Adega dos Fadistas

If there was the option of no stars we would. They start by putting down bread (€3) cheese(€8) and chorizo (€8). I'm glad we kept the bread and cheese, they were actually very nice. Otherwise overpriced to start with and even then it was a case of "find the cod" in the cod dish. I had the chicken supreme which was a dried out piece of panfried chicken breast with plain boiled rice, no salad of veg. For €16.50 per main, far too expensive. Even when husband complained about a lack of cod the waiter took his fork, poked around in his food and admitted there was little fish. I would say no fish. Came back 10 mins later with 4 bite size pieces of cod and onions to add to his by now cold plate of potatoes and onions. We would have been really angry except clearly everyone else in the restaurant had equally poor food. Many other dishes returned. And many more not eaten. The Portuguese family beside us were mortified and apologised that we, as tourist, had experienced this. However thanks to this family we were able to laugh about it. We reassured them all our other food experiences were great. I would advise to NEVER go here even with the promise of free Fado. I rarely would give a bad review but this is possibly the worst food experience of my life. Fado was enjoyable but don't buy food!!!

Not good- worst food we had in Portugal. Two stars because the wine was decent and the fado was good. I had the seabass, it came with boiled potatoes (no seasoning or salt or anything) and a side simple salad...lettuce tomato onion. Fish was nothing special but edible. My husband had the steak. It was a flank steak, plain, same potatoes but he got 3 pieces of potatoes and the same salad. Super overpriced. Asked for the bill between sets, were originally told we couldn't get it because of the show. We insisted stating that's why we wanted it then, before the next set started. The waitress reluctantly got it for us. Dont go here. Or just have a wine and the show.

Horror. The real " tourist trap". I'm Portuguese but fell for it. Don't even know where to start. Terrible food, cheap meat soked in vegetable oil. Terrible service, my table was serviced by three employees- they all came to ask the same, none of them knew what the other two were doing. Had to order the same thing three times. When it finally came, the quality was horrible. The owner was just running around like crazy trying to get more clients in the place. When I wanted to pay I had to wait ages again because they just wouldn't bring me the bill - again had to ask to the three of them. In the end 80 euros for crappy fast food !!!! Please avoid, you can have SO much better for less money in other places. One last note - we only went there because all the nice places were booked out, so if you have a chance book in advance. We were robbed in this place. Avoid.

Bahahahahahha...85€ for 2 entrees, covers and a sangria(25€) ...worst food for entire trip and we had one or two others that were not great, but this one stole the show. Having said that it was edible probably because I was hungry and we were stuck there at that point. Although covers were expensive for what they were they were ok I thought, but sometimes when you are hungry dirt can taste good...just being bitter, they were ok, but really pricy. The sets were rather short which is probably normal I guess so you can service tables..dunno first time for fado....the first 2 tunes the musicians were pretty far out of the pocket. Strong voices and pretty skilled players, just took a minute to pull it together. First set female sang and then she sat and ate drank and smoked for the next couple of sets. We left before we could hear her again. Really wanted to as she was quite good as was the male. I suppose the staff was nice enough, but I’m sure if I expressed my disappointment they might have turned. I politely paid (once they could borrow a debit machine from another restaurant-sounds crazy right?). Thing is when I arrived I confirmed with the door person that they took visa, but different story when I went to pay. Anyway I refused to go to bank machine to get cash as a matter of principle and they sorted. I would have if it really came down to it. I was thankful they sorted it. honestly it seemed the comedy we were experiencing was consistent with most of the tables. Because it was out last night in Lisbon and my birthday we chose to laugh about it. So food sucked particularly for the price but musicians and singers were talented. Went to see fado and have dinner but ended up a very overpriced comedy show. If you go I would do what the girls next to us did (they must have read the reviews) They had olives and 2 beer, no food - just came to hear the show. Would not recommend. If you are thinking of it and reading they number of negative reviews and the few positive which are likely mostly fake yet still thinking it can’t be that bad it really is. If you go well be prepared to laugh about it otherwise you are going to ruin your night. Ps. Anyone who complains about being asked to be quiet during a performance (like in a couple of the reviews) should learn to have more respect for the artists.

Tourist trap, over priced for very bad food and really bad service. Menu is basic and confusing. Charged more for the main we ordered, 19,50 instead of 16,50. We got charged 8 euro for cheese and 8 euro for chorizo that we didn't even ask for. Main seafood rice was like a bowl of slop with more shells then seafood. No taste and no flavour. Service very bad, waiter had no clue about the menu but basically told us what to eat. We wanted to order something else and got told we aren't going to like it. Music was nice but we're told to shut up during the performance. We weren't talking loudly just had a quiet conversation. I feel that is very disrespectful as paying customer I believe I have the right to enjoy a romantic night with my partner and have a conversation. The only thing we enjoyed was the music such a shame everything else was so disappointing. The card machine was broken apparently so we had to pay cash and wait for the change ages. All in all we feel we got robbed and treated badly. I would avoid at all costs Many nice places around. Places like this give tourist destinations a bad name. A

Horrible place! Service is terrible, the owner was very rude to me when I was paying my bill and I told him was overpriced, he told me that is normal in Fado houses, I told him not, and he accused me I don't know how is a Fado house like if he knew me. I am from Lisbon and I have gone to other Fado houses so I know is not true and in the other houses the food and fado are very good so you understand if you pay a little more than in a normal restaurant. They have a waitrose who the owner thinks speaks many languages but the clients of the table next to us were speaking in italian to her and she answered in spanish. We needed to translate to them in Italian. She even doesn't speak well spanish or English. The owners don't speak any other language than portuguese so don't realise that the waitrose can't communicate well with the tourists. Food is very average for portuguese food and not even cooked there, is brought from another restaurant owned by same owner. Overpriced, was charged £20 for a jar of bad wine, the same wine they sell at the restaurant but 4x overpriced. The fado was average too, nothing especial, the fadistas didn't seem very happy there. Felt that they just want to rob from tourists!

Unbelievably nice, everyone was very caring. If I would go for the other reviews I would have never come to this place. But as Portuguese I found this an amazing experience. The food was very well cooked as a Portuguese person would consider it. Great evening, I would definitely come back.

Appalling service and very expensive with small water at €4. 2 stars only because the Fado was very good although the intermission between the two singers was too long at around 45min.