Restaurante Tapas e petiscos — Restaurant in Funchal

We went to this place encouraged by “good” Google reviews, but while we got there at about 6/7pm, the place was empty - which was the first red flag.

We ordered sangria, pizza, crostini board and diced black sword (fish) with fries.

Sangria: was really, really good. Actually one of the best I’ve ever drank. If you want to have a good drink, then that’s the place.

Pizza: small, and looked like it was one you can buy at the supermarket, but they added a few ingredients so it tasted better. Not worth the price.

Crostini board: six pieces of bread, each with different ingredient. While some were kinda good (With mozzarella and tomato, or asparagus with cheese), other felt (I’m sorry) disgusting. I felt really bad after eating the one with prawns, and felt sick after leaving the restaurant. Not worth the price at all.

Diced black sword fish with fries: I don’t even know what to say about it. It looked like it was a frozen fish put into oil. Without much taste but muuuch oily. Fries weren’t the best either.

All in all: we paid about 50€, for something that should cost about 15€. I believe the restaurant owners didn’t know either they want to serve good food for high price, or frozen food really cheap - so they serve frozen food for high price.

For owners: sangria was really good, so maybe you should stick with drinks at your place, since you have great location. If you want to serve food, you should either change your cook, or specialize with only one type of food. We gave two stars, as the waiter was really nice, and...

Yesterday we were looking for a typical Portuguese restaurant where we could try fish. We were in an adventurous mood and wanted to try something new. Now we like fish, but we don't know the products from here yet. We ended up at this restaurant.

When we arrived we were served immediately. We ordered an appetizer with a glass of wine. Then we moved on to the tapas. Limpets, octopus, prawns and tuna. Of which the first 2 were completely new to us. It was delicious! The taste was beyond our expectations. The chef had definitely done his best!

Even though we didn't like the idea of octopus, the cook managed to turn it into something that even we liked. So clever!

The evening was great, top food,...

We've been here twice, arriving between 7 and 8 pm and both times we were the only guests there. Which is rather surprising since the food is great and reasonably priced, with Small Picada Regional being enough to feed a fully grown man. Service really depends on who has the shift. First time we had a lovely lady that did great, second time we had a rather unmotivated young man. From the outside you wouldn't know what to expect inside, but it is a very pretty outdoor roof terrace with some tables inside as well. I can definitely recommend this place. While it is totally within a 100% touristic area, it is a lot more authentic than many other...