Prato Cheio — Restaurant in Idanha-a-Nova

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and the Bizarre: The Good: The service was friendly. The Bad: All the cutlery was filthy and we had to wipe all our forks, knives & spoons clean with our water & paper napkins. All the food was absolutely bland and consisted of a lot of bones, the sauces were stretched with water and the desserts made from the packet (powder & water). The Ugly: The bill included a few positions for things we neither ordered nor consumed and was overpriced for the quality provided (EUR 42.60 for 3 people, our drinks were water & coffee). The Bizarre: We were the last guests to leave and were quite entertained to see the crew, the owners and two staff, sit down to eat their own lunch consisting of paper bags full of MacDonald's take-away. They even treated themselves to MacDonald's french fries, scorning the sides they had served us with our meals. This definitely was the worst food we have eaten since living in Portugal...

Do not read the bad reviews. If you want a local food experience look no further. This restaurant was recommanded to us by a local from the top of Monsanto. Menu of the day with few choices, which meants food is fresh. The staff told us the food and deserts were made from their own animals and/or their neighbours. Plates were generous and staff did not try to push us to buy more (we shared a plate for 2) Lots of Portuguese showed up to eat, nice ambience, again a great sign that this place is authentic. Deserts were fresh and delicious, not hidden away from you so when in doubt go and see. I checked them out myself and they were explained to me. Lovely experience, REALLY recommand, go with an...

Very unpleasant experience. Service was very poor. The lady in the kitchen was in charge of almost everything, from cooking to serve the food to the customers. There was another lady, I think she was the owner of the place. She was not helping with the service. The food was very low level from rice with strange flavor, impossible to eat. The meat was not well cooked, with high unpleasant alcoholic flavors. It was the first time, we...