O Arco da Velha — Restaurant in Aveiro

The restaurant is nice and well located in a nice square. Nice food, we tried the cheese oven, rice with prawns and it was all nice. Service is nice and friendly. Also the square's dog Caramelo deserves a positive commentary as he is a plesant company during your meal without being invasive or annoying. What I really disapprove and that's the reason why of 3 stars instead of 4 is the fact that they only serve water in small bottles. This is an approach that I noticed also by some other restaurants which I really disapprove as it is a cheap way to make money. We had two little kids who only drink water and we had no other way than ordering a small bottle and pay for water 4€ per liter that is two times the price of gasoline. Serving only small bottles of water so that they can be charged more is really an unfair way to squeeze the wallet of the clients . Big thumb up 👍 to all the restaurants that decide to monetize on food and other drinks...

While visiting Aveiro, we decided to have lunch at O Arco da Velha, and it was well worth it. The staff were nice, and greeted and seated us promptly. Also, in no time at all we had our drink orders and food starter as well. The food was excellent: I had the Octopus with potatoes and onions; my wife had a chicken kabob with fries, rice and salad, and our friend had some type of beef steak with a mustard sauce and fries. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their meals.

We highly recommend this restaurant, and if given the chance would...

The food is good, the fish was very tasty! Too bad that the service was too slow. We got our main course after almost 1 hour of waiting, we waited also to pay the bill. One thing that is really wrong is to give the bread (without being asked) when people sit and then let them pay for It. If you give something to the client and the client didn't ask for it, the client should not pay for it. Overall price was ok...