Volta Do Mar

I entered this place by chance and it was a lovely discovery. Warm welcome, we got great advice on which dish to pick, I was impressed by the wine list, out of the ordinary. The dessert was my favourite bit, like an Ile Flotante, but better. I don’t put 5 stars because the bread served with the sardines pate was burned which spoiled the started a bit…

Went for a friends birthday. Had an incredible meal! Great food and good wine! Will return. The starters were really good. I wish we got more of them. I got the piri piri chicken for my main. Really enjoyed it! The chocolate mousse was also really good and had crackling candy in it, interesting twist.

Came here for dinner as a group of 3 at 7:30 on a Friday night. Was initially hesitant to book since there were reviews complaining about slow service, so here’s our experience: Our dinner took a bit over 2 hours, from starters to mains to dessert. Waited ~10 mins for someone to come take our order. Starters came quickly but after finishing those, we waited another ~15 mins for the mains. Had to flag down service staff for a water refill, but aside from that, everything was fine. To summarize, service was indeed on the slow side during the busiest time of the week, but if you’re with a laid back group and not pressed for time, the food is delicious.

I had an amazing time @ Volta do Mar Restaurant in Covent Garden with my friends. We started with some drinks, they have amazing signature cocktails. The food was incredible and full of flavour. Friendly staff and very good service, had an excellent wine recommendation. The only issue I had was about a party who was very loud and disrespectful to staff but, understand that this type of unacceptable customer behavior is totally out of the staff control. The staff apologised to us. I would definitely recommend this restaurant.

We finally tried this place and were not disappointed. Food is exceptionally good, start to finish. They offer a variety of mouth watering Portuguese dishes. For starters we went for grilled prawns and chicken wings. Sambal sauce of chicken wings was delicious, what a nice south-Asian touch! I wanted to try their fish of the day but they ran out (don’t blame them, restaurant was packed and it was a weekend). Settled for their seafood stew with coconut cream which was surprisingly good. Do try their castella cake, it is simply amazing. This restaurant does appear small from outside but don’t be fooled, the place is quite extensive with multiple levels. Service could be faster but since we went for a dinner on a weekend and were in a company of good friends it didn’t matter much. We will definitely be returning.