Capricciosa Carcavelos — Restaurant in Cascais

First of all the food is good but honestly dining in this place is like getting multiple slaps in the face. The servers hate you so much that you feel like it’s a punishment for them to work there. Starting from the front door, there is literally no one to great you and when/if you manage to get the table you will get a menu in Portuguese and would have to beg to get it in English if you’re not local. Today for example me and friend have been shown a hand (talk to the hand cause face is not listening)into our faces when we asked for an English menu, honestly a first in a restaurant. After literally doing jumping jacks and trying to send smoke signals to the staff you manage to place an order but if you need anything else like ashtray you need find where they keep them and take it yourself( tip waiting staff station outside, on the lower shelf) cause otherwise you won’t ever get it. In general the staff is acting like you have syphilis and avoids you at all costs. The food is okay tho, would recommend some pizzas and definitely try a lemon tart for dessert( however good luck in trying to order the dessert because they take the menu away as soon as you order your mains). Waiting time to pay is also shocking but never mind. In general if you want to feel like everything’s your fault and you don’t deserve to be somewhere, you...

The place is really beautiful from the outside so we decided to give a try.

There are two lines: one for those with reservation and the other for those without it. Since we're just walking by, we had to join the latter.

The first lowlight was the fact that the waitress told us there were only available tables at the outside patio when there were several of empty tables on the inside. Maybe they were all reserved, but still, sounded/looked stupid. I wouldn't be making a big deal of it if it wasn't extremely windy and cold in the outside. The view was nice, a very beautiful sunset painted the background but still, we had to dine under cold wind.

The table service wasn't good either. We had to wait about 10 minutes to be answered and, after ordering our food, it took something around 25 minutes to get it on our table.

I ordered Rotolini (pepperoni-tomato-cheese stuffed garlic bread) for sliders and 4 Formaggio pizza as main dish. My wife ordered a Margherita pizza. To drink, a beer mug and a lemonade with red fruits. The pizzas were good, but the crusts were way too thin (we're not expecting a pan or napolitan pizza, but still too thin). The Rotolini was very good (although quite expensive, considering the size of the portion). The lemonade was the highlight of the meal.

It was a valid experience but I...

Honestly the worst meal I had during my week holiday in the area. We went to the one in Cascais and enjoyed our meal so were expecting more of the same.

We arrived and were seated quickly, our starters came out quickly and wasn't as good quality as the Cascais restaurant, however our mains were terrible. They arrived within 15 mins of us sitting down but had obviously been made long before.

My husband had lasagne and said it was warm in some places and cold in others, suggesting reheating. I had the bolognese pizza, the same as I had in the other Cascais restaurant. It was clear they had made a plain pizza and thrown some reheated bolognese and raw mushrooms on top (the whole thing was cooked together at the other restaurant). The pizza was cold and soggy.

We paid cash and waited for our change as we weren't tipping this terrible meal. After the server took the money we didn't see him for 20 mins, then he didn't come near us for another 5 at least. Eventually he came back looking a bit sheepish, and asked if we had received our change yet. He did bring it over then but I wasn't very happy that they were obviously hoping we'd just leave.

During the meal there was some sports event on the TV and there were some people shouting and screaming at the TV, not really what I expect when I go out for a...