El Choco — Restaurant in Ayamonte

Best sardinhas I had in this whole trip and I have been in Portugal for more than a month. For the grilled sardinhas and the sardinhas alone I give this place five stars. So you have to take the ten minute short trip by boat across the river from Vila Real de Santo Antonio and go to Spain to have good sardinhas. Whole Portugal, including Vila Real de Santo Antonio, seems to have turned into a disneyland where sardinhas are not even in the menu anymore in many restaurants and the few that serve sardinhas were disappointing. But this little gem in little Ayamonte of Spain was so good. Strongly recommended. For the service, the head waiter is casting for the leading role in the next Godfather movie (Godfather IV). Please ignore him and...

Service was quite poor. There were no seats outside so had to sit inside. We asked if we could have tapas but were told we couldn't ( although everyone outside was eating tapas!). Food was OK, very basic, took a long time to arrive. Also charge 7 euros for the bread and fish paste which is quite a lot more than other places ( this is compulsory). When we left we politely stated that we were disappointed... Let's just say the owner/manager did not take this well. Stood about 10cm from my dads face and ranted and gesticulated for 5 minutes... Quite intimidating! Don't think he took it well! I would advise to avoid. Go to the secret garden in Orto....

Had lunch here, we were 3. We had entrecot, calamares fritos and ventresca. All dishes were really good, especially for the low price and deserves the 5 starts. The service was fast, we managed to eat in just 1h considering the restaurant was full, is big and with a waiting list, so the staff and kitchen manage to handle the high speed of the place. However, the staff weren't much friendly and it is understandable considering the high pace. It was very windy outside so we started to feel cold even with 35° and that is why it gets...