Vila Vicente — Restaurant in São Vicente

It was empty, compared to other restaurants, so out of pity we gave it a chance. The Codfish was ruberry with fishy smell and oversalted. The waiter later admitted it was frozen. The vila vicente beefsteak was OKish but strange (pineapple, peach, ham, egg, loads of mayo) Portions were large thouhg - almost unnessecarilly large - I would prefer quality instead.

We are sorry for the waiters as they seemed nice people, but without good food it cannot work. They did not include two lemonades in the check, maybe as a compensation for the fish we...

The pros: Extremely nice service, they are very sweet, speak excellent English. Food is plenty and you pay little. Flavour was good!

The cons: The quality is lacking a bit, I find. By Madeira standards, the seafood isn’t nearly as good you’d expect. You could get the same in the UK or Germany.

The restaurant looked pretty dirty overall. And once you see that it also kills your appetite a bit. You can probably tell by the bathrooms what the kitchen...

This is one of the worst restaurants I’ve ever have been. The only what they can do - to tell “It’s our fault”. But 10 “faults” during one simple lunch for four persons- it’s too much. Clambs with sand, octopus like maid from rubber, meat - if u r ordering medium rare - be prepared to eat well-done.. DO NOT RECOMMEND! Unfortunately it is impossible to put “minus star” As I understand- all positive feedbacks are written by their friends -...