Essência Lusa

R. de São João 85 87
910 744 839

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The grilled octopus is excellent but remains expensive. The setting is pleasant with its terrace. The service is great!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Reformpädagogik Montessori

Friends, go there :) Best Arroz de Marisco in town. Very friendly service, it's small and cozy. A little away from the tourist crowds.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Helena Duarte

We went for lunch and returned for dinner. Cod, in any of its forms, is a delight. The cod fritters ???

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Emma Lloret

Great restaurant, very nice setting. The service was impeccable, the waiters were very kind. The dishes are very good and delicious ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Barry Maher

We dropped in here for a meal at 7pm on a Saturday night. The place was empty.

Hard to understand. The food was good, the service excellent and very reasonably priced. Especially considering the prime location.

Recommend.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Rice, Steak

Chihying Huang

Octopus?super fresh, sweet and juicy
The soup is not too salty and is very appetizing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alicia James

Among the seafood rice I tried in both Lisboa and Porto (all popular places), this turned out as the best one.
Everything was seasoned and cooked just right. They use a specific type of crab (i don’t know exactly what type, but it seems like blue crab or flower crab) which adds extra sweetness and savory to the soup compared to regular crabs, not to mention there was so much seafood so you can imagine layers of flavour in the soup. I was so full I had to leave behind a lot of mussels and shrimps.

Only one down side is that perhaps because they cooked the seafood with the rice for long, the seafood was a little bit firm. But I don’t mind at all since that’s what makes this dish the bomb.

I came across this restaurant completely by chance, and so glad that I chose to dine here. I will forever dream of this seafood rice

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Rice

Helder Abrantes

Very very good.
The service, the dishes. Everything was perfect.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

David L.G

We ordered a stew of beans and baked cod, everything was delicious, the stew was very abundant and at a very affordable price, I recommend eating here

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pilar Ruiz Hernandez

The seafood rice and the stew were delicious, and very abundant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jackie Bizet

Excellent food!!! Seafood rice awesome!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Inge Van Heeswijk

Nice little restaurant, food was fine. It felt like the owner looked away after eating to refill the table...

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Miss Eva

Friendly waiter, and we were welcome on the terrace with our dog. We ordered the cod and it was perfectly cooked. The only negative was that the portions were very small.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

kkk kkk

Mostly Asian people.
The seafood rice was moderately delicious.
The octopus was very soft

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Manuela Manaia

Portuguese food, very pleasant atmosphere, well located and good service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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