Entre Amigos Praia — Restaurant in Região Geográfica Imediata do Recife

I went to Enter Amigos Praia with a group of about 25 people, and have to give them credit - they were able to handle all orders (with separate bills no less) seamlessly.

The atmosphere was unbeatable - it was a weekday evening so the beach / boardwalk wasn't too lively but the restaurant was fairly busy. I can imagine a weekend would be really packed here.

The waitstaff was attentive and accurate with their orders, I will say, price-wise - for someone being in Brazil converting from Canadian dollars, this is a great experience for not a huge amount of money. Keep in mind that, based on our table, if you want your meat cooked a certain way - go several steps darker to get it to where you'd like. I ordered steak medium and it was essentially blue-rare, a colleague ordered well done and it was closer...

Nice place with good seafood options, good cocktails and patio seating option.

We sat in the patio first but moved inside because of mosquitoes. While we were ordering the drinks, a waiter showed up with an appetizer of shrimp and cheese and asked if we wanted to try it. We did snd it turned out to be good.

The caipis with different fruits were good in taste but low on alchohol. My order of tilapia with shrimp in curry was delicious.

Finally the desserts were mediocre, the chocolate petite gateau was decent, the banana top hat was lousy.

Recommended for entres and...

Nice ambience, pretty bad food - Sat outside on a warm night, Good live band playing inside. Attentive, sometimes overly so, service. Good wine list at 100 to 200 real. Food quite disappointing: tuna tartare doused in wasabi and mayonnaise, with quite ripe pieces of Parmesan (!) on top, and fish eggs – too much for the nice tuna! Cod can be such a lovely fish, moist and tender - this main course sat in hot olive oil for about half an hour and was really really stringy, hard to eat. Sad to see good ingredients wasted in that way. Still, if you eat less it can be a...