A Pastorinha - Cascais

I have been living in the area for 40 years and Pastorinha has always been my special restaurant, a place for special occasions, for feeling rich. During the pandemic we stopped going everywhere, and even before that we had spent a while not going. Last Tuesday we decided to celebrate my son 's 45th birthday there and so my husband, me and our son booked and went. Unfortunately it was a big disappointment. The food took about 1 hour to arrive and all that time the waiters just brought to the table a basket with some bread slices and small toasts, nothing else. There was no piano player anymore and it was not chic at all, just rather noisy. Cheap candles were on the tables. We chose our food and while we were waiting, they did not even bring butter, cheese or dips, as the exaggerated price would require. Just those bread slices. Sometimes one of the two waitresses that were nearby came by and as they were Brazilian and didn 't fully understand Portuguese, if we said something that they did not get, they would reply, too colloquially Oi?? , which we disliked a lot. We were very tired and hungry by 9 PM when the food finally arrived and to our dismay it was absolutely nothing special (steak and fries, fish fillets and grilled fish). The steak was almost raw and dripping blood and the fries were cold. It had to go back and be replaced by something edible. The fish dishes were totally normal and featured no special presentation or decoration, just plain dishes as in any other neighborhood restaurant. There are much better choices in the area both in terms of ambiance as food and even sea view. Never again. Burial of a nice memory!

Lovely romantisch chique restaurant. Super friendly people. A other experience then I had already in Portugal. I had a special sole delicio meal. Very clean. Lovely live music. I'm coming back. The only tip I have for the restaurant, tell people that the olives are salty before they choose them. And let them also choose to fill their fish theirselve iff they want to do that.

Restaurante maravilhoso. Todos os quesitos são 5 estrelas; ambiente, menu e funcionários. Somos jovens clientes há quase 10 anos.

Very friendly staff, and a good food. We tried bisque, arroz marisco and the best pão de ló in Portugal!

Muito gostoso.... mas um pouco mais caro