João dos Leitões — Restaurant in Coimbra

Serves Portuguese style roast suckling pig (meat on the bone, with a layer of crispy skin). It's known as leitão, one of the most enjoyed delicacies by the locals. Juicy and tasty, it's like roast pork neck or sparerib. The complementary pepper sauce for the meat is strong, a few drops is enough. A must-try dish in the central region of Portugal.

Their roast pork dish is served from the noon (approx. to 3:30pm) and they serve some other things like pork baps outside of those times. A small queue lined up by the locals should be expected during some peak hours.

A good place for a quick lunch in this clean, contemporary design restaurant, and to avoid some touristic spots. However, tables arrangement is shoulder-to-shoulder close, but it's reflected by a lower price they charge compare to other places.

As some comments suggest, its served warm, however, having tried 4 other leitão restaurants, I am inclined to think this is normal and it's intentionally done in that way to create that satisfactory crunch as...

A small roasted suckling pig shop with great food. We had to wait for table outside for 15 minutes in a 38 degrees sunny day. A Brazilian lady finished her meal here with her husband and told us this shop is wonderful and worth to wait. She is right! The roasted pig skin is crispy and the meat is tender. Service is also pleasant with patience in explaining the menu to customers who don’t know Portuguese like us....

I’m sitting at the counter as I write this. The pork here is mind-blowingly good: crispy skin, falling off the bone, little bits of cartilage to nibble on. You have to use your hands. Also the gravy is unexpectedly MVP here. There are (house-made?) crisps to dunk in it. If I didn’t have another lunch to go to, I would have gotten a full portion. A glass of wine is €1. You...