Frade dos Mares

Wonderful. This restaurant is a little hidden due to the construction around the area. As a group of anything over 4, you should go in person to make a reservation as it is always busy. We had a group of 5 and it was the best overall food and experience we have had yet. The octopus, steak, and fish of the day were highlights. The service was great and the desserts were a great way to cap off the experience. 10 out of 10 would recommend.

Hello travellers, This is an exceptional restaurant. From the food, to the service, to the attention to detail. We were made so welcome by Waqas (Micky) - honestly have never experienced so much effort in service lately. We were shocked at how much he knew and how much he cared about us and our experience. The octopus is 10/10. The ravioli was scrumptious. The prawns starter was so well proportioned and so tasty. Honestly just a big round of applause for the restaurant! Micky deserves so much praise he was so busy and still so caring.

Food: 10/10 The clams sung through as they were beautifully highlighted with white wine, a touch of garlic flavor, not over powering and lots of butter flavor and my personal favorite part a bit of lemon grass which perfectly complimented the clam flavor. The octopus was the best I've ever had, the outside was crispy and had a beautiful grill flavor and the inside was soft, simple and delicate flavors. Price: 7/10 Price was a bit on the higher end but well worth it Service: 10/10 Very attentive and kind and they gave us free ginja at the end! Very friendly and willing to please.

*posted on TripAdvisor on January 10th, but I've been thinking about this restaurant lately so I'm writing the review on Google as well* This place felt very exclusive with the doorbell and that's when we knew we were about to be in for a treat. When we first entered it wasn't really busy so we were able to choose where to sit. Little did we know the place filled up quickly even with solo diners which took me by surprise. Before I review the food: I would like to give a big shout out to Tharcyl for hosting us. He had excellent communication and amazing customer service throughout - he truly made this dining experience the most memorable one for us. He recommended the following dishes listed below: Starter - Octopus croquettes with black eyed peas, roasted peppers and homemade sweet chilli From the crunch to the inside filling and sauce on top it was bursting with flavour throughout every bite. Accompanied by the black eyed peas and roasted peppers underneath the croquettes was outstanding because the flavours and textures bounced off each other. There wasn't a single bland moment with that dish at all. If I'm honest I really enjoyed the peas and roasted peppers just as equally as the croquette itself, and that within itself says a lot. Main course - 1. Prawn risotto with red pepper, coriander and parmesan Wow literally wow. Where do I start with this one? The sauce was well balanced and creamy to the point where you want more with every bite. As soon as it goes into your mouth it tingles your tastebuds and opens up a whole new world of flavour. You might think that you're only getting the prawns on top, but nope you're wrong because they have sliced up prawns within the risotto where it soaks up the sauce. I must say the small tomato complimented the dish really well, so make sure you eat that. This dish was so good that my partner wanted to come back the next day to have it before we fly back to the UK (unfortunately we didn't have time). 2. Octopus with garlic, coriander, long stem broccoli and roasted potatoes (this is the dish they specialise in) I genuinely thought this wasn't going to be on par with the prawn risotto and you know what? I was wrong. The octopus was cooked beautifully even the charred bit at the end was something I enjoyed eating. Despite the fact that there's a lot of garlic on top of the dish it wasn't overpowering at all. Every component of the dish did its job to balance out other flavours and bring it all together to make the dish into what it is. This one turned out to be my favourite because it was a well executed dish with different flavours hitting your mouth all at once. Dessert - Chocolate lava cake with hazelnut ice cream Let me start off by saying this was a stunning dessert from the presentation to the very last bite. It was indeed a lava cake with the chocolate dripping out from the cake once you open it up. Was it rich and sickening? No, it was just the right amount of chocolate. The crumble, fruits and hazelnut ice cream was a great addition to this dish because there was a good temperature change and also the crumble adding that nice crunchy texture. Highly recommend this dessert to finish off your meal. All in all, this is now officially my favourite restaurant and I will come back to Lisbon just to visit here. Once again, thank you to Tharcyl for being an amazing host and recommending us all of these dishes. This place is a must visit. Make sure to book in advance!