Visa Credit Cards - Yes or No?

[Jaylay]

If you think about it nearly all the restaurants that have been mentioned that do not take credit cards are Dutch owned. It seems that the Dutch do not use credit cards in the same way as the rest of Europe.

[DaGi]

You're wrong, Jaylay. Dutchmen too (like me) do use creditcards like the rest of Europe.
Only Dutch restaurant-owners don't like creditcards. Probably for two reasons: a. they have to pay some money to the creditcard companies and b. payments by creditcard are 'on paper', so no chance to let the money disappear directly in the pocket.......

[Bruce Wallis]

Surely you cant be suggesting tax avoidance?? Tsk tsk!

[DaGi]

Surely you cant be suggesting tax avoidance?? Tsk tsk!

Of course not ! I wouldn't dare.......

[e-richard]

I think you meant tax evasion....

Tax avoidance is not only legal, its a great sport - albeit with very complicated rules

[Graham]

The only ones that I know take credit cards are :

O Salmao
Casa do Bife
The pizzeria in Quinta do Paraisio
Fernandos Stone Steak (though I believe you don't get the free glass of port if you pay by credit card )

[heini]

A Gale takes visa

[Michael Crane]

I have placed all the above in FAQ. There are a lot more to do so please keep posting the information on credit cards.

Also, there are one or two without phone numbers. If you know them, please post them.

Thank you.

Michael

[SJ & RE]

On the whole, I think mainly all cash. The cost is to high for them to install credit card facilities. Some that did do credit cards now do not and the ten we visited for dinner all were cash. Lunch venues were the same.

[bife73]

Hello all.... I've just had a pos credit card machine fitted in my shop (no I'm not a restaurant owner). It cost 165.00 euros + VAT to fit, there is also 24 euros per month rental fee.....and of course 2.5% commission to pay....NOT 5% as you are told by the restaurant owners.
So is it really the costs?? I feel it might be that all sales through a credit card machine are easily traced be the tax man!!!!

[fmm]

Maxime's is happy for you to pay using a Portuguese debit card, but not a UK one. REally annyoying as it is not cheap to eat there (although I have to say that the two best meals I have had in Cvo were at this restaurant!)

[Rob F]

Hello all.... I've just had a pos credit card machine fitted in my shop (no I'm not a restaurant owner). It cost 165.00 euros + VAT to fit, there is also 24 euros per month rental fee.....and of course 2.5% commission to pay....NOT 5% as you are told by the restaurant owners.
So is it really the costs??

Not the costs? hmmm.. I wonder. Let's say a quality restaurant has a yearly t/o of around € 300.000. If credit cards are excepted, experience learns that at least 50% of the clients will use them. So that would be some 150.000 charged with 2,5% = € 3.750,- Add up the € 24 monthly fee and the total reaches around € 4.000,- per annum. Serious money would not you say?

Rob F.

[SJ & RE]

As we wil be out 2 CVO in 5 days time. I promise on our return, if someone reminds me that is, to compile a list which does or not do credit cards over the 15 nites of dinners 2 come. Yummy.

[laserblazer]

As we wil be out 2 CVO in 5 days time. I promise on our return, if someone reminds me that is, to compile a list which does or not do credit cards over the 15 nites of dinners 2 come. Yummy.

Will you restrict yourself to those places that take a credit card?

[SJ & RE]

Bugger me, how the hell will I know if they have a credit card facility b4 I eat. ( Hubby just called me a plonker cos it says so outside the establishment) anyway poo to him, as I was saying, wil let u no later, HOWEVER we are more likely to enquire wether or not Lazerblazer has an account 4 us 2 use at all the eateries we visit!!! ha ha,