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Reviews - Malacopa Taco Bar

Name: Malacopa Taco Bar
Address: Rua Afonso Sanches - 38, Cascais, 2750-281, Portugal
Price range: €20 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 8.7

Rua Afonso Sanches - 38, 2750-281, Cascais

MexicanAverage price €20

8.7

(1,018 reviews)

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8.7
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Fabulous

1018 reviews

Ambience

8.7

Food

8.8

Service

8.6

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Stephanie C. • 1 review
October 16, 2024
10/10
We tried different dish’s and all very tasty and good. Good service, nice ambiance with music.
Jasmyne M. • 1 review
September 27, 2024
10/10
We were in Portugal for fall break and went to this restaurant to celebrate a friend's birthday. They gave us a nice place to sit with a view, 10/10 food, and gave us all free shots to end the night. A can't miss if you are in Cascais, Portugal and want to have a good time.
Peter H. • 1 review
September 23, 2024
10/10
Delicious food!
lorraine r. • 1 review
September 25, 2024
10/10
The location, food and staff were amazing!
Grainne O. • 1 review
September 24, 2024
10/10
The food and service was outstanding!
Sinéad C. • 1 review
September 23, 2024
3.5/10
Low quality food, not enough staff, very chaotic experience with dishes going to wrong tables, cold food. Staff very nice though.
Eduardo A. • 7 reviews
September 9, 2024
5.5/10
Service was slow and one worker was rude, manager did apologize and offered me a drink but higher scrutiny should be used to hire personnel.
sinead s. • 2 reviews
September 11, 2024
10/10
Great cocktails and refreshing tacos
Stuart M. • 2 reviews
September 5, 2024
10/10
The food was incredible. Some of best Mexican food I’ve had outside of Mexico. Highly recommend
David M. • 10 reviews
September 2, 2024
9.5/10
Great staff, friendly and very helpful.
Jo P. • 3 reviews
September 1, 2024
10/10
Excellent food and drink! Great menu. Friendly staff.
Ella O. • 2 reviews
August 26, 2024
10/10
gorgeous food , lovely staff , stunning cocktails
Gisele C. • 3 reviews
August 19, 2024
9.5/10
Drinks, food and ambience was great. Really fresh ingredients.
Steve P. • 5 reviews
August 24, 2024
9/10
Nice atmosphere, friendly staff . Taco quality of meat ok
Ava D. • 1 review
August 21, 2024
3.5/10
Hi there, we arrived after booking a week before arriving in Cascais. We had been to the restaurant last year & loved the atmosphere & the food. This year, we were brought upstairs to an empty room at the top of the restaurant with zero atmosphere. Our waitress although efficient informed us immediately that we would have to have the table back by 8pm sharp ( our booking was 6.45) Ordering was very difficult and confusing. I didn’t find the waitress very helpful. The food itself was just okay, not as good as I have been here before we ordered guacamole and chips which were fine. The sweetcorn in a cup wasn’t very pleasant the tacos themselves we had a chicken with bacon was very average and the shrimp taco we had again was good, but not great. The white fish taco was the best, the Margarita spicy again wasn’t as nice as last year. We really wanted to like this restaurant after having such a great time last year, but unfortunately we found it disappointing.
Malacopa Taco Bar • Owner
Hi Ava, this is Pedro (the same owner from last year). Thank you very much for your feedback! I am very sad to know that you didn’t have a good time at our restaurante the second time around. We try our best to keep the standards of good service and food the same. I am sorry you didn’t find the help you wanted to choose your food. And regards with your reserve, I am sure there was a miscomunication between our staff: we never take reserves and give the client 1:15hr to eat. I will talk to our staff and see what happened. What I can asure you, is that the recipes from our older tacos and dishes didn’t change. We continue to do them, the same way, and with exactly the same fresh ingridents from the day we opened( same with the margaritas). I hope you give us another chance and visit us again and forgive us for having a bad day. Thank you very much for your helpful feedback!
TOM K. • 1 review
August 15, 2024
10/10
Very nice atmosphere, staff were super friendly and the food was amazing :)
Michael d. • 24 reviews
August 4, 2024
10/10
Consistently excellent; great food and staff and the margaritas are not shabby at all
