Ristorante Pizzeria S. Martino Valadares — Restaurant in Vila Nova de Gaia

Well i had very mixed feelings about this one. I came around midday for a coffee and it was great. Young worker smiled at me cheerfully and we chatted for a moment. He had a good vibe, the one that makes you want to return to the place. I took some pizza on the way back and it was good. Since we were in the area for a few days, and other restaurants were closed, we came back in the evening and took some other food with my partner. The soup was fairly good, but the risotto was too creamy. Well, It was rather bland to be frank. But okay, the quality of food might vary and I liked the atmosphere, so I decided to give it another go.

I came next day to drink a quick coffee in the midday and charge my battery for a moment. I was welcomed by some other person who told me off saying it’s a restaurant and I can’t just have a coffee, and charge the power bank. I was planning to grab some dessert with it - and come back in the evening for a pizza - but his reaction said it all: sort of ‚we don't want you to come here just for coffee, you're not our customer then’. I really don't like this kind of treatment, especially because the day before I had literally a 180-degree different experience. The saddest thing was that I saw a lot of customers on those two days who only came for coffee and ice cream and nobody had a problem with that.

Anyway, I can spend money in other restaurants....

Came in for a birthday dinner with a big group (12). The pizzas were ok, not incredible. But they delivered almost all the pizzas at the same time which is a plus ☺️

The white sangria was very tasty ☺️ really liked it. We didn’t had dessert (we brought the birthday cake) and because of that it was “only” 20€.

I was really disappointed with the 4 cheeses pizza, you only tasted one of the cheeses.

The service was not great… two of the waiters looked like they could only see us calling if we fell in front of then. There was one that would get things done…

There are three toilets, one dedicated to mobility impaired persons and one for men and another for women. It has a dedicated parking space.

And it should have a great view in a clear day, it was super foggy when we were there. Go for the individual pizzas instead of...

There don't appear to be many restaurants along this stretch of the coast and this place fills a gap. It also occupies a good scenic spot with an extension onto the beach. I had a reasonable bruschetta, a passable spaghetti with meatballs although the meatballs were dry and tasteless and the tomato sauce was a little bitter, a surprisingly good panna cotta, a decent coffee, and a bottle of Lambrusco - there was a lack of half bottles. Staff were smart, polite and attentive and the kitchen appeared to be clean and organised. There is another restaurant with the same name just a bit further down...