Restaurante Clube De Vela da Costa Nova — Restaurant in Ílhavo

I had high hopes for this seafood restaurant, but unfortunately, it failed to meet our expectations on multiple fronts. Our visit was marred by several significant issues that made the experience quite disappointing.

Firstly, I was shocked to find a huge fish bone in a bean appetizer. At first glance, it looked like a piece of plastic, and it ended up hurting my upper palate. This was not only unpleasant but also raised concerns about the restaurant's attention to detail and food safety.

Secondly, my child's soup was excessively salty. It was so over-seasoned that it was practically inedible. We had specifically requested a dish suitable for a child, and this was a major letdown.

We had asked for a grilled fish for our child and were recommended cod. Unfortunately, the cod arrived both super salty and undercooked, making it completely unsuitable for a child.

My husband and I ordered octopus, which turned out to be very chewy and far from the tender and flavorful dish we had anticipated. The texture was tough and difficult to enjoy.

Overall, we found none of our dishes to be satisfactory. The food quality was poor, especially considering the high prices. Given the substantial cost, we expected a much higher standard of preparation and taste.

In conclusion, our experience at this restaurant was far from what we had hoped for. The combination of food safety issues, overly salty dishes, undercooked fish, and chewy octopus, all at a high price, left us very disappointed. We won't be returning and cannot recommend this...

Stay away if you are on a budget.

There isn't much of a wide variety of restaurants when going to Costa Nova.

After walking around in Aveiro, we decided to go to Costa Nova, where we could get a bite to eat.

The first restaurant close to the beach was so busy, they had a list of people who were allowed in every 20min.

So, we decided to go the opposite way and came to this restaurant.

Frustrated and hungry, we sat down before even looking at the menu. (We should have looked at the menu...)

After waiting for 25min, a waiter came to help us (they were not very busy). We ordered Grilled cod with migas and potatoes with a 1L jug of lemonade.

The fish was alright and not worth €17 (Yeah...each). The migas underneath was more delicious than the fish on top. The 1L lemonade was €10....

In total for only 2 dished and some lemonade, we paid €45.

Moral of the story as a tourist, CHECK...

I went there a year ago - party of 7 with 2 kids & a baby. The food was delicious (except for the cod), the ambiance is really nice (especially close to sunset time) and its reasonable priced for the quality. The service was the star of the evening. The waiter was very polite and very friendly and accomodated our kids and made them very happy. At the end of the evening, we struggled to find a taxi to take us to our accomodation which is in 'Praia da Barra'. Its a 5 min drive but a 30 minute walk. The waiter tried calling many taxi companies for about 20 minutes but no one would make the journey because it was too short. He then offered to drive us there which meant he would do 2 trips. While we turned down his generous offer, we really appreciated how much her really wanted to...