PORTOLOGIA - La Maison des Port — Local services in Porto

Went to this place hoping for a good port tasting experience and unfortunately ended up greatly disappointed. The service was quite poor. A nice guy greeted us and took our order, forgetting of the 3 tapas that we ordered with the wine. Half way through our wine tasting asked him again and he said that he forgot. He asked us: “do you really, really want then now?”, which yes, we did, because we wanted some food with our remaining wine. However, I wish we took his advice and did not ask for them since what we got was not much at all. The cheese table came with 4 tiny slivers of 4 different types of cheese and same with the meat platter and each tapa cost 10€, which was definitely overpriced for the quantity and quality of the products. The honey bun was also small and costly. The wine was nice, but also get prepared for a very small portion. The selection of port was reasonably good. The explanation given to us along with the wine been poured was ok. The worst part was the poor service and the waiters seeming that they don’t care about their customers. We told them how dissatisfied we were and they didn’t acknowledge it or proactively attempted to make our experience better. A business like this should offer a much better...

Had a really great time at this place. Went for the basic tasting of Port wines and expecting only wine, I was pleasantly surprised by getting some information about how these wines are made, their history and how is quality determined for each. It might be basic info but as I haven't been to cellar tour, it helped me appreciate the wine I was drinking. I didn't want to visit cellars because as I heard, it's more about the brand than wine itself. So this fully substituted that tour. I read other people complaining about quantities - it's wine tasting (of some very good wines). You get to chose if you want to taste or get regular glass of specific wine. They have different "menus" for each. Or just order a bottle like a group that was there if you really want to drink a lot. And the staff was just amazing. I was served by the young man and apart from the explanation (which wasn't monologue) I got to talk to him a bit while enjoying the wine. Overall, I have nice memory of this place and think that it was definitely worth the visit and...

Strangely our review from yesterday has disappeared. We visited the "house of port" based on Google reviews after visiting the Taylor's Port vaults and our favourite little Riverside cafe. Gutted to report that our experience here was dreadful. 30€ for a 6 port tasting rack with the most miserly amount of port possible. Out of the 2 whites, 2 tawnies and 2 rubies, nothing stood out at all. The LBV was so bad both my wife and I said all we smaller was meat and sulfites. None of the ports were from the premium Port houses in Porto. Did I mention the €5 for 3 small chunks of chocolate as an accompaniment? Absolute rip-off of a place. Do yourself a favour and go to a small cafe / restaurant and talk to the staff their and get a less corporate port education. Alternatively go the Taylor's Port tour and tasting - the port is much much tastier and better value. Our one rip-off...