Aldea - Sintra

45 mins just to take our order. 1 full hour to finally get the dishes. And they were terrible. No flavor whatsoever. The meat bio is just a joke, not only by the horrific appearance but by the amazing skill that someone had to transform it into something completely bland and senseless. It was like eating a sheet of paper: you have it your mouth, you are definitely chewing something, but what on earth happened to the flavor? The rice was something that I wouldn’t feed my dog with, it was some of that vaporized brand that looks like you took a bag of chips and boiled them. The roasted sweat potatoes are almost burned on the outside yet almost raw on the inside. Seriously, just turn the oven down a little. On top of that, they just put seeds on everything. I don’t even know what that was but I was just eating what I could and sometimes I would just feel a small boulder between my teeth that scared me enough to think that I just lost a tooth. My girlfriend had the pasta. Best comment for that is, and I quote: ‘I could do better at home’. That’s saying enough, right? You would at least expect to eat something different, that’s why you go to different places. Disappointing, to say the least. Of course ‘she could have ordered something else’, is probably what the reader of this comment might be thinking, yet if you take a look at the menu, you can see clearly that there aren’t (good or even reasonable) options available, My advice: come here, drink some tea from the local herbs, buy some fruits from around here, but don’t, for the love of god, eat here. Probably my worst experience ever. It’s just that I have been passing by this place for years now, decided to give it a go. I just wish I could go back in time and slap my stupid face with the back of my hand. 25€ average for 2 people (20€ for food 5€ in beverage). I would rather spend that money in some cigarette lighters and just eat them. I bet I would enjoy the gas and metal more than this whole meal.

It was my second time after a terrible first time, decided to give them a second try.. So on my first time ordered two pizzas to go.. they informed me they run out of boxes for that size of pizza so they only had small boxes, and they would figure it out a way to fit those larger pizzas in those smaller boxes. They looked like meatball sandwiches... this second time ordered a vegetarian lasagna and it wasn’t vegetarian, it had meat! By the way the orders took more than an hour to be ready.Terrible service!!!

As we are camping closeby, we went to this supermarket today for groceries and were really surprised to find out it's also a restaurant. So hungry as we were we decided to stay and have diner We sat outside on the terrace. As it was busy in the shop and restaurant, it took some time before we got served. We had two delicious and healthy vegan and veggie pizzas see picture. The people who are working here are nice, friendly and speak perfectly english. The menu was also in english. A lot of the products (if not all of them) are biological/organic. Also the store is fantastic. If I would have lived nearby, I would have done all my groceries here You can even bring your own bags or boxes for fruits, vegetables or (washing) soaps. So definitely a recommendation if you're in this area and looking for healthy and sustainable products or breakfast/lunch/diner ánd want to support a local sustainable concept For the Dutchies: the store is kind of Ekoplaza meets Dille Kamille. Updated from previous review on 2023 08 05

Chegámos perto das 14h e já só havia um prato como opção vegan. Não nos agradou o aspecto do mesmo e pedimos uma sopa, que estava razoável. Comemos também empadas de legumes, claramente de fabrico caseiro e produtos da época, também estas razoáveis. Nem uma torrada com manteiga vegetal ou tosta com queijo vegetal têm disponível, apesar de venderem manteiga e queijo vegetal na loja. No geral, saímos desiludidos e com alguma fome devido às parcas opções vegan.

Went there twice and were a bit disappointed with the slow service due to lack of organisation. The space is very authentic and really well worth visiting. The Friday night pizza lacks flavour- really sorry to say that.