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| - I had a friend visiting from Vancouver along with his wife and they wanted to experience true Portuguese cuisine and culture. Churrasqueira Martin supposedly had all of this and more.
I was very disappointed as were my guests. Firstly, we had made a reservation, which didn't get recorded. So after finally waiting for a table, the server ( the first of 4) recommended the Octopus, which they were apparently out of. I had ordered a wine from their wine list, which they didn't have. It was only 8:30pm, and they were out of main dishes and wine?
I had ordered the lobster tail with Filet Mignon, my wife ordered the grilled squid, my guest ordered bacalhau abras.
The presentation was incrediable! Unfortunately, that's were it ended. The lobster tail was pleasantly seasoned to cover the gooey texture of raw seafood. I nearly threw up in my mouth. I brought this to the attention of my server., She promptly returned the dish to the chef who responded with a sneer. How dare I return uncooked lobster tail! It was the last I saw of that server. My dish was returned with a rubbery lobster tail, crisp at the edges, and a filet Mignon that could of been used as a hockey puck at the next leaf game.
Asking for water to try and wash this sludge down was chore in itself. The servers were to busy playing around then paying proper attention to their customers.
At the end if it all, we were served up with luke warm cappuccino's. The best part of the night, was walking out the door. If you are looking for bad food, and horrible service then this is the place, however; Authentic Portuguese cuisine and culture, it is not.
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