3/5 Cristina Bettencourt R. 1 year ago on Google
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!