“Always excellent”
Review of A Paleta

A Paleta
Ranked #7 of 76 Restaurants in Lagoa
Certificate of Excellence
Cuisines: Portuguese
Dining options: Reservations
Restaurant details
Dining options: Reservations
Reviewed February 14, 2018 via mobile

Anything from daily specials to Cataplana or Chateaubriand, you will never be disappointed here. The great house wine is a bonus !

Date of visit: January 2018
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Reviewed February 8, 2018 via mobile

We came here is the reviews like the looked good. Quite a walk from town over a dual carriage way. Not a particularly nice area. The place was busy with a mixture of locals and tourists. We had to wait to be seated and had no acknowledgement from the staff. After a while we saw a table that was empty so we seated ourselves with a nod from a waitress. The place has a noisy, busy atmosphere. Some workers next to us having a lunch.

So we waited. And waited. And waited. We watched locals arriving and getting seated, and then served. Eventually we managed to order Snapper and a local fish stew type dish. So we waited. And waited. Locals were served. More locals served.
After eventually getting the waitress's attention we told her we were going to leave.

So in another ten minutes the food arrived. The snapper was alright. Expensive at 15 euros. A bit salty. Not very nice veg with it. We couldn't eat the stew dish. Basically tomato soup out of a tin with some bits of bony fish. No doubt left overs. Just nasty. We tried to eat it but gave up. For an expensive meal it was appalling.

It's all very well looking after the locals, thinking that they can treat tourists with disdain as they are only passing through. But a lot of the customers were tourists. Perhaps they could get away with it in the old days. But now we have Google and trip advisor! Let's see who goes out of business first?

Date of visit: January 2018
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Reviewed January 16, 2018 via mobile
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Reviewed January 10, 2018 via mobile
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Reviewed November 26, 2017
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Date of visit: July 2017
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