O Cantinho De Portugal Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "One of the best restaurants in London! Really good, fresh quality meals and excellent service for a reasonable price."
• "The food was delicious."
• "Food is amazing price are good for the quality."
• "Best food I've had in ages."
• "Delicious Portuguese food for a good quality price ratio."
• "Food was amazing and the rice is out of this world."
• "The food was delicious (lovely fresh seafood) and great value for money."

Cons:

• "The remaining of the order was very poor and tasteless."
• "The food was massively overpriced for the quality, flavour and ingredients."
• "Had a 'Massada de Marisco' - Seafood Pasta and was just flavourless."
• "The food was really low quality, taste and look like cheap frozen food."
• "The main course took about 45 min to arrive and was cold."
• "The mussels were dry, cod tasteless, cataplana with tiger prawns and mini prawns also tasteless."
• "The 'carne à Alentejana' was impossible to eat. Absolutely disgusting."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were super friendly and welcoming."
• "Service is very professional and can advise you if you get stuck on a so long menu."
• "The staff was super nice and welcoming."
• "Very attentive staff."
• "We had a fantastic lunch here, the service was excellent."
• "The service very attentive, Richard was kind and always happy to interact with a serene attitude."
• "The service was outstanding, I would highly recommend."

Cons:

• "Service is absoloutly dreadful and many agree!"
• "overpriced, staff is very rude considering."
• "Having complained about how salty my grilled sea bass was."
• "It was WAY too busy and loud, no space on the floor to walk to the rest room."
• "The service was very poor, they were rushing out and they barely speak English."
• "I had to ask 3 times to a different waiter for a fork."
• "But recently the new management as a lack of bed service as the employers don't make the effort to sleep English so one of the put down."

Price

Pros:

• "Price is ok for London."
• "Also hugeeeeee portion size compared to London standard."
• "Good value given the enormous portions."
• "The prices were unbelievably low considering it's in London."
• "Prices are very decent. We thought it would cost us a lot more 😃."
• "For being unable to move and entirely doggy bagging my main, the £28 was extremely reasonable!"
• "Good value for money."

Cons:

• "The prices were quite high as well so I was even more disappointed."
• "However if you have a starter, meal and drink you will look at paying around £50 minimum per head."
• "Never paid 24 pounds for a dish and got 3 prawns and 3 pieces of a octopus tentacle before...the rest were chips and salad."
• "Very disappointed. I have been coming here for over 10 years and the prices have once again increased."
• "It's also overpriced however I recommend the place for birthday dinners due to the customer service and SPACE."
• "Prices a little on the high side but portions substantial."
• "They have just lost a long term loyal customer, will never be going back again with prices like this."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The ambiance was nice, and typical Portuguese."
• "Nice cozy Portuguese restaurant."
• "The restaurant itself felt like something that came straight out of Portugal."
• "Delightful oasis of culinary charm on a busy South London thoroughfare."
• "The restaurant has a friendly atmosphere, with a mixture of families and groups of friends."
• "Comfortable sitting, big tables and lovely atmosphere."
• "Great space to spend an evening with friends and family."

Cons:

• "It was WAY too busy and loud, no space on the floor to walk to the rest room."
• "The place itself was poor too, more a cantine rather than a restaurant, full of noise and tvs all over the place broading football."
• "The restaurant was packed and it was too noisy."
• "When we arrived there was a lukewarm welcome so we didn’t feel comfortable."
• "Would be nice if they had background music on instead of just a muted TV."
• "There's nothing particularly outstanding about this Portuguese restaurant - the decor pretty standard."
• "The worst ever experience that I had."