A Nora — Restaurant in Portimão

We are pensioners staying in the area for a month. We have had excellent experiences at many local Portuguese restaurants in our 5 years of staying on the Algarve. Today we decided to try a new restaurant based on reading positive reviews. We were scammed. At no time were we told that the Prato de dia was available only to "workers" (at 76 and nearly 70 it's pretty obvious that our working days are long behind us!!). When choosing our meal we constantly referred to the "menu of the day" being inclusive of bread, olives etc. We both chose pork grills which came with fries and salad. The bread and olives were good, as were the fries and salad. The pork was tough and chewy, but we felt acceptable as part of a reasonably priced menu of the day. Desserts were ok as was the coffee. However, when we requested the bill, which we expected to be €18 ( based on the €9pp pork choice) we were astounded to be presented with a bill for €35.10. On top of the menu choice we were charged for every extra item, bread, butter, pate, olives, wine and 2 desserts. On questioning this we were told that the menu de dia was only for workers. What a total rip off and shame on the restaurant owners and staff for such blatant disrespectful treatment of elderly visitors. To be fair, we have had excellent treatment at many other local restaurants. Sadly A NORA will not be getting a return...

The food was wery good and tasty, but unfortionally they scam the tourists. We want the todays special for best value. We choose from the list, what we percieve as the todays special. And we ask the waiter on several occations on what is included. We are told everything is included. Is sallad included? — Yes. So we order sallad. Is wine included? — Yes. So we order wine… Is starter with olives and bred included? — Yes. So we start eating what is put on the table already. (The wait for the food was very long!) Then, when everything is eaten and it is time to pay, the same waiter casually sais ” Oh,but what did you order? That dish was not the todays special”… So all our ”included” extras are charged separately. Ooops… 🫤 So beware! They scam you...

There were four of us, that went to Nora's last week. Do not let the scruffy car park put you of. Inside the place is clean and bright, there are also places outside. The staff are friendly and attentive. They have meals of the day but also a small choice of meals. The food is typical Portuguese, do not expect pizza and burgers. The food is amazing, we ordered two T bones, one Pork grill and the fourth was mussels. All cooked to perfection, the steaks were enormous. Or bill for the four was 57€ including beer and wine. The only slight criticism is the lack of vegetables, but this seems to be the norm in Portugal. Great place to...