Talhadas - Restaurante & Pub — Restaurant in Machico

Such positive reviews--I wish we could have experienced the same. We tried lunch here on a day that was not very busy. We were the first table seated inside and our order was taken fairly quickly. Another party of four was seated next to us and they ordered at the same time. An older man came in shortly thereafter and he ordered. The older man received a bowl of soup and bread and shortly thereafter an entree. About that time and after a slow but not intolerable time the table of four received their meal. The chef came out and visited with the older man--he was sitting at the very next table to ours. He then ordered coffee and desert, finished, paid and left. The table of four finished, paid and left. There we sat waiting for the only thing we ordered--Chicken kabobs. After an hour and half and no further sign of our server, we left. We have never encountered such an experience anywhere. I don't think they had any intention of ever serving us for reasons...

Would have given 6 stars for service & food if possible. (We have been here tree times now and we would have given always the same rating - just saying ;-))

For now we had the sliced beef, octopus (!! 😍😍 !! Thanks for recommendation @Raquel), sautéed mushrooms, garliq shrimps as a starter (you should have a pure bolo do caco for dipping the sauce as well), the meat skewer, meat platter for two .. on the pictures you can see the first mentioned ones.

The food is local, even the mushrooms, the meat was always on point and the octopus - how can I say - it was like butter 😍. All the sauces on the dishes were of different tastes .. fantastic!!

The service we would have given 4 very good points, but than we met Raquel who’s so lovely, funny and a very kind waitress. The whole team is very friendly, too. Thanks a lot for having us!!!...

The restaurant is situated near the see bay, but doesn't have a seaside view from terrace. The service from the first view wasn't so fast and was a bit inattentive, but if we take into consideration the huge amount of people there and late hours of work, everything become explained. Generally, waiters are polite, have good sense of humor and provide you with useful suggestions. The food was delicious!!! Incredibly huge portions. We tried a fish - grilled tuna and scabbard fish with banana. We also ordered side dishes, but probably it is enough for dinner to have only main course. We had a...