Tasca 26 — Restaurant in Lagoa

The only reason this restaurant gets two stars is 1 for the service and 2 for the sangria. Hardly enough to make me return.

After reading the reviews and being recommended to eat here by our hotel, we had high hopes for Tasca 26. We were unable to book a table due to high demand, but were told if you arrive after 7pm you would just give your name and wait a little while until a table was available for you.

A little while turned into an hour and a half of standing on the street outside the restaurant. However we were warned there would be some form of wait, so didn't write the restaurant off at that point.

The server Tiago was great! Very attentive which unfortunately we had to make use of as my husband's meal had to be sent back twice.

We order a fillet steak medium rare and both times the steak came back so rare that the plate was swimming with blood. I had the same dish and although you could argue the steak was cooked correctly, it was so chewy that I couldn't finish.

Also, the meal was drenched in peppercorn sauce meaning that the taste of the meat was second to that of peppercorns, not what you want when your paying money for a steak.

After the second return we decided to get the bill and leave. As mentioned Tiago was great and very apologetic. We could not fault the service.

For a restaurant that gets so much hype, I would not return. If your thinking of giving Tasca 26 a try, don't bother without a booking unless your happy to wait a long time for a chef who can't seem to differentiate between a blue steak and...

Fantastic place! One of the waiters was hilarious, and they're all friendly and engaging! Got the angus 3-beef platter - the filet was the best, then the ribeye (mine was over cooked- zero pink, even though I ordered the platter medium rare), and the flat pounded steak medallions were tender enough that we had them with eggs for breakfast and it was still great! Love how they let you choose 3 sides with it (we ordered 1 rice and 2 veggies to be healthier) and everything was flavorful and NOT extra salty. Absolutely worth the ~55 euro price. The sangria was excellent - got the rose (vs white or red), and some in my party thought it was too sweet, like candy, but I LOVED it! (We went to a recommended seafood restaurant the night prior and it was all overly salted. Had many bottle of water there and STILL everyone was thirsty when we got home - very disappointing) BRAVO to Tasca 26, we...

The food was really amazing. Super delicious, impressive food. The menu had some great options I wish I could have tried more of it. I only drank water but had the beef board which included: ribeye, filet and beef cheek. It was all superb. It also came with rice beans and French fries.

The restaurant doesn’t get 5 stars from me because the amount of bugs in the restaurant was truly unsettling. When our food finally arrived (a bit slow but typical for Europe for sure) I honestly just wanted to pay and leave I was getting bit by bugs and having flies land on me every second. The restaurant was also unseasonably warm which made me quite sweaty. The bug problem was so bad I’m not sure if I would go back in spite of the food being really fantastic and the service being good (servers were amazingly kind). I hope they can figure out their bug problem so that I can go back the next time I...