Hotel Das Taipas

“Friendly staff, simple, expensive food and no choice!”

Dated but clean hotel. Close to Guimaraes. Staff very friendly and attentive but on arrival we were checked in by a grumpy grandmother who turned out to be the owner. We stayed 3 nights having used "Odysseias" vouchers with (so called) "room free of charge" but with compulsory minimum spend for f... lisää

Dated but clean hotel. Close to Guimaraes. Staff very friendly and attentive but on arrival we were checked in by a grumpy grandmother who turned out to be the owner. We stayed 3 nights having used "Odysseias" vouchers with (so called) "room free of charge" but with compulsory minimum spend for food & drink. Bearing this in mind, the food was (although tasty and well prepared) very simple and extremely poor value for money by Portuguese standards. Imagine: Simple roast chicken, salad and fries with soup and a small basic desert including unspecified wine and coffee for €19.50 per person. Elsewhere this would cost €10 at most. And... all 3 nights there was no choice of menu either. You had to eat what you got! As far as I could judge, the house wine was poured from a container into a used bottle (with a label!!), a definite no,no. The restaurant was kept closed but a table was prepared for us in a small side room where the owners and family (including a noisy toddler) also had their meals. Breakfast (this in the restaurant) was of the simple standard Portuguese variety but with good quality rolls and croissants. All in all an odd experience. If the room price is OK, by all means stay, but check on food choice and price first before ordering!

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