O Terraço restaurante & bar — Restaurant in Santana

Five stars for nice service from the staff. Initially, a girl stood behind me to speak to me about my order. I was not inclined to do a 180-degree turn - I'm still not sure why she didn't stand in front of me. Anyway, shortly after, someone came to take my order. In the end, the customer service was nice and friendly. I ordered the "grilled" chicken with mushroom gravy. It didn't really have enough gravy on it for my liking, but the flavor of the gravy was good. The chicken, however, seemed as though it was par-boiled first, and grill marks added. The salad was fresh, but no salad dressing was available. I think it's cultural, but they only had vinegar and oil. There are so many good salad dressing flavors, and vinegar is not it. The French fries were good. There was plenty of seating and a cozy...

Got tricked into this restaurant because of the reviews! When we entered the restaurant there was kitchen staff seated in the restaurant eating. We noticed that what seemed to be the chef was wearing kitchen gloves while eating his own food. After he had finished, he went to the bathroom, spent a long time there and after he came out he was still wearing the same gloves. We could see him wash his hands wearing the SAME gloves shortly before he entered the kitchen again continuing his work. The fish with banana and passion fruit sauce was not fresh but heated up in the microwave, which we could actually hear the ping of shortly before the food was delivered. The pork was super dry. Service...

Everything was great!

To begin with, the location is just spot on, as you are literally dining on a terrace on top of the hill from where you can see the wooden roof houses. The scenery is so beautiful from there!

On top of that, the food is delicious. We had the oven-baked cod with veggies and breadcrumbs along with their speciality: swordfish with banana and maracuja. We ended our meal with two of their homemade cakes which were to die for!

Finally, the service was excellent. The staff was always very professional but also kind and patient to us tourists.

In conclusion, if you’re in Santana, you have to...