The Venue — Restaurant in Portimão

Since I don't drink beer, this place's main attraction (cheap beer) does nothing for me.

We stopped for a quick lunch bite and food was okay. About average and clearly comes from the Indian place next door. I ordered a "spicy chicken wrap" to learn it was a chicken tikka wrap. Which isn't bad, since I enjoy chicken tikka, but not what I was expecting. Wasn't spicy or hot. Also, it was wrapped very carelessly and fell apart. And leaked all over the place.

No coffee, although maybe he meant no cappuccino, only espresso. I don't know.

Toilets are gross and there was no loo paper in the ladies.

Such cheap beer seems to attract a certain type of man, and not the type we enjoy being around when having lunch. Especially when they start ranting at anybody they see and then beg for cigarettes or money.

Receipt machine was "broken" so we had to take his word for how much our bill was. I mean, he was probably honest cos we did the math in our head, but still that is a bit sketchy.

Only plus was our server who was very nice.

Will return to try the English breakfast at some...

Decided to stop and have a beer only two days ago. At 90 cents a pint you can't go wrong - or can you ? On return to our hotel we noticed dark staining to a hoody my wife had been wearing as well as a couple of bags ( one a Radley canvas bag. ) We went back to report incident. We assumed stains looked like wood dye so we took a couple of paper towels to test seating area where we sat. The dye was wet and came straight onto paper. I highlighted this to a member of staff who apologised and went to tell the owner. Owner didn't even come to see us. We found him outside having a cigarette. I shown him some of the damage. No apology. Just a "Yeah, I know he told me" That's the kind of people who run the Venue - so at 90 cents a pint it's still too expensive in my opinion. If you want a decent cheap bar go to Chill Out bar around the corner. 1 euro a pint but run by someone who knows...

Large outdoor area and extremely cheap beer, €0,90 for a large Superbock. Other drinks are standard prices, around €5 for a gin and mixer for example.

Lots of tables with parasols outside, and tables inside too. There's a food menu but we didn't eat, saw some burgers coming out and they looked a decent size.

Unlike many places, it's pay as you drink here, no tab.

Staff are nice, service is fairly quick.

The toilets though. Grim. Disgusting in fact. I'd rather pee in a bush. Broken, dirty, awful. Ruins what's otherwise a fairly decent cheap bar.

I'd go back, but I'd only have a couple so I don't need to...