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A definite must for meat lovers! Was walking past looking for somewhere to eat for later and got talking to the owner. We decided to come back and we were so glad we did! For those who haven't been to a Brazilian rodizio restaurant, it's a type of buffet. You get to help yourself to the salad bar and rice, chips etc and they guys bring freshly grilled cuts of meat and carve you slices on your table. This place has 17 types of meat cuts including beef, chicken, pork and lamb. All the meats were amazingly cooked - I was happy to try things medium/rare but my mum requested well done parts and they served her accordingly. You can tell that the meat is good quality, and they cook everything on a charcoal grill - unlike the place next door who grill it on gas. I ate and ate and ate more meat as it came out, hot from the grill until I could eat no more. Juicy, full of flavour and authentic grilled taste. Included in the price of £17.90 was garlic bread, rice, chips, beans, fried banana, the whole salad bar and a selection of desserts - if you can manage any! The staff were very friendly and had good banter too! The environment was relaxed and was generally a lovely place to eat, taking your time and enjoying the cuts of meat. Definitely recommend visiting here when in Albufeira!
Josh DharmanandanJosh Dharmanandan
60
Ate here last night and both had the meat Rodizio which is the staff coming around with a selection of fresh meats and carve it at your table. Not sure if we got lucky but every meat selection that came out was fresh, hot and had not been carved previously. The flavours and seasoning were amazing! There is no salad bar but you do get rice, beans, fries and a pickled salad which is actually the perfect amount as it isn't too overwhelming and you want to save room for the big variety of meats! Service was brilliant, very attentive and friendly. Good selection of wines. Overall, would highly recommend and we would definitely go back given the chance!
CharlotteCharlotte
10
The barkeeper saved the evening. The Caipirinha was really good and strong. Beyond that unfortunately I wasn't convinced. The waiters we had to tell twice we needed Ketschup, twice that we had ordered the Caipirinha, twice that we wanted to pay and twice that the Picanha needed fixing, before something happened. That isn't though my major critic. My issue is the Picanha and what they did to it. The meat was certainly ok, nothing fancy, but fair for the location and price. Yet the cook really didn't know what to do with it. First the Picanha was served unsalted, with a wobbly fat layer. Sorry, but that is an insult to Brazilian food and the meat itself. Positive about it was though that it was medium rare. After a long while and two attempts, the remaining (I was hungry, so I still ate half of it) Picanha was replaced with one that at least saw an attempt to crisp the fat and it was salted (not much, but enough to say that it's a fair compromise that considers people who don't like strongly salted meat and the rest I was able to help myself). Yet unfortunately this one was a rather lazy attempt still. Clearly it was prepared with a gas flamer, so the fat was only crisp on the most outer layer, there where parts where the flame was held to close to the meat so it had gas aroma and half of the meat was so raw that it was still cold in the inside. Pictures attached for proof for anyone that knows a thing or two about preparing proper Picanha. One image shows the wobbly fat of v1, the other two the literally raw meat of v2 and the fat that saw only a very short period of rendering crisp. Btw.: I like meat rare, but it should at least be warm. Added note for the expert: the meat wasn't propperly brined, so the salt was only at the outer layer and the middle of the meat was thus mostly void of aroma.
Magnus BeckerMagnus Becker
50
DO NOT COME TO THIS RESTAURANT if I could give no stars I would Party of 10, 1 baby, 1 7 yr old, a disabled man & lady of 70 a large family only after been married in this country the day before that have holidayed here on a number of occasions .... On arrival we where given french menus so we asked for English menus and we got an English speaking waiter. I told him that we only like WELL cooked meat and that we would order separate meals, he insisted that we got the skewered meat, that it was well done and cut very thinly. I ordered salmon my mother ordered chicken. Every meat offered to us was raw and red, and we turned away and refused most that was offered to us, I asked for red Sangria & got white, the rest of the party asked for cokes and a jameson for my dad and beer for my hubby. After 1.5 hours I still had no Salmon my mother had no chicken or even salt, i asked for salt right away & we didnt even get that. we tried to leave while paying for our drinks that we drank. Apparently this is against the law. So we stayed, got the police who informed us that we HAVE TO PAY and fill out a complaint book. We paid €255 for a meal that we DID NOT EAT. the English speaking waiter left us with the Portuguese owner who laughed at us with the police. One of the police men start pushing around my 16yr old son cause he was recording the owners and I had to step in between them. He was ignorant & kept telling us we where in his country. It was a horrible situation from start to finish.
