A Caravela — Restaurant in Loulé

Really didn't rate this restaurant at all - service was alright, they didn't come and ask if our food was ok, maybe they forgot about us, but I did wonder if it was because we were English as I saw the staff speaking to the Portuguese guests more.

Prawns were ok, tasty enough.. But our mains were so bizarre, and not worth the money at all. The fried cod dish (pictured below) was really horrible and tasted burnt yet undercooked at the same time.

The bill amounted to over 100 euro for two people and we left feeling like we didn't enjoy the food. Plus you can really smell the drains if you sit outside which wasn't a...

Caravel is a mainstay of Quarteira, generally busy and requires booking so I was understandably looking forward to trying it for the first time. In reality the experience was pretty average In common with so many Portuguese restaurants. White fish, boiled potatoes and steamed veg. This isn’t 1970! make an effort with the vegetables, fillet the fish perfectly at the table, Don’t over cook it, offer a lemon butter sauce etc etc. On the plus side, the staff are lovely, wine suggestion was excellent, clams were cooked beautifully in a decent broth. I’m too kind to critique the deserts or chips and will probably give...

First of all the Service: It was painfully obvious that none of them wanted to do their job. Didn’t really talk, never smiled just overall unfriendly and unmotivated. That’s just unacceptable behavior.

The food: We ordered the spaghetti bolognese and the clam spaghetti (2x) with grilled shrimps on the side. They forgot our shrimps and the clam spaghetti didn’t have any taste. I could’ve cooked that at home, didn’t have to go out for that. The spaghetti bolognese was the only thing that had any flavor that’s why it’s two stars but it didn’t taste like bolognese more like chili con carne.

Overall can’t...