Restaurante Carlos Alberto — Restaurant in Porto

We saw the place walking home from our day trip and were excited about it, until we actually got there to eat. First off, it was way too expensive for the low quality of food. The bread they gave us was alright to start, but they charged something like 5.5 euros for butter or for "entry" as it translated, something the staff couldn't explain to us. The prawns we started with were not properly cleaned and were incredibly under-seasoned, a tough thing to do with something that lives in salt water... The salad we ordered never came. The steak was alright, though slightly under-seasoned, though the greens (turnip greens I think) had salt enough for the entire meal itself. The veal was alright, though the cabbage (which I figured was the vegetable with the dish) was almost mush and tough to taste as the entire dish was almost floating in an oily sauce of sorts. The only saving grace was the 2 euro wine which was awesome and the staff were nice and quick. Though overall the experience left us really disappointed and wishing we had looked at reviews before deciding on...

The architecture of the building façades. Simply beautiful. A certain regularity of proportions, associated with a rich variety of colours, materials, and decorative details. Also the 17th century palace of Viscondes de Balsemão, where the last king of Sardinia, Carlos Alberto, has resided while living in Porto as an exile, now visitable. As it is the seat of the municipal cultural services. To refer also the barroque blue and white tiles covering the lateral wall of the church of the Carmo Order of christian faithful. Also the monument to the Unknown Soldier. With it's bronze statue of a portuguese soldier as equipped for the trenches warfare of First World War in northern France and Belgium. To delight oneself, depending on the season, in the flowering bushes, flower beds. And blossoming trees of the...

even though, we made nice experiences regarding the contact and the related reservation in advance, the whole visit was a desaster! The ordered gambas were just the most disgusting, we ever had, as if there were frozen and thawed several times before. They were stinky, fishy and mealy in their texture. We had both bad stomaches afterwards, and I really hope the night will be okay and without puking... by the way: another couple was leaving the place before even ordering, bet because they saw, how unsatisfied everybody was, another one was pretty disgusted with their dishes too. Better...