Restaurant (Restaurante Varandas do Cávado)

Did not live up to expectations

Did not live up to expectations!

Way too loud. The soup was a bit tasteless. Unfortunately the waiter was inattentive. The wine was very good.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 3

It’s not as good as I thought it would be. Food is nice but the place isn’t really charming, especially for the price (which is average+)

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended....very good cuisine, spectacular service, incomparable atmosphere, view over the ocean, in short, everything is very good!....a reference!...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A beautiful place with very good service, the food is

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

I stayed for one night at the Suave Mar hotel in which the restaurant is located, whilst walking the Camino. The hotel is ok but a long walk from Esposende. The experience turned out to be a hilarious display of unfriendly service and poorly cooked food, which is an achievement given the astonishingly fresh catch available within a km of the restaurant. Octopus can be difficult to cook well but this was by far the worst i have ever had. The service was, to put it kindly, unhelpful from the outset and when at the end was asked how the meal was I explained that it wasn’t very good but at least it was over. The waiter just said thank you and left. I strongly suggest that there must be somewhere better to eat locally. I strongly suggest you choose somewhere else to eat.

Excellent wild sea bass.They also mentioned having an executive lunch for around €15.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Not excellent but quite good quality of the products that were very well cooked.Wonderful service by the employees who served us.I recommend it, because in addition to a good restaurant, it is a very calm and very familiar hotel.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Very classic restaurant, both in the atmosphere and in the food.We liked it, all the dishes were delicious. Good quality fish.It has brought back nostalgic memories… they have a dessert cart!!Good value for money.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Inserted in the Hotel Suave Mar, this restaurant is already an institution due to its attentive and careful service, the hake fillets and the dessert trolley that unfailingly dazzles at the end.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

(Translated by Google) An excellent lunch with two award-winning specialties of sea bass. The employees are super friendly and professional. Strongly recommend.(Original)Um almoço excelente com duas especialidades premiadas, de robalo do mar. Os empregados super simpáticos e profissionais. Recomendo vivamente.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

(Translated by Google) Sorry to disagree with most reviews. Let's go in parts, the piece of fried cod was excellent and in addition to the noble part of the cod, the pickled turbot was also of great quality.Now, I ordered cod al largardeiro (fried or baked in the oven with sliced ​​potatoes, in a pot, olives and peppers). What they served me was a piece of cod, of great quality, I repeat, fried, on top of some slices of raw onion, some small baked potatoes that must be cooked and are used as a universal garnish and with a rather flat flavor, one of them a bread fried in oil with the little grace that it was whole wheat bread with which it was a brick.My wife's turbot accompanied by fried sweet potato, very good, but both dishes seemed as if they had put the main ingredient and then dumped the rest on top…. I have not seen it before anywhere in Portugal , expensive or cheap .The unfortunate service, from the first moment in a hurry, they almost took away our dishes before finishing…. We ate well, but a permanent feeling of discomfort.I'm sorry about this, in my opinion, I don't recommend it, there are many places in Portugal to eat well and enjoy the Portuguese friendliness(Original)Lamento discrepar de la mayoría de reseñas . Vamos por partes , el trozo de bacalao frito era buenísimo y además de la parte noble del bacalao, el rodaballo en escabeche también de gran calidad.Ahora bien , pedí bacalao al largardeiro (frito u guisado al horno con patatas en láminas , e olla, olivas y pimientos). Lo que me sirvieron fue un trozo de bacalao, de gran calidad repito, frito, por encima unas rodajas de cebolla cruda , unas patatas pequeñas hechas al horno que deben estar hechas y se usan fe guarnición universal y de sabor más bien plano , una les a de pan frita en aceite con la poco gracia de que era de pan integral con lo cual era un ladrillo .El rodaballo de mi mujer acompañado de boniato frito , muy bueno, pero ambos platos parecían como si hubiesen puesto el ingrediente principal y luego volcado por encima lo demás …. No lo he visto antes en ningún sitio de Portugal , caro o barato .El servicio lamentable, desde el primer momento con prisas, casi nos quitan los platos antes de acabar …. Comimos bien, pero una sensación permanente de incomodidad.Lo siento esto en mi opinión , no recomendable , hay en Portugal muchísimos sitios para comer bien y disfrutar de la amabilidad portuguesa

Great experience and food

(Translated by Google) Very friendly welcome, great service.All waiters could communicate in English.Overall, you were excellently looked after, the waiters were very, very attentive.It is an upscale restaurant.Price and performance are absolutely in proportion!When we were finished with the menu, we had to thank the waiter personally for the great service and the really high-quality dishes.We went home full and absolutely satisfied.We would visit this restaurant again at any time.You should calculate around €50 per person for a menu with drinks and a tip.But it's worth every penny!(Original)Sehr freundlicher Empfang, sehr tolle Bedienung.Alle Kellner konnten sich auf Englisch verständigen.Man wurde insgesamt exzellent versorgt, die Kellner waren sehr, sehr aufmerksam.Es handelt sich um ein gehobenes Restaurant.Preis und Leistung stehen aber absolut im Verhältnis!Als wir mit dem Menü fertig waren, mussten wir dem Kellner nochmal persönlich für die tolle Bedienung und die wirklich hochwertigen Gerichte danken.Wir sind sehr satt und absolut zufrieden nach Hause gegangen.Wir würden jederzeit wieder dieses Restaurant besuchen.Pro Person sollte man ca. 50€ für ein Menü mit Getränken und Trinkgeld einrechnen.Es ist aber jeden Cent wert!