Tertúlia — Restaurant in Póvoa de Varzim

Right on the beach in Póvoa do Varzim 🏖️🍹. We came as a group of 9 looking for a relaxed Portuguese lunch, and the place was buzzing. Highly recommend booking ahead to avoid waiting ⏳.

👉 Starters: Broken eggs (Ovos Rotos) just okay. Salmon Tataki fresh and tasty, definitely better 👍. Veggie friends had cream soups simple but very nice 🌱.

👉Mains: Prego no Pão tender, juicy steak sandwich, one of my favorites 🥩🥖. Francesinha a must-try in Portugal 🇵🇹! Heavy but flavorful, worth ticking off the list. Hamburguer de Tártaro unique, tasty but quite spicy 🌶️. Cachorro à Tertúlia decent hot dog, nothing extraordinary 🌭. Veggie linguini & vegan truffle burger well-prepared, good choices for vegetarians 🌱. The sweet potato chips on the side were a bit underwhelming though.

👉 Drinks: The star of the show was the Passion Fruit Sangria🍊🍇🍋 - absolutely delicious, we seriously want the recipe! 😍 It was also the biggest contributor to the bill (50€ just for the sangria), so keep that in mind.

💶 In the end, around 25€ per person. Fair value considering the beachfront location and portions, though the sangria pushed...

This spot is the summer version of tertulia but apparently the mgmt is diff.. they are not reachable via phone.. do not reply on ig or via email.. i had to go personally to the spot prior in order to make the reservation.. i had a special request for a table reservation (being aware that usually they do not work w table reservations but first come first served) — bday of my friend who became a mum recently; she had only 1 specific time slot available in between mum duties therefore i really had to make sure to have the nicest table & lil mocktail surprise for her.. well.. we got to the spot - obvs no one was aware of the reservation; we got a random table in the middle of the place; had to inhale smoke; no info on mocktails; had to ask for it.. as u can imagine - not what iv wished for for this special occasion..

Had mojitos - which were fine.. the chips were not crispy (probably due to the humidity).. and our waiter...

Whenever we walked by this place was busy so we decided to try it for brunch. It was so good we came back for lunch twice. It was full of Portuguese families, couples and what looked like business. The food was good, the service was good and it had a really nice ambience. We did ask for chips with our meal and got crisps so just make sure you are very clear if you want frites! But we couldn't fault this restaurant would recommend the prawns...