Campo Alegre/compadre - Porto

Grande seleção de pratos de frutos do mar e peixes. Vinhos deliciosos e ótimo atendimento. Restaurante português muito pequeno, acolhedor e autêntico

Um ponto alto num bairro bastante feio e decadente (Campanha) do Porto. A comida era óptima e também foi bom ver receitas portuguesas muito invulgares.

Alright, this place looked really great online, so we gave it a shot. Now, having read some other reviews, I realize that there needs to be a more balanced review of this restaurant. Also, read the owner's comments on here to get an idea of their ego and mission it's got nothing to do with serving good food or being a gracious host. So, here we go! The food is ok, but it is definitely not spectacular. I think the major hangup here is that the food is presented very nicely and a lot of people traveled a long way to get here, so they're just unwilling to give a fair review of the food. Who knows, but the reviews are clearly out of line with the quality. We ordered the following dishes: piri piri shrimp, mushrooms, bacalao in tomato sauce, and grilled octopus. The shrimp looked excellent, but were bland and basically consisted of very nice shrimp in some reddish colored olive oil with minimal salt. The mushrooms were portobello and champignon: portobello's were cooked well, but extremely salty, whereas the champignon's were undercooked and entirely lacked salt. Note that the primary seasoning here is salt, so don't misread this thinking I left something out. The bacalao was lightly fried on a bed of fried potatoes (no salt, fried in olive oil). It wasn't great, but maybe I just don't like this version of bacalao. That said, this was supposed to be braised in the house speciality tomato sauce and you'll notice that there was no sauce at all, rather just a fried, tough, fishy, leathery piece of bacalao. Finally, the octopus was grilled in some seasoning that made it kind of bitter. It was lightly salted and reasonably tender, but also had some slightly slimy consistency. The accompanying vegetables were all fine, but again just pan fried potatoes, way overcooked/bitter/fishy/inedible broccoli, and boiled cabbage (all unsalted). All said, including a bottle of decent wine and tip, we spent €70. Not too bad a price if the food were decent. However, this just wasn't up to par. I think it's difficult to evaluate Portuguese food in general, but i felt this place needed a counterbalance to what i perceive as dishonest/overzealous reviews. I rely heavily on google reviews and am often left dumbfounded by restaurants that get much higher reviews than they deserve, so I only leave honest reviews and i hope this one helps someone out. Good luck with your Porto adventure!

Walked in on quiet Monday lunch hour. Ordered green cabbage soup and at recommendation of the waiter, the hake rice. Both were extremely salty and I could barely finish about a third of each. The hake fish also had a horrible aftertaste like it had gone off. This place does not justify its 4.5 star rating.

Tasty food, friendly staff! Had the veal and it was awesome. Reasonable prices and good homey atmosphere.