A Toca in Lambeth

Absolutely loved this Portuguese restaurant! From the moment we walked in, the cozy, authentic atmosphere made us feel like we were transported straight to Portugal. The staff were incredibly friendly and attentive, and they took the time to recommend some of their best dishes. We tried the bacalhau (salted cod) and grilled sardines, and both were exceptional — bursting with flavor and perfectly cooked. The vinho verde was the perfect pairing! The ambiance is relaxed but lively, and it’s clear the chefs take great pride in their craft. A true gem, and I can’t wait to return. 5 stars all the way!

Great food but horrible service and it took a surreal amount of time to bring the food! Gosh, don't go hungry,

I can tell this is a super authentic Portuguese restaurant. Spacious restaurant with lots of seat. We came for the seafood rice which is of a such great portion (it can easily feed 4 people!). If this is what you are looking for I would recommend invite a few friends over to share. There were lots of seafood in the rice for sure, taste gives me a home feeling.

Authentic and fantastic quality and service. Fish mag…

Great portions and price however the seafood is not very fresh, meat under seasoned and salad taste of those prepackaged

Went here today first time for Mother’s Day as we are all Portuguese. Table booked at 4pm , we stood waiting at the bar , no one approached us!! We had to ask someone for help. Sat down , eventually ordered two starters and 4 mains with drinks. It took over an hour to get two starters. And that’s only when I complained to the waiter that two people who came in after us were eating their food order and yet we still didn’t have our starter. It doesn’t make sense to still be waiting for our food when people after us have already got their food delivered. I don’t like complaining but I had to as it was now 5pm and we hadn’t eaten anything. Three mains arrived and four eventually. Chips were too hard and chicken too salty. I was very disappointed with this restaurant as I read the reviews and they all read well. I certainly wouldn’t recommend that after today. Service lacking , regardless it being busy. Food okayish. Good luck.

The experience was terrible. My wife and I arrived at the restaurant early, with few people in the restaurant. They put us in the worst corner and furthest from the entire restaurant. The manager told the waiter to change tables and approached us to offer us another table; that didn't matter anymore; we just wanted to have dinner and leave. The manager then asked the waiter why we hadn't changed tables, and the waiter replied that we hadn't understood because of the language! We ordered three dishes: Atoca shrimp, cod salad, and veal with mushrooms. The shrimp weren't shrimp, but king prawns, and there were only four of them. Then they made a mistake and served octopus instead of cod (we had to wait for them to rectify their mistake), and we had to wait over half an hour for the veal with mushrooms to arrive (meanwhile, the other tables that had arrived later were eating dinner, while we were waiting). When the bill came, they had charged us for three items we hadn't ordered. A TOTAL DISASTER! I will never return to this place.

Absolutely the best grilled octopus I’ve ever eaten!

Prepare yourself to eat well. Portions are well served, menu has a vast of selection of Portuguese dishes, service is great, and premises are cleaned. Owner of the place is friendly, but I’d suggest to book in advance as it’s always packed (dinner or weekends). I’ve been twice and will def go back. :) Can be a bit expensive but worth the money, you’ll eat well ;)

We made a reservation for 9:00 p.m., but when we arrived at the scheduled time, there were no tables available. We ended up waiting for an hour until a table was freed up. We didn't go anywhere else because it was late, it was very cold, and I had a trip scheduled for the next day. The owner of the establishment didn't seem concerned about the situation. Despite this problem, the food is excellent, the portions are generous, and the prices are fair.

We were there this Saturday, the 22nd, and the waiter who served us upstairs was great, but now comes the best part!!! THE FOOD!!! It's incredible! Their clams and steaks are fantastic! And the price? It's surreal. I loved my new restaurant in London.

It was an experience in London like if it was in Portugal. Very good

Came as a solo diner for one course without drinks and felt extremely looked after despite there being a couple of large groups in. All the hospitality team were helpful, kind and gave me great advice when choosing between two dishes! Went on the recommendation of Portuguese reviews online - and I’m very glad I did. Wonderful atmosphere, great menu choices, and the food was absolutely incredible! Last time I had an octopus that perfect was by the water in a little Portuguese fishing village. Already determined to come again next time I’m in London. Thanks everyone! I had: Bread, olives and pates Polvo à lagereiro (octopus grilled with plenty of olive oil, baby potatoes and onions). Highly recommended! Come hungry!

A very authentic and life-like restaurant. Delicious food at very reasonable prices.

It was our first time in Little Portugal. After checking all the different restaurants we decided on A Toca. This really was like stepping into a restaurant back home. The service was amazing from start to finish. The food was amazing. The staff and owner are super lovely, I was so glad to be able to speak Portuguese again. I really felt like I was back home. Definitely recommend!

Delicious Portuguese food. I recommend the house wine .

