Muralha — Restaurant in Mértola

We went inside for dinner because our host recommended it as the best restaurant in the city. At first we were ignored by the waiters, but then after 10 minutes we got the menu. After deciding what we wanted to eat another waiter came and told us to remove ourselves from the restaurant! The reason? We didn't speak to the staff while entering the restaurant. Usually, at least in decent places, the staff comes to the guests and provides them with services. Apparently in this restaurant it's the other way around. They literally told us to go outside and wait until they would tell us it is okay to enter. 1 star is actually too much but the rating system doesn't go any lower. I've never seen such poor hospitality in any...

We had Deer Stew (very tender wild deer) with "Migas", lamb chops with French fries and rice and salad (lettuce and carrots). For desert try the "Pudim de Ovos" (homemade) and "Tarte de Noz e mel" (Walnut and honey tart). When we got to the car, it displayed a "warm" 49ºC outside, a few minutes later it only displayed 41ºC... We return about one month later, this time we had: "Paio", lamb chops with French fries, Wild Boar Stew, "Migas" and "Tarde de Noz e mel" (this time on top had "merengue", we like it better without it). The food was once again very good! One more year and twice we had lunch here. Yet another year, and the stop is mandatory See...

We came there on the 23rd of December and basically we were the only guests and even shyly asked for vegetarian options. They told us that they weren't open yet but brainstormed some food creations with us. About an hour later we came back, finding out that they created a whole variety of different dishes and each one tasted just delicious! Even in Portugal we had hardly experiences those levels of hospitality before and want to encourage any visitor to check out this benchmark of hospitality in Mértola. Thank you, you gave us a wonderful early...