Quinta do Mel

A huge disappointment. The welcome was icy, the staff unpleasant and visibly unconcerned about their customers. The menu is very limited, with very few choices, and the cooking is very far from the level one has the right to expect from an establishment like this one. If a change of ownership has indeed taken place, it is unfortunately felt in all areas, and certainly not for the better. This restaurant has lost what made its reputation. We will not set foot there again and will not recommend it.

We (a couple) spent our two-week vacation there and were extremely satisfied. The location is wonderfully quiet and the surrounding herb fields invite you to take a walk. The nearest beautiful beach (Praia da Falesia) is only a 15-minute walk away. Everything is lovingly furnished and cleaned daily. A special highlight is the extremely sumptuous breakfast, with fresh, home-grown products! The entire team is extremely friendly and helpful, you can really relax there! :) Definitely worth a stay!

The place is very nice and the staff very kind, it must be specified. But when you book an “apartment” (room 11) you expect something different than what we had. I took some pictures to support what I say but honestly we were disappointed by the quality of the finishes of this room especially considering the price paid that it is not paltry. Outside: the floor of the pool is badly made (there are holes, the slats do not “fit” and therefore watch out for the feet), a tree had fallen and it remained there throughout our stay and the shower of the pool was not functional. In the bedroom/apartment: the kitchen sink which is poorly fixed and therefore very annoying to manage the pressure etc, one of the two reads a person missing a foot and one of the others is broken (and therefore fatally impossible to sleep on), the state of the furniture in the room, the shower not even repaired, a kitchen cabinet that disintegrates when opened and another that rubs the wall and does not even open completely, no spices available neither kitchen knife nor washing up liquid while the site recommends a kitchen equipped, it starts to do a lot. Admittedly, apart from the bed which is very annoying, these are benign things. But put together, I find it unacceptable such a lack of comfort and quality of equipment in an “equipped apartment”. I leave two stars because as I said the environment and the staff save the game but I remain disappointed by the lack of care of the apartment and the environment around the pool that could be so good.