Ribamar — Restaurant in Sesimbra

The food is pretty tasty. Not great. Not exceptional. Pretty good for the area. I’ve been twice now. Once in 2019 and again just today.

Tonight, in addition to the appetizers and sides, we had a rather small “dourada” fish with dinner. When we got the bill at the end of our meal, I saw we were charged for a 1 kilo fish at 40 euros. When I pointed out to the staff that the fish we ate (we had ordered a fish large enough to feed two kids and one adult abc it barely stretched that far.) was not a very large fish, certainly not a kilo, they said the fish we received actually weighed MORE than a kilo but they undercharged us. Only when I persisted did they confess that it may have been smaller and changed the bill from 1 kilo to .9 kilo. See receipt below

But the fish was really between .5 and .7 kilos… so we still overpaid by a lot. (I’ve bought a lot of dourada and there’s no way it was 1 kilo )

We ordered a lot as you can see . During covid, I’m happy to support restaurants that have unfairly endured too much disruption and loss of business. But I resent this kind of cheating on a bill.

My advice to any foreigners is to avoid this restaurant. The staff clearly has no compunction when it comes to trying to overcharge customers if they think they can get...

Me and my family went to dinner here today to celebrate. This celebration was kinda ruined by the service at this restaurant. Wanting to eat in such an establishment you would expect professionalism coming from the waiter. The older waiter was really rude and hectic while the restaurant was not even that full. I am in the restaurant business myself and therefore I can say that halfly screaming at your colleagues infront of the guests, about them forgetting the table number, rolling the eyes at guests and not writing down several dishes by that not listening to your guests is not okay. The food was really good and the rest of the service people were nice but serving some guests better than the other is something we should have left in the...

Day four lunch in Ribamar restaurant, Sisembra, a seaside resort town around 40 kilometers/ 26 miles outside of Lisbon. I would give ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ to this restaurant for food, service and the ambience. After a long morning of hiking through hundreds of steps of castles and hillsides sightseeing, it was just awesome to have such great food. We were served black olives and goat cheese "to die for" with freshly baked bread slices. Starters were scallops and cuttlefish roe. Main course was grilled fish with steamed vegetables paired with glasses of crisp white 🍷we would go back there again for the food and great waterfront riviera...