Taberna Do Mercado

This is a unique place. One can sense love and proud in every aspect of this stablisment. Not only the food is top of the range quality prepared with care also the service is (what word would describe...?) brilliant! Having visited Taberna a few times one can only feel very fortunate to be a customer, just a privilege in every level

i had dinner here last night. made a booking online a few days prior and arrived at the restaurant expecting to see a full house – but it was empty! turns out that everyone was seated at the 'outside' heater terrace which did look warm and inviting, but we chose to seat 'inside' for a quiet meal. food was great (cod tongue, pao de lo, beef sandwich, green bean fritters were amazing!) but service was lacking. the manager was friendly, but *especially* friendly to the table beside us, who seemed to be his friends. it got slightly annoying when he stood over our table to watch/talk to them. we ordered two cups of tea to go with dessert that never came. shame because i really needed something to wash down that beautifully moist pao de lo cake! i can see why some people think the portions are small for the price. but i would definitely come back again, for lunch.

Absolutely brilliant dinner. Our favourite dishes were the deep fried green beans, the black pudding with cornbread (it's Portuguese morcela, much tastier than black pudding) and the Pudim Abade de Priscos. (oh, ask for bread. essential for mopping up sauces and eating with the cured meats and cheeses) The service was top notch, warm like in Portugal, we felt taken care of. Will go again to try the suckling pig and the Pão de Ló!

89 pts. / 100 from me. ALENTEJO • MEDITERRANEAN TASTING • with S A R A H A H M E D , Taberna do Mercado, London, 6 July 2015. Everything was very professonal. Food tasty and well much with wine selection. Maybe expensive place but probebly nr. 1 in London which is serving original and modern Portuguese quesine.

Tapas Portuguese style. A delightful little restaurant of Nuno Mendes fame. Cool place to eat with friends small groups or large. Food is creative and delicious. Lively atmosphere but service is a bit slow. I was told by my Portuguese friend that the food is authentic with a London twist. You must try the Pasteis de nada! We went there to eat again last night. We loved all the dishes we ordered. The Bean starter was divine and the steak sandwich was very delicious. We ordered the pork chop which was very expensive £45 (£11 per kg) and whilst it was delicious there were hardly any meat and I mean literally hardly any meat lots of fat which gives the flavour but you could not even get three bites out of it then £45 is a lot. It was good quality but certainly very poor value for money for that dish. It is still a lovely neighbourhood restaurant with a good decent atmosphere just be careful what you ordered.