Restaurante Joao de Deus

Good quality food, and plenty of it, service is great, helpful staff always available, puddings are to die for, often eat here as the experience is consistent and enjoyable

The coffee and cake part is Ok much like a hundred others, pleasant to sit outside in the morning. The restaurant used to be good but the food is very average to say the least and the management rude , they have become anti ex pats so be warned

3 of us called in for lunch yesterday to be approached by a man waving us away and telling us all the empty tables in the restaurant were reserved. There are 2 ways to deal with customers when your restaurant is full, this mans manner was both rude and agressive. A smile and a 'sorry ' would have meant we would have returned another day but due to his appaling attitude we will not return and would warn friends not to bother.

SB Messines is not exactly on the gourmet food trail, but good wholesome Portuguese food away from the tousim masses is an expectation in a decent sized town and when this restauarnt first reopened with new owners the locals ex-pats alike thronged here. It was sadly not too last. Under staffed, rude to foreigners (and I can do food in any language, so my Portuguese ordering is pretty good so I am told! lack of AC in the summer, intolerant about allowing you to sit outside (balmy nights al fresco, not stuffy interior with no open windows or AC!! the food quality plummeted about as fast as customer service. What a shame. We had high hopes. Dashed again........

The food was delicious and the wine was very good value: picking up on someone else 's reviews it wasn 't in my view cheap but, rather, extremely good value. I 'd really recommend this restuarant.