Dom Capito — Restaurant in Albufeira

A very disappointing experience, things started out wrong when we ordered a wine, Planalto, which usually is not more the 10-12€, it was 18.50€ ante the bottle came already opened to the table which is not a good sign. The restaurant was not full, it had 2/3 of it's capacity filled, we started by ordering salted mushrooms for starters and then one Polvo à Lagareiro, one Bife à Portuguesa and two Carne à Portuguesa. We waited one hour for the mushrooms to be delivered and it was poor, six mushrooms with no flavour on a fancy plate to make it look like gourmet and the mushrooms were clearly canned from the local market, not something you would pay 8.50€ for. When questioned about this the staff dismissed saying that it was because they were full and that the kitchen only had one cook. The dishes then took another 45 minutes to arrive and what arrived first was the octopus and it was a sorry excuse for a dish, two tentacles and a handful of potatoes, 22.50€, I'm sorry but this is not acceptable, we decided this was not worth it and left and the other dishes were not even ready. Overall the restaurant is overpriced and does not have the infrastructure to handle orders if more then a handful of tables are seated, do...

Took an hour and a half for our food. And I want to be nice to these guys, but they're just not equipped to have more than 8 people in that restaurant. They dont have the kitchen staff for it.

The food was average, plus the hour and a half wait just made this a losing situation. Have to say... if they have more than 1 or 2 tables seated, don't eat here... or if you want really tasty food, don't eat here.

We ordered the octopus and swordfish, the octopus has 0 flavour, the swordfish was good though, but yeah came with potatoes and a single piece of broccoli... overall like I said I want to root for these guys being a small business, but just pass on this and go for somewhere else. Plus our meal cost over €60 for two, you can get better for...

Absolutely fantastic!!! Honestly if you are in the Albufeira district then I highly suggest going to this restaurant. The staff and the owner and incredibly friendly and make it their priority that you are comfortable and are catered to, you are made to feel special. Me and my partner had a garlic bread starter which was lovely. We had a Cataplana to share as our main. The cataplana, pictured, is simply the best meal I've ever eaten. Perfectly seasoned, incredibly tasty and all of the meat and seafood was cooked to perfection. So tasty that me and my partner scraped all the sauce from the bowl. The sangria was also delicious, and had a powerful kick! Absolutely 5 Star...