Porto Restaurant in Lambeth

Great hearty food off the main roads in Clapham. Food all-themed restraint with great, fresh Portuguese food and very affordable. Super service.

We were huge fans of the owner's other restaurant on Wandsworth Road, Grelha D'ourha and the food and style of service is the same. Great Portuguese food straight from the grill with excellent service. It's a chilled unassuming place with great wine and a good choice of grilled fish and meat dishes. My go to place if I want a nice meal in a relaxed cosy atmosphere.

Local small restaurant, whilst in here an ambulance crew turned up having been called out to a young man who had apparently previously fallen outside of the establishment. An older man ?staff or owner (he was drinking beers watching the football but the barmaid didn't seem concerned by him dealing with the crew) was then very verbally abusive to the ambulance staff, shouting at them it had taken them nearly an hour to get there, the crew calmly explained that they'd actually been held up resuscitating someone, the man proceeded to say that this didn't matter and was unacceptable as he pays taxes for the NHS for their service so they should have arrived straight away. He was gesturing towards his watch and was quite aggressive to the young man and woman, they asked him where the patient was an he just proceeded to shout louder. This behaviour was disgusting and it pained me to see two emergency service personnel be abused in such a way. What was alarming was that none of the staff took control or defended the staff the same with the locals who were in there. Shall not be back when such entitled and uncaring values are promoted here.

Lovely to find a place with such a real Portuguese atmosphere, lots of amiable characters gather here with a good welcome to newcomers. The place has had a slightly chequered history, at one point with a very limited menu. Now, however, it has a wide range of choices, and the quality of the food has improved dramatically. Impressive in both quantity and quality, my seafood rice was a revelation! Congratulations to everyone who has helped lift this place to offer such a great experience!

I'll start with the good: this is a lovely spot a few minutes' walk from Sloane Square nestled in between shops on a pedestrian-only thoroughfare. A few dozen cafe tables, sheltered by big umbrellas provide a welcome to shoppers and tourists alike. However, service and food/drink is a mixed bag. Our waiter could not describe the ingredients in a salad on the menu, a different waitstaff brought the wrong bruschetta, yet another waitstaff brought the two smallest glasses of, respectively, prosecco and white wine that I've been served in a long time, and we eventually had to flag down yet another waitstaff to get our bill. The food (we ordered tomato salad with basil and a spring pea bruschetta with prosciutto, as well as receiving a crabmeat bruschetta by accident) was uninspired and relatively expensive.

It's an official international 'Casa do Porto', so you will find it particularly themed around football and around that club in particular. When Porto or the national team is on TV, the place gets crowded, noisy and really fun (if you like football, that is). But sports aside, the food is quite good. The tapas are well done (the 'moelas' (gizzards) in particular) and the steaks are great quality. For a quick bite the Portuguese-style pan fried steaks on bread ('prego' and 'bifana') are excellent: you'll see many Portuguese expats ordering them with lots of mustard and a 'mini' (20cl beer bottle) and feeling right at home.

Been there to try Francesinha and I can honestly say it's the worst one I ever had. One of them was even impossible to eat and the slices of bread were so hard that even with a good knife you couldn't cut it. And on top of this the waitress didn't really care about anything and was really confused. Quality wise extremely poor and I will never go there again and highly recommend to everyone not to waste your time.

I work near this restaurant so this place is not new to me. This is a very traditional restaurant and it's loved by locals. Always busy and lively. The only problem I have with this place is that staff don't speak English! You try to communicate and it's really hard and frustrating. I wish that the waitress would be able to explain the menu or to have a chat. Apart of this great food and you definitely don't leave hungry!

Really nice food for the price, and great and friendly staff. I had the Portuguese steak and chips which was good - HUGE portion size. However, wouldn't be as keen to come back for breakfast - they ran out of baked beans! Friends had tapas which was also really good!

We went there with our son and the food was amazing. huge portions and the price is really great value for money. the owners are really friendly and eager to please their customers. we had the Porto steak and the meat was super tender. while we were there next table was sharing a seafood platter and we will be having that next time we go there.

We came here for dinner as were nearby and haven't had Portuguese food since our holiday. When we walked in everybody stopped and stared as it clearly is a local place with everyone chatting in Portuguese. We decided to give it a try anyway and the food was delicious. I had the chopped steak with garlic and chips which was enormous and really tasty. My partner had the traditional francesine which he thoroughly enjoyed. Don't come to this place expecting good service and a romantic meal but do come for the food.

The place is awfully dirty, i found black pieces of pan on my plate and it wasn' t desirable as I was there with my girlfriend.portugese cuisine is not even good so would definitely not recommend it.the steak that I had was of poor quality and badly cooked.

Visited the Porto for breakfast while we were staying nearby with friend on a visit to London on our way to the tube. Had a very enjoyable breakfast. The owner and staff were very friendly and the service and the food were very good. Would go back again.

If you want a quite, calm, family run restaurant then this is the place to visit. Food quality is excellent and portions are super generous. Great value for money and fabulous service.

I ate there on a weeknight. It was a quiet place with a home feel to it. Its themed after one of the biggest portuguese soccer teams. I had the seafood paella which was quite good. Its similar to a spanish paella but this one has no meat and is wonderfully decorated by big prawns. This is a no nonsense kind of place. Hearty food with an authentic feel. Expect only portuguese beverages. Their wine seleccion is limited but a good sample of the por tuguese wine scene.