Casa de Pasto Maria de Perre — Restaurant in Viana do Castelo

First a word of appreciation for the service. Honest, hard working and nice lady. As is very common of the Portuguese Northern region.

About the food, the Costeletão na Tábua, it was good, some parts of the meat with some fiber, but in terms of quantity and preparation it was irreproachable. Even the "caseirinhas" fries are not left behind.

I tasted the Cabritinho Assado no Forno that my company asked for and it was amazing! It was the dish I wanted to order, but I preferred to vary so I could try both. But for the next occasion it will be my choice. The meat crumbled like butter, super juicy, it was delicious!

The Rabanadas em Vinho do Porto e Frutos Secos were also delicious! it was the perfect send off of traditional and well...

Before we could decide what to order, various appetiser dishes were presented to us one after the others, which are of course chargeable if you accept them. We felt a certain type of unspoken pressure not to return them back to kitchen one after the other . After taking in four small dishes, we simply ordered a soup . We found the head waiter ( owner?) to be on the arrogant, unsmiling side and when he asked in an rather abrupt and intimidating fashion, , after we finished the soup : " next?", we took our breath in and replied " Just the bill please". The food was ok but nothing special, it is just the way they operate which...

We found the portions advertised for one person actually enough for two people.

Starters: flaming chouriçinho - fun and pretty good savouries - bacalhau (nice) and camarão (ok) queijo curado - herby semi-hard cheese (quite good)

Mains: 2 x one-person main courses shared between four cabritinho (roast goat) - flavoursome, interesting sea bream - v good.

(Remember that eating the things on the table when you arrive (butter, olives, sardine pate, cheese paste, bread) are priced individually and will add €8-10...