O Porta d'Aviz — Restaurant in Évora

Great chicken, lively atmosphere and low key local food

I’ve been here many times for coffee, drinks while waiting for lunch, lunch and takeaway. Their specialty is grilled chicken. Comes with a salad and fries. If you’re in the mood for something meaty go for grilled pork or veal. If you want a solid local lunch with a fried egg on top get a bitoque. Price is reasonable and you won’t be cleaning out your walled in one sitting but you will go out feeling full and content.

Look out for their white board with daily specials. I love their stews. You have to get theirs around 12 and order before 12:30 otherwise you are out of luck. If you are unsure what the dishes mean the son of the owner in glasses speaks English. He will help you. Or consult your Google translate.

And it is...

We had come here 4 years ago, and we had such an incredible experience that we had to return.

The bread and the olives were perfect, and the service was great.

The pork secrets just as we remembered them ❤️

The sad thing is that 4 years ago they served real French fries home made with real potatoes and now they serve frozen ones 😔

I do love real french fries and it kills me a little bit when they aren’t. You can see many pics here that they had real fries, our pics from 4 years ago also had real ones, so I got a bit sad.

The pork ribs were a medium.

They were packed and they kindly let us sit on the bar part, it was very noise had many men were seeing the game and drinking beer.

Still it was...

Even though this place mostly caters to locals, it is an excellent place for a hungry tourist. Big portions, tasty food, very low prices. No bells and whistles, but the service was relatively quick and nice. We had lombo assado (pork with fries AND rice) and half-dose of frango assado (amazing grilled chicken with fries), with half liter of red wine, and bread. There was too much food for two. The total cost was €13.60. It is right next to the north city gate, about 7 minutes walk from the cathedral and...