Restaurante O Pastor — Restaurant in Penela

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME

Menu del dia means.. only main course. You need to pay extra for everything: soup, drink, coffee even for usual free in every posh restaurant "entry" i.e. bread and olives. Great, that we haven't been charged for oil of oil and.. salt which, despite asking 2 times , we never got. Same as soup (another € 1.5 per person )- we've never got it even mentioning when main was served. Cold fries. Entry door open constantly so freezing cold in the dining room too. As the weather was horrible you would expect that the staff will look after you: well, quite disappointed in this regards as per above. House wine = €5 per 0.75 ltr bottle for 2 people, again, usually free with every meal (if you would like more, other restaurants charge at most €2 per LITRE). In regards to choices: 2 mains only. €8 each. Coffee afterwards: at least €1 per cuppa. Desert: each not less than €3. Summerising! not worth visiting and can't understand long queues and need for booking tables in advance. There is very good, family run restaurant about 100m away that charges €8-€10 for sit in menu inc. soup, main (choice of 3 or 4), salad, drink (1 l wine for 2 or anything else) and coffee. Desert costs €1 and, again, big variety. Maybe the climate from 80'the but staff and owners very warm and welcoming. GO THERE INSTEAD...

Fomos em viagem pela região e visitámos Penela que é uma vila muito limpa, arranjadinha e agradável, mas, como é Domingo, quando chegou a hora para almoçar foi uma desilusão pois fomos a três restaurantes e todos fechados, O Bigodes, O Fora da Lei e por fim ao Varanda do Castelo. Acabámos por ir a um que tínhamos visto na E.N. Restaurante O Pastor, onde fomos de imediato mal recebidos, com modos de muito má educação, tinham a sala de refeições vazia mas estava completamente reservada, questionei para que hora haveria disponibilidade de mesa, recebi um grunhido como resposta. Então fomos comer um snack na porta ao lado que pertence ao espaço. Comemos uns panados no pão, com dias de atraso, uns rissois de camarão duros e sem o dito, uns pastéis de nata enormes, mas muito mal confeccionados, cafés expresso intragáveis, salvaram-se as bebidas e o pão que era típico. Mau o serviço, má a educação, mal nos preços, localização com facilidade de estacionamento, a relação qualidade preço é péssima, vou tomar nota para nunca...

Amazing quality food. We both had the lamb. Grilled to perfection. The bread was so moist and delicious. House red was very very good. Lamb was 12, wine was 7, they have homemade aguardente which was delisiously strong. Don't forget to pet the dogs in the parking lot....