Restaurante Retiro do Paniceiro — Restaurant in Vila Nova de Gaia

This a familial traditional portuguese restaurant. It's not easy to park around, so take your precautions. The interior is simple and nice and has probably been freshly renovated. We got olives and bolinhos de bacalhau for starter. The bolinhos were good, but not as crispy as I like in the outside. For the main, we got 1/2 dose of filetes misto and 1/2 dose of vitela assado for 2. The portions are generous and this big for us. The vitella was delicious, very tender and melting in the mouth. The sauce was packed with flavors. The filetes were one each of bacalhau, pescada, polvo and sardinhas. It was good and not oily, even if it could have been a bit more crispy. It came with the arroz de grelos which was very good. We paid 30€ for all that plus a beer and a bottle of water which is reasonable. Overall it was a very...

Amazing traditional Portuguese restaurant. Went 2 times in 4 days of our staying. We had huge, very tasty portions of carapau and robalo fish served with fresh veggies and all for very affordable price! The atmosphere was excellent with good music and pleasant ambient. Special props to the waiter who served us, very professional and kind person! Highly recommended even if you are...

We had a wonderful meal in this lovely little restaurant. Very helpful service from Pietro in helping with the choices as we don’t speak a lot of Portuguese so we appreciated his help. The veal with roasted potatoes was amazing and the extra touches they gave were wonderful. We would highly recommend this little gem...