Restaurante do Cabrito - CARRAPATEIRA

Two persons looking for a place to have lunch after a hard walk. We arrived the place and the waiter offered us to let our bags out of the place We asked to tak... read more Two persons looking for a place to have lunch after a hard walk. We arrived the place and the waiter offered us to let our bags out of the place We asked to take them inside as we had there all our belongings. In...a very rude way, the waiter insisted that we couldn't go inside with the bags, and that we should let them out on the street. He assured that it was a safe place with cameras. We insisted that we'd like to keep them and he said the bags won't go inside. When we were leaving without having eating a thing, they made several disrespectful comments about Spanish people. Unfortunately for them, I lived in Portugal for a year and was able to understand everything.

After enjoying a superb tuna salad and sea bass at Cabrita we returned a couple of days later ... much to our amazement the waiter came over and gave us 25 euro... read more After enjoying a superb tuna salad and sea bass at Cabrita we returned a couple of days later ... much to our amazement the waiter came over and gave us 25 euros. We’d accidentally left 60 euros instead of 35 at our previous visit. What...honesty!!!! Two 20 euro notes had stuck together. They gave us back the 20 euros plus our fiver euro tip. In this day and age, such honesty is a rarity. Now for the food ... we tried the golden bream and it was superb, served with both salad and hot veg including cauli, cabbage and new potatoes. The starter if local cheese, sardine paste, olives local breads, including corn bread, was lovely.. As for the fig pudding .... just wow! House wine, beer and complimentary post-meal liqueurs excellent too. But, above all, the superb and genuine good service and admirable honesty, totally won us over. We can’t recommend this place enough. Suffice to say, they hit a great tip!

1 Robalo €13.50 1 Dourada €13.50 Both nicely cooked and presented with salad also a bowl of potatoes and mixed vegetables. Sauce to add if you like. Very tasty,... read more 1 Robalo €13.50 1 Dourada €13.50 Both nicely cooked and presented with salad also a bowl of potatoes and mixed vegetables. Sauce to add if you like. Very tasty, the restaurant wasn’t busy when we dined. The staff were nicely

Great local spot for dinner or lunch read more Great local spot for dinner or lunch

Decided to try here for lunch as nothing else was open arrived just before 12:00 noon waiter told us to photograph the menu then once shown to our table let him... read more Decided to try here for lunch as nothing else was open arrived just before 12:00 noon waiter told us to photograph the menu then once shown to our table let him know what we wanted (some later guests took exception to this rule for some unknown reason). Went for sardines with boiled potatoes fresh veg while my wife went for chicken piri piri with chips both delicious portion sizes were generous. Whilst we there, a large queue formed outside waiting for tables so pleased we arrived early.