Porto Santana — Restaurant in Alcácer do Sal

I was really looking forward to visiting this restaurant. For the location, the photos that show its authentic look and for the reviews here which are mostly positive. I think we were lucky we arrived early to get a table as the place quickly filled up. The menu looked delicious and very traditional Portuguese, as were the people dining. Unfortunately that’s where the good part of the experience ended. We waited 30 minutes for our food and when it finally arrived, the pork meat was overcooked (even though I could tell it was good meat), the breaded fish was cut in half instead of in filets, spine inside, which meant I had to undo the breading in order to remove the bones before eating the very dry, overcooked meat - not a great experience. My husband’s rice with prawns was delicious - however he had asked without coriander and after waiting thirty minutes (which we are sure was driven by the rice since everything else was overcooked) - it came filled with coriander. We ate quickly and left, disappointed. Service was ok, not friendly, not mean. Prices are high for the Portuguese countryside, so I expected (much) better food. Will not come back...

We were driving south and in need of a lunch. After stopping at a very sad road restaurant we decided to look for something more promising in a nearby village, never regretted the decision.

Of you at in the neighbourhood and in for something good to eat, go here. Although the restaurant was full and people were waiting, we still received a very warm welcome and the patron really did his best to get us a table. Eventually we got offered a place at the bar and a complementary small beer. We had the spinach and cod rice and the clams and spinach rice soup. Especially the cod was excellent. Although we just tasted these two dishes, I'm pretty sure the rest of the food will be...

Ótimo restaurante para uma visita a Alcácer do Sal, com carregador de veículos elétricos a 2menos de minutos a pé. A soap de cação estava divinal assim como o chouriço assado. O Bacalhau Assado estava um pouco salgado para o meu gosto, mas o bacalhau era de muito boa qualidade e estava muito bem confeciconado. A simpatia do atendimento do André foi muito calorosa. Fez-nos sentir muito bem, sempre com um sorriso na cara e com um tratamento muito caloroso. 4 estrelas pela comida apenas por causa do bacalhau (que pode facilmente ser 5 estrelas para quem gosta dele mais salgado) e 4 estrelas pela atmosfera e serviço porque a chegada foi assim um pouco "estranha". Parece que por coincidência teremos chegado depois de um grupo maior (8 pessoas) e não estava ninguém no balcão da entrada. Entrei para a porta da sala e pediram-me para voltar para o balcão que já lá iam ter connosco, para depois chegarem e pedirem-nos para irmos para a sala onde já estávamos (tinha reserva para 3 pessoas)... foi estranho e a senhora que nos atendeu nem bom dia disse e estava muito carrancuda (completamente diferente dos restantes colaboradores). Por isso dou 4 estrelas ao ambiente... sem esta experiência inicial (e se não tivesse interagido com esta senhora) tinham sido 5 estrelas... Em termos globais, para mim, é um restaurante 5 estrelas. As 4 estrelas são descritivas em cima apenas para saberem o que podem melhorar... e é sempre bom sabermos onde...