Sandes de Leitão — Restaurant in Coimbra

Our first meal in Coimbra and it was just one of the best experiences ever 🏆

Unsure if we could be seated or be assigned a seat, a local actually gave up his table for us although there’s plenty others around us, so that we could be seated.. He also cleared his table after himself so the table was clean!

🥪 we then ordered 2 pork sandwich with the chef who tried to greet us in Mandarin when he offered the menus - and thought they were pretty unique! The pork was the most tender pork I have eaten, though the skin could have been crispier in my books. It was still very worthwhile though, so much so that I ordered more to be had at 10am!

🍲 the owner then was told we ordered more, and asked if we wanted drinks or soup (he said 汤 in mandarin too), which we politely declined, and he brought us a free bowl and said try the Portuguese soup! Such friendliness from the owner and chef!

📺 while waiting for the second dish to arrive, the ambience was very old school, TV playing in the background, with locals sipping on their coffee and sandwich, just makes for a superbly local experience with friendly warmth treatment..

🐖 the pork and fries dish eventually came, and I could properly savour the goodness of the pork on its own, which I thought was good too!

I properly enjoyed my experience at this establishment, it just made both me and my wife day a great one from the get go, super kudos to the team here for being so friendly despite not speaking the...

We were looking forward to this. We ordered 2 Dose de Leitão for 4. It was good, not stuff dreams are made of. Portions were on the small side - not sure as this is the only place in Portugal that we had this. Maybe the sandwiches (at least to try one) would have been a better choice - certainly would have been cheaper. Will not order the sangria again as it was average in taste and on the pricier side. Large salad was a good deal compared to the smaller...

Really loved this place. The owner and staff are so welcoming and friendly, helped to translate the menu into English for us and make recommendations. The suckling pig sandwich was incredible, super tender and succulent and amazing value for money at €6.20 for a (very generously filled) sandwich and a glass of red wine. We were the only ones there at 7pm but the staff chatted and joked with us and the atmosphere was still lovely. 10/10...