Pinocchio — Restaurant in Portimão

Absolutely awful.

The food was disgusting and didn’t taste any better than something I could have made at home. My partner and I chose this restaurant as it’s the highest rated in the local area and when we arrive we were baffled by the lack of service provided. The staff didn’t seem interested in serving us and to be frank the restaurant wasn’t busy at all so they couldn’t have used that as an excuse for the lack of service.

I ordered the Broccoli & Salmon Tagliatelle and was disappointed with the lack of salmon as there was next to none in the dish. The menu claimed this was ‘Fresh Pasta’ but the Tagliatelle was borderline inedible. The broccoli was rock hard as well. I’m not going to make any comments about the garlic bread because that thing was the furthest thing removed from garlic bread I’ve ever seen.

The person I felt most sorry for was my partner who looked absolutely gorgeous that night but this place didn’t do the amount of effort she went to justice.

Overall a very bad experience and would put this place down as the worst restaurant we visited in...

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