Sueste - Vinhos e Petiscos — Restaurant in Lagoa

The fish was the best I’ve ever had, bought to the table whole before being grilled on the dockside in front of us as we were seated outside. We had Seabass and garlic potatoes, which were just so lovely, and really did justice to what Portuguese cuisine is all about. However, the great food (and I especially mean it for the incredible fish, which they also offered to fillet for you!) was were the positives end really. The service was meh, taking a while to attend to us even thought the restaurant appeared not particularly busy, and they also bought to a table a large amount of snacks, which luckily we sent back, as the bread we kept from this array was charged on the bill. Due to the freshness of the fish, you can really only get whole fish, so dining for 2 we had to eat an entire Seabass, costing us €63, very much on the pricey side for a meal, but I guess not so much for the amount of fish you actually get. The view from the seats was of course beautiful, and it was very pleasant eating there, I just felt a little bit uncomfortable the entire time after they tried to get us to spend more money unknowingly. All in all, prices are steep, but the food is of great quality. I would recommend to anyone who is in Ferregudo, but be aware of a slightly higher bill...

Arrived for reservation for 5. Maître d’ Questioned our reservation without a greeting at that. Once confirmed we were seated. Pedro our waiter was very helpful with with menu and personable. Fish is caught daily and they bring fish to your table for approval. We ordered red snapper, at €90 a kilo. For that amount one would expect it served in gold. Not a chance. Fish is grilled that’s it. No spice no flavor. Potatoes are included and were tasty. We opted for traditional Portuguese salad, tomatoes, cucumber, green bell peppers and olive oil. This salad is a traditional salad and very refreshing with olive oil, vinegar and herbs. Unfortunatly this salad was bland and lacked the herbs. With a €28 bottle of sparkling wine our tab was €173. One of our children opted for the soup and the other beef steak. Both seemed to enjoy their meal. This restaurant reminds me of the touristy places one never eats in their home town. Pricey menu and mediocre food. Aside from the great service Pedro provided our meal meal was tasteless....

Food : Very tasty. Many options of fresh grilled fish from the day. Sides are pretty basic (fries, potatoes, green salad or vegetables) but work okay. Waiters help to remove the fishbones.

Service : We reserved a table there for 9:30PM. Upon arrival we had to wait for about 30 minutes with waiters and restaurant manager ignoring us and refusing to acknowledge our presence, even though many tables were empty. We asked the status of our reservation several times without getting a response : « ask my colleague » being the common answer. When we finally get seated (10:10PM, which is 40 min after our reservation time), we had to wait another 15 min before we can place our order (again, restaurant was not that busy so no reason for such delays).

Unfortunately service was a little disappointing thus a 3-star rating. Which is unfortunate since this is such a nice spot by the water with great potential...