One of the best meals I've had in Portugal! Our Bolt driver had told me about this place and how he really likes the food eventhough he doesn't work there anymore.
When I arrived, I asked the owner what I should order here. He said, "Chicken" and took the menus away!
All I can say is get the chicken! Moist, juicy meat, crispy skin, a little bit of spice and oil from the Piri Piri sauce. Extremely delcious! Ordered the fries and the refreshing tomato salad. The half of chicken was so good that I ordered another half. About 10.90 € for half a chicken.
The place was fully packed with people and I didn't make any reservations. The restaurant felt like a big living room. Lots of servers and the service was good and quick. Very reasonable price for the Algarve area.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€20–25
Food: 5
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
We came for dinner, 4 of us, when we saw the price for half a chicken (10,90€), I thought “we’ll, to be robbed for half a chicken, I rather have a steak, so I ordered a pepper sauce steak, which is something I love, but when the steak comes, very thin I have to say, the meat was really not good quality, and the sauce….
How come a restaurant thay charge you 23,50€ for a steak, can make you a sauce straight from a powder from the supermarket ? As soon as the beef arrived to the table, I could smell it from far away, and when I tasted it, it was just horrible, I could feel the taste for a long couple minutes.
I said to the waiter if it was possible to take the steak back and make some sauce without that cheap powder and he said no, he said that if he order a new one from the kitchen it would come exactly the same (I see no flexibility here)
So we ordered a steak just grilled, which comes as you can see in the picture… without anything apart from half a lemon, ridiculous for a restaurant that charges a fortune on food !!!!
Also, the first waiters that came to my table, didn’t speak any Portuguese so you can see this is a perfect tourist trap, be careful or you would fall into this one easily !
For me, and for my guests, it’s a definitely no come back, doesn’t worth the 40€ per head that we paid !
For that amount of money, you can go to a decent restaurant.
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€35–40
This place has delicious food. I wanted to vegetable soup but we came between siesta hours so the kitchen was closed except for chicken, salad and fries. The chef brought out some vegetables which was nice. (Vegetarian here). I see a lot of reviews saying it’s overpriced for the amount of chicken. My family got the chicken and thought it was delicious. It may be pricey for portugal but compared to what we are used to in the USA it’s cheap. The staff were really friendly. We were the only table since it was the in between time. We arrived at 5 and I believe siesta is from 3-6pm. The fries 🍟 were delicious. Crispy on the outside and really salty. I liked the green salad. It’s only lettuce and cucumbers with a good vinaigrette. The lettuce 🥬 was good but not the best I’ve had. We tried all of the desserts. I liked to sorbet in a frozen lemon and the caramel desert was amazing. The worst chocolate cake in the world was pretty good. It had a strange texture but it tasted great! I also had a double expresso decaffeinated. We had some of the house red wine and that was good. I’m not a big wine drinker but I had half a glass. The appetizer with olives 🫒, garlic carrots, butter and bread was average. The olives were a little bitter. I really liked the inside decor. There were cartoon chickens everywhere and bright paintings with matching lights all over the restaurant. It’s not a great place for vegetarians but had a cool vibe inside so it’s worth going to check out!
Really surprised that the food was so good! Seabass was very well cooked and tasted great. House wine was a good accompaniment.
A bit quiet on the night.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€25–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Recommended dishes
Calamaris with Tartar Sauce
Nice atmosphere, served food quickly, but food was extremely salty. And $21 for ONE full grilled chicken and fries is expensive because the chicken was VERY small (Cornish hen?)
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€20–25
Food: 2
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Great value for money (for the area). Really tasty chicken. Service was quick and friendly, but we were here slightly off season.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€35–40
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Authentic Portuguese Piri-Piri
Very tastey meal. Freindly and helpful staff. The chickens are very small. More chicklets...1 meal for 3 was 55 euro with 2 glasses wine and bottle water which was fine..
I’m not sure why people queue for so long to get in here as the food is awful. The calamari was the most disgusting I’ve ever had. The chicken piri piri was average but over priced for what it is. Added to this the service was dismal. Just can’t figure out why so many people go here…
Food: 1
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 2
Best Piri Piri chicken in Algarve the crispy skin the garlic & piri oil just amazing. Fresh crispy fries & tomato/onion salad perfect combo
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
€15–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Recommended dishes
Olives
