Food without shortcuts. Without rushing. With purpose.
Provenance Restaurant
in Montemor-o-Novo
Provenance is Gandum's restaurant. It cooks using local ingredients, seasonal produce, and whatever is available — without trying to represent everything or please everyone.
Menu
The Provenance menu changes throughout the year, reflecting what the region has to offer at any given time. We work exclusively with fresh, unprocessed products, mostly local, with a special focus on vegetables, legumes, herbs, and grains. Meat and fish appear when they make sense, without being the obligatory centerpiece of the dish. It is a menu designed to be enjoyed at leisure, shared if you wish, and revisited several times without ever finding the same thing.
Also for those coming from outside the city
The Provenance restaurant in Montemor-o-Novo is open not only to guests, but also to those who live in Montemor-o-Novo or are passing through the Alentejo. Many people come just for lunch, dinner, coffee, or a drink in the late afternoon.
FOR EATING OUT OR IN
With a green terrace surrounded by nature and agroforestry, it is the ideal place for outdoor dining, the perfect place to relax and enjoy a meal surrounded by the tranquility of the Alentejo.
schedules
pen daily, Monday through Sunday.
Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Lunch 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Dinner 7pm to 10pm
Bar and snacks: from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
How to eat at
RESTAURANT Provenance
Provenance operates in a simple and flexible manner, catering to both guests and those who come just to dine.
Weekday lunches with daily menu
Dinners with a more gastronomic focus
Menu that changes throughout the year, dishes designed to share or not, vegetarian options always available
The food is straightforward, carefully prepared, and without excess.
A kitchen that starts from the place
At the Provenance restaurant in Montemor-o-Novo, cooking begins before the recipe. It begins with the ingredients available, the seasons, the producers, and the actual limits of the territory.
We work mainly with minimally processed products, sourced as locally as possible, with a special focus on vegetables, legumes, herbs, and grains. Meat is included when it makes sense. Fish is included occasionally.
We don't follow a fixed idea of "Alentejo cuisine." We prefer to cook from the Alentejo.
Product, not performance
Most of the ingredients come from local and regional producers, chosen for their quality and close relationship, not for their label.
We do not purchase industrial ingredients or work with ultra-processed products. We cook with what is available, when it is available—and that means accepting changes to the menu and explaining our choices.
It is a cuisine that prioritizes flavor, texture, and consistency over spectacle.
Transparency is our fundamental pillar
We believe you have the right to know exactly what you're eating and where the ingredients come from. From the vegetables grown in our own garden to the meats and wines sourced from local producers, we share with you the origin of every element that makes up our dishes. We want you to feel part of this process, ensuring that every meal you enjoy here is as honest as it is delicious.
Wines and coffee with purpose
The wine list focuses mainly on natural and organic wines, Portuguese wines, and wines from small producers.
Coffee is treated as an ingredient: organic coffee or specialty coffee. Because not all coffee is the same.
Royal breakfast
For guests, breakfast follows the same logic as the restaurant.
simple ingredients
little sugar (we mainly use honey from our bees)
quality products, carefully selected
without excess, but with care
It is designed to start the day well, not to impress.
Booking
We recommend reservations, especially for dinner and on weekends.
Groups of more than 10 people
We need some advance notice to prepare for your birthday, family celebration, or event with more than 10 friends. Contact us by phone or email at reservas@gandum.pt.
CORPORATE
If you would like to organize a team-building event or company retreat, please contact us at reservas@gandum.pt.
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Next to our terrace is a playground for children, so that parents can continue to enjoy their meal when the little ones have finished. We also have highchairs for younger children and, following the same principles that underpin our kitchen, dishes specially designed for them.
GENERAL INFORMATION
If you have any food allergies or intolerances, please let us know when you make your reservation.