Reviews - Maratona
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What diners said about this restaurant:
Jonathan M. • 8 reviews
July 31, 2024
10/10good presentation and quality.
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Filipa P. • 21 reviews
July 20, 2024
10/10The food was really good. Very different and it was a pleasant surprise to find these dishes. The ambiance was also very good. I recommend this place to anyone looking for a new experience to share with friends and family.
Veronica N. • 14 reviews
July 13, 2024
7/10I wanted a lighter lunch than what was on the menu and they kindly let me order from the Cafe side which had lighter vegetarian options
Ray B. • 1 review
June 14, 2024
10/10Excellent food, service with detailed personal attention and amazing presentation on the plate!
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Hugo B. • 21 reviews
April 27, 2024
10/10The food was great - the highlight was the Oh Honey Honey dessert, what a gorgeous and delicious treat! Also, it was amazing to have more than one vegetarian options
Monique V. • 4 reviews
April 27, 2024
9.5/10We had the sharing menu, a really nice way to have dinner with friends. The dishes were original and very tasty. We enjoyed our evening.
Fernando C. • 4 reviews
February 3, 2024
9.5/10Good service. Excellent food.
Tommy P. • 15 reviews
January 5, 2024
10/10Its always nice to attend Maratona. The food is excellent and always with superb presently of it.
Elizabeth M. • 2 reviews
May 19, 2023
8/10Tasty sandwiches but we had to ask for new fries because they served us cold ones. That’s always ambit disappointing. Good draft beer. Good for casual dinner.
John O. • 13 reviews
March 31, 2023
10/10What a wonderful dining experience. Excellent food in very generous portions and beautifully presented. Staff were friendly and attentive.
Jacky D. • 2 reviews
December 21, 2022
9.5/10Delicious food.
Liv S. • 1 review
September 26, 2022
8.5/10Nice food. Excellent service.
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Jeroen v. • 5 reviews
August 13, 2022
9.5/10Modern, international cuisine. Diverse dishes. Great taste. Professional service and nice atmosphere.
Daniel N. • 15 reviews
August 4, 2022
6/10Loud, took a while, and the food was just ok
Kelly C. • 8 reviews
June 9, 2022
9/10The food is very good, innovative and creative. Also what’s unusual for many of the dishes are the substitutes for vegetarian or fish in certain main courses. The dishes were beautifully plated. The staff are attentive and warm which made for a nice night out.
Andrew B. • 20 reviews
February 18, 2022
10/10Fantastic food of a quality that is worthy of critical acclaim.
Iris L. • 38 reviews
October 8, 2021
8/10We always visit this restaurant when in Portugal and keep being amazed by the great food and superb quality
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Andre B. • 3 reviews
September 25, 2021
10/10The staff were very nice and were accommodating to my dietary needs. It was a very enjoyable meal! My only wish was that there was a dessert that was available, but that is a minor issue (my pants thank me!)
Natalia K. • 20 reviews
September 23, 2021
9.5/10prefect place with nice service and exceptionally good food with perfect quality and beautiful presentation. They speak English. WE really enjoyed it and came there twice. Highly recommended.
Paulo F. • 58 reviews
June 5, 2021
10/10The place is not that big, and that makes the ambient even better. Decoration is very modern and in line with the other restaurant of the group, Taberna Marginal (also excellent by the way). We were welcomed by the waitress, who was very friendly, and we were conducted to our table. We reviewed the menu, which is not that large - for us that is a good thing - and quickly chose the entree and main dish. We took the Oh prawn Show and the Coxinha one, both excellent. Personally, I thought that the coxinha was a little bit too oily, but it was deep fried, so I suppose that is inevitable. The Ohprawn one was fantastic. It was a bolo de caco (typical bread of Madeira) with butter, prawns, and a coleslaw on top. Great starter, the bar was high for the main. The dish was very fresh and light, and large as well. For main dish I had a shark curry and cabbage, and my wife had a risotto with prawns. Both dishes were beautifully presented, were generous portions. The dishes were executed perfectly and had this characteristic that I personally value on the dishes, which is all the ingredients are OK, but when put together on a mouthful it is a whole new thing, the balance of flavors was great, and it shows that the dish was thought, carefully conceived. We were both happy. Finally, we were not hungry anymore, but we could not leave the place, after such an amazing experience, without tasting one of the three desserts (also knowing the Taberna Marginal's offer of desserts, we knew even before entering the place that we had to have some dessert).. They did not disappoint. We had the tropicaliente one, which was served on a large cold stone. Coconut ice-cream, with passion fruit mousse or ice-cream, I could not tell, it had some fruit gel or jam, and it was covered with black sesame dirt. It was so amazing visually when presented, really, we felt like in Australia's MasterChef finale (the cabbage and shark curry also was MasterChef Australia level). In sum, wonderful experience, amazing place to get a highly creative and perfectly executed dishes and presented as a top restaurant. It is not cheap, but it should not be cheap for what they offer, the price/quality ratio is very consumer friendly. We will come back when we visit Caldas da Rainha again.
