Retiro do Adelino — Restaurant in Aljezur

Don't go, it's terrible. Any good review must be from the owner's friends. It took us almost 2 hours to be served some very, very average food on a night that wasn't busy. This place is the dictionary definition of a "Tourist Trap". Not enough cooks, not enough waiters, impossibly long wait times, and worst of all the owner is arrogant, condescending, and devoid of empathy towards his clients, insofar that tourists seem like a joke to him. It's easy to see this place is a cash cow and he doesn't care for tourists, and I say this because every Portuguese speaking table was served before us, even those who arrived way after we did. Favouritism plain and simple. I would never go back under the current management. Our worst dining experience...

The place doesn't look that nice, but the food is actually good. The staff is a little distracted, not rude, they are friendly enough, but a little rough. If you enter from the back it looks a little better. The food was really good, we had the cataplana of monkfish which tasted great (it is some sort of covered pan in which you can cook slowly both meat or fish, typical of the region). They also have several desserts and cakes, we tried one and it was great. Be aware of the fact that they will bring you some appetizers (they brought us octopus salad) and they are not offered, you will pay for it even if you didn't order it (I'm sure you can refuse it, and it was a very small price, so this wasn't a problem at all,...

Don't go there! Worst service & the owner is not a nice guy!

I waited a very long time for the dinner, and while I was waiting it got very cold outside. I was really freezing, so I asked to get a table inside.

There was no guests inside, and the tables were not reserved.

However the owner would not let me sit inside. He didn't care that I was freezing like hell and that I had been waiting for a long time. There was absolutely no reason to let me sit outside in the cold.

Very unsympathetic owner who doesn't care about his...