Critic's Choice 1999: Where Service Counts (January 2000) " The informal Caravela is one of several restaurants serving hearty Portuguese and Brazilian dishes, and it is the smallest, a feature that ... makes it the best. No sprawling party rooms to put an unexpected strain on the kitchen and service here. Quality and preparation are consistent .... " Critic's Choice 1998: The Year's Finest Dining (January 1999) " Caravela in Tarrytown, an informal spot serving robust, richly flavored, generously portioned food. Seafood dishes are magnificently fresh ....as good are other classics ... " Dining Out rated VERY GOOD (July 1997) " Caravela's position on the generous Broadway pavement makes its al fresco 'room' particularly appealing, and the formality of the service combined with the quality of the seafood marks this as an appealing summer destination. " "... paella and mariscada... Both proved outstanding. No element suffered in a paella stocked with shrimps, fresh clams and mussels, bite-size pieces of tender chicken, slices of sausage and moist saffron rice. And if possible, mariscada was even more splendid. " Critic's Choice 1997: New Dining Trends (December 1996) " There is no time of year better than winter to enjoy the satisfying, full-flavored dishes of this cuisine, and no place prepares them better than Caravela in Tarrytown. " Critic's Choice 1996: on Restaurant Scene (December 1995) " The food at Caravela Tarrytown is not only plentiful but deliciously satisfying as well. " Dining Out rated VERY GOOD (April 1994) " . . . Caravela can be depended on to whip up some wonderful dishes - mostly fish - a felicitous blending of Old World spices and sauces and New World influence. "

The Rockland Journal-News Weekend Magazine

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" . . . Caravela in Tarrytown offers a rarity in this country, the cuisines of both Portugal and Brazil with all of their sun-washed and pulsing flavors. "

Elaine Bissell (June 1994)