Restaurante Carvalho

The food was very nice and value for money, however we had bread foisted upon us at the start with the waiter saying we would only pay for what we ate. We only chose some bread and butter, but when the bill came this cost 10euros! Other potential customers need to be aware of this scam, there are better restaurants in the town who wont scam you like this.

Overpriced pizza which isn't worth the plate it's served on. The feeling in your stomach later is also not that good. If you can avoid! Only reason it got two stars is that the staff and waiters are doing their best to make situation better

If I could give it 0 stars then I would. I've lived nearby for years and this restaurant is always full. We considered giving it a shot. I've been to plenty restaurants in my lifetime and for certainty I can state that this is the worst restaurant I have ever been to. It's never a good sign when a restaurant has this many dishes. We ordered paella, bacalhau com natas and grilled dourada. The bacalhau com natas tasted like pure cheese. Not sure which kind they used but it just tasted of overly salted and sour cheese. I'm still chugging water as I write this. We were informed that the paella was re-heated from lunch, so I cannot fault it for being extremely dry. However, I do take issue that all the seafood was previously frozen, everything tasted overly fishy (as is never a good sign) and was rubbery. The squid actually reminded me of school cafeteria food, where we used to compare their squid to eating a tire. The grilled fish was by far the greatest surprise tonight. I would have never believed the audacity to serve such a dish. It came glued to the extremely hot plate, with grill marks only above. The fish was exceedingly dry, and if you flipped it, the bottom seamed to have been previously cooked? It truly seemed like the fish was grilled hours prior, and just re-heated, plate and all, when we ordered it. I suppose they tried to compensate for these facts by providing a large amount of food per serving. But more of a bad thing can only make it worse. All and all, bring sandwiches from home. At the very least it won't cost you an arm and a leg.

The only nice thing I have to say about this place is that the serving staff is cheerful, helpful and polite. I'll never go there again.

While most of the time in Portugal in a cute beach town you can’t go wrong, in this case it did. The staff was kind and service pretty good, the food was terrible. I ordered the steak which was basically inedible. It was hard and chewy, reminiscent of rubber. When I politely let the waiter know, his response was to try something different next time. I can’t comment on all food, but this is not a restaurant I will go to again.