Tapearia — Restaurant in Cascais

Very good start of the evening. Friendly waitress, good beer and tasty tapas making want us to eat there. Ordered chicken salad and pork belly burger. The burger was tasty, but the salad was another issue. After cutting through a piece of chicken, we saw it was raw (exterior looked cooked, but edge to edge raw when cut). My wife was, understandingly, complete put off. We send it back. After few minutes, the chicken was brought back. We explained we were really put off from the salad and asked to order something else. The waitress was very understanding and apologetic. Went for a plate of chips and deep fried squid. Which was good. Time for the bill and noticed the chicken was still on it. Told the waitress we would not pay for the raw chicken that we sent back. The owner/chef argued and told the waitress we were to pay for the full bill. My wife had to go in to argue directly with the owner/chef, but she ignored her even though she was explaining we were willing to pay the bill except for the raw chicken. The owner/chef just ignored my wife and shouted at her waiting staff. Eventually after some unnecessary waiting time, the waitress arrived with the bill, minus the raw chicken. We were really put off by the attitude of the owner/chef. The food was all in all tasty, and the waitress was very kind. Unfortunately our experience was completely put off by the lack of professionalism of the owner/chef, serving raw chicken (health hazard) and arguing to make us pay for a dish we didn't eat and send back. Not a single customer gesture was made. We...

We liked going to local places and Tapearia is just that, located in a neighbourhood with clearly a local clientele

The food was quite good, started with bread and some great flavoured olives and then we dove into our tapas dishes

Both the presentation and the taste were above our expectations, for example the chorizo sausage served flambe was crispy and tasty, the potatoes got the extra elevation by their presentation etc.

They’re also quite generous when it comes to the size of the glass of wine they pour

We were thinking about leaving and getting pudding on a local bakery when we’ve seen someone get a lemon cake in a jar like container, decided to take that as well and it was great

For me this is the type of a gem of a place I like visiting when traveling - I...

Really enjoyed this restaurant.. we ate here twice! Staff are very friendly, some quality wines on the menu. We are vegetarians and we’re well catered for with the tapas and main menu. The Goats Cheese salad with dried fruits and herbs is really exceptional. We felt it offered good value for the top quality...