Solmar - Cova da Piedade

Only for coffee stopped very welcoming with wonderful terrace on the sea very clean toilets and well dressed inviting tables inside

This afternoon at 3.30 a.m. after a long hike stopped. I wanted to have a drink after they saw that they have a nice terrace on the back. next to two occupied tables on the terrace was the space empty. was received by a very grim...blonde dame with a ponytail. on unfriendly wise she informed us that the terrace was only available for people with food. only for drinks we were offered a table from the parking lot on a concrete wall. I found that very small, as the place was almost empty. who eats at 3.30 a.m. on the afternoon and even so would have offered a table on the terrace, but she said that she must ask us if the place is busy (probably! the Portuguese people are in the usually so hospitable, but this woman was the most unfriendly we have come across the islands and on the mainland. not surprised by the low reviews of this site that dame is clearly somewhat frustrated.

On our trip to the restaurant. the waitress did not care to show the table we could sit on. ordered steak and mixed fish dish. steak was in order, mixed fish boiled under (instead of replacing the whole plate they only cooked fish again). the price is okay. but undercooked fish is not.

The restaurant is far from funchal, so they expect a good recipe when they arrive, but it is the complete opposite. the personal is rude and it does not show any desire to serve them well. eating is ok, but does not make for the terrible. service

We visited SolMar twice. One Sunday afternoon we had quite a decent cup of coffee with milk unfortunately, the waitress was quite moody and not very polite, to say the last. The same evening we returned to give the food a try. Well, we...were not impressed: The octopus stew was chewy The octopus in vinegar was very nice The cod was fried hard with garlic which got too bitter The espada com banana was very nice The garlic bread was put on the table we didn’t order it and were charged €2,50 nevertheless A piece of advice: Go to nearby village Sao Vicente and book a table at one of the restaurants on ‘the strip’.