Escotilha beach bar & Restaurant — Restaurant in Cascais

This place was a real find. Not obviously located, it's not right by the beaches in Cascais but it is on the seafront / boardwalk adjacent to a water sports centre and very close to our hotel (Miragem), but tucked away through an underpass that traverses the main road and rail line into town. The menu is not extensive but the food and drinks we have had have all been thoroughly delicious, the staff really helpful and friendly and speak excellent English (handy, as my Portuguese is limited!). Plus, in contrast to several other establishments closer to the beaches, they've been very accomodating. For example, as we walked into town on our first evening, despite the fact they were closing, they were happy to serve us a "Port Tonic" and sit and take in the view of Cascais harbour/town as the sun went down. Several of the bars closer to the town/beach just exuded a attitude of not being bothered if we took our custom there or not. This place couldn't have been friendlier, even when the weather took a turn for the worst! Friendly, great food/drink, clean and good value. Big...

Update June 14, 2024 I’m back again! Just got off my flight from Madeira, checked in my hotel Cascais Miragem as usual, first thing was to head down to the beach promenade before the restaurant closes at 7p.m. Angela, André, Ester and the boss’s son James all remembered me. I had a very tasty sea beam dinner as usual. Reviewed June 7, 2023 via Mobil Yum! Fish is my favorite, I have fish almost every day at home in Canada. It’s easy for me to tell if a fish is fresh or not. Fresh fish needs a good chef to bring out its flavor, like developing a talent. The chef didn’t just grilled the sea beam to perfection l, the veggies and rice too. Everything was piping hot. I highly recommend it. I had several meals there during my two weeks stay in June this year. I will be back next June! Can't wait to see those cheerful friendly faces and eat their tasty...

We were very disappointed when we ordered 3 appetizers to start and then one entree to share, but were brought 2 of the same entree once it was ready. We had never ordered 2 of this entree but they wouldn’t take back the additional order we’d never asked for. The server profusely apologized but wouldn’t take the second entree off our bill. We were put in a position where we had to argue with the server or just eat it. I had one bite of the second meal and physically couldn’t eat it (hence why we ordered just the one) and when he brought the bill decided to make the joke that he’d take care of it if his boss wasn’t here. It was a thoroughly frustrating and very negative experience, and we felt taken advantage of for being friendly people who didn’t want to continue arguing. $17 EU forced on us for an entree that was...