Restaurante Chico Maria — Restaurant in Portimão

Not the place for Fish..

We went here because we wanted to eat some authentic local fish, but food-wise the experience wasn't great. The staff was very friendly and the restaurant looked nice though.

The bread we got as an appetizer was very dry and hard (1 day old supermarket bread we ate the next day was better to be honest). We both ordered Cod fish with potatoes and spinach and the spinach was the best part of the dish. The Codfish didn't have a lot of taste and neither did the potatoes unfortunately. I felt like anyone with a basic internet recipe could have done a better job.

On other tables we saw that most people ordered grilled meat in this place, so maybe this was just more of a meat place and fish wasn't their specialty. The prices were pretty high compared to other restaurants...

I’d say it’s overpriced for the amount and quality served. We were a group of 10, had 2 snack boards and 2 meat boards, couple of shots, 3 bottles of wine and some soft drinks. Ended up paying 30€ pp, which is way too much in my opinion. Premium rodízio is usually about 25€ plus drinks.

Moreover, the place is way too packed with people taking in consideration it’s covid times. There was a lack of air, I felt in need to leave as soon as possible. Kitchen smells all come into dining hall, be prepared to wash all clothes after visiting.

The food itself (supposedly Brazilian) is a poor resemblance of what Brazilian meat cuts are. Very...

I have never wrote a review before but just felt like i had to. My partner, son and myself went there last night and I have to say that this was such an amazing night. The food was so so good, staff were all very friendly and nice and the environment was perfect. I keep thinking of how delicious the food was all night and still now, haha. I highly recommend this great restaurant. We plan to go there sometime this...