Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Chiku (lisbon)

name: Chiku
type place: japanese restaurant all you can eat food on a belt
location: rua do loreto 21 close to praça camoes, between chiado and bairro alto lisboa
tel: 21 3425998 960009988
price idea: less than 10 € Fun Japanese all you can eat -the food passes you by on a roling carpet- restaurant very reasonalby priced , price quality very good... cheaper for lunch than for dinner but always a good deal.. good for a nice 'big' meal not for a romantic dinner it is a copy of the post for the japanese restaurant in cascais but they are very similar... only the hot items are warmer in cascais then in lisbon.
http://chiku-lisboa.com/
mmm: *

Monday, December 03, 2007

Pereira (cascais centro)


name: Restaurante Pereira

type place: local portuguese restaurant

location: travessa da bela vista 44 , 2775-304 Cascais

tel: 214 831215

price idea: less than 20

info: Good local restaurant. Closed on thursdays The restaurant got his name and an article in a famous magazine 'sabado' with the 100 best restaurants in Portugal under the section "popular". Then you go with hig expectations. Those expectations were not fully met. The food was good, service friendly (but no smile from the 'donna' ), but for cascais the prices are very reasonable... go for it deserves your visit.

they have a nice site for more info http://www.geocities.com/restaurante_pereira/

mmm: ***

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Chaleira (carcavelos junquero)

name: A Chaleira

location: Praça Junqueiro, 12 A - Carcavelos
Tel. 214 575 416
price idea: less than 15

closed on mondays

info: Something special not really a restaurant but a tea house... Very good for a lanch (high tea) or a light meal... the have a wide selection of teas but also coffee and hot chocolate. The various homemade cakes and scones are famous. They also have a light menu of sandwiches, salads, quiches and other pastries. Go and indulge it is fabulous

mmm: ****

Hua Li (carcavelos rebelva)

name: Hua Li
Type place: Chinese restaurant and take away
location: Rua da Santarem, 69A Rebelva Carcavelos
tel: 214570142
price idea: less than 15 €
info: . Good restaurant. I like asian food and therefor i am maybe a little too critical. But the springrolls (crepe chines) could be better... The hot and sour soup is pretty good and the familia feliz was very nice. They have a very inexpensive lunch menu (crepe and main for less than 5 euros) this restaurant does not have the sushi kita kita has (competition close by but it is nicer place to sit than the tika tika. I think i prefer this one but very close !
mmm: ***

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Pica peixe (tires)


name: pica peixe
type place: portuguese fish and shellfish restaurant location: rua dos canteiros 209, Tires
Tlf: +351 21 44422332
price idea: +20 euros (not for a lobster meal)
Info: Very good quality fish restaurant. The restaurant looks like a traditional portuguese tasca but besides the regular dishes they have an extensive choise in fish dishes and they do seafoodplatters something you see less off in portugal. Depending what you want on your plate it can be a little more pricy but not expensive for what you get. The service was good but. The place is a busy restaurant not the relaxing candelight dinner place. Try it !
http://www.pica-peixe.com/ mmm: **

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Sombrero (carcavelos-praia)

name: O Sombrero
type place: mexican restaurant
location: avenida marginal 23, carcavelos (entre os dois rotundas no marginal em carcavelos)
tel: 214577368
price idea: less than 30
info: Very good mexican food, nice decoration beautifull seaview great margeritas. What they can improve ? A better readable menu... small print almost invisible for me... The service is not so efficient but friendly. Then the portions... do not go there when you are hungry cause the quality is top but the portions are rather small... just one main dish will not be sufficient for most so look at the appetizers or deserts. But all together if you are craving for a little :) mexican food GO THERE it is good !



mmm: **

Brasa da belavista (sassoeiras)

name: A Brasa da belavista
type place: local portuguese restaurant and grill
location: rua Gonçalo Velho Cabral 90, Sassoeiras, 2775-709 Carcavelos
tel: 214564305
idea: less than 20
info: Good local restaurant. Closed on wednesdays
The restaurant is a big succes, sometimes you have to stand in line to get in. Reservation for bigger groups is a must. The restaurant started as a chicken grill i was told but is now famous for all his grilled dishes. There is a vast variety of dishes but sometimes they are out of my favourites. The whole restaurant has recently been refurbished and it looks a lot better than before. They also serve for take-away and this service seems pretty succesfull too. Try the grilled t-bone (costeleta de novilho) or the espetada saloia (large beef skewer enough for 2) or the ribs (entrecosta) also the fish is very fresh looks very good. Fish by the kilo can give you a pricier bill but if you like grilled fish go for it.
mmm: ****

