Restaurante Loggia — Restaurant in Coimbra

Entrance is through National Museum Machado de Castro. Google's directions took me to the outside wall. Very good lunch buffet for 13.50 euro during the week, 16 euro on Friday/Saturday, 23 euro on Sunday. Closed Mondays. They had a nice spread. For hot dishes, chicken, fish, caponata w beans, pasta, brussel sprouts, and potatoes. Also a vegetable soup. They had a salad bar with the basics, plus carrots, picked cabbage, veggie pasta salad and chickpea salad. There were a variety of desserts, maybe 6-8 options. Drinks are included: one large bottle of water per person, one glass of alcohol, coffee. A good...

I went with high expectation for the view & gourmet pics in its site. However, the real experience is not that nice. 1st, the restaurant is extremely hard to get, location good with position hidden. 2nd, it’s short in staff (probably due to COVID). There were only 2 employees for kitchen, reception, serving & cleaning. So you have to wait very long to be seated & served. So I arrived there, thirsty & hungry but not seated and given drink quickly as wish. So it was bit disappointing. 3 stars for the view & overworking staff. Hope they could go back to a better management...

It is a place to have drinks followed by dinner at sunset time when visiting Coimbra. Adjacent to the Machado de Castro museum (National Art Museum) offering a spectacular view, friendly service and good food, Loggia deserves its reputation as one of the best restaurants of this historical city which is home to one of the worlds oldest universities. Sitting at the terrace, you can admire the university’s overwhelming architecture and the beautiful winding Mondego river while sipping your Caipirinhas before having...