Cais da Praia . Beach Restaurant - Cocktail Bar . Foz do Arelho — Restaurant in Caldas da Rainha

Unfortunately, my experience at this place was disappointing for several reasons. First, the gentleman (most likely the owner) at the front door was dismissive. It took him a while to acknowledge me, and it felt quite awkward to wait in front of him. A "Hi, or I will be with you in a minute!" would suffice! I understand it's a bustling place, and usually, I would need more than this to affect my overall impression. However, they served me raw chicken and undercooked rice, which was unacceptable.

My friends, who ordered different dishes, didn't seem to have any complaints. The waitress's service, however, was impeccable. She informed us about a kitchen delay and suggested we order starters.

We took her suggestions and ordered bread, olives, and cheese. We were a group of seven, and they brought us one small bread, which we jokingly divided among ourselves to "feed the masses," and a tiny portion of cheese. I am familiar with the inflated prices expected from beach cafes and restaurants, and they certainly didn’t disappoint in...

Unacceptable service. Chairs where flooded , no one from the restaurant would wipe the chairs for us , we had to do it ourselves . Many products in the menu unavailable at 09:00 pm. One of them spaghetti pommodoro . What the hell can make a lack of spaghetti ? Also no bacalhau , typical dish from here . We ended standing up and going away from the restaurant and canceling the following day reservation as well. Typical tourist restaurant where they are used to handle the customers in such a poor way .

Answer to the humble owner : To be honest my expectations in a tourist area restaurant were really low ( hence not even meeting that is really worrying from a business perspective ) Dry chairs or at least not making the customers to wipe them ourselves would exceed my expectations ... a humble and not insolence explanation in google review would also be nice , instead of explaining the 15 years of ( poor ) service to tourists ... once more time U N V E L I E V A B L...

We were looking for a place to have lunch, and we found around 12:00 this place where we did a reservation for 13:30. We came here and it’s a wonderful place. It’s next to the beach with amazing views and we sat outside where there wasn’t too much noise. We were attended by to waiters, Tiago and Vitor. Both were wonderful and constantly asking if we needed anything and if we were satisfied with our food. They were both very nice. We were three people, and we all ate for starters a ceviche of tuna, prawns and a Cesar salad. There were all splendid. I specially recommend the ceviche of tuna. It was definitely my favorite. After we had a tuna steak and octopus. They were delicious. They also served us some cocktails. We ordered a mojito and a whisky sour. I highly recommend this place if u want to enjoy a meal next...