Iguaria Camponesa

restaurant located in a non turistic area, it was empty and the atmosphere was a bit non confortable as we were the only customer, there were only few guys watching the match in tv. the location is a bit old, with old furniture, the lady who runs the restaurant was nice and friendly and she tries to talk a bit in english as we don't speak portuguese. the food was average, something you can cook by yourself at home.

We booked the restaurant 4 hours ahead but when we arrived we realized that the restaurant did not check the app in order to book the tables. Nevertheless we seated on an empty table and the employee brought bread and olives. We ate only the olives. We asked about the codfish but the employee told that it would take half an hour to prepare and therefore we asked for the grilled squids. It took 50 minutes for them to bring the squids and when it arrived we had to ask for better knives as the squid was really hard and they were not cleaned inside. In the end, they wanted to charge for the bread that we did not ask for, because we were supposed to tell them to not put it on the the table when they brought it... Lame experience, not to repeat.

The restaurant, at sunday evening, was quiet, with guests at 3 tables. Manager/owner was very nice, cordial and english-spoken. We had nice fried sausage, as hors-d’oeuvres, and fried squid and steak a la Iguaria. We intend to visit again tomorow, at lunch time, for a cataplana, before heading to the beach area. Thanks again????

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