Café Saudade — Restaurant in Sintra

Café Saudade
PortugalSintraCafé Saudade

Café Saudade

Av. Dr. Miguel Bombarda 6, 2710-590 Sintra, Portugal
4.6(1.7K)

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+351 21 242 8804
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saudade.pt

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Hayley GalvinHayley Galvin
Amazing food and drinks, even better service! Even though it’s Christmas Eve, nobody was skimping on quality (or quantity). To drink, we had 2 lattes, a glass of milk and a green juice for the 4 of us. The juice was excellent (very refreshing) and the lattes better than the majority here in Portugal. We ordered 2 berry scones, 1 chocolate scone, and a slice of apple and walnut cake. Due to no fault of the restaurant, somebody just managed to get the last slice of cake before us, so we ordered apple pie instead. No disappointments whatsoever, absolutely massive portions (we eat a lot and left over half a scone), the scones were fluffy with a nice crusty outside but still not dry on the inside, the sweetness of the condensed milk on the pie perfectly balanced by the fresh apple slices. Would definitely come here again, particularly grateful to our server whose name we didn’t get (and who complemented our jumpers). Excellent English speakers as well.
Linas MatiukasLinas Matiukas
Review is for coffee only. The place is cute and very conveniently located. I think the increased price is fair, due to the location. The coffee itself was a bit flavorless. Machine calibration with the grind size is 99% the culprit; also possible that the beans were several weeks old (no way for me to know exactly). I'd recommend using an open portafilter, and look for channeling, to ensure proper grind for the pressure calibrated. Finally the steamed milk was a bit too hot, and for one of our lattes it was burned, thus further damaging the crema/coffee flavor and undrinkable for several minutes. Can also be fixed with a temp gauge attached to steam jug and keep under 165F. As it was also too hot, it was no longer silky latte smooth, but had "holes" in the milk - see picture. Leaving this as a helpful review, I think these issues could be remedied, and even better coffee served at this lovely spot.
Ruwi WRuwi W
We came here after a trip around Sintra, close to the train station and cabs are in easy distance to take to the airport. It was a nice place with good food but we didn’t have the best experience service-wise. We had to wait for a table - we were at the front in line and another couple pushed ahead of us and rudely expected a table, and it was given to them even though staff knew we were already waiting! Once we were seated it took ages for us to receive a menu. And then when our order arrived one staff member set out food on an empty table and walked off ignoring us. We were then asked to move tables for no apparent reason! One of the items on our order didn’t arrive and we were too tired to ask for it, at the end they still tried to charge us for it so it took some convincing for them to take it off our bill. It’s a nice place so it’s a shame that the service let down our experience that day. 🙁
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4.6(1,742)
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2.0
6y

We got there about 45 minutes to close and they sat us in (what we later found out to be) the 'cheese room.' The room was a space to behold. It features:

  1. A slanted floor 1A) entirely too much floor drainage (?!)
  2. weird ceramic stuff all over the place (bowls, platters, an ebony and ivory set of chickens, an aligator
  3. exposed wiring 3A) a fire alarm that is literally suspended by exposed frayed wires and that appears to have already been in a fire
  4. 2 tables total, so I hope you...
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3.0
2y

Food and cheese cake were ok , but we got overcharged. The bill once paid showed more expensive items like XL Latte instead of ordered Galao and double espresso instead of single. We didn’t argue not to waste time , but it left unpleasant feeling after sweet decent dessert so just be careful if you look like a tourist Update : I got reply from owner , yes , I am totally sure what I ordered and showed in the menu with my finger , had discussion specifically stating that I want single...

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5.0
2y

Amazing food and drinks, even better service! Even though it’s Christmas Eve, nobody was skimping on quality (or quantity). To drink, we had 2 lattes, a glass of milk and a green juice for the 4 of us. The juice was excellent (very refreshing) and the lattes better than the majority here in Portugal. We ordered 2 berry scones, 1 chocolate scone, and a slice of apple and walnut cake. Due to no fault of the restaurant, somebody just managed to get the last slice of cake before us, so we...

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