Taberna Ó Balcão em Santarém

Não me lembro de um sítio onde tenha gostado de tudo, literalmente. Aqui, até com ingredientes que não gosto. Tudo ótimo, incluindo o atendimento.

As always i sent my nutricional allergies in advance and our reservation was accepted without any comment. As we got there we were told at first that the tasting menu (for that we went there....) is not possible. And as you can only have it at the whole table also no chance for my wife... So far no real problem but then it became clear why it was not possible: They were not willing (or able) to adapt ANY ingredients at ANY dish (for example just not to put the almonds to the crumble in one dessert so that i could eat it would not have been a big thing...). This great inflexibility occured only in one other restaurant we have been to in the last two weeks..... As only the original dish containing none of my allergens in it could be ordered >>>> choices were few....... Most of the dishes we had were good but the cucumber/apple/leek-salad served with the (very good) fish can be cold but not icecold, nearly frozen and the puree below the (also good) veal should not be cold. So - apart from the allergies - the dishes did not fullfill our expectations and - compared to the Michelin-recommended and Michelin-stared restaurants we visited during the last twelve days we cannot really understand why here a Michelin-star is shining...... At to be out of the restaurant in less than 90 minutes with having 5 dishes each of us does not fullfill our expectation of a cozy evening in a good restaurant....