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Clare C. • 8 reviews
December 12, 2020
9/10The waitress gave us a warm welcome and was receptive to our request for a particular table. Water, wine and first course (ceviche and great crab cakes) came quickly which was great but there was a bit of a lag between the next course. But worth the wait! The dorado was delicious and well presented and the duck too. A very good meal with charming service. Thank you. We will come again soon.
Dennis O. • 10 reviews
December 4, 2020
8.5/10Always good food and nice service. Interior is basic and a bit more ambiance could be added.
Iris L. • 38 reviews
July 15, 2020
10/10As good as always and new menu is excellent
Moni r. • 6 reviews
February 8, 2020
10/10Friendly and helpful staff, quick service, good fusion food at reasonable prices. Atmosphere and setting very nice. Will definitely recommend the Maratona.
Iris L. • 38 reviews
October 11, 2019
9/10We always come to Maratona when we Re in Portugal as the food and atmosphere are amazing. This time we enjoyed the great new dishes on the menu.
Vivienne r. • 2 reviews
September 20, 2019
8.5/10Very stylish restaurant and something of a treat to have a choice of interesting vegetarian options. However, the food was a bit disappointing. Both our starters (fried cheese sticks and octopus) were rather bland, and my tomato mayonnaise tasted like the dressing they used to put on prawn cocktails. Our mains were better but my squash was drowned in mustard sauce and the sweet potato crisps lacked interest. My partner’s pork came smothered in parsnip strips, which were excellent (our favourite part of the meal and my partner doesn’t even really like parsnips), but made it difficult to access the meat underneath until he’d eaten quite a lot of them. We had a good bottle of Portuguese wine, which was great value. It’s great to see an adventurous menu, but sadly the end results didn’t wuite match up to our expectations.
Quinta Da Vida Seren M. • 3 reviews
August 28, 2019
9/10We came here for the 5th time.. and this time we where surprised that the quality of the food was less than before. The disches where served different and where not as good as before :(. Maybe a bad day for the cook? Offcourse we will return again :-)
Lorraine C. • 6 reviews
August 8, 2019
10/10As usual an excellent evening. Food fabulous and service excellent. Atmosphere great as it always is. This is one of our favourite restaurants in Caldas.
Lorraine C. • 6 reviews
June 18, 2019
10/10Always excellent food and wonderful service. My favourite restaurant.????
Sue H. • 20 reviews
May 28, 2019
10/10Great find as caters so well for vegetarians, would certainly recommend.
Lorraine C. • 6 reviews
May 28, 2019
10/10Absolutely excellent food. Lovely atmosphere and surroundings. Will definitely be back.
Hedwig W. • 11 reviews
April 17, 2019
10/10This restaurant keeps amazing us. We call it "The best restaurant in the world". Not because it is 3 -star Miclhelin, but because the balance between taste, price, presentation and atmosphere is so very very very...... special. Congratulations the Maratona team, once more. The "other project" in Sao Martinho do Porto, Taberna Marginal, is an excellent extention of the formula. Not a copy but a "translation", fit for the local situation. Bravo!
Hedwig W. • 11 reviews
April 4, 2019
10/10Every time we return to Maratona we are surprised by the creativity of the team. Surprising combinations of tastes and presentation. Great food in which vegetables play a major role. We love it ????
Linda F. • 5 reviews
January 9, 2019
9/10Great meal, great service with a smile. As lovely as the meal was, It might be nice to try some new things on the menu as I don’t think it has changed much over a year.
Lesley T. • 2 reviews
August 25, 2018
10/10Excellent evening and very good meal.
Sally T. • 2 reviews
August 22, 2018
10/10We were made very welcome in this restaurant and the food was wonderful in terms of both presentation and different flavours. Will definitely be back soon
- -. • 1 review
July 14, 2018
7/10Overpriced
Iris L. • 38 reviews
July 12, 2018
7.5/10We ard coming regularly to Maratona but never had such poor service and long waiting time for getting the food (almost an hour just to get the starter).. Also some of our favorite dishes were changed or removed from the menu which we regretted
- -. • 1 review
June 15, 2018
10/10First class food and service
Mandy N. • 2 reviews
May 25, 2018
9/10Fabulous evening- we all enjoyed it. Thank you
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