Restaurante Solar da Alegria — Restaurant in Porto

The Pros: The Bife was incredible! Food is tasty, prices are reasonable and portions are great.

The Cons: As you sit in there’s a bread basket which you may assume is complimentary. Don’t make that mistake! If you take anything from it they will add it to the bill at the end, the same as the butter and cheese they offered for it. This would’ve been fine if the bread had been fresh, but it tasted stale, and the butter was margarine from a mini spread which wasn’t even enough for all the bread. I felt like this was a way to trap tourists who are unaware that the bread isn’t complimentary. Being up front with the customers costs nothing and provides a better experience.

Other than that, the food was great, but I don’t appreciate restaurants sneaking...

Food was good but the “complimentary” bread and butter were a scam! The waiter brought out the bread and butter without us asking for it and put it in the table and then we had to pay for it. We also asked for free tap water but the waiter gave it to us in a bottle which we had to pay for but couldn’t even take the bottle home because they reuse it and refill it from the tap. We paid a lot more than we were expecting to so overall this was a...

Sorry but it's a pass for me. Second time I've been here. On both occasions the same waiter was standoffish and unwelcoming. The food is reasonably priced but particularly on my second visit the steak was well over cooked and I didn't eat most of it. When I said it was over done they just shrugged their shoulders and brought the bill to the table. I won't be...