Belvedere — Restaurant in Cascais

Arrived in good time... to a Christmas undressed... Sterile room.... No, I Lie...

One bauble per table. Already, only around one dozen peeps in there. Met by Head waiter, #Pedro. Harping on about this stunning menu....A La Carte and very pricey..!! With low grade cuts of meat...e.g. oxtail. The Panko crumb, was Veggy...But soooo..... pricey.!! We ordered two glasses of wine....Pedro showed us the Pinot...as its Italian he said

But for us It was cold...

Extremely disappointed! The hotel made us feel like they were doing us a favor by securing a reservation here for dinner. We played their game! Check in said your reservation is for 7:30pm ok no problem told them we would confirm after our spa appointment! Called minutes after we got to our room to confirm. They said oh sorry 7:30 is all booked but you can have 7:15 or 8pm. I said ok 7:15 is great. Arrived at 7:10 seated immediately. The head waiter Pedro is not a 5 star hotel quality waiter! Rushed us the whole time! Food was fine. Bread was $12! Not sure that was worth it. Ordered their signature dessert. For some reason they forgot about our order! Waited over 20 minutes! Coffee got cold! Told them we were celebrating my boyfriend’s birthday nothing! To many other restaurants to ever recommend this one. The view was amazing even with the car parked in front! Dessert was awful. Not...

I think we got the staff on a bad day, so my review about the service may be a bit biased. The service was quite slow. It took a long time for us to even get the menu. Fortunately, we were not in a hurry, so it didn't bother me much. And the view from the tables on the balcony is stunning, so we could just relax and contemplate it.

Regarding the food, I would say it was okay—not worth the price, though. My Nero di Seppia had too much squid ink, which overwhelmed the dish's flavor. Also, the octopus in the pasta was undercooked. I could not eat it.

The staff, while busy,...