5.1.27 Restaurante Resina

Largo do Calvário 1

Location HERE.

Open 0900 - 2300 hours; closed Sundays.


On Largo do Calvário, so almost next door to the LX Factory, and close to Museu da Carris and the Congress Centre, a small and unassuming Portuguese restaurant that celebrates a hundred years of serving up reliable and enjoyable food in 2027.

There’s plenty of space inside, but if the weather is half-decent, which is most of the time, there is also space outside. It’s not expensive, the menu is not so extensive but includes staple meat and fish dishes. The Frango Assado is particularly good, served with thinly sliced potatoes that are sliced potatoes, and not crisps (that’s chips for you people Stateside).

Most punters opt for one or more small beers or the house wine; water is either the usual still kind, or if it’s sparkling, it’s Pedras. Service is good if a little perfunctory, and if you’re an after meal coffee person, that’s good, too.

Trams and buses stop more or less outside the door. It’s far less expensive, and more reliable, than eating at most outlets in the LX Factory.

Tram 15, 18; Buses 714, 720, 727, 732, 738, 742, 751, 760.

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