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

Grilled tiger prawns
For 1 or 2 people

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
By weight
Shellfish

Sea bream
By weight
Fish

Sea bass
By weight
Fish
Fish

Grilled baby cuttlefish (without ink)
With crushed roast potatoes and fried onion.
Shellfish

Grilled salmon
With boiled potatoes and vegetables.
Fish

Grilled salmon with prawns
With boiled potatoes and vegetables.
FishShellfish

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

Grilled sea bream
With boiled potatoes and vegetables.
Fish

Grilled sardines
With boiled potatoes, peppers, lettuce and onion.
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Grilled sea bass
With broccoli and boiled potatoes.
Fish

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
Tiger prawns, prawns, mussels, clams, tomato, pepper, onion, coriander and potato.
For 1 or 2 people
House

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
With tomato, pepper, onion, coriander and potato.
For 1 or 2 people
Fish
Rice in the pot

Salmon and prawn rice
For 1 or 2 people
Fish

Seafood rice
Prawns, mussels, clams and crab.
For 1 or 2 people
To shareHouse

Monkfish rice
Monkfish, prawns and clams.
For 1 or 2 people
FishTo share

Rock lobster rice
Rock lobster, prawns and rice.
For 1 or 2 people
To share
Salt cod

Cod Minho-style
Fried cod with sliced fried potatoes, grated boiled egg and peppers.

Boiled cod with chickpeas
With boiled potatoes, boiled egg, parsley and onion.

Cod Lagareiro
Roasted cod, garlic, onion and crushed roast potatoes.

Cod à Brás, so delicious!
Shredded cod with straw potatoes, scrambled egg, onion, tomato and olives.

Cod with cream

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

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
Brown crab meat prepared with our Lota sauce.
ShellfishHouse

Flame-grilled chouriço
The traditional way.
MeatTo share

Mixed round board
Dry cheese, cured cheese, cow's cheese, chouriço, paio sausage, salami, cashews and toast.
MeatTo share

Cheese board
Dry cheese, cured cheese, cow's cheese, cashews and toast.
VegetarianTo share

Pica-pau
Beef strips with garlic, pickles, bay leaf and wine.
MeatTo share

Octopus salad
With pickles and peppers.
Shellfish

Spanish-style mussels
With peppers, garlic and onion.
ShellfishTo share

Garlic prawns (al ajillo)
Pan-fried prawns with garlic, wine and cherry tomatoes.
ShellfishTo share

Clams Bulhão Pato
Clams in olive oil with coriander, wine and garlic sauce.
ShellfishTo shareHouse

Chicken wings and drumsticks
With barbecue sauce.
MeatTo share
Soups
Fish soup
Fish
Seafood soup
Shellfish

Caldo verde
Traditional Portuguese kale soup with chouriço.
Salads

Burrata salad
With cherry tomatoes and rocket.
Vegetarian

Prawn salad
With tomato, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce and cocktail sauce.
Shellfish

Mixed salad
Vegetarian

Tomato and onion salad
Vegetarian
Meat

Steak with mushroom sauce
Sirloin steak with chips and rice.

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

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

Grilled pork ribs
With chips and salad.

Brazilian picanha
With chips and rice.

Premium mixed grill
T-bone, Brazilian picanha, sirloin steak, barbecue sausages and chips.
To share

Grilled pork chops
With chips and salad.

House bitoque
Beef steak with fried egg, chips and rice.

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
With rice and chips.

Chicken bitoque
Chicken steaks with fried egg, rice and chips.

Pork Alentejo-style with clams
Fried pork with clams, potatoes, olives and parsley.
Shellfish

T-bone steak
With rustic chips.

Tomahawk steak
With chips.
To share

Tomahawk steak with tiger prawn
ShellfishTo share

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, peppers, peas and rice.
For 1 or 2 people
Meat

Seafood paella
Prawns, squid, mussels, peppers and rice.
For 1, 2 or 3 people
Shellfish

Octopus paella
Octopus, prawns, mussels and rice.
For 1, 2 or 3 people
Shellfish

Rock lobster paella
Rice, rock lobster, octopus, prawns, mussels and peas.
For 1, 2 or 3 people
ShellfishHouse
Pasta

Spaghetti carbonara
With egg, bacon and cream.
Meat

Seafood spaghetti
Spaghetti with prawns, clams and mussels.
Shellfish

Prawn spaghetti
Shellfish

Vegetable spaghetti
Spaghetti with sweetcorn, mushrooms, broccoli, carrot and tomato.
Vegetarian
Pizza

Pizza Margherita
With tomato sauce and mozzarella.
Vegetarian

Pepperoni pizza
With tomato sauce, mozzarella and pepperoni.
Meat

Cured ham pizza
With tomato sauce, mozzarella and cured ham.
Meat

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
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
With sweetcorn, broccoli, carrot, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms and olives.
For 1 or 2 people
To share
Sides

Chips
Vegetarian

Rice
Vegetarian

Beans

Fried egg
Vegetarian

Crushed roast potatoes
Vegetarian

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

Homemade egg pudding
Smooth texture, traditional flavour.
House

Chocolate mousse

Petit gâteau with ice cream

Fruit salad

Seasonal fruit

Melon

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.
