Old Barrel Restaurant Bar - R. São Gonçalo de Lagos 1

AVOID AT ALL COST Do not get talked into eating here like we did by the person they employ to get passers by into the restaurant Ordered drinks and food which arrived in timely manner. FOOD/DRINKS beef - grey tasteless and chewy pork- as above- (even the waiter initially couldn’t tell the difference between the pork and beef dishes)! Sardines- not gutted Chicken Piri Piri- dry, small portion size Did not finish most meals “Large’ beer served in 400ml glasses! SERVICE Very Poor. friendly waitress’s, but seemed manic. Wife had to ask 3 times for wine list, by the time they came back to take wine order had finished our meals. Raised issue regards food to waitress who nervously laughed and apologised. Due to poor food an service asked to speak to manager regards bill I was given, I offered to pay 85% of bill explaining the issues. He came back after speaking to waitresses, and said he had checked our plates and we had eaten our food (not true)and had to pay in full. I refused, and after argument I asked them to call the police. Then a little man who we think was the owner came in aggressively, and said we had to pay. Then it got nasty, and intimidating. He started shouting and kicked and punched the wall, saying he would bash my head in and slit my throat, he also made threats to find me at our hotel- Scarily odd behaviour!!! The manager (another little man) then seemed to try and engage me to enter staring competition, again trying to intimidate me. Then around 4 younger bigger men arrived at once and gathered around me. Trying to intimidate me further. I asked a Portuguese family who had eaten, to please call the police for us as effectively means my family were being held and could not leave All this over €20! I don’t like being bullied, so stood my ground Police turned up and could tell they weren’t that interested (which I understand) but took our details, and then ‘advised’me to pay as they could not guarantee our safety from the group of men (staff) hanging around outside watching us. With frightened children and wife crying I reluctantly paid. I hope this review gives you an idea of the sort of people running this poor excuse for a restaurant. I hope the money they gained (€20) was worth it to them. It seems the owner (with anger management issues) owns another restaurant opposite this one also. ENTER HERE AT YOUR OWN RISK

Nice wee spot to eat for Sunday brunch. Some of the staff are magic ?

The establishment itself is very nice. Quite cosy with a top deck to eat on. The "salesman" who encouraged us to come in advised there was heating upstairs as it is open to the elements. My meal was quite nice with a good quantity too which is good. However my Mrs food was very bland and had a clump of burn food at bottom. Another reason for a lower rating was due to (what I can only expect) was the owner having a very unsettling phlegmy cough, never covering his mouth, this was very off putting as he handled our cutlery. Price was okay but think it may have been a little over priced for what it was.

Great cocktail and the staff are lovly and helpful

Worst restaurant probably in the whole of Albufeira. Received a nasty plate, cold fries and my friends a grey beef which tasted like a dry tire.

Came here for our evening meal last night, 2 words, NEVER AGAIN. My husband ordered chicken curry rice n chips, my little boy orderd kids spag bol with a side of garlic bread, my oldest son ordered cook your own steak on stone, and I ordered GRILLED chicken. Curry was like soup, chicken was non stop chewing..awful, GRILLED chicken was covered in oil to the point if I had a flame under my plate I could have cooked the (so called) steak better than the hot stone which it came with!..my son does have his steak medium rare to be fair but the stone wasnt hot enough to do even that, the so called steak was that grey I even questioned if it was tuna?..he got 4 slices and left 3..my little boys spag bol was spaghetti with tomato sauce, no meat, onions, nothing, the best part of the meal was the garlic bread, we did complain and had the DRINKS knocked off the bill, didnt have a problem with the drinks ..wont be back again.

Great food. Could have had another drink, but waitress disappeared. Good white wine.

Very poor unfortunately. We went there for lunch around 1 pm and waited for almost an hour for some sardines with french fries. The terrace was not even half full at the time. We found out they have 3 restaurants with only one kitchen.. When the sardines finally arrived we were rather disappointed that they were cooked as such, without taking out the intestines of the fish. It gave them a bitter taste and had to throw away half of the fish. At least they were not so expensive (6 eur the portion) but we should have thought that the under the market price hides something... Finally, there was no soap in the bathroom and no paper to dry your hands. Overall very little respect for the customer.