Ristorante Pizzeria S. Martino Funchal — Restaurant in Funchal

If you’re looking for an authentic Italian pizza experience, you might want to keep looking. At S. Martino Funchal, they seem to believe that the secret to great pizza is drowning it in an overwhelming amount of cheese - so much so that it completely overshadows the crust, sauce, and any other ingredient that might have dared to be part of the recipe.

Instead of a well-balanced, flavorful bite, you get a never-ending stretch of melted cheese that makes each slice a battle to eat. If that’s your thing, you might love it. But if you were hoping for something remotely close to what you’d find in Italy, you’ll probably leave disappointed.

On the bright side, if you ever wanted to see how much cheese one can consume in a single sitting, this is the...

Disastrous service. We couldn't even eat there. The server is unable to even say "Hello", not smiling and does not look at us voluntarily, you will easily recognize him (the other one looks nice). He looks like he's close to suicide, please change your job. We waited 10 minutes and no one came to take our order. He took the order of a group that arrived after us. When I called the server to take our order, he dared to tell me to wait again. We left directly without eating, a shame. The worst thing is that we had tried to eat there before, but also left because no one came to seat us. The restaurants in the same street are very good and welcoming. Many people complain about the same server in comments,...

Very friendly staff and food is good well satisfied with the restaurant . Went back the next night but unfortunately it was not as good this time , they got our meal all wrong and the service was definitely not as good this time . Don't think we will be back ☹️ There was certainly no thanks for coming when we left the restaurant 😲 not good, also they decided to change my partner's meal without asking first as they had no meat left for the pasta dish . They put spinach in instead 😲my partner is allergic to spinach . Not a good thing to do with food without asking so be careful in this restaurant about allergies . You don't want your holiday...