Semedos restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The chicken is always nice and tasty and you get a good piece."
• "Very nice food and good portion size."
• "Absolutely quality food!!! Fresh and perfectly cooked"
• "Food was good, our group tried of 7 seven tried a few dishes. All were of a high standard."
• "The best item for me was the Peri Peri Chicken, really tender and juicy."
• "Compared to what you get from Machalal or other fast food places, here you get higher quality food with little extra cost."
• "Possibly the best burger I’ve ever had!!!"

Cons:

• "Didn't like the stew, not much food for the price."
• "The grilled chicken was hard inside the burger, I asked for hot peri peri chicken and it seemed all they did was put hot pepper sauce on top."
• "The lamb chops were the biggest disappointment."
• "The Gelato was a huge disappointment. Very icy, 1 of the scoops wasn't even compact!"
• "The peri chicken burger was bland and tasteless."
• "The Arroz de Marisco was tasteless, no Tiger Prawns anywhere."
• "Food was terrible! The stews are in fact seasonless."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly."
• "wonderful customer service"
• "the service was friendly and efficient."
• "Staff were very friendly. Good choice of food, and the food was very nice."
• "Staff are really polite and friendly"
• "Staff very nice and clean place."
• "The waiter and the waitresses were committed to great service and were very friendly."

Cons:

• "The young gentleman asked for my order but I had to make small talk and ask how he was doing, he wasn't talkative and didn't seem interested working there."
• "I had a Groupon voucher which was still a few weeks from its expiry date but the manager refused to honour it."
• "the service was inefficient this time."
• "Also it took the staff more than 35 minutes to arrive."
• "The waiter had no clue what she was doing."
• "when we ordered certain item we were told they were not available"
• "Service is by far the biggest area where improvement's needed."

Value

Pros:

• "We only paid around £ 45.00 for five of us."
• "Food was very reasonably priced and got a nice amount of food."
• "Everything is moderately priced and there are excellent portion sizes too!"
• "I don’t know how they can charge such good prices too, very big fan after today."
• "Just good value for money and extremely tasty food."
• "Food is tasty and well priced, service is always quick, staff are friendly and their new menu including the Angus beef smash burgers is a must try."
• "Parking is FREE after 6pm which is great as I expected it wouldn't be."

Cons:

• "I've noticed how this scam runs now...Make the exterior look good, but serve up oven food standards and charge the customer high prices."
• "However, the food was overpriced and more Portuguese-Indian then actual Portuguese."
• "Food quality has gone down yet prices have gone sky high."
• "The food is average at best and not worth the price they charge."
• "No value for money what so ever."
• "It's expensive for casual dining."
• "They give the smallest portions of chicken possible and charge silly amounts."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was awesome."
• "Deco is nice inside."
• "The venue's cosy (seats about 30) and well-decorated."
• "the restaurant area is nicely decorated and very clean."
• "As well as the dining room the wash facilities were nice and clean."
• "The decor was nice"
• "The atmosphere was awesome."

Cons:

• "Ok, this is NOT a Portuguese restaurant!!!"
• "The place is very small and tight seating since the change of the restaurant size."
• "Can't see why this place wants to look like a Portuguese restaurant...nothing here seems Portuguese."
• "The close proximity of the entry doors to the dining area lead to the place getting cold very quickly every time someone entered or exited the restaurant."
• "Location was in a strange location in the corner of a creepy street"
• "The place wasn't that warm"
• "Parking can be tricky to find."

Authenticity

Pros:

• "Absolutely love this place! The food is delicious, we ordered a lot of different dishes."
• "Absolutely beautiful food, smash burger, piri piri burger and 1/2 piri chicken were all 🔥."
• "The food was amazing and if you're Portuguese this food will take you back home."
• "The chicken was lovely and perfectly seasoned."
• "Absolutely love this place! I can truly say everything was fresh with a taste of the home made."
• "The food here is always tasty."
• "Food is always up to standard, always delicious."

Cons:

• "Me and my friend attended the restaurant expecting genuine Portuguese cuisine, but it wasn’t what we expected."
• "The food overall wasn't great, the pasta was fresh and well presented however it wasn't an authentic experience in terms of taste or customer service."
• "The food was gruesome, and for sure it's not what it claims to be, a genuine Portuguese restaurant!!!!"
• "The food was overall a disappointment hence 2 stars."
• "The restaurant also only accepts cash but this information is only shown on one small sign by the till."
• "It's expensive for what they serve, cheap food and cheap service, not professional at all!"
• "Waste of time... bad service and bad food.. the owner and staff are clueless!!"