CAIS DO PARQUE . Garden Restaurant - Bar . Caldas da Rainha — Restaurant in Caldas da Rainha

We were two couples, after a lovely walk in the park we stopped for a drink out under the trees. Unfortunately, we were surrounded by smokers, after several glasses of wine, beers coffees, we decided to move. The waitress found us a table out front of the restaurant looking up under the trees, beautiful. The tables were very close together. We ordered our meals, starters and bottle of wine and the tables around us were smokers. Once again they were without ashtrays putting their cigarette butt's on the floor. We said to the waitress we are being again smoked out while outdoors. She offered us an inside table to escape. None of us wanted to go indoors, it was empty but for on table of people. So we stayed outside with one Woman's arm held behind herself with her cigarette inches from my seated husband. We all sighed saying that only smokers have the outside's park seats to themselves. Non-smokers indoors. All in all we were passed off, irritated and will not return. Such a shame to have been outdoors, though squeezed between tables of smoking customers. While we tried to eat our meals, enjoy our drinks, and talk in such a stunningly lovely place only to have it ruined. The four of us left disappointed and irritated at the seemingly simple solution to put smokers and ashtrays in the...

Lovely food and a great spot. The atmosphere was so nice. The thing that ruined it was the staff. We had a large group of 8 and went there everyday for the three days we were there. You’d think that they’d be happy for the business, but they made us feel like a major inconvenience. When we said there were 8 of us the waiter started mumbling and rolling his eyes and saying that he didn’t know if we could sit there. And when we asked to move some tables together so we could all fit, it was a serious problem! At the time half of the tables were empty, so it it wasn’t as if there was a lack of tables, which we could’ve understood. We would’ve gone elsewhere if the food and the place wasn’t so lovely. What a shame they’re ruining it with rude...

Delicious food and super nice staff. The codfish was very good after it went wrong the first time, and the veggies at the side tasted nice too. The Pad Thai with shrimp was also very good. For dessert we had the Violet Creme Brulèe, which was delicious. The violet aftertaste was very nice :) The staff was very sympathetic and made changes due to allergies without problem, and communicated well in English. They were fun to talk with and made it a fun and nice experience. The music is relaxing and gave it a relaxed atmosphere. If you just get a simple drink and a main dish, you could keep your...