Restaurante Cabrestante — Restaurant in Machico

It's a restaurant that probably specializes in chopping up tourists. We went by there to have a drink and a break. We ordered drinks, fish soup and a large portion of squid rings which cost almost 20€. When we got them served, they looked more like 20€ fries than 20€ squid rings. 4/5 of the fries were inside, with tomato oil underneath for the fries to swim in. The bread was not toasted inside and had a sour taste from the flour. The calamari rings looked like rubber and were definitely frozen. I'm guessing it took about 10 minutes for them to thaw because we both waited almost 20 minutes for this dish (around 2pm, not exactly the busiest time of the day). I also saw a large amount of fries left on the plates at tables next to us. So one should better not go eat at...

Just been to this place. Service OK to good. There was ample parking around. There is a small beach in the front. We had baby mackerel and damselfish. Dry, and a bit bitter. I would not suggest to order this dish, if you come. I am told, it is like that everywhere, but to me it felt overcooked and the damselfish was not even gutted. Mind you these are small fish. Lesson for us not order this type of food. The manager explained and apologized that we did not like it, but I think, the food was not prepared well. Nice french fries and salad. We haven't tried anything else, also...

Vegans, will be desapointed here unless, you like eating spaghetti with very little tomato sauce. Sorry, that just doesn't satisfy too many people. Can someone do a little research on what constitutes a properly balanced vegan meal? I will remember not to eat here again. I choose the restaurant based on the quality of the Vegan options. If traditional Madeiran food is what you are looking for, there are a lot of options...