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Portuguese$$ Local favorite

Tasca da Glória

8.6

A family tasca up the Graça hill where the chalkboard lists whatever Dona Amélia cooked that morning — usually a stewed thing, a grilled thing, and arroz de pato on Thursdays worth planning a week around. House wine comes in a jug and the bill rarely clears €15. No reservations, no English menu, and they wave off the couvert for you if you hesitate — which tells you everything.

Order this

Arroz de pato (Thursdays)
Peixinhos da horta
Pudim flan

The dishes reviewers keep coming back for. Ordering off-list is on you.

The practical bit

Getting a table

Walk in — no reservation, no fuss

Dietary

vegetarian (a dish or two daily)

Neighborhood

Graça, Lisbon

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Reviews (1)

Aoife Brennan@aoifeabroad

Food-driven · Solo trip · Visited Sep 2024

9.1

Plan your week around the Thursday duck rice

Good: Arroz de pato with a jug of house wine among Graça grandmothers, bill under €14 — and they waved off the couvert before I could fumble the Portuguese for it.
Bad: Eight tables and no reservations means a 1pm Thursday arrival is already a gamble, and the chalkboard waits for no one whose phrasebook is slow.
Verdict: Solo eaters and patient couples should climb the hill hungry on a Thursday; anyone needing an English menu and a booking will eat somewhere worse, sooner.

Oct 18, 2024 113