Altinho Tapas e Petiscos — Restaurant in Aljezur

We enjoyed a very good lunch. The menu has few options but all of them (the ones we tried) were delicious! It is a restaurant with traditional Portuguese food with a special touch. It has some vegetarian options in the appetizers part. Although it is focused on meat, the fish options were very tasty and fresh.

We had the ‘Folhas vegetais’ as appetizer and Bacalhao as main dish. The bacalaho was really good, it was made in the oven with a sort of creamy sauce and sweet potatoe and broccoli topped with broa gratin (corn flour crumbs) and it made for 2. The dessert was really special and good as well, we took the madronho pudding.

The staff was very friendly and helpful. They helped with the recommendations and were very attentive at all times.

The reason why the restaurant did not get the full score on my side is due to the prices. Although all of it was delicious, it is quite pricey for Portuguese standards. So far, it has been the most expensive village restaurant we went to. We did not regret to pay for it as everything was good and we had a great time, but this could be a stopper for...

A restaurant that doesn’t care about the customer. In 2020 the management was great, equally the food was superb. However, management changed in 2021 at which point the overall size of the food, the quality of the ingredients, and the lack of customer care has drastically decayed.

The worst aspect of my last 2 experiences eating there was that, although I shared my observations as I mentioned above, and wrote the chef on their social media page, the response from the staff was, “sorry, different management before, nothing we can do about your observations”.

I want to support small business, and the individuals that create the eating experiences for the customer. However, it is unfortunate that the ethos of this restaurant went away with the previous owners. Now it is a trap to make money as I felt disregarded for my critical observations.

I don’t recommend the support of this...

Good food, poor service.

Everything we had tasted good

We were sat at a dusty table, which no one bothered to clean. The staff simply forgot about a quarter of our order: one main course, bread, grilled vegetables We waited for over an hour after the starters for the main course to arrive. The wines are very poorly presented on the menu. There's no description at all so we had to ask the waitress. Admittedly, we don't speak Portuguese. The wines were described to us as either "sweet" or "dry". We ordered a dry wine, which turned out to be way too acidic for our taste.

We got one desert (out of four) for free to make up for the long wait and the forgotten main.

All in all, Assador Altinho is not what it pretends to be. Value for money doesn't match the average in...