Churrasqueira da Praça Grill e Takeway — Restaurant in Portimão

The meat and fish are good but small portions with barely any sides. All the sides, salads, and starters are paid separately and incredibly overpriced. Same with the overpriced drinks. And worst of all is the olive oil that they provide. The bottle states Oliveira da Serra, our amazing Portuguese olive oil, pride of our culture and known world wide for their quality and flavour. However once you taste it you quickly realize that it's fake, it's just a vegetable oil mix clearly designed to prey on tourists.

This is shamelessly a tourist trap, showing decently priced items at the start but once you sit down and see everything you'll pay, how much you pay for and the size and quality of each item you'll quickly realize the disappointment of this foolery. Never again, stay away.

There are so many more genuine traditional restaurants closer to the center of Portimão. You'll pay less, be better served and enjoy what real Portuguese food...

We visited this churrasqueira this past weekend while staying at Praia da Rocha. Let’s be honest: the food itself was actually very good. The picanha was excellent — juicy and flavourful — and overall we left satisfied.

It’s not exactly cheap, so be prepared to pay a bit more than your average spot. As for the sides, they were a bit underwhelming. You get rice and potatoes, but honestly, nothing to rave about in terms of quality.

We also tried the house sangria, which was nice enough.

Now, a word about the music... oh dear. It was truly awful (at least in our opinion). Some kind of local folk-pop that didn’t quite set the vibe for us — very loud, very kitschy. But hey, maybe some people enjoy that sort of thing.

All in all, if you’re after good meat and don’t mind paying a bit more (or tuning out the soundtrack), it’s...

Kept it simple and dropped in for the piri piri chicken. Was a smaller serving but hit the spot, flavours were good, meat juicy and tender. Chips on the side, would have loved half the amount of chips and a couple of slices of tomato (tomato salad looked great but I was too full). Had a glass of house wine which came topped up with sparkling water making it a refreshing spritz. Good little off strip location for a...