Boteco da Linha — Restaurant in Cascais

The restaurant and is gorgeous. The menu is prettily designed and kept to a nice, small selection. Sadly, when we went on a Friday night, they were out of octopus and porgy, two of the four main items on the menu. We ordered codfish and Portugese steak. The codfish itself was yummy, but full of fish bones on the two ends and the “vegetables” it was served on were cooked spinach, 3 little cooked potatoes and one halved cherry tomato, all drenched in olive oil. That may be the way it’s usually served, but i was tasting oil the rest of the evening. The steak was yummy as well, if somewhat bland, but the homemade chips that came with it were delicious. The prices were descent and the waiters very...

Read all! August\September review: 10/10 recommend. Food is beautiful.

October review: Won't be back. Brought my parents this time. 3 out of 4 rib eye steaks were 'blue' raw! The waiter never asked us how we liked our steaks (I would of requested medium-rare) but what came out was still completely raw. Tapped on the grill to brown the outside and that was it. Tough, rubbery and hard to eat. Waiter made awkward insulting jokes the whole way through in a bad attempt at being funny. When we left without leaving him a tip, he followed us out the door and said "didn't want to give a tip and now running away." Completely ruined our experience of what was a well...

Had such a lovely time, the food was amazing, and surprisingly really generous courses for how much it was, we were so full! There were a few other little things that really added to the experience. The English menu was not up to date as they rarely used it, which we actually really liked, shows there are a lot more locals that go there. The staff room a lot of time to explain the menu for us, they were really sweet and accommodating for us. The owner came out and introduced himself. A really lovely experience overall! The octopus and cod fish was especially lovely, both served on a bed of wilted greens with new potatoes, seemed all seasonal...