Baluarte — Restaurant in Valença

We were two Santiago Pilgrims looking for a place to lunch and decided to try baluarte. At first we thought it was strange that we were placed in a different room than the one being used at the moment but we went with it. As the restaurant got more and more people, we started noticing they were placing people far from us as possible, and the room even got full without filling the closest table to us. So basically they were descriminating us (we know we were Pilgrims but we were not dirty since we had a fairly short and easy course that day), which is not cool, ever. The food was not great, and they served a soup that was already sour, a codfish fish that was not special was not great and the price was not great either. Finally, they gave us the check and they were charging us for a wine bottle we did not ordered. After 2 revisions they finally got us the correct check. We payed and left never to return...

Food Poisoning from seafood - stay away. My friends and I went here 2 weekends ago for lunch. Myself and one of these friends shared the rice with seafood (prawns, mussels, etc.). That night only her and I began to feel really ill, until we both started vomiting ALL NIGHT LONG. It was horrible especially because we were on vacation in the region, so the rest of the weekend was totally wasted since we were ill. My stomach didn't feel back to normal until ~4 days after. It was one of the worst food poisonings I've had in my life. We know it was this dish because it's the only thing the other members of our group didn't eat. My lesson: think twice before going to a sub-par rated restaurant and...

It did the job: I got dinner here when actually all other restaurants in the Fortaleza area were closed. The menu comes with fotos and translations in several languages, a common practice in tourist sites. The choice of food is not overwhelming and the prices are those of a touristic place. The beef I had was ok, same as the dessert. Waiters...