6.2.30 Pils Grill Eatery
Rua do Conde de Redondo 70
Location HERE.
24 taps, and leaning towards Pilsner, Sour + Fruit Beer, with a smattering of Belgian, Wit, IPA and others. The first thing that a scan of the place reveals is that there are a lot of people around, front of house, behind the bar, and indeed, in the kitchen, although the menu is not so extensive.
One consequence of that is the service is good, attentive, and perhaps a little too keen to encourage you to order food, and second guess your next beer choice. On the beer side, the Pilsner choices were enjoyable, but pride of place went to a glass of Sierra Nevada Big Little Thing, an IPA with a full 9% ABV and a memorable taste profile. Wallop!
Default “small” size glass is usually 35cl, which is not too little, and enough to appreciate what is being put in front of you. It was the food part that brought the highs and lows.
Pickled olive tapa: a little chilli infusion, a very pleasant taste, and a most enjoyable experience. Whether it’s worth four Euro I’m not sure, but it was spot on. Fries with Azorean cheese dip? But, sadly, these were just the same thin fries you expect from a burger joint. The competition is better.
Like, not much more than a five minute walk away is Canil Marques, where the Rustic Fries are properly chunky. OK you can say you’re more upmarket, but that argument falls down when you put out the thin fries.
Also, best call Pilsner beers just that. Someone has decided to use the term “Lager”, which to me means something served in the UK and brewed using cheap ingredients. Calling it lager may even put off UK tourists.
Those minus points are a pity, given that a lot of thought has been put into getting this outlet right. The beer offering is good; if the food offering is supposed to be that bit more upmarket, which seems to be the intention, then make it look and feel consistently so. No more fast food joint chips!
Metro Marques de Pombal; Buses 19B, 706, and 774 on R Conde de Redondo; 712, 720, 723, 732 and 753 up on Avenida Duque de Loulé.
Location HERE.
24 taps, and leaning towards Pilsner, Sour + Fruit Beer, with a smattering of Belgian, Wit, IPA and others. The first thing that a scan of the place reveals is that there are a lot of people around, front of house, behind the bar, and indeed, in the kitchen, although the menu is not so extensive.
One consequence of that is the service is good, attentive, and perhaps a little too keen to encourage you to order food, and second guess your next beer choice. On the beer side, the Pilsner choices were enjoyable, but pride of place went to a glass of Sierra Nevada Big Little Thing, an IPA with a full 9% ABV and a memorable taste profile. Wallop!
Pickled olive tapa: a little chilli infusion, a very pleasant taste, and a most enjoyable experience. Whether it’s worth four Euro I’m not sure, but it was spot on. Fries with Azorean cheese dip? But, sadly, these were just the same thin fries you expect from a burger joint. The competition is better.
Like, not much more than a five minute walk away is Canil Marques, where the Rustic Fries are properly chunky. OK you can say you’re more upmarket, but that argument falls down when you put out the thin fries.
Also, best call Pilsner beers just that. Someone has decided to use the term “Lager”, which to me means something served in the UK and brewed using cheap ingredients. Calling it lager may even put off UK tourists.
Those minus points are a pity, given that a lot of thought has been put into getting this outlet right. The beer offering is good; if the food offering is supposed to be that bit more upmarket, which seems to be the intention, then make it look and feel consistently so. No more fast food joint chips!
Metro Marques de Pombal; Buses 19B, 706, and 774 on R Conde de Redondo; 712, 720, 723, 732 and 753 up on Avenida Duque de Loulé.
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