Marisqueira Azul - Time Out Market — Restaurant in Lisbon

Been here before 3 years ago (twice for lunch). Came back now to see if it's still as good as we remember it.

And it was! Had lunch here twice. One time we went for the Softshell Crab, Oysters, Jamon, garlic butter bread (yummy) and a whole fish. All was nicely cooked and prepared and most of all: it was all so fresh, great quality and ingredients. The softshell crab here is just the best we've ever had....none came close to this restaurant yet. Had a bottle of white wine with the meal (with a cooling coat and once with a bucket). Our Bulldog was welcome as well on the outside tables.

Since it was still fantastic, we came back the other day and ordered some more softshell crabs, Baby Squid, a whole crab and some more oysters. Baby Squids are hard to find....and these here were fantastic. Fresh, hot and crunchy. You got to try this dish! The whole crab was a seafood lovers dream. Fresh, the taste of the sea! Nice presentation, great flavours. And to crack your own crab legs is always a fun part of the meal.

Again we were extremely happy with our meals this year. Service was friendly and fast. Prices here are a bit higher. But you get best quality fish and seafood here....so for us the prices were really fair. 4-5 plates of fish and seafood and a bottle of wine for about 70 Euros all in all. It's a good deal. We will definitely...

We ordered a fish and an octopus dish. They came back and were offering prawns instead of the fish as they were out of fish. At the end they wanted to charge me the fish AND the prawns, which were double the price. If you offer something instead of a dish you are out of, then it should be in the same price range or you inform the guest about the high price. I was not informed about the double price, so I refused to pay that. He called his lady boss and she was worse and threatened to call the police. I was okay with that. So she called only the security and not the police, but even the security said I was right. That is how they try to sell you really expensive dishes to you. The starters were also offered without ordering any and were charged with high prices at the end. It is a complete...

My second time at Marisqueira Azul, food was good, all staff were helpful and friendly unfortunately except one today on 2023 new year afternoon which spoiled the whole experience.

For context, a day before I saw other customers at the restaurant next to Marisqueira Azul. They were sitting there while having food from both that particular restaurant and other vendors, where I was told this is allowed throughout the Time Out market.

While I understand this might have been a misunderstanding, I would have appreciated if I was politely told no outside food is allowed in Azul, where I would have gladly obliged.

Instead, I was informed in what felt like a degrading experience.

I can’t help but wonder had I appear differently, would I still receive this sort of attitude ?

Never again for...