Restaurante O Cerveirense, Lisbon, Portugal



Where is this restaurant?............It is in Lisbon, Portugal.

Very good Traditional Portuguese food.

 Having just returned from a recent holiday there, I think that I should give a quick overview of the trip, if anyone was looking to go there anytime soon.

Here is the quick version of my Restaurant visit, (I will add a separate blog about the whole journey at a later date), please check back soon for updates.

Among the numerous other cafes, bars, restaurants, myself and my family happen to stumble upon this one whilst strolling along a fairly wide shopping avenue called Rua Nova do Almada, it's at No38.

The Restaurant its self is not very noticeable from the street, and certainly does not "stick out", from any of the others. But, once you try the food, I think, that it will be worth actually searching for it. 

Homemade Portuguese food is the main draw for this Restaurant, the menu offers  many items, it's not a huge amount, but the best must be their "dishes of the day".

Once inside it has a long bar on the left almost the length of the room, (it is possible to eat at the bar seated on a bar stool) the kitchen is at the bottom left. On the right hand side there are wooden tables and chairs for dining and at the bottom right there are steps to a lower basement dining area.

The place has a lovely "feel" to it with a large proportion of the diners looking like local Lisboans.

Within a minute we are shown to the table and have a chance to soak in the surroundings.

The walls have large tiled mosaics, and the female cooks can be clearly seen in the kitchen area busy preparing the different salads and dishes.

The Lunch menu arrives and there are some very appealing dishes, the prices are not expensive, but it's all in Portuguese, not knowing enough Portuguese, it's not so busy at the moment so we ask the friendly waiter if it's possible to explain one or two.

His colleague speaks very good English, and with his translation we choose. We decided to go for the duck with fried rice (Arroz do Pato), a mixed salad, and the (Carne de Porco e Ameijoas), the Pork with Clams dish. We normally just have bottles of still water, but there were many opportunities to try lots of drinks from alcoholic to coffee. 

The sounds of the plates going into the dishwashing machine, and the cutlery crashing all added to the ambience of the cosy atmosphere. It's for proper every day style food.

Soon enough the food arrives.

The salad looks ok, it's well seasoned and has some dressing on (there are bottles of olive oil and balsamic already on the table), if we needed more.

The duck in fried rice is here!.

The duck is very tasty and the rice is nicely cooked, it seems to have added flavours from baking in the oven, and the bacon adds something extra.

here also comes the Pork with Clams.

This is a different than average dish, combining clams with the pork cubes, the added touch of fresh chopped coriander goes together really well.

The pork is cooked well with a lovely sauce, I can taste some wine, the clams taste really fresh, together they taste delicious.

I only wish we had found this restaurant earlier into our Lisbon trip, I would have tried many more of their dishes, and desserts too.

Conclusion:....... Restaurante O Cerveirense.....Delicious!

My personal rating system gives (out of 10)

Taste of the food: 9

Price: 9

I do hope you find my comments useful in some small way.....

If you wish to contact the Restaurant directly, it is:

No38 Rua Nova do Almada.  Tel: 213433589 Lisboa, Portugal

Lisbon (lisboa), is a lovely destination for a winter holiday, perhaps I was very lucky with the weather, but out of a total of 6 days it did only rain for one afternoon. I was told it usually rains much more, but please do not let that put you off from going. Even if it does rain there are a few very, very large shopping malls, and of course lots of the other regular attractions, like museums, churches and the dozens of patisseries to help keep you fairly cosy, perhaps over coffee and cake.