Caracol (lisboa-bairro alto)

name: O Caracol
type place: local portuguese restaurant
location: rua barroca 14, lisboa (bairro alto)
tel: 213427094
idea: less than 20
info: Bairro alto restaurant. The menu is also available in english. The food was ok but the lack of room made it difficult for me to enjoy it abd it is a very noisy place. One of my friends tried tha pataniscas de bacalhau, a sort of cod fish cake very typical portuguese, and they were exelent. CHeck your bill before we leave we had to ask to alter a 15 euro charge for a bottle of water to 1.5 euro. ???
mmm: *

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Tromba rija (lisboa - santos)

name: Trombarija

type place: portuguese buffet restaurant
location: Rua Cintura do Porto de Lisboa – Edifício 254, Armazém I 1200- 109 Lisboa
Tlf: +351 213 971 507 Fax: +351 213 971 203
price idea: +/- 30 euros all included
Info: If you only have one meal to try all portuguese food this is the place to go. They have most of the portuguese tradional dishes and all appetizers and deserts you can imagine. Everything is included. I am normaly not a big fan of buffet restaurants but this one is the best i have been too. Also good for bigger groups an d parties. Try it !

Hong Sha Long (cascais - perto do estaçao)

name: restaurante japanese
type place: restaurant
location: cascais villa shopping across the railway station of cascais 2750 top floor at the end
tel: 214868673 price idea: less than 10 €
Fun Japanese all you can eat -the food passes you by on a roling carpet- restaurant very reasonalby priced , price quality very good...
cheaper for lunch than for dinner cheaper during the week than on the weekend but always a good deal.. good for a nice 'big' meal not for a romantic dinner
mmm: ***

Friday, June 29, 2007

apeadeiro (cascais centro)


name: restaurante apeadeiro

type place: restaurant

location: av. vasco da gama 252, 2750-509 Cascais

tel: 214832731 price idea: less than 20 € closed on sunday dinner and monday

Nice restaurant, price quality the best we visited so far in centre of cascais

good grilled dishes and apparantly sardines are the speciality but we went twice out the sardine season... visit cascais go here for a lunch or dinner

mmm: ***

casa da quinta (carcavelos -quinta de sao gonçalo)


name: casa da quinta
type place: restaurant and cafe
location: rua da Grécia, 2775-408 Carcavelos (close to praia de carcavelos)
tel: 214582745
price idea: less than 20 € A pleasant surprise, part of the quinta de Sao Gonçalo development. Very good food very friendly service. Modern portuguese with delicate international influences. Again a very nice surprise we had several very good meals there. The steak with gorgonzola sauce is delicious and they have a strawberry sangria that is very good (only when there is fresh strawberries)
mmm: **

Monday, April 30, 2007

o solar de benfica (lisboa-benfica)

name: o solar de benfica
type place: restaurant
location: Travessa da cruxz da era 7, 1500-214 Lisboa (not far from o columbo shopping but not so easy to get too)
tel: 217649274
price idea: less than 20 €
Nice big spacy restaurant portuguese style. Large portions of good food. The eal that a friend ate was very nice, as was my tbone steak, the other dishes served on our table where beef in cream sauce, suckling pig and roasted pork leg. Tried them all and were all good :) and the service is friendly. mmm: ***

