Chiccas Restaurant — Restaurant in Lagos

There was a good variety of dishes here and we were able to cater for the vegan in our group. Everything was colourful and freshens tasted good. The downsides to this place and the reasons we certainly won’t be returning are more to do with the service and the odd seating arrangements. People were queuing up outside but I feel that was more to do with the fact that the owner doesn’t allow bookings so of course everyone turns up at dinner time hoping to be seated and the place looks incredibly popular. It’s a clever trick but it was annoying as the staff were so busy it took us ages to get a drink or see the menu. The menu is another bone of contention. There is one. And it is a chalk board. So you could, as we were, wait a pretty long time to even see it. The staff didn’t seem knowledgeable about wine and couldn’t answer our questions. The food was fine though as I have said, the constant badgering of patrons to support animal charities we felt admirable if a little strange in that setting and we left not really understanding the cult of chicca (we had friends who fully bought in to it) as we found her to be slightly rude and the whole experience to...

First, I need to tell you that the food in here is absolutely amazing. We went there twice in last 3 days. Try anything and you’ll be happy. Make sure that you have some space for desert like “Pavlova” 😉 Second, it does have it’s own spirit. Yes it’s small inside, yes it’s beautiful, yes it’s more personal than other places and that’s what makes it special. I need to react to other “reviewers” as well. The owner is amazing always smiling person who created this concept and when you get inside the restaurant, you’re into her world. Let her guide you, slow down a little bit and enjoy the moment. Also when someone is “not happy” about waiting time... they are blessed that they don’t have to wait 3 months to book a table in here... Have you seen a toilet!? All that creams and so... it’s a lovely little touch. We will always be happy...

After reading some great reviews we decided to try Chicca's and were so glad we did! The portions were huge but somehow we managed three courses - the antipasti shared starter, sticky ribs and grilled chicken breast with lemon & tarragon mains, all of which were amazing. Then for dessert we struggled to pick one each so the owner insisted we tried two each so we picked the strawberry shortcake, pavlova, lemon meringue pie and chocolate peanut butter raspberry tart (that she made for us), again all of these were delicious. With the flavours on show here it was plain to see that everything is 100% home made. Our waiter was very efficient and knowledgeable too. He gave great service. We're repeat visitors to the Algarve so next time we come we'll definitely be returning to...