Marisqueira dos Pobres

37, Av. Serpa Pinto 33
229 380 266

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My local friend has been raving about this restaurant since before I came to Portugal. Today, we finally made it there, famished from skipping breakfast and lunch. Despite our timing, we got a table right away.

We ordered clams (resembling mini dinosaurs), prawns, and sea bass with potatoes and a side salad. I loved the toasted bread they brought out. The prawns were incredibly sweet, and the clams were juicy, chewy, and delicious. One bite of toasted bread...
We ate a seafood platter for 2 people. Of the seafood platter, the best is the zapateira (sea ox for the Spanish). To finish we ordered choco in its ink, very delicious. Very good waiter service. To make a point about the beer. I can't get used to Portuguese beer. The price within the line is €47 for a seafood platter.
This place was recommended to me by a local but I have mixed feelings about it. The food is incredibly cheap if you compare with central Porto however it lacks in quality and flavour. My starter was shellfish soup - more like mixed vegetable soup with no taste of shellfish at all. My main was pot of shellfish rice - massive portion for one serving and it’s only €13! However the shellfish was de-shelled and most are massively overcooked which made me wonder if these were frozen...

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