O Filipe — Restaurant in Matosinhos

There are no shortage of good fish restaurants along the road here but we were certainly happy with this one. The waiters are friendly, professional and very very good at stripping the meat off a grilled fish table side.. .....very fun to watch... We had a nice mixed salad to start followed by a wonderful sea bass that didn't come cheap but was worth the money. Tasting a perfectly grilled , wild fish fresh from the Atlantic makes it hard to go back to the farmed varieties we are subjected to in so many parts of the world. This was by far the best sea bass weve had ina long time...served with boiled potatoes with olive oil and garlic and creamed spinach it was more than enough for the two of us.... We split a reasonably priced bottle of crisp , chilled local white wine and ended our lunch with their version of creme brule which was delicious. We'd...

Food was ok but overpriced. Came quite late. We were a large group, consumed a lot but the servers got in a row with someone at our table. They were trying to kick us out at some point (even though it is customary to close the restaurant but allow the people to stay since they do not move the tables), so they took the wine bottles we had at the table that were not empty. When we told them we paid for those bottles they claimed they were empty. Started fighting, were being impolite. Manager forced the waiter to bring another bottle to us as a sign of good gesture, but the waiter would not stop being aggressive, yell at us in portuguese even though nobody spoke the language...

Outstanding good seafood in a real local environment. The restaurant doesn't look like anything fancy from the outside, but we tried never the less, because it was a warm recommendation of a local. The food really exceeded expectations, the crowd was very local. We actually came early for lunch and saw how the owner and all employees sat on a 10 ppl table and had lunch together. They were eating all the delicious things that you would serve guests as well. Made us feel like a really warm and nice family place. People didn't speak English, but we got by with lots...