The menu

What the fish market brought and what the kitchen does with it: shellfish, grilled fish, cataplanas and rice in the pot. Ask what came in today.

Prices are on the printed menu at the restaurant. Shellfish and fish are sold by weight — ask the price before you order.

Shellfish

  • Seafood platter à Lota

    Seafood platter à Lota

    Rock lobster, stuffed brown crab, grilled prawns, boiled prawns, garlic prawns and Bulhão Pato clams.

    To shareHouse

  • Grilled tiger prawns

    Grilled tiger prawns

    For 1 or 2 people

  • Grilled rock lobster

    Grilled rock lobster

    With coriander and garlic sauce.

  • Boiled rock lobster

    With prawns, spaghetti and garlic sauce.

Fish and shellfish by weight

Sold by weight: choose your piece from the display; the final price depends on its weight.

  • Stuffed brown crab

    With butter sauce, toast and salad.

    By weight

    ShellfishTo share

  • Live rock lobster

    Live rock lobster

    By weight

    Shellfish

  • Sea bream

    Sea bream

    By weight

    Fish

  • Sea bass

    Sea bass

    By weight

    Fish

Fish

  • Grilled baby cuttlefish (without ink)

    Grilled baby cuttlefish (without ink)

    With crushed roast potatoes and fried onion.

    Shellfish

  • Grilled salmon

    Grilled salmon

    With boiled potatoes and vegetables.

    Fish

  • Grilled salmon with prawns

    Grilled salmon with prawns

    With boiled potatoes and vegetables.

    FishShellfish

  • Octopus Lagareiro

    Octopus Lagareiro

    A masterpiece of Portuguese cooking: olive oil, garlic and crushed roast potatoes.

    ShellfishHouse

  • Grilled sea bream

    Grilled sea bream

    With boiled potatoes and vegetables.

    Fish

  • Grilled sardines

    Grilled sardines

    With boiled potatoes, peppers, lettuce and onion.

    FishHouse

  • Grilled sea bass

    Grilled sea bass

    With broccoli and boiled potatoes.

    Fish

  • Fish fillets

    Fish fillets

    With chips and salad.

    Fish

Cataplanas

Cauldron of Flavours

In a seaside village where the waves whisper ancient secrets, the cataplana holds mysteries of flavour: seafood, fish and seasonings laid in layer by layer, like a poem composed verse by verse. When it is finally opened, a new world is revealed: the essence of Portugal, shared amid laughter and conversation.

  • Seafood cataplana à Lota

    Seafood cataplana à Lota

    Tiger prawns, prawns, mussels, clams, tomato, pepper, onion, coriander and potato.

    For 1 or 2 people

    House

  • Rock lobster cataplana

    Rock lobster cataplana

    Rock lobster, tiger prawns, prawns, tomato, pepper, onion, coriander and potato.

    For 1 or 2 people

  • Pork and clam cataplana, Alentejo-style

    Pork with clams, prawns, peppers and sliced fried potatoes.

    For 1 or 2 people

    Meat

  • Cod and prawn cataplana

    Cod and prawn cataplana

    With tomato, pepper, onion, coriander and potato.

    For 1 or 2 people

    Fish

Rice in the pot

  • Salmon and prawn rice

    Salmon and prawn rice

    For 1 or 2 people

    Fish

  • Seafood rice

    Seafood rice

    Prawns, mussels, clams and crab.

    For 1 or 2 people

    To shareHouse

  • Monkfish rice

    Monkfish rice

    Monkfish, prawns and clams.

    For 1 or 2 people

    FishTo share

  • Rock lobster rice

    Rock lobster rice

    Rock lobster, prawns and rice.

    For 1 or 2 people

    To share

Salt cod

  • Cod Minho-style

    Cod Minho-style

    Fried cod with sliced fried potatoes, grated boiled egg and peppers.

  • Boiled cod with chickpeas

    Boiled cod with chickpeas

    With boiled potatoes, boiled egg, parsley and onion.

  • Cod Lagareiro

    Cod Lagareiro

    Roasted cod, garlic, onion and crushed roast potatoes.

  • Cod à Brás, so delicious!

    Cod à Brás, so delicious!

    Shredded cod with straw potatoes, scrambled egg, onion, tomato and olives.

