4.5 stars
A full house on weekends so better call ahead to book a table.
We enjoyed the salad very much. It was super fresh and the blend of flavors was delicious. The carne o caldeiro was good, too. One serving of it is, I'd say too much for one person. Well, we don't eat much.
The pulpo was tasty — but being used to the pulpo a feira Pontevedra style, we found it a bit hard. Good thing the staff explained to us that they cook it that way in Carballiño. For them, the Pontevedra style is like "papas". If you aren't asked to choose the pimenton for your pulpo, you better specify your preference: picante (spicy) o no picante.
Furthermore, we liked the ambience and even having 4 floors (all full when we went!), we weren't deafened by the noise of the people. It has a good acoustic unlike most restaurants that you leave stressed due to...
Read more🔝💯Excellent menu with lots of octopus recipes from the home of the polbo (Pulpo). We had a delicious rice dish with octopus, a bit too salty but tasty all the same. Then we tried both octopus with chunks of the local potato and grilled octopus with potato puree, both delicious. The chocolate brownie and pistachio ice cream was good albeit the brownie could have been a bit softer. The oven baked chessecake with mencia ice cream was fantastic.
👌🔝Great service from Andrew in English too. Manuel is also a crack! The best was to come from Marta who explained about the history of the place. The building has been spectacularly transformed both its exterior and inside the decoration is modern and tastefully done. One of the sights worth visiting for its history as an emblematic eatery and its architecture....
Read moreNice ambience! Friendly service! We ordered the Zamburinas (scallops) 15€ for 8 pieces, Polpo Grelha (grilled octopus) 15€ for 3 slices and Polpo Galician (Galician octupus). The Zamburinas were yummy. The sauce for the Octopus Grelha went very well with the crusty bread. The dish would have been a winner if the portion is larger; there were only three slices of grilled octopus in a creamy sauce. The Galician Octupus was a tad disappointing as it was quite ordinary. We rounded off the meal with a cup of mint tea and an...
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