breakfast Box – Too Good To Go Portugal
June 2022
Pickup 11:30am -12:30pm
€2.99
The pequeno-almoço (breakfast) box from the Vila Galé Marina Hotel in Vilamoura was a cake sized box filled with scrambled eggs, bacon, mini hotdogs, assorted rolls, cheese, ham, and a couple of sweet pastries.
It was so much food we ate a breakfast meal from it, later took sandwiches to the beach with the rolls/ham/cheese, and still had more bacon left which we sliced finely and fried as toppings for soups salads and other meals the following days! Great value!
Tip: There are two Vila Galé Hotels in very close proximity. Be aware that the Vila Galé at the walkway to the beach is not the Marina location. Also, when you do go to the Marina location, we went to the desks where you typically check in to the hotel and they knew right away about the box “Caixa” (pronoinced kai-shuh).
Rei do Churrasco – Grilled Lunch For 2 – Too Good To Go Portugal
May 2022
Pickup 12:00-1:00pm
€4.99
Rei do Churrasco (meaning barbecue/grill king in Portuguese) is a local restaurant in Quarteira serving delicious grilled meals and Madeiran specialties.
The box was called “Grelhados para Dois – Almoço” and included 2 containers essentially amounting to an entire grilled chicken and a lot of french fries.
Tip: Definitely bring a bag to carry your order in. We walked from Vilamoura the foil containers were hot to carry since we forgot our bag!
Mourapão – Pastry Box – Too Good To Go Portugal
May 2022
Pickup 9:00-9:30pm
€2.99
Our surprise box included:
- 4 pasteis de nata
- loaf cake
- snickerdoodle cookie
- S cookie
- rolls with dried fruit inside
Mourapão is a great restaurant and bakery located in Vilamoura near the marina. Absolutely worth a visit at full price and if you’re around when a toogoodtogo box is available, don’t hesitate!
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