  • Cod with cream

    Cod with cream

  • Special cod à Lota

    Special cod à Lota

    Roasted cod with octopus, prawns, garlic, onion and crushed roast potatoes.

    ShellfishHouse

The Mystery of the Atlantic

Mixed fish platters for the whole table.

  • Mixed fresh fish

    Mixed fresh fish

    With salmon, sea bass, octopus, prawns and sardines.

  • Premium mixed fish

    Premium mixed fish

    With cod, salmon, octopus, prawns, clams, broccoli and crushed roast potatoes.

    House

Starters

  • Salt-cod cakes

    1 piece or 4 pieces

    FishTo share

  • Breaded prawns

    With cocktail sauce.

    ShellfishTo share

  • Stuffed brown crab

    Stuffed brown crab

    Brown crab meat prepared with our Lota sauce.

    ShellfishHouse

  • Flame-grilled chouriço

    Flame-grilled chouriço

    The traditional way.

    MeatTo share

  • Mixed round board

    Mixed round board

    Dry cheese, cured cheese, cow's cheese, chouriço, paio sausage, salami, cashews and toast.

    MeatTo share

  • Cheese board

    Cheese board

    Dry cheese, cured cheese, cow's cheese, cashews and toast.

    VegetarianTo share

  • Pica-pau

    Pica-pau

    Beef strips with garlic, pickles, bay leaf and wine.

    MeatTo share

  • Octopus salad

    Octopus salad

    With pickles and peppers.

    Shellfish

  • Spanish-style mussels

    Spanish-style mussels

    With peppers, garlic and onion.

    ShellfishTo share

  • Garlic prawns (al ajillo)

    Garlic prawns (al ajillo)

    Pan-fried prawns with garlic, wine and cherry tomatoes.

    ShellfishTo share

  • Clams Bulhão Pato

    Clams Bulhão Pato

    Clams in olive oil with coriander, wine and garlic sauce.

    ShellfishTo shareHouse

  • Chicken wings and drumsticks

    Chicken wings and drumsticks

    With barbecue sauce.

    MeatTo share

Soups

  • Fish soup

    Fish

  • Seafood soup

    Shellfish

  • Caldo verde

    Caldo verde

    Traditional Portuguese kale soup with chouriço.

Salads

  • Burrata salad

    Burrata salad

    With cherry tomatoes and rocket.

    Vegetarian

  • Prawn salad

    Prawn salad

    With tomato, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce and cocktail sauce.

    Shellfish

  • Mixed salad

    Mixed salad

    Vegetarian

  • Tomato and onion salad

    Tomato and onion salad

    Vegetarian

Meat

  • Steak with mushroom sauce

    Steak with mushroom sauce

    Sirloin steak with chips and rice.

  • Three-pepper steak

    Three-pepper steak

    Sirloin steak with three-pepper sauce, chips and rice.

  • Portuguese-style steak

    Portuguese-style steak

    Sirloin steak with cured ham, fried egg and sliced fried potatoes.

  • Grilled pork ribs

    Grilled pork ribs

    With chips and salad.

  • Brazilian picanha

    Brazilian picanha

    With chips and rice.

  • Premium mixed grill

    Premium mixed grill

    T-bone, Brazilian picanha, sirloin steak, barbecue sausages and chips.

    To share

  • Grilled pork chops

    Grilled pork chops

    With chips and salad.

  • House bitoque

    House bitoque

    Beef steak with fried egg, chips and rice.

  • Garlic sirloin steak

    Garlic sirloin steak

    Sirloin steak with garlic, chips and rice.

  • Chicken drumsticks

    With chips and salad.

    piri-piri sauce or barbecue sauce

  • Grilled chicken steaks

    Grilled chicken steaks

    With rice and chips.

  • Chicken bitoque

    Chicken bitoque

    Chicken steaks with fried egg, rice and chips.

  • Pork Alentejo-style with clams

    Pork Alentejo-style with clams

    Fried pork with clams, potatoes, olives and parsley.

    Shellfish

  • T-bone steak

    T-bone steak

    With rustic chips.

  • Tomahawk steak

    Tomahawk steak

    With chips.

    To share

  • Tomahawk steak with tiger prawn

    Tomahawk steak with tiger prawn

    ShellfishTo share

  • Giant grilled steak chop

    Giant grilled steak chop

    With chips and tomato vinaigrette.