Thursday, April 26, 2007

movida caffe (oeiras - porto de recreio)




name: movida caffe
type place: restaurant and bar~
location: porto de recreio de oeiras or marina de oeiras (close to Nato HQ and forte de sao juliao)tel: 214437136
price idea: less than 20 € for snacks less than 10 €
Great location and good food. For me the best in the oeiras marina area. The toast (very big toasted sandwiches, salads, burgers and pitas are very good. The service is friendly and they just reopend after doubling their inside space... think this is going to inprove speed on the service (used to be slow when the outside area was full) It is good and the prices acceptable for such a nice location.
mmm: ****

cup of joe (oeiras - porto de recreio)


name: cup of joe
type place: snack bar and bar (nice view on the marina)
location: porto de recreio de oeiras or marina de oeiras (close to Nato HQ and forte de sao juliao)
tel:
price idea: less than 20 €
Great location but go there for a coffee, a special coffee or a drink... the mix drinks or a beer. The food menu is limited they have a few specials daily but nothing special. It was ok but there is better close by if you want to go for that meal. Again this place is not bad but it did not impress.
mmm: *

santo pecado (oeiras - porto de recreio)

name: santo pecado
type place: restaurant and bar
location: porto de recreio de oeiras or marina de oeiras (close to Nato HQ and forte de sao juliao)
tel:
price idea: less than 20 €
Great location bad food small drinks. Go here when all places are full and you are desperate. The service is ok the quality of the food is very poor... ordered a filet steak with green pepper sauce received one with mustard sauce... send it back received same steak same sauce with peppercorns on top... for 15 euros this is stealing certainly when there is other places so close where you can have a better meal. And the fries were cold... the salad was a big plate with green letuce and 2 slices of tomato no seasoning. Ok it was busy but anyway this is very bad... my friends had calamares (small portion of mediocre quality) and the duck rice (arroz de pato) dry but ok-ish
mmm: no star... worst in distrito de lisboa so far !!!

Friday, March 23, 2007

churrasqueira de queijas (oeiras alto da barra)

name: churrasqueira de queijas
type place: churrasqueira and snack bar
location: Avenida Descoberatas no CC Alto Barra, Oeiras (close to Nato HQ )
tel: 214443079
price idea: less than 20 €
a typical churrasqueira hidden away in the CC. Not a fancy dinner place but great for a quick meal on the go. We go and get fresh grilled chicken there and entrecosta (ribs) Writing about it makes me already hungry. The chickens are good size there... for take out i hear you say who cares cause you pay per kilo... but hey skinny catwalk chickens have hardly any meat and are very dry... the chicken here is GOOD.

mmm: ***

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Khim Bahadur Gurung (carcavelos centro)

name: Khim Bahadur Gurung
place: indian restaurant
location: R Cândido Reis 29 2775-558 CARCAVELOS
tel: 214 567 743
price idea: about 15 €
info: good indian restaurant, friendly service... The food was very good and not expensive. It is adapted to the portuguese palate... the first time i was tempted to add hot sauce to indian food. mmm: ***

restaurante kita kata (carcavelos centro)

name: kita kata
type place: asian restaurant and take away
location: rua dr Jose Joaquim de Almeida, nº 622-B, 2775-594 Carcavelos (perto do Banco Espirito Santo no centro de Carcavelos)
tel: 214575862 price idea: about 15 €
info: chinese and japanese dishes. A small local restaurant but with pretty tasty food and a remarkable lunch menu for 5 euros !!! Springroll choise of 4 mains and coffee... beat this !
The also have sushi but we have not tried it yet... will let you know soon
mmm: ***

adega já fumega (liboa-campo ourique)

name: adega já fumega
type place: portuguese restaurant
location: rua de campo ourique 11-13, 1250 - 059 Lisboa (campo ourique) -
tel: 213883225
price idea: less than 20 €
info: Good restaurant, parking at night is not so easy but that is not new for lisbon is it. Good service... Good food. Extensive choise of portuguese dishes on the regular menu and many specials. Try it. Also good to go with a group. Not for romantic dinners.
mmm: ***

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

casa mia (lisboa -sete rios)

name: casa mia
type place: italian restaurant
location: Av. Columbano Bordal Pinheiro, nº 101 A-B 1070 - 063 Lisboa (perto sete rios)
tel: 217269423
price idea: about 20 €
info: Good restaurant, parking at night is not so easy but parking lots near by and very accessable by public transport. Remarkable service... I think best friendly and efficient service i have seen so far. And the food was good too. An extensive choice of pasta, pizza, meat and fish dishes... and the desserts are yummie too.
I am personally not a so keen on italian food... but it was fun "suffering" through this restaurant
mmm: ***