Maria Rio - Coimbra

Restaurante muito bom! Do lado de fora não parece grande coisa, mas a comida é excelente e os funcionários são muito simpáticos e alegres.

Recommended by our host. Easily the best meal experience we had in Coimbra. Felt like we were having food prepared in a family kitchen. FOOD: 5.0. Chose 3 petisco dishes for two: 5.0: Octopus salad. Outstanding. Not only was the octopus excellent, but we finally were able to have robust peppery arugula in Portugal. 4.5: Dogfish with (I think) polenta and soft egg 4.0: Legumes à Brás WINE: 3.5: House green wine. Pleasant on a summer evening. DESSERT food and drinks: 5.0: Premiado à Rio: portion was quite large. Local specialty dessert that hit the spot on a summer evening. Not too sweet. Heavenly. 5.0: Amarginha: Local almond liqueur, on ice. Wonderfully refreshing, and not too sweet. Also heavenly. 4.0: Tawny Port. AMBIANCE: 5.0. Simple and intimate, with open door looking out over river. Very comfortable. SERVICE: 5.0. Amiable and very considerate. And unlike many restaurants in Portugal in reaction to our US credit card, the credit card machine did not present the two trick questions designed to earn the restaurant a commission by doing a disadvantageous (to us) exchange rate to dollars; rather, it simply charged us in EURO.

We stopped here and we found a great surprise. The discesa weere well made and delicious staff really nice and friendly, place wonderfull. Really recommended

Cozinha de conforto, com raízes alentejanas, cheia de sabor e autenticidade. O pudim abade de prisco é absolutamente maravilhoso! Imperdível!

Fantástico pequeno restaurante tradicional. Não consigo decidir o que é melhor, a comida ou a vista