A Pedreira — Restaurant in Calheta

We arrived at 5.50pm for a 6pm table we had booked. The waitress barked at us saying she would not serve us until 6pm. Eventually as we were leaving she told us to sit down. We did not have our booking card as we had forgotten it but had popped in the night before to ensure everything was OK. She was so abrupt and rude, rolling her eyes and storming away to check our room no for the booking. Slamming wine down on the table wasn't fun either. Mediocre overcooked steak. As a chef myself, I expected better from an a la carte restaurant. Wouldn't bother with this place, stick to the main hotel restaurant. The other staff seemed to be nice but we were stuck with the one with a severe attitude. Don't work in hospitality if you don't...

It's a crowded place because tourists from different tours get dropped off here at about the same time, more or less. 2 guys working there as fast as they can, but sometimes there's just too many tourists at once. 2 bathrooms, but only 1 person can enter in any one of them at one time (no gender separation). Imagine the queues. They make a great fresh Poncha there. It's also a small restaurant, but don't expect any complicated dishes. It's mostly a bar. I had a medium beer and a prego (very tasty and satisfying)...

Nice experience, pleasant staff and indoor and outdoor seating. Good view of neighborhood in addition, parking is available and grocery store is next store, which is a plus...coffee* (Delta) food - Egg sandwich (1 egg, 1 slice of cheese on toasted white bread), Scabbard Fish sandwich* (Battered fish, 1 slice of cheese on white bread), Veggie soup (Veggie soup - mixed veggie (Had beef it it so I did not eat it but looked very good)...