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heini · Post by **heini** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:12 pm

That would be "A Galeria". They have a nice monkfish cataplana.

Thunderbolt · Post by **Thunderbolt** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:57 pm

I think it's Galeria. I had a very disappointing meal there once. Nothing was fresh, and everything was very greasy.
Haven't been back since but it was a few years ago so chances are it's different now.

Bruce Wallis · Post by **Bruce Wallis** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:28 am

Galleria looks the goods....but we have tried it twice, and found it very disappointing.

bifas 1st darling! · Post by **bifas 1st darling!** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:27 pm

What's the name of the restaurant opposite the Cvo Bar where you can dine outside amongst the trees, I've not been there in twenty years of visiting Cvo, looks a bit spooky

Rumur has it that the owner is a witch, a real one as in spells and black cats

Bruce Wallis · Post by **Bruce Wallis** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:27 pm

Unlike the lovely white one who is going to give me some lovely cheap petrol next week?

kappa · Post by **kappa** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:37 pm

... and that bitch stays with all the tip to pay the wages - so the waiters don´t get any tip at all. So remember: don´t leave tip in Galeria - it´s just for the old "bruxa"

bifas 1st darling! · Post by **bifas 1st darling!** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:16 pm

bifas 1st darling! · Post by **bifas 1st darling!** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:24 pm

Kappa, the nice people on this site don't want to know about the "real" carvoeiro. They don't want to know about owners not dividing tips between staff, not paying staff, not selling "fresh off the beach fish", watering down "fresh orange juice", not paying caixa, not giving people proper contracts etc, etc, etc.

We know it happens, so lets just keep it to ourselves or they'll stop comming or we'll all be fishing on the beach again.

biffa · Post by **biffa** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:08 pm

or collecting alfarroba!

ditzy · Post by **ditzy** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:03 pm

The owner was a teacher at my primary school in Lagoa, and yes she was known as 'the witch'!

Ellie · Post by **Ellie** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:15 pm

ditzy wrote:The owner was a teacher at my primary school in Lagoa, and yes she was known as 'the witch'!

Hi Ditzy

Ive dined at A Galeria a few times in the past and I did like their chicken piri piri (you got the whole half of flattened chicken) very tasty.
But the last time I ate there my vegetable soup was luke warm,almost cold. I felt like complaining but then the cook appeared in the doorway, glaring at everyone..she was quite a burly woman and I bottled it!

Shes not the Bruxa is she?

Another thing I didn't like was the way the 2 young waitresses 'hovered' all the time, seeming ready to snatch the plate soon as we had finished!

I've had some nice meals at Casa da Pao on the out road..remember a huge salmon steak with lemon & butter sauce, the night they had 'Fado'!

pato · Post by **pato** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:05 pm

Ellie the flat Chicken you ate, had possibly been run over in the road, you can always tell, but be careful, the grill marks should not look like tyre treads.

The other place Casa de Pao is only short of one letter, and it could be mine, with that minor adjustment, "Welcome to Casa de Pato"

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