Wok algarve albufeira — Restaurant in Albufeira

I honestly don't understand the bad reviews. They made me hesitate to visit this place but I thought everyone deserves a chance and I'm very happy I visited. We came on a Saturday afternoon and immediately welcomed by the owner. Upon entering I can tell the place is squeaky clean and the only thing I can smell is the smell of food.

My jaw dropped seeing the selection of food served. This is the most varied AYCE restaurant I've ever visited. They have at least 15 different sushis with wasabi and pickled ginger, 7 to 8 selection of fruits (they serve LYCHEES who on earth serves lychees in AYCE?? they're so expensive!) , ice creams, soups, cakes, cream puffs, churros, sesame balls, chinese food such as stir fried chicken, sweet and sour shrimps, beef blackpepper, fried rice, fried noodle, fried vermicelli, dumplings, meatballs, the fried stuffs / salgados selection is endless. They also have selections of raw fresh veggies, meat, and seafood that you can pick and ask them to cook by request. I promise you you'll be shocked. Granted some of the food are cold. But noone eats sushi warm. And of course some of the food weren't super delicious but they're still edible.

We paid around 18 euro per person for food and drink. You should keep that in mind when you're being too demanding of food qualities and services. For us, everything was beyond expectation. Totally worth the money. The toilet is also very clean and smelling fresh. Waiters and waitresses often come to pick up our dirty plates. They don't speak Portuguese but they can understand English and they are very polite people. Be kind!

I 100% recommend this restaurant. I hope they keep up the good work and the fresh food even during winter because maybe less guests during the off-season.

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Make sure that you measure your children when you arrive as the rule is children under 1 metre are free, but they will try to charge for the child even if they are way under the height limit, especially if your a large group and especially if you are not speaking portuguese. We were with some friends who were on holiday so we were speaking in English , the waitress tried to argue with us saying my son(Just 3 by a week, who is just over 90 cm) was clearly over 100cm and she could tell he was big even though we were also with another child (Age 2) who was extremely close in height but apparently she was ok…. I went to measure him to let her know that he was indeed under 100cm ( and will be for about another year or so…). I completely appreciate they have the rules, but I would strongly recommend that the restaurant train their staff on how to enforce the rule professionally and also educate them on what a child over that height limit looks like. Measuring the children on entry would be the best option for this. I have to say I was extremely disappointed with the service and attitude of...

We had an excellent meal here with our two children (7 and 4). The food selection is amazing with large sections of sushi, starters, salad, Chinese main courses and also lots of plainer foods like chips, chicken nuggets and garlic bread. The hot plate fresh cooking section is also huge and stocked with a broad range of meat, seafood and vegetables. At the end, the desserts were also very good: profiteroles, cakes, chocolate mousse, lots of fruit and ice cream. The staff were really friendly and kept our children entertained. We will definitely be coming back here. Price was 16.95€ for adults and 8.5€ for kids plus drinks. It is cheaper on week day...