Hotel Gat Rossio in Lisbon

Except of the great building (you should just go inside and look around) it was a horrible experience. We asked for 2 baskets of bread and some olives, butter and some other stuff - as written in on the menu- as a starter and the waiter told us he "will bring a nice plate for us". After 20min of waiting we asked for the bread and received a "just wait a few minutes". The waiter came with a basket with 9 slices of bread - 3 were end pieces - for 4 people and a normal plate with olives like the couple next to us had. No butter, we had no own plates. So we asked for some olive oil and some salt and some plates and it was no friendly reaction of the waiter. We saw also that other tables got directly their bread and olive oil, so we wondered why we were treated different. He brought us the things we asked for without a word and came with the main courses just 5 min afterwards. So we had no Time to eat the olives and the bread. He cleared the plates for the bread during we used the plates also without a word. And the main courses were not what we expected. The lamb was good but could be served warmer, with fried potatoes you can't do much wrong but the vegetables were just cold. Over all we felt discriminated because the other tables were treated much better than us. Overall the food was just okay but the unfriendly service ruined everything.

Singers and players still good. Was here 5 years ago, but like a lot of Lisbon has sold its soul to the tourist devil. Full of tour groups who don't respect he protocols of silence and ban on flash photos. Service average, and floor management rude. Look elsewhere for fado authenticity now.