Restaurante O Internacional — Restaurant in Angra do Heroísmo

This restaurant is overall quite family style. Karla was communicating. We ordered veggie soup, squids and beef Alcatra. The veal chap and squids were both well cooked and tasted delicious. The beef Alcatra came in very generous size but somehow tasted very sour. When my friend asked why the beef Alcatra tasted so sour, the lady chef said she put vinegar (wasn’t quite sure if that’s her meaning because she spoke Portuguese), but when we Karla she said it’s cooked with wine, no vinegar. My friend was really worried that the beef already went bad. Later when I looked back at my picture of the beef, it was covered by all the bubbles, I realized it should have gone bad or at least not fresh any more at the end of the day. Also, when we went to eat at other restaurants, we asked if beef Alcatra was cooked with some vinegar, the answer was NEVER!

Turned out we had half of the beef leftover. Later when Karla was not there, the chef came just took away our leftovers without even asking, with an attitude. She seemed so upset because we asked Karla about the sourness problem.

Anyway, if you decide to eat here, I would suggest to skip the...

When the locals are eating there...you know you've arrived at the right place. Our bar keep at the Captain's Table restaurant frequented the place often...as did we. We heard about the chef/owner singing as she cooks. We read about how she'll prepare your meal as if she was your own mother and then pop out from behind the kitchen and check on you and your own happiness! All true...even the home cooked taste. We had the soup of the day, a pork sandwich and Cod cakes with rice and salad. All were tasty, hot and fresh. The two Super Bocks, cold! And how about that location huh? Nothing better than enjoying your meal to the sounds of church bells and heels clicking on cobblestone! We dined there 3 times for lunch during our weeks stay. It's right next to the City Center and easily walked to. A must stop for lunch, and the view...even with all the smokers dining out...

Went here on a Sunday as there were limited options in the town, a decision we massively regret. We both ordered steak (medium rare and medium). I checked with the waitress when she dropped down the food which was which. Both were completely overdone (brown). I sent mine back- it came back rare on the same plate with the same soggy fries from the peach sauce. Not even an apology from the waitress who wasn’t impressed that I had sent it back. I left half of it on the plate when finished and hoped that I didn’t have food poisoning based on how it looked. Was definitely cooked from frozen- tasteless food. Was then told when paying that it was cash only, which they hadn’t made clear. No thank you or any sort of customer service evident. Our only disappointing meal in Terceira. Don’t waste your time/ money on this place- have no idea how it has such a good...