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| - This was our second visit to Bairrada. We enjoyed the food the first time, and decided to go there for dinner on Sunday.
It was not really full, but seemed to be very chaotic, with a large group leaving, but this seemed to take a very long time. The waiter finally showed us to a table (most tables were empty at this point which is why it was surprising how long it took for them to get a table ready).
We ordered mixed meats grilled with vegetables on a stick for me, and a steak and a small salad for my better half. After a reasonable delay the food came, smelling great and huge portions. The salad never made an appearance.
My entree was served with little, round roasted potatoes and over a bed of rice. Although delicious, the potatoes were not very hot. The grilled meat and vegetables were very nice, but the rice was very disappointing. It was dry. So dry in fact that it contained rock hard pieces of rice, which most likely came about from excessive re-heating. This was a particular disappointment for me, since I love the way the Portuguese serve rice.
My partners steak was huge, tasty and cooked to be tender, but the cut was of inferior quality with a lot of fat in it. His opinion was that they did well with the cut, but that it would be impossible to serve a better cut for the very reasonable price they charged.
Overall - I give them three stars because I did not find the dining experience to be that entrancing. Their prices are very reasonable and their portions gargantuan.
Would we go again? Possibly, if in the area and no other options were available.
Others might really enjoy the place.
It has the feel of a Southern European Taverna - long rows of bare tables, lots of large screen TVs geared to Portuguese sports and news, a long bar where patrons can sit and drink and watch the TVs and chat to to the bartender. A friendly home away from home for our Portuguese friends, just not really our scene.
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