Recanto da Pitada - Santa Cruz — Restaurant in Santa Cruz

Outstanding experience!

Went there on my birthday with my girlfriend for an easy lunch as I don't really enjoy celebrating my birthday. Got local beer, red wine and "Onion Octopus" with a salad. Octopus was very tasty and spiced just perfect to our taste. The waiter was very friendly and also gave insights about different dishes (like "it's enough for 2 people" or noting out which are cold/warm). As my girlfriend loves celebration in general, she asked the waiter for a tiny dessert afterwards and a candle - they didn't have one, so the waiter hurried to some local bakery to get a candle. The dessert and 1 beer were covered by the place.

The final amount was 23€ for a really great dinner and overall experience in that place.

Highly...

Never ever think going to this restaurant. It is a tourist trap, with bad food. My wife had a chichen with oily potatoes....not good. Othe person that wa swoth ua had a tuna stake, nothing special at it. But my Black Scabbar fish filet.....was raw. It was cooked in deep oil but just on the sides. Amd now i am really worried because 100% of this fishes have the parasite  Anisakis that, if you consume undercooked meat could be a problem. I have tasted the raw mead at second bite, and when i tried to cut the fish trough the middle ....i could not cut it, it was raw. I returned the plate, and i did not feel good to try anything else....and the water came at the end and told me that i do not have to pay that plate....like it...

Me and my husband are Asian, we walked to it and were looking at the menu placed outside. Outside seating was almost full but inside was quite empty so we decided to sit inside. All staff were busy, but we did eventually get attention of one of the staff member there, we asked for table of two politely, he refused to serve us asked us to leave and go and find some other restaurant instead, we were quite shocked! We immediately left as we didn’t want to be somewhere where we would be discriminated. As we were leaving a European couple were entering and they were greeted to the restaurant in such a friendly manner seated quite quickly. Me and my partner were appalled by the racist service and attitude of the...