Chica - Artisanal Burgers & Mexican Fusion — Restaurant in Albufeira

Negatives first… (I am expecting a bogus reply from this owner as it appears they do that often with reviews) this will be an honest review and take my word for it.

We ordered: steak sandwhich and nachos with Guac

Food was poor, Guac was actually quite yummy. Couldn’t knock that, but a sad portion for what we paid. Steak sandwich was dreadful.

Atmosphere was dead. Waiters just sat there on their phones as they had nothing to do.

From the outside this place appears like THE spot to be. Good branding, good photos online, good reviews. When you actually read into the reviews you’ll notice that the most recent reviews are the more honest ones.

I recall seeing a review about frozen chips and the owner’s replied about them being not frozen and it being a “statement” or something similar. I can confirm chips are frozen, I watched them unload them from the front door to the kitchen!

Expensive menu for where it is, there’s no particular views or anything special about this place.

The flat iron steak was really bad. If I could use stronger language I would. It was not flat iron, it was three chunks of what I’d call stir fry steak and it was well done, despite being asked for medium rare. The sandwich was just sad, bread was stale, the onions were far from caramelised and for €10 I was disappointed.

There is no positives to this place, I have tried to think of them but there’s really none.

I look forward to the owners reply saying how I am wrong and how I did not raise this with them, I don’t raise it as an issue because it’s not...

How on earth are there so many reviews giving the food 5 stars. We had all 3 of their meat variety tacos. We expected some corn tortillas, not the gross hard shell tortillas with a drizzle of "guacamole" paste on the bottom. Not even fresh guac. The waygu was closer to cheap ground beef. Shrimp was overcooked and rubbery. Taco bell is disgusting, but I'd have picked that over this place. The quesadilla was ok though.

I know they are newer and hope they figure this out so they can stick around. But these were some of the worst tacos I've ever had in my life. Again, the guys hustling and working were all great and friendly so this is not a reflection on them or the location. I can't speak for their other food, and would never eat there again, but if you have ever had a taco before and are craving one, this is not the place...

Called in due to the high 4.8 review. First impressions were good and the location is 5* The food was decent up until my daughter noticed something in the Mac and cheese. I tasted it and I have to say something was off. When we brought it to the waiters attention , they took it away without any explanation. We stayed for a bit more and when we asked for the bill, they were charging for the returned Mac and cheese. We brought this the waiters attention and they discounted it from the bill, still with no explanation or apology.

I was disappointed because everyone else had a good food experience and I was looking forward to leaving a...