Every time I go to London, I visit this restaurant, it is without a doubt one of the best

Great food and staff are very helpful and friendly! The best Portuguese food

Really good food :) Also, full of Portuguese people! Which I think is a guarantee :) Some waiters don’t even speak English 😂 There was a football match going on, people were so loud! 😆 Authentic experience, definitely recommended

Nice Portuguese restaurant with good service and excellent atmosphere. It'll be perfect only if the seafood is fresher. And I don't think it's the chefs problem.

My favourite Portuguese restaurant in London. Food is great. The octupus, in particular, is crazy good. Service is really nice and the atmosphere is truly that of a family Portuguese restaurant.

A Toca in London is a fantastic spot for authentic Portuguese food. The dishes are delicious, portions are generous, and the atmosphere is warm and inviting. Don’t miss the seafood and their famous custard tarts. Highly recommended!

Always good food, one of the best portuguese restaurants

Great place for a group meet up. Excellent service and a real party atmosphere. We’ll be going again.

Food was cold and all over the place in the bag, sauce everywhere. Incorrect drinks were delivered also.

Amazing food.Stuff is friendly. Cosy atmosphere.

Thanks once again for the very nice dinner. All food is truly Portuguese prepared with high quality ingredients. We never left this restaurant disappointed and it is always good to return!

I been years in today but now became very expensive for 2 people we pay 86.00£ Before was good price and food.

Good Portuguese food in London!

Terrible food no good at all, don't recommend for no one

Very good Portuguese restaurant. One of the best ones in the UK!

We went with some friends to celebrate their birthday, dishes were very well served and the waiters were very attentive, only the place is small for the influx of people, you have to book more than 1 week in advance.

Excellent food and very good treatment! Very delicious food and at good prices.11/10

Great value and generous portions. An authentic Portuguese atmosphere and friendly staff. We had booked for 2pm on a Sunday and it was almost full the entire time we were there. Really popular.

The heart of Portugal in London

Excellent menu, delicious Portuguese dishes and very good wine selection. Attentive service and good vibes - a family restaurant. Highly recommended!

One of my favourite restaurants in London. Service is top, food is great and super fair prices. Love atoca!!

The most average place, had steak, prawns, octopus and fish none of the dishes were good, all were ok. Can’t recommend this place

Fantástico menú de comida portuguesa real. El pulpo era excepcional. Al igual que las gambas y los mejillones. Porciones considerables. Gran vino también y todo a precios asequibles. Lo único que faltaba era sol.

The real thing, ho fuss. Great food and service.

My favourite restaurant in South London

We really loved the atmosphere and great personnel working there. We sat upstairs which was fantastic, more quite and private. The food was E X C E L L E NT ! ! ! We particularly liked: 1) octopus salad 2) Porto vino vintage 3) grilled chicken 4) coffee cake (don't remember the Portuguese name) Totally recommend:)

This meal was amazing and the service was so lovely too. We thoroughly enjoyed it and will definitely be back!

Great food Great service Great atmosphere

After 16 years still think its one of the best Portuguese restaurants in London, but used to be better. Needs to improve the waiting time for the food to arrive to the table.

Portions are huge, wine is very affordable and food is superb. Pedro will look after you, he's amazing.

Feels like a scam. Waiters brought bread/cheese/olives to the table and charged us for them (even though we did not eat them). Feels like they were trying to get pennies out of unsuspecting customers... £5.50 for a bread basket is steep. Food was decent but plain - meat and carbs but decent sized portion for £14.50. Bathroom was run down and overall interior needed refurbishment.

The seafood porridge is delicious 🦞 and very affordable. It’s packed with seafood, making it a great value. Definitely a restaurant I’d return to😊

From the moment we arrived until we finished it was a 5 star service Pay special attention to Pedro and João, who were very helpful and friendly. It was the first time of many, thank you

Never had a bad meal there, best Portuguese restaurant!

Sempre frequentei A Toca com amigos ao longo dos anos, e até então, era um local que apreciávamos pela boa comida e ambiente acolhedor. Infelizmente, a nossa última visita foi uma experiência muito decepcionante. Logo no início do jantar, notámos que o pão servido tinha uma aparência estranha, com uma mancha preta que parecia ser bolor. Educadamente chamámos a empregada e pedimos que nos trouxesse um novo cesto de pão. Ela não entendeu bem o que dissemos, e o responsável foi chamado. Ao tentar explicar a situação, fui tratado com extrema arrogância pelo gerente, que levantou a voz e afirmou que não serviriam pão com bolor. Ele ainda me acusou de falar alto, quando em nenhum momento levantei a voz. O tom agressivo e desrespeitoso tornou a situação muito desconfortável. Quanto ao prato principal, pedi a Carne de Porco à Alentejana, como de costume, mas fiquei desapontada com a porção reduzida e a qualidade do prato. A carne estava extremamente gordurosa, e as batatas mal preparadas, algo que não condiz com o padrão ao qual estávamos habituados. No final, o meu namorado conversou com o gerente, que pediu desculpa, mas a sinceridade parecia faltar. Depois de tantos anos como cliente fiel, saí do restaurante muito insatisfeita, tanto com o serviço quanto com a comida. Espero que a gerência leve este feedback a sério e melhore a qualidade, tanto no atendimento quanto nos pratos servidos.

