Restaurante Farol — Restaurant in Lisbon

Probably the worst meal I have ever eaten. The spaghetti with sautéed vegetables was horrendous. The spaghetti clearly came from a can as it tasted of over-cooked spaghetti hoops, and the vegetables (only green beans and carrots) were also obviously tinned, and it was coated in oil - a running theme through all the dishes we ate. The pork tasted like kebab and was also swimming in inches of oil. Despite this, however, it was still disgustingly dry. Finally, the shrimp spaghetti (see attached photo). This was with the exact same cheap spaghetti as the tinned veg spaghetti above, despite the waiter claiming it would be ‘milky’ and ‘creamy’.

When our ‘meal’ was complete, the waiter attempted to overcharge us for some dry bread he had left on the table, which we had not touched. Having read the reviews by now, I resorted to adding it up with my calculator app, and found he had made other ‘miscalculations’

A thoroughly awful experience to be avoided at all costs. The best thing about this restaurant was the laugh we got every time a new dish was...

We went here without checking the Google maps reviews. Once we saw the 2,2 score we feared the worst.

The staff is friendly, so no complaints there. The pork I ordered was very greasy and the fries were from watery patatoes. The house wine is okay but nothing more.

The cutlery was pretty used up. My fork was bent like it had been in the Matrix or something.

Prices are okay. Pork was 8,5 euro. Half a liter of house wine was 5,9 euro.

This was the first restaurant were they asked if we wanted bread (which we don't). But the put CRF charge on the bill. When we asked what this was they said it was a service charge but that we could choose not to pay. So basically they are tipping themselves and if you don't ask you pay it anyways. They also DO NOT accept credit cards, cash only which is unheard of in a tourist area like Lissabon.

So not great but not...

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This was a nice lunch spot while waiting for our train. We had arroz de pato (rice with duck and chorizo, really tasty), which was a special dish of the day for 8,50€. We also has a bifana (pork sandwich), water, a small beer, water and some soups.

Prices are quite similar to other local spots, despite being right in front of the train station. The arroz de pato was our favorite, we hadn't tried that dish before, so can't really compare, but really loved the taste and the portion.

The menus don't have the starters, but they have some appetizers and sandwiches on a separate menu or at the restaurant board.

Service was attentive and fast. Restroom didn't have toilet paper and I was too lazy to ask for it, but not a big deal; it gets busy at lunch time from all the people waiting...