Reviews - Cestaria - Bistro de Artesão
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9.5/10
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10
Outstanding food, wine & staff!!
10
Service was simply amazing. Great ambiance. Food was delicious. Will definitely be back to try other plates.
9.0
Starter and sweet excellent, main good. Lovely wine, excellent, friendly and professional service. Comfortable seating and lovely vibe.
9.5
Excellent food and service! We look forward to returning again.
10
Excellent food and service. Highly recommended if you are in Olhao.
10
A great experience
10
Had a great rainy day experience here with my nieces and many appetizers, glasses of wine and dessert. We loved having Ruth as our server!
10
Excellent food and service perfect very professional
10
Great food and excellent service.
8.0
Lovely place but food was tasteless and not so good
10
Everything was great from the welcone, the service and great food
6.0
Food quality good but let down by portion sizes and expensive prices. Also so many employees and never any around when needed in a mostly empty restaurant. Could and should have been much better as a whole for the price paid.
10
+2All was fantastic. Highly recommend!
10
Great food and service, in fact we went back again the night after. Makes a lovely change to find such a good restaurant
7.5
Second visit of holiday. Food was still excellent but staff were rushed off feet so service was very slow (pretty non-existent). We left before desert and coffee as wait was too long. Will definitely return as maybe caught it on a bad night and previous visits have been great.
10
Great return visit. Food excellent and friendly, knowledgeable staff.
10
Beautiful food and lovely smiling staff. Great oysters and steak.
10
Lovely atmosphere, attentive staff and beautifully cooked food. Will return!
10
The steak was delicious
4.5
This used to be the best in Olhão for food and attentive service. Sadly it feels like things have declined (or maybe because the very sympathetic owner had a night off). Although the season just started, the staff already seemed tired. I had to wait over 5 minutes just to be seated. Our guests wanted to share a main du to large portions, but the waiter pressured them into ordering separately, then said "Oh yes I'm on fire, I am such a great salesperson". It felt inappropriate and led to wasted food and money. The € 35 charge for 150 gram seabream was also excessive and forgetting my main course which I had to wait more than 10 minutes because same waiter screwed up my order was a big fail. The french fries were still raw (which is not safe either). Many of their best dishes that made this place special, like goat cheese the cod with a crust, etc., are no longer on the menu. Overall a disappointing experience from one of the most expensive restaurants in Olhão that once stood out.
9.5
Prior to visit, staff contacted us to see whether we preferred to sit outside or inside, which was great. A very warm welcome from all staff who proved to be knowledgeable and helpful about the menu. No rush, noticed that we hadn’t totally finished our mains so left us space before offering dessert.
10
Staff were very friendly and knowledgeable. Food was beautiful
10
The staff were so nice and treated us really well. It was my mum’s birthday and the staff made her feel very special and gave her a free cocktail. The decor inside is lovely and the atmosphere is very pleasant. The food was excellent. Prawn linguine was amazing.
10
This was a revisit after a lovely visit last year. We booked on line as it can get very busy which it was. We had requested accessible seating and were welcomed and given a Choice of seats. The staff are amazing so friendly, chatty and informative. Happy to advise and make suggestions on food. Our food was delicious, so fresh and tasty. Whenever we visit this region we will always make time to eat at Cestaria. We would highly recommend
10
Very comfortable atmosphere with a nice menu.
10
Great service, amazing food
10
from the decor, ambience the moment you walk in to the food and service everything was perfect. huge selection of wines and a very diverse menu. Best restaurant I have been to so far in this area.
10
Our favourite restaurant! Great food, service and ambience.
9.5
One of the best in Eastern Algarve - love it 😋
8.0
The restaurant, well located in the centre of the seaside area, is attractive and comfortable. The service is great. We enjoyed the octopus salad but neither my husband nor I cared for our main dishes: roast pork in red wine sauce and a shrimp tagliatelle. I’m sure there were better choices on the menu.
10
Visited with friends on the last night of our holiday, so a bit of pressure on me, but did not disappoint. We had a lovely window table, water offered as we sat down, and service at all stages was excellent. A nice level of knowledgable advice and chat from all staff who served us. I chose tagliatelle dish which I had had before, one friend chose the same the other had fillet steak. All were delicious, washed down with a glass each of house wine, which we were informed was from Tavira, even the location of the vineyard! Then two of us shared a very chocolatey dessert. The bill was pleasingly modest for the quality of the food and service. Highly recommended for a slightly special occasion.
10
Welcoming and attentive staff. Sirloin steak was absolutely top quality, cooked exactly as requested. Filet Mignon slightly less flavour, but still good. Cafe creme brulee was gorgeous. Highly recommend Cestaria in Olhao.
10
Excellent service. The waiters were very helpful and knew the menu by heart. Food was amazing. A must to do in Olhão
10
Everything!! It was all awesome
10
Superb……everything, from service, to food, to price point. This restaurant is absolutely faultless. Thanks for a great evening
10
I've been here on several occasions. It's always a pleasure between good food artistically presented, elegant unpretentious surroundings, and caring wait staff.
10
Nice Service and Food! The meat is spectalular! We will come again and again :)
10
Fabulous food presented very well. Lovely decor in the restaurant and the staff were knowledgeable and competent
9.0
The service is top notch 👌🏼 and it's clean. we visit this restaurant whenever we are in Portugal. spent many birthday lunches and dinners with friends and family's. today i took my mom for her birthday and she really enjoyed it. I hope they do some changes in the menu since it's been the same since they opened. thank you for good service and great food. we see you soon 🥰
9.5
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