Noyonima Hassan

Review of Chiado Restaurant

Celebrated my mom's birthday here and had a fantas...

Celebrated my mom's birthday here and had a fantastic experience. I loved their paintings! The restaurant felt authentically Portuguese.

The wines were tremendous, our waiter was awesome and fun. The main entries were delicious, the seafood were cooked correctly and their sauces were really good. The chef sent us complimentary housemade cow cheese slices with balsamic and honey which was incredibly soft and easily the best cow cheese I've ever eaten! I can still taste it.

I hated the appetizers - this place needs to include some family style shareable apps. The ones we ordered "for the table" after consulting with the waiter were not appropriately portioned and none were really shareable.

The grilled squid was bitter and had too much char in some pieces making it inedible for me and my aunt. The sardines were fine and the mussels in white wine was just okay (I've had better). All in all, the apps tasted like they were cooked by an amateur and the entries and wines saved the day.

I will be back but will not recommend Chiado for big groups. They don't really have anything that can be shared by families and they are going to lose a lot of business with this strategy.