Casa das Espetadas — Restaurant in Funchal

!!READ THIS FIRST!! There are so many reviews about this place that say that "the food is cold" or "the food wasn't good quality" or "the waiters were ignoring customers after a while". All of this is wrong. The numerous times I have been here all of the food has been cooked to perfection. From asking for a well-done tuna to a medium rare beef, they tasted perfect and were hot when brought to the table. Even in busy hours food was still delivered at an astounding speed and quality. Once the deserts were brought out the waiters gave you a final acknowledgement still with a smile and no ignorance whatsoever. I've also read on here that some reviews say that "it is just a kebab place". Yes! It is but it's also so much more, for starter you get a range of sweet and salty nibbles, and alongside your choice of kebab you get a national Portuguese condiment and a side salad. It is so much more that "just a kebab place" as even the deserts are fantastic. These reviewers just had they're desires too high but the restaurant still lives up to...

Overall decent, but with some issues.

First night we came around 9 (they close around 11). After waiting in line for about 20 minutes, we were told they were only sitting reservations that night. Unfortunately no way to make a reservation online, you have to do so in person.

We came back the next night with a reservation. It took about 30 minutes to be seated. The host would sit one table, and then not come back for quite a while. This seemed to be an ongoing problem.

The food was just okay. The fries were cold by the time they got to us. It looked like they worked food in batches, and then left them out on an outside counter until needed. The salad needed more dressing, and was just okay.

The highlight of the meal was actually dessert, which was the apple tart which...

There was a group of 6 of us, and we went in sometime over the Easter weekend. We didn't have a booking and came in around 9 pm, and the staff were lovely and welcoming, and they showed us to a table right away. Our waiter Roberto was amazing, explained the menu to us, was very friendly and nothing was a problem for him. Food and drinks were served promptly, I recommend the tuna skewer meal, it was delicious-thank you to the kitchen. We did a deal which included a starter, main and desert for €17. Check-backs were done. When we came to pay the bill, Roberto kindly split the bill and gave us 6 individual receipts. Thanks so much for having us! Only suggestion is to have background music as I don't remember any, but everything else...