Pedras Amarelas — Restaurant in Albufeira

The staff is incredibly RUDE. We left angrily after being yelled at by the manager! Don't go here.

Many tables were empty and there was no sign that said we had to wait to be seated. So naturally we hesitated for a minute and then walked to the nearest empty table for two.

For almost ten minutes, we were completely ignored by several waiters except by one to tell me, a tourist, in Portuguese to put on a T-shirt. To me, that is unusual for a restaurant at the beach, but of course I did what he said. He then left without taking our order...

Then an elderly woman, clearly the manager, came to us and said something in Portuguese to which we responded to kindly ask if she spoke English. 'Who gave you this table?' she said angrily. Ehh.. 'Well there was no-one available so we just sat,' we answered. Apparently that wasn't allowed 'You should wait! We have reservations,' she said pointing at empty tables without a 'booked' sign. My partner then looked at me and asked: 'Shall we just leave? This person is incredibly rude to us.' So we left.

This woman then said 'We have rules!' like we were imbeciles, followed by'Tschüss!' like a bully making fun of his victim. We aren't even German! So rude. We abided their rules since it hadn't been communicated that their number one rule is to wear a T-shirt at an overrated beach hut and to wait for overworked staff to be seated. It's a miracle they even were so busy, since it wasn't even crowded.

Anyway, she kept raising her voice and kept yelling as we walked...

Usually a good place for champagne and fish. In general, I have become accustomed to the high prices after changing operators.

Reason for the not so good application: When I arrived at 5:55 p.m. (1 person), two tables in the restaurant (inside) were occupied. All the good tables by the window were supposedly reserved, and I was offered a table in the third row. Since I was sitting near the entrance, I heard that all the guests who had come in didn't have reservations and were seated by the window, thus in the best location. This clearly shows that the restaurant doesn't like single guests.

I wanted an appetizer and a burger with fries, but I was told that burgers were only available until 6:00 PM. So I couldn't eat what I wanted and, as I already mentioned, was seated poorly. I ordered the steak medium, but you don't know how large it is because the menu doesn't specify that. Unfortunately, the meat wasn't medium but was still raw inside, so it had to go back on the grill. I always only order small beers here because the glass that comes is calibrated, or beer in a bottle. The large beers come in glasses, and you don't know how much is in them.

When I paid, I received 20 0.10 cent coins as change, which further confirmed that I wasn't welcome. As I wrote at the beginning, it was always a good place for champagne and...

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! Used to be excellent with great food, superb location and so incredibly chilled....but now it is a carbon copy of what you find on the strip...and it sucks!

They renovated it a couple of years ago and have gone through a series of further "upgrades" which have turned this genuine favourite into somewhere you couldn't pay me to go into again. It's crass, pretentious and seems to be attempting to attract an upmarket crowd that the food, decor and service just doesn't support.

Prime example, they destroyed a superb uninhibited beach view for restaurant diners by building a monstrosity of a decking bar on the sand dune to attract the popular sundowner clientele (as we were told by staff when we witnessed the early build work). So not only did the destroy a great bit of natural sand dune, obliterate a great dining view..but in attempting to build a sunset viewing deck, the brain surgeon behind the design put the bar on the sunset side of the deck so even if you gritted your teeth and went for a sunset drink...your view is the sun going over the top of a bar roof and not the...