I had a fairly negative experience at this restaurant. I was here on a busy market Saturday, so I'll forgive some of the waitstaff grumpyness.
But the coffee and food were below average. For reference, I ordered the Brunch set Torradas.
First, I got my food before I got my coffee or silverware, leaving me to sit watching my eggs get cold. Secondly, I ordered the brunch set which clearly says coffee and juice. When I asked for my juice, the waitress said it was separate. Fine, I'll take juice anyway (i was surprised to find it was 3€!)
The problems with the food - the coffee (americano) was so weak that I ordered a second espresso to add to my coffee. I had to ask a second time for this and still it didn't come before I'd finished everything anyway.
The eggs had zero seasoning, not even salt. The menu said it came with oregano, but this had none - just a plain scrambled egg. The toast was definitely not toasted, just bread. The slices of cheese and jellied fruit were just ok, not the magic that I've had from azores food before.
Finally, when I eventually got my juice it was served completely warm. Every other place I've been to puts at least 1 ice cube in when the fruit is at room temperature.
It was a beautiful place to sit on a lovely day, otherwise my rating...
Read moreThe place is well situated. But we don't have the best view. The food was okay. What I mean is that the Spaguetti Bolognese we ordered was in the "Vegan and Pasta" section. What it means is that there are vegan options AND non vegan pasta options in the section. So when I asked if the bolognese pasta was vegan, they told me they'll give the "no meat option". What they didn't tell me is that there is no bolognese sauce in my pastas with this option... So I got pastas with veggies and no sauce... That could be on me because I should've known that it's a meat dish, but I wish they would've told me. Also the Grilled Salmon Sirloin dish we ordered was smaller than expected. For the quality of the ingredients it seemed pretty good for both dishes, but it was missing some flavors. The Fussili with Salmon and Prawns was good ! The service was meh. After more than 30min of waiting, we told a server that we waited for a long time and the food wasn't ready he angrily told us "do you want to cancel??". We just wanted to know how much longer it'll take. He then told us less than 5min, but it took at least 10 more min. There was a kind lady server so that's why we're giving a 2/5...
Read moreMy husband and I stumbled upon this place during our walk around Lisbon. We decided to try it as the menu offers cuisine from the Azores. Did not disappoint and was one of the best meals we have had. The cheese board was served with VERY generous portions of cheese and olives. The croquette was divine! The mains we ordered were Fusilli pasta with prawn and salmon along with traditional steak. The fusilli was one of the best I have ever had! The flavours were rich with seafood taste. The restaurant ran out of salmon so gave me an extra prawn, Might I add very generously. Our meal was complimented by some great Verde Vinho (green wine) which was perfect and crisp for a summer day. Our server Ictiandra was lovely; a smiling and happy face that served us very efficiently. Highly recommend to taste some flavours of the Azores...
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