Snack Picota - Aveiro

We had a lovely lunch at this traditional local place. Unassuming decor, but the service was charming. We especially liked the soups.

We just had a wonderful homemade meal at a family run restaurant, it was our best meal yet in Portugal. The menu is in Portuguese with a second page to help with translation. We had bread and butter to start, green wine and then grilled cod, potatoes, carrots, turnip tops for greens and olives. To finish our meal we had a delicious homemade chocolate mouse and caramel custard. Our waiter, Paulo, the son of the owners was very gracious and helpful in selection of our food .

If locals eat like this, I envy them. We were looking for a place to eat and a man near the water gave us a few places, but he told us that if we wanted something different and special, go to Picota. It's a little restaurant tucked away on a street. We immediately had bread and olive oil with wine to start as we looked at the menu. Bread tasted fresh and olive oil full of flavor. Two of us ordered the full dourado, and the other two ordered fish, (one being the seas bass ,as well. All I know is that the fish we ordered melted in our mouths. My two friends enjoyed their meals, but I didn't really pay attention because I was enjoying mine so much. After we completed our meals, we decided to order the five desserts in the case. Each was homemade. We loved four of them. (The one with rice was not one we would order again. Every restaurant we ate at in Portugal offered something unique. Here, the food tasted clean in that the flavors of the fish and vegies and desserts and even the wine was not overpowered by sauces or too much seasoning. The atmosphere was warm and inviting and the family made us feel welcomed. We truly felt like we were a special guest in someone's home rather than merely a tourist. And that was THE most memorable experience we had in Aveiro. We were fortunate to run into that man (angel? by the water who directed us to Picota.

Very good traditional cuisine very good service and really friendly staff if you visit Aveiro no hesitate to stop on this place chef preparing all traditional dishes for 35 years and nice family p'mlace who working

Very attentive and fast service. Food is fresh, seasonal, locally sourced and super delicious! Atmosphere is warm and friendly great place for dinner or snack. Will definitely come back and recommend to friend. Thanks a lot to Picota’s staff for great dinner!