The Portuguese Bar & Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Portuguese restaurant

Address: 10 Cliff Rd, Newquay, TR7 1SG, United Kingdom

Phone: +441637872303

Rating: 4.2
based on 124 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Had fantastic seafood and meat. Was lovely, tender, and delicious."
  • "The fish was all fresh and locally caught, delicious!"
  • "Really very tasty food. we ordered Prawns, Clams, Salmon, Mussels & a dish with a large Prawn 🦐 with seafood mix rice all of these were very delicious."
  • "The food was delicious and the staff were lovely."
  • "Most amazing food and warm friendly hospitality."
  • "Absolutely amazing food so delicious, got shared seafood platter, first time in life eaten mussels and crab and calms and my picky taste buds approved."
  • "The food was just delicious and the people that work there are very welcoming."

Cons:

  • "The prices are extremely expensive for the poor excuse of food."
  • "The mixed seafood starter was OK and cocktails were nice and to expectation, but the rest...NOT to standard at all!!"
  • "The food wasn't even worth a minute wait."
  • "The ribs had no meat and chicken was dry."
  • "Its ok but not a place to have a proper meal as portions are made up in a posh small pretty way and quite overpriced for what it is."
  • "The sea bass had plenty of flavour but not as much as the number of bones still in it."
  • "But the food was so dry and not fresh at all and was smelling so bad."

Service

Pros:

  • "The staff was welcoming, friendly and put us at ease."
  • "Made us feel very much apart of the family. A warm friendly and family oriented atmosphere."
  • "Service was very welcoming and understanding to our needs."
  • "The staff were very accommodating, and couldn't do more for us."
  • "Food and service were both excellent - Rafaello (hope I've spelt your name correctly) was so helpful and nothing was too much trouble."
  • "Staff were really friendly and welcoming."
  • "The service was great, quick and very friendly!"

Cons:

  • "They seriously need to sort their booking system out multiple people turned away that thought they had bookings."
  • "Asked 3 waiters where's the child's apple juice and we still had to go up and get it."
  • "Uncomfortable atmosphere as staff constantly arguing and shouting."
  • "No one asked us if we needed anything or try to check on us after leaving the drinks or food."
  • "For starters, the waitress didn't seem to understand English."
  • "Booked a table and confirmed, turned up and was told I didn't have a booking."
  • "Our order was messed up and when you have to watch your wife eat her dinner before yours I'm sorry but that is a total fail the whole experience after that is completely spoilt no compensation offered."

Value

Pros:

  • "Large portions on the mains, and price was quite acceptable given the quantity / quality and the usual tourist location rates."
  • "It was all very reasonably price and great sized portions too."
  • "Great value for money. Service friendly and accommodating."
  • "Fairly priced for the generous portion sizes and top quality of food."
  • "Really impressed with the food - big portions, full of flavour and great value for money."
  • "The food was cooked to perfection, piping hot and just a joy with every mouth full."
  • "The best steak you will ever eat!"

Cons:

  • "What a waste of Β£86, aggressive charging for not eating the meals."
  • "The 16 pounds pork chops were actually ONE CHOP so basically way too expensive for the amount."
  • "It also cost a fortune."
  • "They are under staff and the management is not great, only accepting bookings at 5:30 or 8:30."
  • "Food was not nice at all Tom hawke steak was Β£59 and was just all fat and very very rare, could of walked off the plate."
  • "Would not recommend, ordered the mixed grill for two, the meat was bland and fatty."
  • "The pork belly I ordered was really not nice and came with under cooked rice in what seemed like tomato water."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "In the middle of the main road of Newquay, a little gem, for seafood!"
  • "This restaurant was wonderfully authentic with a perfect atmosphere and very attentive and friendly service."
  • "The ambiance of the restaurant was good and the food delicious."
  • "Such amazing place, with wonderful and helpful staff, exceptional and delicious food, and surprisingly good live music."
  • "The complimentary port at the end of the night was an exceptional touch - something that reminds us well of our various continental trips."
  • "Personal service from the owner, she's just a diamond πŸ’Ž it's like going to eat at a favorite family member's home."
  • "Visited for an anniversary meal, the seating was intimate which was exactly what we wanted."

Cons:

  • "Car parking was a pain though in town…we almost missed our table! hopefully the council could do something about the parking."
  • "The food was great but very cold when arrived."
  • "Waited nearly 1 hour for food. When it finally arrived it was cold."
  • "Once we said the food was cold the waiter took the plate microwaved the meal and brought it back without saying a word to us or apologising."
  • "Food was ok, shame we didn’t get to finish! We were seated next to a table of 16 drunken disrespectful idiots that were all trying to outspeak each other with pretty foul language!"
  • "The place was very noisy (because of both the music and the voice of the waitress)."
  • "We really should have left straight away, we couldn't decide whether the glasses were dirty or really badly scratched, and the glass top table had so much food trapped underneath it."

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