Tapas n' Friends Trindada

We loved our experience here. Simple tapas with a great atmosphere and good cocktails. What really stood out to us and what‘s the reason for me to even write this review was the amazing service. Our waiter Sumil gave our visit a personal touch and was one of the key elements for our positive experience at Tapas n‘ friends.

The francesinha is the queen of all typical Portuguese tapas, and we weren't going to be any different, so we decided to try this tapas place frequented by Lisbon residents. We ordered codfish balls, codfish with pepper sauce, and the francesinha. Everything was remarkably good, although being a franchised tapas place, it's quite obvious that the dishes are mass-produced, albeit of high quality. I recommend trying all the meat and fish dishes, as well as the codfish balls, which were tremendously good and the ceviche.

Nice Location, however, service and food was not good. The service seemed to not care and was not attentive. You did not feel welcome. The food was cold and dry and it did not taste good. It seems/looked like the food was simply "microwaved". I did not finish the Hot Dog as it simply did not taste good. We had better similar food at other places.

I had food there today at about 3pm, which I did enjoy eating, and included a prawn dish. After a couple of hours I did not feel well and had a sleep. However, when I woke up I felt worse and quite sick. Then by 7pm I vomited up everything I had eaten. I’m guessing it was the prawns but don’t know for definite. So it’s safe to say I won’t be going back or recommending this restaurant.

We ordered nachos for 8 euro and got a plate of corns chips, sprinkled with paprika and a thumb nail container with some avocado dip - what a joke. The meatballs were nice.

A little disappointed with this restaurant. We came here for late lunch and everything was underwhelming. The cod cakes were dry and oily, octopus salad was chewy but the sauce on the meatballs were the highlight of our meal.

We went into this restaurant with high hopes after studying the menu. The menu offered interesting items so we thought we would give it a try. The food was not completely terrible but it was far from outstanding. The worst was the nachos and guacamole. This dish was served with Doritos chips and pre-made guacamole, see attached picture. The fries with truffle oil were underwhelming and did not taste like truffle. The stuffed mushroom caps were way too salty even though the mushrooms and quail eggs were good. I suspect the octopus salad started its life as a Mexican salsa and was repurposed as a salad. The fried squids were rubbery and the batter was thick - tasted like store bought.

Amazing tapas in Lisbon, 40 euros for 2 people and around 3 dishes each. Service was okay Perfect place in a hot summer day. Ordered sweet chili chicken fingers, olives, tomato mozzarella bruschetta, goat cheese honey bruschetta and fries with ham and eggs Good quality and fresh ingredients.