PRIM — Restaurant in Mafra

We went here twice and it's enough for me to say that I'd prefer to starve than to ever return here. The first time we ordered the Brazilian grill for two and the meat was chewy and undercooked (not even rare, it was just raw). When we mentioned it to the waiter (who I think is also the manager/owner, a slightly older guy compared to other staff members), he just shrugged his shoulders and said "oh well, they must have undercooked it". Well yeah, an observation of the obvious is not what I am looking for. Luckily a friendly stray dog was hanging about, so the inedible 30 euro grilled meat didn't go to waste.

The second time was last night, and to be honest, we just had no other place to go, everything else was either closed or packed. We waited for more than an hour for our medium stakes and a white fish to be cooked, with the waiter promising several times that it'll be ready in under 5 minutes. The food was first placed on our table to be immediately grabbed by the (possibly) owner/manager hissing at the waiter that it's not our food, and it went to a table that was set after us. When the food finally arrived, the fish dish had a hair in it and the three steaks were covered in an identical sauce (although we ordered different dishes - one was a Prim steak and the other two were a something with mushroom sauce). The sauce was identical and packed with punchy garlic, which for some reason was tossed into the dish together with the inedible garlic peels. We sent the hair back together with the rest of the fish and tried to share the remaining food between the four of us, just so that we could get dinner over and done with, trying to chew through the garlic peels. Waiting another hour for the fish to be remade was not an option. That same older (possibly the owner) waiter did not offer any solutions, apart from some port wine by the glass on the house when we asked for a check (they took the fish off the check). The final cost of the dinner that nobody likes was nearly 80 euro (with the starters and a bottle of wine we ordered in the beginning). In addition, the ladies restroom is an absolute hazard the toilet is held in place with a bunch of tape and a prayer, and with a nail serving as a lock. It's a literal outhouse. The place looks like a tourist trap, with a central location and is always packed. It is clear that the management doesn't really care about the quality of the experience, because tomorrow a new pack of unsuspecting tourists will fill the space and leave...

Came here for dinner after seeing reviews about the grilled octopus. Originally we were planning to order the grilled octopus for 2 persons but my partner changed his mind and went for swordfish instead. The grilled octopus was fantastic. So fresh and tender, even my partner regretted not going for the 2 person plate 😂 The swordfish was great, it was perfectly cooked and a little bit fatty so there was more flavour, I think he just got food envy.

We ordered a glass of house red and a passion fruit lemonade. My partner loved the passion fruit lemonade because he has a massive sweet tooth but it was much too sweet for me. I was a little disappointed with the house red, it was fruity but acidic. Same kind of quality as what you'd expect from the house reds in the UK (not great usually).

Service was very quick. We walked in and got a table outside at 7.40pm on a Saturday night. It was quite busy so certainly would recommend a reservation if you're planning to come here...

It was my first time in Ericeira and in this restaurant. We were hungry so hanged out around the entrance before restaurant was open for dinner but waiter let us in a bit earlier because didn’t want us to get cold outside. It was very nice of them! We were 3 and shared dinner with three main dishes - octopus, cod fish and tuna. Everything was delicious! And side dishes were fantastic too. We also had wine and lemonade, coffee with bolo de bolachas for dessert. Well, dessert was too sweet for my taste, I had better some other places, but food was definitely good quality. I saw people around ordering other meals and all portions seemed big and appetizing. I would love to come back and try...