Yes we were surprised but Barrados was full and only 2 serving. My wife felt sorry but when you are paying a lot for the meal it's not good enough.

So far we went to A Gale and Jardim do Farol (both good as always), o indiano EXCELLENT', casa do bife (fairly ok but not great) and Barrados which was a great disappointment because of the really slow service. Ok they were short staffed but for a posh joint that is not an excuse.

Thanks for that Sue. We'll have to have a look at those places. We haven't eaten in Lagoa so much but the Chinese there used to be quite good (not sure if it is still open).

Excellent news - thanks for that. Some of our old faves in there. And we can't wait to leave minus 7 for a week.....

We are looking forward to a week at RB next week and wondering what good eating places will be open. Any ideas or suggestions from the regulars? Can we expect some shocking prices compared with last summer?

Yes, that's the place. Need to make sure you leave the 125 early enough, ie before you get to the bridge into Portimao.

After some research on this excellent forum, we visited ten restaurants during our recent stay. Of the 10, five were new to us. We (there are three of us) rated the following in each case: Food (out of 10), Service (out of 5), Value (out of 10). We didn't rate decor/ambience because we are really no...

Well finally, we didn't get to try Casa Lamy. For the last night of our 10 day stay we decided on a totally democratic process for choosing the last restaurant, and Casa Lamy just lost out to A Gale on our voting process (AV or something similar). I shall post our full reviews in the next few days -...

Excellent - thanks for the advice. We went along tonight, but sadly they are closed on Mondays! Our nearest available was O Litoral which was excellent (I think maybe a change of owner in the past few years?) I shall be publishing somewhere on this site our complete review from our 10 day stay - we ...

Can any more experienced users confirm the comments made by the previous person on this thread?

Has anyone else eaten here? Looking for some recommendations for our 2 week stay. Did you experienced guys conclude that the original post was genuine after all?

Richard is absolutely right about the subjectivity and variability. There are many other ways in which your perception of a place could be influenced by something totally random (eg your mood at the time!) But I think it's generally helpful that people post their honest unbiased views on this site. ...

Glad you liked the scoring. I wondered about including something for "ambiance" but I sense that for most of us it's the food and value that are most important.

We visited six restaurants during our recent short stay. These places are not strictly comparable, but our scores and comments may be useful. The scores are based on a maximum of 20 for each of: food, service, overall value for money. Max score 60. 1. Mistral 51 Excellent all round. Amazed that ther...

Just back from another short stay at Rocha Brava. Mistral was unanimously agreed as the best overall restaurant we tried. Best food, best service and best overall value. We went to seven restaurants altogether - if I can find a suitable thread I shall give a summary of our scores. We were amazed tha...