Natasha GreeneNatasha Greene
80
Terrible service and cold, raw, poor quality food. We went for dinner and ordered steak and ribs, we asked what sauce came with them and was told BBQ, and we also ordered side salad. The waiter arrived back with the food saying that there was no BBQ sauce they only had garlic sauce the food was presented on cold plates and the meat and ribs was dry and got very cold quickly also the salad we ordered was just dry leaves not dressed. I called the waiter a number of times to inform him that the food was cold and asked if it could it be reheated. He just ignored us walking away. The bill came, and we complained again and asked why the service was so bad and we did want to pay for cold food The staff got very aggressive and said if you eat some of the food you have to pay. One of the staff locked the main door and stood to stop us from leaving. The other staff lifted up a wine cooler and banged off the floor. We settled the bill, and they removed the price of the ribs as they were uneaten they even said we could take they away, but we refused. It was the worst experience we have ever seen. Rude aggressive staff poor service poor quality of food. Never eat in this place it should be closed. Avoid there are plenty of top quality steak houses in the area.
Jake ThorntonJake Thornton
30
Der schlechteste Restaurantbesuch unseres Lebens: Wir gingen mit 10 Männern in dieses (von außen recht ansprechend aussehende) Restaurant. Zunächst dachten wir uns nichts Böses, da selbst der Animateur einen vernünftigen Eindruck machte - dies sollte sich allerdings schnell ändern. Nach circa 20 Minuten wurden unsere Getränke aufgenommen, welche dann 20 Minuten später gebracht wurden. Leider waren nur 5 kalte Cola Zero vorrätig, weshalb der Rest von uns warme Cola genießen durfte. Anschließend nahm der Kellner unsere Bestellung entgegen. Es machte uns sehr stutzig, dass in diesem Steakhouse, welches sich auf Fleischspezialitäten fokussiert und mit lokalen Spezialitäten zu glänzen versucht nicht nach dem Gargrad unserer Steaks gefragt wurde. Dieser Gedankengang sollte sich dann bewahrheiten. Knapp 25 Minuten nach Bestellung unseres Essens fiel dem Kellner auf, dass leider keine Rippchen vorrätig seien. Nur knapp 10 Minuten darauf folgte eine weitere Entschuldigung, da keine Tagliatelle Bolognese zubereitet werden konnte. Nun kam nach langer Wartezeit endlich unser Essen! Wir freuten uns, alle waren sehr hungrig. Einer unserer Gruppe sagte bei Bestellung mehrmals, er wolle statt french Fries lieber Reis als Beilage haben, ein weiterer lieber Süßkartoffelpommes. Nun kam das Essen und wie der Zufall wollte war statt Reis doch French Fries die Beilage, die der Kellner für ihn ausgewählt hatte. Zusätzlich warf er einem von uns dabei eine Pommes in den Nacken. Generell gleichte das Servieren unseres Essens absoluter Willkür. Die Bestellung mit Süßkartoffelpommes wollte der Kellner dann doch lieber mit normalen french Fries und zusätzlich Reis zusammenstellen - sehr kreativ dieser Mann! Um das Fleisch kurz zu beschreiben eignet sich der Begriff Minderwertig sehr gut. Unsere Gruppe war sich nach dem Essen einig darüber, dass dies der mit Abstand schlechteste Restaurantbesuch unseres Lebens war. Wir würden einen Besuch bei McDonalds absolut vorziehen und einem aus unserer freudigen Truppe schmeckte es so schlecht, dass er aufhörte zu essen, um sich in unserem Airbnb ein Toast zuzubereiten. Als wir dann unsere Rechnung entgegennahmen, wurde die Bolognese (welche ja leider out of Order war) berechnet, sowie zusätzlich 2 Cocktails, die unseren Tisch leider nie erreichen sollten. Schnell sollte sich das leckere Essen zu einer Runde 2 zu Wort melden, indem einige von uns den lokalen Lokus in Anspruch nehmen mussten mit Magenbeschwerden. Alles in allem also ein unglaublich interessanter Restaurantbesuch, welchen wir so schnell nicht vergessen werden. - Michael Mc Jefferson
Wilm SolkerWilm Solker
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Edifício Pórtico de, Estr. de Santa Eulália Fração L, 8200-269 Albufeira, Portugal
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attractions: Playa de Oura, Praia Santa Eulália, Grande Real Santa Eulalia Resort & Hotel Spa, Santa Eulalia Hotel & Spa, Parque aventura, Praia da Oura (Leste), Ski Molhado Desportos Aquáticos, Praia da Balaia, Zebra Safari Tours, Da Oura Beach, restaurants: Clay Oven Indian kitchen, Churrasqueira Beirã, Wild & Co, Pizzaria Senhor Frog's, Pão da Aldeia, Nosolo Italia - Albufeira, Zé do Peixe Assado, Restaurante Happy House, Sexy Meat, Restaurante Vivaldo's
