Água Salgada Marisqueira - Tavira — Restaurant in Tavira

I don’t normally give bad reviews, but after the service here, I have to write one so people know what they’re walking into. We came for a late family lunch at 2pm, and it was easily one of the worst dining experiences in the Algarve. We waited over 45 minutes just to be served. When the food finally arrived, each plate had, literally, 10 chips.

We asked for extra chips, and they took another 15 minutes to arrive — by which time we had already finished eating. And of course, they were frozen. When we questioned the portions, the waiter explained there were only two cooks in the kitchen. Excuse us, but there is no reason frozen chips should take that long.

The portions, the service, the timing — all show a total lack of respect for customers. And to top it off, each meal cost around €16–17, which is absolutely ridiculous given the tiny portions and awful service.

Do not waste your time or money here, absolute TOURIST TRAP. Seriously, just go...

We’ve been to this restaurant 3 times and haven’t disappointed. The seafood is very fresh. We had the rice with povo (octopus) for 2, and the portion was very generous with the octopus melting in your mouth. The shrimp salad was beautifully served, wished it had more shrimp, but it was super fresh and shrimp was perfectly cooked. The “povo” a largareira (octopus) was very good, very fresh but a bit small. The Cataplana de mariscos had lots of prawns and well served. My daughter loves the fish soup. The food quality is very good and service is friendly and welcoming. Juni is the smiley one if you get to be...

Back on short holiday break , revisited restaurant had Seafood rice , apart from having no crab in it , the taste, look, and smell was just as it was when we last ate here @ 6 years ago , and it tasted fantastic. Went back a couple of nights later and had Seafood Cataplana for 2, once again, great tasting food and plenty of it , piping hot, great fresh seafood, not disappointed. What are you waiting for, get yourself some wonderfully seafood here, don't bother if burgers are more your bag, this is real food cooked...