Paulo L. • 1 review
July 31, 2024
5/10
Nothing special, food is just ok, not the food you will order again. Dry, almost no spices, which is weird for mexican food. The only thing that saves this place is cocktails
Paul B. • 5 reviews
August 5, 2024
4/10
Disappointed with quality of food & portion size. Three of us went for dinner based on the reviews but sorry to say that it certainly did not live up to the reviews.
Tony F. • 1 review
August 5, 2024
10/10
Food was amazing, drinks were perfect and the service was so good! Our server was working so hard and got us everything we asked for! Place was packed and it’s because the food is so good! Tacos were all good!
Johan L. • 1 review
August 4, 2024
8/10
Lots of variety on the menu. Tasty taco’s. Very friendly staff.
Nuno T. • 8 reviews
August 3, 2024
10/10
Great ambiance and food
Carolina C. • 1 review
July 29, 2024
2.5/10
Overpriced food Terrible service
Kirsty C. • 1 review
July 31, 2024
10/10
The food and drinks were incredible!!
Osku L. • 1 review
July 27, 2024
10/10
Delicious mexican food in a really atmosphearic part of cascais. No touristy attractions, just good authentic food. Ridiculously spicy chili sauce and very good well tought tacos. With appetizers you should have atleast 1-2 dishesh but without go with a three dishes. Lamb, tuna, scallops and shrimp was an absolute banger dishes! Especially lamb and shrimp are to die for. If you prefer crispy taco, go with a scallop. Good food, great service but please add "reserved" badges to the tables.
Nazar G. • 1 review
July 15, 2024
10/10
Delicious tacos, friendly staff and located in a lovely part of Caiscais.
Tom S. • 2 reviews
July 20, 2024
10/10
Fantastic fantastic fantastic
Andre R. • 1 review
July 13, 2024
10/10
Great food, awesome tacos, great mexican beer hard to find elsewhere, super Nice and welcoming staff. Loved it!
Alan M. • 1 review
July 17, 2024
9/10
A little issue with stools instead of chairs to start with. After that was resolved we had a great night. The service was great - it is run by a family and the kids get stuck in with helping with service (and they can sell!). The food is delicious and well priced. The cocktails also have a kick. Would highly recommend.
Paul T. • 1 review
July 16, 2024
10/10
Great restaurant, food fantastic, vibe is great be aware that the online booking isn’t live. Our confirmed online booking hadn’t been filtered through so had no info of our reservation and had to wait for a table.
Kirsten K. • 1 review
July 11, 2024
10/10
Our favorite restaurant while in Portugal! Drinks were excellent (Mango margaritas and Palomas). Everything was fresh and delicious, we especially loved the QUESADILLA DE CAMARÓN and TACO DE PESCADO. Say yes to the guac and Churros!! So good!
Michael d. • 24 reviews
July 13, 2024
10/10
Another great evening at Malacopa! Tasty tacos and superb margaritas. Will be back….
Wayne P. • 1 review
July 10, 2024
10/10
Friendly staff and beautiful cocktails
Nicole R. • 1 review
July 8, 2024
10/10
Great food, great ambience!
Melissa S. • 29 reviews
July 8, 2024
8/10
The servers were very nice. I love that it’s a family business and there were adorable boys helping and bussing the tables. The food was tasty. The only thing that really put me off and the only reason I wouldn’t come back was the cleanliness of the bathrooms. I went in twice. Once before and once after dinner. The trash was overflowing both times and there was no toilet paper. I was surrounded by dirty papers at my feet. It was really quite disgusting.
Adriana P. • 5 reviews
July 4, 2024
10/10
One of my favorite restaurants in Cascais. Love tuna taco and margarita maracujá.
Victoria R. • 7 reviews
June 28, 2024
10/10
Always delicious tacos in a lovely & buzzy setting
Jeremy T. • 1 review
July 3, 2024
4/10
Took 20 minutes to be served and then an hours wait for the food. Yes it was busy but for the basic food that it was, certainly shouldn’t have taken that long. No apology and had the audacity to expect a tip. Not sure how it’s got to trip advisors number one restaurant!
Jane W. • 4 reviews
July 2, 2024
10/10
Nice food, friendly staff, good vibe and location on the yellow streets
Eileen O. • 1 review
July 1, 2024
10/10
Repeat visit. First one September’23 and happy to repeat July ‘24. Great place, food, atmosphere and lovely staff. Jug of margaritas and favourite tempura shrimp and shrimp ceviche outstanding. Will visit again next year for sure. Fun watching people queuing for Clandestina next door.