O Alface — Restaurant in Setúbal

What can I say about this restaurant…well let me start by saying that O Alface in Setúbal is probably one of the best seafood restaurants in the country- I sometimes purposely go from Lisbon to the restaurant for lunch. They have the freshest fish, they’re are right next to Setubal’s Lota (Fish market)…the staff are super fast and sympathetic- and df the owner Sr. Eduardo (Sr. Alface) is such a nice chap, very helpful, cheerful, always super sympathetic. NOTICE! to date they don’t do bookings…it’s first come first serve. The turnaround is pretty fast, but you’ll always be hanging around for long periods if you show up between 13:00-14:00, because people get there earlier. Do what I do - show up at 12:00 or 14:30 👍🏼 all the fish dishes are amazing, but one of my faves is traditional “Choco Frito” in the Setúbal style, it’s strips of fresh cuttlefish surrounded by a spices and cornflour crumbs, then deep fried comes with freshly made potato chips (French fries). Squeeze some lemon juice on top and ask them to make you a mayo & garlic dip, it just...

We visited on a Saturday around lunchtime following a local's recommendation and man, it didn't disapoint.

There is no menu available, the waiter talls you what's avaialble today or you can go to the fish counter yourself and order what you want.

We ordered fish soup for starters then we had some olives, presunto before moving on to the mains, sea bream and "chico frito" which is lightly batterted deep fried squid served with fries.

All dishes were perfectly cooked and absolutely delicious. The value for money is also exceptional! A must visit...

The waiters were nice, the food was tasty (I had the grilled salmon and it was perfectly cooked) and the service was fast. The prices were also really good. I just wish they found a way for view the menu during the pandemic, we cant have physical menu's due to safety concerns, so maybe have a digital one using a QR code of some sort? It's a bit annoying to have to get up and go inside the store to read the menu after sitting down, I think this could be changed because outside of that, everything else...