FRsabores — Restaurant in Albufeira

I hate giving bad reviews to restaurants but feel visitors to this part of the world should be forewarned. The menus look like they were written and printed out by a child but we thought 'what the hey, when in Portugal etc etc'

We paid pretty much 50 Euros for a meal of tuna steak, a meal of 6 sardines and a jug of sangria.

The inside of the place looked okay, kind of a whiff of rustic atmosphere but we were made to sit outside with all the smokers, staring at clapped out childrens coin-op rides and what appeared to be an abandoned, steel fish serving bar maybe? I don't know. Just ugly and awful environment. Waiters were scruffy, one of them seemed sincere in hoping we enjoyed the food but tbh, I think he was just very pleased we were about to pay so much money.

The sangria was absolutely VILE - made from the cheapest of the cheap red wines, it made you wince, there was no sweetness, no spice - it just tasted like someone had smashed a load of mint leaves in to awful red wine, it left a scum round the glass. Avoid, 20 Euros a jug!

The sardines were just six, ugly brown, dry sardines dumped on a plate, felt ridiculous scraping flakes of overly strong fish meat from their ragged skeletons.

The tuna steak was edible, just, if a little too soft, but served in a plain brown 'stew/sauce' gloop - that was poured over the steak so you couldn't even see it. This came with one piece of wet, boiled broccoli, a few slices of carrot and some cabbage, I think.

Truly one of the worst meals we have ever had and was heartbroken to have to hand over so much money. Honestly wouldn't have minded the cr4p food and drink if it came with an appropriate price tag, of say 7 Euros each.

Everyone experiences a crappy meal on holiday once in a while and this was our first and hopefully last. This small part of Albufeira is a bit of a food desert but would urge you to trust your instincts and avoid this place. I wish all small businesses and eateries well but this place NEEDS a...

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