Portuguese cuisine at its finest 👌🏽

Portuguese restaurant near the Vauxhall metro...very varied, delicious food at a good price. Great detail from the owners of several appetizers before dinner and impeccable service

A little expensive but super good yummy yummy

Very nice place with amazing food and ambience!

Great address, generous portion!

Si te gusta la excelente comida portuguesa este es el lugar para ir. Comemos regularmente en Portugal y estábamos encantados de encontrar este fabuloso lugar a la vuelta de la esquina de la casa de nuestra hija. Fuimos a una celebración de cumpleaños y no podíamos haber sido más felices. Dos de nosotros comimos el pescado especial del día besugo y dos tuvimos filete portugués, que era filete en una salsa impresionante con hermoso arroz y patatas fritas caseras. Los chicos de allí incluso sacaron un pastel de nata con una vela para la cumpleañera. La mejor comida que hemos tenido en mucho tiempo. Gracias chicos x

⭐⭐⭐⭐ I've been here several times, and one thing I love about this restaurant is the generous portions and delicious food 🍽️. However, I’m giving one less star for service. When you're in a larger group, the waiters often seem to "forget" to bring the salad that’s supposed to come with the main dish 🥗. It almost feels like they're hoping customers won’t notice, maybe to save a bit on cost. That said, the overall experience is always good, and we leave feeling satisfied and full 😋. We’re likely to return soon for some great local Portuguese cuisine!

This will ba the second time I’ve been here first time was ***** but this time was not good. I ordered chicken with mushrooms sauce it came to the table cold but when I turned the chicken over it was raw I sent it back asked to change my choice they said no they cooked the chicken again but couldn’t eat it. Ended up with a very upset stomach

⭐⭐⭐⭐ I've been here several times, and one thing I love about this restaurant is the generous portions and delicious food 🍽️. However, I’m giving one less star for service. When you're in a larger group, the waiters often seem to "forget" to bring the salad that’s supposed to come with the main dish 🥗. It almost feels like they're hoping customers won’t notice, maybe to save a bit on cost. That said, the overall experience is always good, and we leave feeling satisfied and full 😋. We’re likely to return soon for some great local Portuguese cuisine!

Best spot in town for Portuguese food. Extensive menu with lots of options, great drinks selection and tasty desserts. Service is always great and it’s good value for money. Highly recommended!

Best spot in town for Portuguese food. Extensive menu with lots of options, great drinks selection and tasty desserts. Service is always great and it’s good value for money. Highly recommended!

Beat portuguese restaurant in London! Great prices, amazing service and the atmosphere is like in Portugal! Love it!

Strongly recommended for those who appreciate home based portuguese food.

Excellent im every way. Best Portuguese restaurant in London.

Absolutely amazing food and service with lots of smiles from everyone especially 👧 (CARLA)👌 over the years A TOCA has been probably the best Portuguese in London ! Strongly recommended, well done to all the staff and management 👏

Keep coming to this restaurant for a few years and today it is the last time…Food is absolutely getting worse…See this picture I took today and last year for the pork ribs…

Another excellent restaurant 🇵🇹 where we were well received we had an excellent dinner, thank you very much to the management

Nice place for Portuguese food! Service was friendly and efficient!

Good price, good portion, delicious food! Truly portuguese! I was order the same: bacalhau com natas!

Since we have been first time, we can’t stop coming back. It has become one of my and my partner’s most favourite restaurants!! Recommend octopus salad, grilled dorada, any grilled meat dish, aroz doce and to be fair every single item on menu is a gem. Staff is very friendly and makes you feel as if you are on vacation in Portugal or Spain! 100 per cent must visit!

Seafood rice was so good!! Great portion and loads of seafood, full of umami flavour. Grilled octopus also recommended.

I loved being served by waiter Carlos, very nice guy! I will come back soon. Delicious food too.

The food was delicious and the delivery person was also wonderful! Please pass along my compliments to both the delivery person and the restaurant. Picado di vaca is always delicious and a great comfort food.

Traditional Portuguese cuisine with fresh ingredients, great taste, good wine list. I have been coming since 2017. Corporates from the Orient have recently discovered it and are increasingly coming in large groups.

