Irish&Co Gaia — Restaurant in Vila Nova de Gaia

Terrible experience. This place is a complete scam please do not eat here or book a party here. Firstly the atmosphere was not Irish at all, the look, the feel, the staff. The floor boards on the roof top area were loose and dangerous, which is a disaster waiting to happen. Our drinks kept getting cleared away even though they weren't finished. Or food order was brought out in dribs and drabs and some wait staff brought out multiple orders and food we didn't order (that had to be brought back). We were a part of a day 2 wedding party and the manager and staff told the guests that we needed order from the table and that we were to pay when we were leaving. But we were ordering drinks all night so people wanted to pay as they were going, to keep track. However, they would not provide for us to pay from the table (using a hand held card reader) so we had to walk up and down the stairs to pay for drinks. When the end of the evening came the Bride and Groom were hit with a bill for 500! even though people had paid for their food and drinks. There were extra items on the bill that shouldn't have been there and also items that were meant to be cleared from the bill weren't. The tables were numbered so it was obvious what drink orders were who's and we knew 100% who paid what. This is an absolute disgrace of a venue. It needs a whole new revamp if it wants to still associate with being an Irish establishment. It also needs to either provide better service with regards to payments, or they need to stop purposely scamming money out of customers. I don't know which it is, but either way do...

Ok so.. I gotta say… we are not Irish & we are not Portuguese, but I love this place! They have an amazing selection of whisky and other liquors. Also a great selection of draft beer. The staff is super friendly if you talk to them and ask questions. As for the food, I have only had the prego no pão and the fish and chips and both were delicious! The Prego is especially amazing because it’s one of the few steak sandwiches that when you take a bite, it is so super tender that your bite goes thru in one try and you are not chewing forever. It is soooo tender! Even tho they serve it on toasted white sandwich bread (and not a French roll or French bread), I vote it the best Prego in Porto. I will offer up pics next time. Oh and they have a great upper deck with a beautiful view of the river (even if the place...

Are you Cais de Gaia? And looking for something different? Then visit this place. Irish pub with plenty of choices of not only Irish beer? Hell yeah, and still not speaking about plenty of choices from the whisky’s(it’s hard to count them all) all the gins what they have. If you looking for cocktails this is The place. Ask Ronaldo to surprise you with cocktail. Alongside with Klara they are super duo who runs the place. Pay them a visit if you are around Gaia Pier. I am sure you will find something for you. From the food I can recommend The Melt which is super nice or almost classic Picanha fries. Try them out they...