    To share

  • Francesinha

    Bread, beef steak, sausage, fried egg, ham, cheese and special sauce, with chips.

Paellas

  • Chicken paella

    Chicken paella

    Chicken, peppers, peas and rice.

    For 1 or 2 people

    Meat

  • Seafood paella

    Seafood paella

    Prawns, squid, mussels, peppers and rice.

    For 1, 2 or 3 people

    Shellfish

  • Octopus paella

    Octopus paella

    Octopus, prawns, mussels and rice.

    For 1, 2 or 3 people

    Shellfish

  • Rock lobster paella

    Rock lobster paella

    Rice, rock lobster, octopus, prawns, mussels and peas.

    For 1, 2 or 3 people

    ShellfishHouse

Pasta

  • Spaghetti carbonara

    Spaghetti carbonara

    With egg, bacon and cream.

    Meat

  • Seafood spaghetti

    Seafood spaghetti

    Spaghetti with prawns, clams and mussels.

    Shellfish

  • Prawn spaghetti

    Prawn spaghetti

    Shellfish

  • Vegetable spaghetti

    Vegetable spaghetti

    Spaghetti with sweetcorn, mushrooms, broccoli, carrot and tomato.

    Vegetarian

Pizza

  • Pizza Margherita

    Pizza Margherita

    With tomato sauce and mozzarella.

    Vegetarian

  • Pepperoni pizza

    Pepperoni pizza

    With tomato sauce, mozzarella and pepperoni.

    Meat

  • Cured ham pizza

    Cured ham pizza

    With tomato sauce, mozzarella and cured ham.

    Meat

  • Vegetarian pizza

    Vegetarian pizza

    With tomato sauce, mozzarella, mushrooms, broccoli, carrot, onion, cherry tomatoes and oregano.

    Vegetarian

Burgers

  • Double Tower burger

    With fried egg, bacon, cheddar and chips.

  • Double burger

    Double burger

    With lettuce, tomato and chips.

  • Cheeseburger

    With cheddar and chips.

Vegetarian

Also: vegetarian pizza (Pizza) and vegetable spaghetti (Pasta).

  • Vegetable lasagne

    With sweetcorn, mushrooms, broccoli, carrot and tomato.

  • Vegetable paella

    Vegetable paella

    With sweetcorn, broccoli, carrot, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms and olives.

    For 1 or 2 people

    To share

Sides

  • Chips

    Chips

    Vegetarian

  • Rice

    Rice

    Vegetarian

  • Beans

    Beans

  • Fried egg

    Fried egg

    Vegetarian

  • Crushed roast potatoes

    Crushed roast potatoes

    Vegetarian

  • Boiled potatoes

    Boiled potatoes

    Vegetarian

Couvert

Served only if you ask for it.

  • Bread

    Vegetarian

  • Portuguese dry cheese

    Vegetarian

  • Olives

    Vegetarian

  • Sardine pâté

    Fish

  • Tuna pâté

    Fish

  • Butter

    Vegetarian

  • Full couvert

    To share

Desserts

  • Red berry cheesecake

    Red berry cheesecake

  • Homemade egg pudding

    Homemade egg pudding

    Smooth texture, traditional flavour.

    House

  • Chocolate mousse

    Chocolate mousse

  • Petit gâteau with ice cream

    Petit gâteau with ice cream

  • Fruit salad

    Fruit salad

  • Seasonal fruit

    Seasonal fruit

  • Melon

    Melon

  • Pineapple

    Pineapple

Drinks

We are a beer hall: well-poured draught beer, Portuguese wines and sangria by the jug.

