Restaurante Nova Era — Restaurant in Porto

Oh boy, where to begin? Let's start with the menu and it's different translations. Have you ever grilled pork fever (see English translation of the menu)? No, come on in and take a bite out of whatever that is supposed to be. Do you want anything else? You better hope it's something that needs to be roasted like most fish dishes, otherwise you'll hear a familiar ding and slam, once they're done using the microwave to reheat your dish.

Best part has got to be waiting and cooking staff openly arguing with the restaurant's owner. Snippets of some noteable conversations :

Owner: bring out the main course! Waiter: the starters aren't even out yet!

kitchen aid: boss, we're out of breadcrumbs. Boss: Oh, just cut up some old bread, that'll do. Kitchen aid: but that's not the same... Boss: as if the customers will know

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At least the waiter was brutally honest with his boss, which I've never seen in a restaurant before. He was nice to us though.

Food: 3 / 10 (microwave humming noise) Service: 8 / 10 (-2 for the owner) Microwave : yes Desserts : microwaveable, according...

The worst restaurant i've been to !!! We sat down and they gave us croquetas when we didn't even ask for them and ask us to pay for it afterwards !! On top of that that were too salty and not even warm and costed like 1 euros each for very small portions. Then we had to wait for a verrry long time to get the course we ordered and it was again too salty, the plates and spoons were dirty. At the end he presented us a 20 euros ticket that we had to pay when we only ordered a soup at 1.50 and fish at 12.50. I absolutely not recommend this restaurant the service is really bad and when we tried to tell him we didn't ordered the croquetas he gave us he acted like he didn't understand spanish and he spoke spanish before to...

Seems like they were offering bacalhau à brás a year ago, so Google Maps suggested I go there. No luck - they are not offering it anymore. I asked the waiter to suggest some other fish and got this: bacalhau Nova Era - half the portion for 16.50 EUR. Waiter said it's not very big. Two massive slices of fish, one of them somewhat undercooked and gum-like, all covered in fries with ham and boiled eggs and some Ives. WOW.

Unfortunately, not very tasty. Looks appetizing, but it's not. Probably I didn't know what to expected - because lots of locals were eating there on Sunday. Or maybe I was suggested something for the tourists, I don't know. I just did...