We were quite late, around 10pm, one of the last visitors. The service for buffet was fast. I don’t know if you have to pay for unfinished food

We were alone when we came to eat here. I must say, we had a great service, very friendly people, the food was very good to excellent. And the price of the food, sooo cheap! I recommend this restaurant.
The only thing I can say is this: the interior is a little dated but besides that, absolutely nothing bad to say.

Unfortunately, this is just "another" Chinese Food Restaurant. The food isn't bad. The buffet system screws everything up in my opinion becaise you order as you go... and when it comes to the table it's in small portions... doesn't make any sense to me...
The space iself used to be another restaurant that served typeicl Portuguese food, but it has been closed for some time... just saying this becuse you don't have the ambiance you look for when you go to an ethnical restaurant...
On the up side, they have take away...

We visited the ' A Familia Restaurant ' this evening after a local had suggested it to us....We should have known better when , at around 6:00pm, the place was completely empty....still, we went on the local's advice ,and my wife and Portuguese Mom sat down for dinner. Mom ordered a small bottle of wine, and I, a common large beer of 40ml, which happened to be approx. 2/3rds of the size of a 40ml everywhere else we've eaten here in the Island, despite the fact that the glass said it was....but it clearly wasn't, as they usually come in the size of a large stein...no big deal. We ordered our meals,...being of Portuguese decent, and loving the cuisine in general, Mom and I both ordered the grilled Cod w/ salad and potato's....after a reasonable time, the meal arrived. Mom and I looked at each other in dismay, as the meal was served to us on a three portioned kiddie plate, w/ a tiny potato, yes A tiny potato cut in half, and a salad that we each finished w/two fork-fills, three for Mom, two spoonfuls of bean salad a thin portion of Cod about an inch an a half wide, and 61/2 inches long, and not one meaty chunk to be had, and a pile of bones to accent the disappointment.....I've eaten this meal elsewhere, a multitude of times, and know when I/we have been ripped off. The taste was satisfactory, but a Kilo of salt Cod costs approx. eight and a half Euro's, and Mom says she can get at least eight very healthy portions from a Kilo, so we were very disappointed and definitely felt cheated from our culinary experience at the 'A Familia ' Restaurant'...The waitress only showed her face again, when she showed up w/the Dessert Menu, which we quickly brushed off....This after we were at Tony's Restaurant in ' Furnas ' the night before, after visiting the very special 'Terra Nostra ' Park, and we're overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of the ' Cusido a Portuguesa' dishes that were very cheap in price by comparison, served w/a smile, at Tony's Restaurant, just as most of the Restaurants we've eaten at here on the Island..... All I can say to ' A Familia Restaurant', is to realize that people come from far and wide to visit this magnificent Island, so don't send people home w/a bad taste in their mouths.

I was not impressed by the quality of the meal given the higher price we paid for a comparable meal elsewhere on the island. Menu selections were limited and not enticing. I would not recommend this to a friend nor would I return for another meal. Just underwhelmed by my experience.