Coffee and tea

  • Espresso
  • Decaf espresso
  • Light espresso
  • Double espresso
  • Americano
  • Coffee with milk
  • Espresso with hot milk (small)
  • Galão (latte in a glass)
  • Hot chocolate
  • Cappuccino
  • Glass of milk
  • Extra milk
  • Lemon-peel infusion
  • Tea
  • Tea with milk

Fresh juices

  • Orange juice
  • Lemonade
  • Pineapple juice
  • Mango juice
  • Mixed fruit juice
  • Red berry juice

Soft drinks

  • Coca-Cola33 cl
  • Coca-Cola Zero33 cl
  • Ice Tea peach33 cl
  • Ice Tea mango33 cl
  • Ice Tea lemon33 cl
  • Guaraná33 cl
  • Fanta33 cl
  • 7up33 cl
  • Red Bull25 cl

Water

  • A Lota mineral water100 cl
  • Mineral water50 cl
  • Sparkling water25 cl
  • Sparkling water75 cl
  • Tonic water25 cl
  • Lemon sparkling water25 cl

Beer

  • Draught beer (tulip glass)25 cl
  • Draught beer (mug)40 cl
  • Draught beer (mug)50 cl
  • Draught beer (tower)100 cl
  • Alcohol-free beer33 cl
  • Dark beer33 cl
  • Cider33 cl
  • Heineken33 cl
  • Radler33 cl

Sangria

  • Red sangria100 cl
  • White sangria100 cl
  • Passion fruit sangria100 cl
  • Sparkling sangria100 cl
  • Red sangria (glass)15 cl
  • White sangria (glass)15 cl
  • Passion fruit sangria (glass)15 cl
  • Sparkling sangria (glass)15 cl

House wine and wine by the glass

  • House red (glass)15 cl
  • House white (glass)15 cl
  • House vinho verde (glass)15 cl
  • Tapada da Fonte red (glass)15 cl
  • Antítese white (glass)15 cl
  • Falatório rosé (glass)15 cl
  • Cinética (glass)15 cl
  • House red
  • House white

Red wine

  • Tapada da Fonte75 cl
  • Carm75 cl
  • Sem Quintas75 cl
  • Quinta dos Plátanos75 cl
  • Esporão Reserva75 cl
  • Cartuxa75 cl
  • Quinta da Bacalhôa75 cl
  • Duas Quintas75 cl

White wine

  • Duas Quintas75 cl
  • Carm75 cl
  • Álvaro Pequenino75 cl
  • Sem Quintas75 cl
  • Antítese75 cl
  • Pêra-Manca75 cl

Vinho verde

  • Espiqueiro75 cl
  • Barroso75 cl
  • Cinética75 cl
  • Muralhas75 cl

Rosé wine

  • Carvalhido75 cl
  • Falatório75 cl
  • Mateus Rosé75 cl
  • Carm Rosé75 cl

Champagne and sparkling wine

  • Murganheira Super Bruto
  • Moët & Chandon

Cocktails

  • Alcohol-free mocktail
  • Caipirinha
  • Passion fruit caipirinha
  • Caipiroska
  • Strawberry caipiroska
  • Mojito
  • Irish Coffee
  • Mimosa
  • Aperol Spritz
  • Caipi-Black
  • Piña Colada
  • Port Tonic
  • Cuba Libre
  • Gin and tonic
  • Espresso Martini
  • Negroni
  • Margarita

Aperitifs

  • Moscatel Ermelinda5 cl
  • Martini Rosso5 cl
  • Martini Bianco5 cl
  • Campari5 cl

Gin

  • Gin Mare5 cl
  • Beefeater5 cl
  • Hendrick's5 cl
  • Bulldog5 cl
  • Tanqueray5 cl

Liqueurs

  • Baileys5 cl
  • Licor Beirão5 cl
  • Amarguinha5 cl

Bar

  • Ruby port5 cl
  • White port5 cl
  • Ginjinha (sour cherry liqueur)5 cl
  • Ricard5 cl
  • Absolut Vodka5 cl
  • Smirnoff Vodka5 cl
  • Brandy 19205 cl
  • Macieira5 cl

Portuguese brandies

  • CRF5 cl
  • Aldeia Velha5 cl
  • São Domingos5 cl
  • Lourinhã XO5 cl

Cognac

  • Courvoisier5 cl
  • Hennessy VSOP5 cl

Whisky

  • Chivas Regal5 cl
  • Johnnie Walker Black Label5 cl
  • Jack Daniel's5 cl
  • Jameson5 cl
  • J&B5 cl
  • Cardhu Gold Reserve5 cl
  • Macallan5 cl
  • Bushmills5 cl

No dish, food or drink, including the couvert, can be charged if it was not requested by the customer or was left untouched.

Allergens: ask the team. The full list of the 14 allergens is available in the dining room.

Menu of September 2026.