A Túlipa - Leicester

Service is very friendly, Portuguese TV is generally on. The decoration is simple but traditional and you feel very welcome. It's a family type of restaurant. With a great amount of Portuguese living in the area, the restaurant is also the café where everyone hangs out for a beer and coffee, meet up and watch the football games.

The food was well cooked. We chose different dishes (Carne de porco à alentejana, Entremeada and Bitoque) and it all tasted exactly right. The amount of food served was very good.

It was a shame they didn't have draft beer available the couple of times we went there, but at least Super Bock was available in bottle. Other refreshments also available like Sumol.

Desserts can be "baba de camelo" or "arroz doce" and were very good. They probably change ever now and then.

Prices per dish range are arounf 8 to 9 £ and there is a good variety. Considering the taste, in the likes of a "Portuguese tasca", and the amount of food served, it is well worth it.

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Address: 279 Loughborough Road, Leicester. LE4 5LH
Telephone: 0116 223 0217
E-mail: n/a

Homepage: http://www.atulipa.co.uk/

Classification: 4/5
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De Sousa's - Southampton

Situated very close to the seaside, in Southampton, it has a very friendly service. The decoration is not in the traditional Portuguese style but you feel very welcome.

There is Portuguese and Brazilian music in the background, and in some evenings there is even have Fado music live.

The food was well cooked but the dish we chose - Carne de porco à alentejana - didn't exactly taste Portuguese. We felt that despite being well cooked, it was a bit adapted to the English taste. Also, the amount of food served was very little.

Well worth it though for the bread (broa de milho), the fresh draught beer (Sagres) and the Portuguese custard (pastel de nata) served warm which tasted wonderful. They also have a very nice selection of Portuguese wines.

Prices per dish range between 8 and 10 £. Considering the amount of food served, it is a bit more expensive than we anticipated but the location, being very touristy, has to be taken into account.

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 Address: 11 Canute Road, Southampton, SO14 3FH

Telephone: 023 8063 4177

E-mail: info@desousas.co.uk

Homepage: http://www.desousas.co.uk/

Classification: 3.5/5
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