Delicious Portuguese stew in London, UK

Duarte was great , amazing service

Not to standard at all. Please refund

Reliably good Portuguese food and a few Brazilian-inspired dishes

The food quality was poor. Burned, tasteless and greasy. Please refund.

Always reliable. Food is good and reasonable. Very friendly.

Very good food, well prepared and very good service, tasty food.

Food was mid, one steak was undercooked and the caldo verde soup tasted weird.

After a last minute booking, I got a table! Food was lovely, service was good with friendly staff . Definitely to repeat soon.

Bitoque delicioso, just how I remember it from Portugal. My wife had squid and she said it was delicious... The kids had their own steak and also loved every bite.

Great Portuguese restaurant, I recommend the posta mirandela, it’s really delicious!

Soup was not very warm, plate around was messy from soup, took nearly 20 minutes for food to arrive. Pork steak was chewy and tough,chips dry and very little rice on the plate

Always good value tasty food here. No wonder it is usually very busy.

Lovely people Delicious food (and big portion) Fun atmosphere

I recently ordered a Grilled Chicken with rice and chips from A TOCA, and it was a disaster from start to finish. The rice was tragic—absolutely no salt, no taste, no nothing. The chips seemed like they had been fried ages ago, completely stale. But the chicken was the worst part. It had no flavor whatsoever, and the texture felt and looked like it had been reheated. However, the absolute worst part was finding a hair and a piece of plastic in the chicken. This is completely unacceptable and made me physically sick. I ended up puking for five minutes after seeing it.I will be reporting this to consumer protection. This was an incredibly disappointing and disgusting experience. Avoid A TOCA at all costs!

The place seemed busy, so we went in to have dinner. They seated us right away, and offered us bread and butter to start, which I didn't realise was getting charged, but thats not much of a problem as it was quite good and we were starving. We ordered the food, and the portion sizes were huge and the steak was cooked really well, medium rare (as we wanted) and the mixed grill house special (?) the only downside is that the food is too salty, the fries and rice came out soggy and cold and as the portions were super huge, we left quite a bit of food. Takeout was also charged on our bill, for the leftover food, which wasn't clarified before we got the bill either. Overall, the food was mid, and for 2 mains, 2 coke cans and 1 large bottle of water - I don't actually think its worth almost £60. The service was fine, nothing to fault, but it would have been better if they had told us they charged for the bread and takeout.

Amazing food. Beautiful meat and fish cooked to perfection.

Recently dined at toca, well im still here and I must say, it was a highly disappointing experience. I ordered the bitoque hoping for a succulent and flavorful meal. Unfortunately, what I received was far from my expectations. Firstly, the steak was overcooked. I requested a medium-rare steak, but what arrived at my table was not just well done it was congratulations. The outer layer was dry and tough, lacking the juicy tenderness that is the benchmark of a bitoque steak. Cutting into the steak felt like sawing through rubber, which made the eating experience quite unpleasant. Secondly, the seasoning was completely off. The steak was bland nothing not even a clove of garlic to enhance its flavor. It seemed like it was cooked without any attention to seasoning, leaving it tasting like a poorly cooked piece of meat. The only thing you need to get right in a bitoque is the steak. Oh and they forgot the egg I mean ridiculous The sides were equally disappointing. The rice was cold, and the chips were soggy looked limp and were undercooked 2 people sent their food back due to the poor quality. overall the experience was bad . The customer service on the other hand was good and I can't fault the staff they were extremely polite and hard working. This place is very overrated it's extremely busy which really makes it hard to send out decent food it all feels rushed. I will not be coming back to eat here.

I regularly enjoy having dinner at A Toca restaurant. The food portions are incredibly generous and the staff members are extremely helpful. I always invite friends and family to celebrate occasions there, as I did for my last birthday. I'd like also to mention that they have no Francesinha on their menu, but whenever the restaurant is not extremely packed with customers I always try asking for it, and I'm lying if I say that it's the best one you can have in London.

The food was the best, so tasty

A bit inconspicuous from the outside, but a great restaurant. Nice and courteous service, great food.

One of the best places in London

There was an offer of free delivery if order is above £10. It was nit applied to my order. Please refund the delivery fee charged.

Mi pareja y yo tropezamos con este lugar mientras nos alojamos en Londres para una visita a la embajada estadounidense. Mi compañero es limitado en lo que puede comer, pero el personal le ayudó con sus necesidades. La comida era fantástica y el servicio era excelente. No dudaría en recomendar este acogedor restaurante con un verdadero ambiente familiar. Los precios son muy razonables y el personal es muy cálido y servicial. Sin duda volveremos aquí.

Definitely book in advance. Grilled fish was great, and soup was a bit bland. You pay £1.5 for the bread with llives and some tuna paste to go with it. Extensive Portuguese wine list - will definitely be back to try other dishes. Good value for money