I don't know how they're operating this American brand in Europe. I asked for ketchup and he…read moreliterally gave me only one packet of ketchup which is 10grams. This was for an entire bucket of chicken with fries. Horrible. There was no ice and half of the drinks were out. Picture attached.

If I could, i would give this place 0 stars. The one star is already pushing it. So my family and i…read moredined at this KFC location and spent €30 here. We had ordered the bucket for 2 people and two chicken sandwiches. The sandwiches didn't come with ANYTHING ON IT. No ketchup, mayo, lettuce or cheese as shown on the menu. The drink machine was down, the ice machine was dripping water (no ice in the machine). Half of the drinks weren't even hooked up and had no lids for the drinks either. The fries tasted like they were sitting there for probably a good 20 minutes. (Even though they probably should've been thrown away 10 minutes prior to us even ordering) Both my sister and i had to ask for ketchup multiple times and each time they gave us ONE pack of ketchup..ONE. So for €30 i got 2 plain chicken sandwiches, a bucket of chicken, old fries, 2 drinks and HORRIBLE service. The whole point of a franchise is; that it's super easy to duplicate the consistency. Kudos KFC at Vasco De Gama Mall. I Probably won't even be dining at KFC back in the states for a while.

As I continue to slowly get through the large list of review drafts I wrote when I was in Portugal,…read moreat this point, a bit over 3 months ago, in no particular order... this was one of two places that ended up on my list of places I had to try a famous bifana sandwich when I was in Lisbon, the other being O Trevo the next day. To both of them equally I say, there are very few places I'd be willing to stand in line for an hour for, and few of them involve meat on bread. Luckily, being the off-season, I didn't have *any* wait to order a sandwich. Unluckily, being the off season, that's also because it kept raining off and on, and this is a strictly take-out affair. So I ended up eating the sandwich under a nearby awning. In nicer weather conditions, though, there are plenty of nearby benches to sit on right there. Would i wait in a long line? I would not. But it was a legitimately great sandwich, great fluffy bread, great cheese if you splurge on cheese (as of a couple months ago, they were 3.5 euro without cheese, 5.5 with cheese), and solid, juicy, meaty meat, even if I do *personally* prefer the thin-sliced version like the other place I went, did. For how filling they are, that'd make them pretty darn affordable, if you don't add cheese, which I would probably keep doing anyway if I lived here, I'd just go when it was the off-season and not busy, *and* not raining*. At least as of when I was there, being a takeout place, they didn't have much in the way of drinks, but there was an unrelated business in the next alcove over selling cheap large glasses of beer and large blended fruity pineapple drinks. p.s. Make sure to absolutely douse your sandwich in mustard and chili oil, if you like spicy food like I do. They're self-serve, and great.

Two years running this was our favorite bifana…read more Location was a bit challenging as only the door leading into the restaurant was for locals while the window on the other side served all others. The challenge was the limited sidewalk in front and the lines extend across the street. People don't always realize they're standing in the middle of a street until they get honked at by a car. Menu was posted on the left behind the window. Plain and with cheese bifanas topped the menu but there were other choices as well like carne asada, egg and fish. Cash was the only tender accepted. The pork in the bifanas was constantly simmered and pulled out to make each sandwich individually. The bread was chibatta like and quite soft that enveloped the strips of pork. I added piri piri aauce and yellow mustard (big squirt bottles available on the counters to each side of the window) which gave it more flavor. A simple but great local sandwich. To avoid lines come at odd hours. I also came a little after lunch hour in moderate rain and there was just one person ahead of me.

(McDonald's in Portugal while moving from one place to another - 1 of 2)…read more You may come across this McDonald's if you are a local and are shopping at the huge Vasco da Gama indoor shopping center in the Parque das Nacoes complex. You may also come across it if you are at the Oriente train station minted as a landmark for Expo 98 and you decide you don't like the food options in there while waiting for a train or a long distance bus. In this regard, this McDonald's is a win ... because I don't like the food options in the Oriente station. There are very few things I like at McDonald's and most of their food isn't really that good for you. I could go for a Filet-o-Fish but the price difference for a Big Mac isn't that much more, so that's what I order when at a McDonald's in another country and I make it a combo, with medium fries and a medium soft drink. Note that the prices for this meal are fair here and more favorable than in Italy or Spain. They will also give you some ketchup whereas in Italy you have seemingly have to pay for it at most McDonald's. To me, that's like not giving you napkins with your meal. I have wandered over from the massive and unique multi-modal Oriente station and have eaten here twice. On both occasions, they were packed with folks having lunch. For that matter, all of the food court merchants were very busy and finding a place to sit was not easy. When you find one, you move quickly. On both occasions, my hat was off to the employee who saw that I had luggage and could not wheel it to the table and carry a tray with a Big Mac meal without having it tip over. They helped me by carrying the tray to the table I had found. It's all there at this McDonald's - the food you know, service that is better than that provided by sullen teenagers in the U.S., a value priced meal, and, most of all, the interior of the Vasco da Gama center is big, open, and airy, featuring regular stores, high end stores, and a big (possibly on steroids) Continente "hypermarket" at the ground level. Getting here from the Oriente station across the street is easy, either via the pedestrian crossing at street level, through a below street level passageway, and, if I recall, there has been a footbridge over Avenida Dom Joao II as well, though it seemed to be closed this last time. Except for how busy it is, this is a good McDonald's and you can be among the few token tourist gringos (a term definitely used in Brazilian Portuguese) in here having a meal.

This is fast food, but better than you'd get at a lot of places where they would charge you five…read moretimes as much. Nice, simple, efficient, vegetarian and fish options. I was just blown away by how good the sauces were. They also asked me raw, medium or well which is a giant plus if you ask me. This is becoming my favorite fast food joint in the world.

They serve draft beer here! They open late, a quick beer fix! They don't sell alcohol at grocery…read morestores after 10pm, this is a get away! Love it!

When you're an American and have been in Portugal for over two weeks there is nothing quite as…read moresatisfying living out the guilty pleasure of a double whopper with cheese meal deal.

Convenient, fast, and very inexpensive. The menu is short and simple: a few variations of bifanas,…read morecaldo verde (soup), Balcahau fritters, espresso and soft drinks, even pasteis de nata. The most expensive item is a type of Bifana at 3 euros. There's a small bar with stools on opposite the counter if you want to eat there, but it's more of a take-away place. If you need a quick bite to eat and you're in the area, this is your place.

Really well priced and delicious bifana in a great location. Simple menu and super friendly…read moreservice. If you want a really good bifana for a great price stop in and grab one. I ate quite a few bifana on my trip and this was one of the better ones! The owner and cashier were both extremely friendly. Can't recommend it enough!