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Reviews - No Tacho

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9.4/10

Excellent
1715 reviews
Ambience
9.1
Food
9.4
Service
9.6
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  • Jaime V.1 days ago

    10

    Everything was outstanding! The food, the service, the personnel! I would go back without reserve!

  • Stephen H.2 months ago

    10

    everything was wonderful

  • Peter M.3 months ago

    10

    Just great food, service was brilliant. Loved the sneaky wee extra starter. Wine lovely. Would highly recommend this restaurant.

  • Diane M.3 months ago

    10

    delicious, interesting food, lovely wines, helpful and engaging waiter. A fun evening

  • Susan F.6 months ago

    10

    Loved it. Food was interesting but not overdone. Great relaxed vibe.

  • Norman R.6 months ago

    10

    Chanfana was excellent!

  • Hendrik Jan V.6 months ago

    5.5

    Octopus starter was nice, fish croquettes rather boring and with little flavour. Main course: goat was tasty but rather greasy; partridge bone dry with no taste at all with very salty risotto and no vegetable in sight. Cheese for desert: apparently Portugal is not really a cheese country — bland cheeses. And then we paid more than 100 euros for what’s supposed to be “authentic Portuguese food”. Not a very happy experience, I’m sorry to say.

    No Tacho

    Dear M. Veenstra, First of all, you had the opportunity to share your opinion with our staff, and you did say everything was good at all times. The old goat is a fattier animal by nature. If there is a dish closest to your idea of an "authentic" utopia, Chanfana would be the only one on our menu. The partridge is hunted, not farmed. It is called game meat and is dry by nature. Its recipe is full of aromatics, so being flavourless is impossible. What adds flavour to the rice is what the partridge is cooked with for four hours—not salt. And it is a rice dish, not a risotto. We are certainly not an Italian restaurant. And yes, there is no vegetable in sight because it's not part of the recipe—simple as that. The cheeses you were lucky to try at our restaurant were all medalled at the World Cheese Awards, they might know a thing or two about cheese. We do not advertise our food as "authentic Portuguese." The name of the restaurant literally says "Portuguese cuisine," which is not the same thing. Anyway...........

  • Howard F.7 months ago

    10

    What we especially loved was the goat stew. Definitely try that.

  • John W.7 months ago

    9.5

    We enjoyed dinner this week at No Tacho! based upon a recommendation. We had completed a 10 day tour of Portugal and this was our last night in Lisbon. This was a treat to enjoy such a delicious presentation of food delights. The octopus salad as an app is simple, yet just the right balance of flavors...we've had a similar dish-but this was clearly the best! We ordered the chef recommendation for the day - pork neck, sweet potatoes....wow! I wasn't expecting such a plate of tender of pork with flavors! I certainly would return again! Very well done-Cheers!

  • Almudena R.7 months ago

    10

    Amazing food, place and staff.

  • Julian I.7 months ago

    10

    We had a wonderful dinner at No Tacho. The croaker and the goat chanfana main courses were especially good, and we enjoyed everything else. This is a small restaurant that was very busy on a Sunday evening, so booking is advised.

  • Michele Q.
    Michele Q.8 months ago

    10

    +1

    Delicious food and excellent wine.

  • Jennie D.8 months ago

    8.0

    It was okay, the fish was a special and not to our taste, the salad over salted. Needed to chase up wine menu. Great start at meal but didn’t hit for me.

  • Florian d.8 months ago

    9.0

    Excellent cuisine with local gourmet food products

  • Ma E.
    Ma E.9 months ago

    10

    Delicious food; great service.

  • Amanda M.10 months ago

    9.0

    I completely forgot to get the My Fork discount!

  • Winnie A.10 months ago

    9.5

    friendly service, delicious food & good local wines.

  • Matt S.
    Matt S.10 months ago

    10

    Delicious food! Waitstaff was great and gave local info

  • Carmen g.10 months ago

    10

    Everything in this restaurant is right. Small room but still quiet ambience, Great food, well prepared and well served. Wide vine selection either by the bottle or by glass. A place to recommend.

  • Anaïs M.10 months ago

    10

    The dishes were absolutely delicious and the waiters were very nice. We had a beautiful evening.

  • Paul G.10 months ago

    10

    Set just off the main drag in the Old Town No Tacho is a relaxing setting mixing locals and tourists alike Portuguese food with a modern twist with a really good VFM wine list We really enjoyed our evening

  • Belle C.10 months ago

    9.5

    The food is incredible, more like a fine dining than a bistro. The fusion is unique. The staff is friendly and warm too

  • Bernd K.10 months ago

    10

    very friendly and helpful, food tastes great

  • Margaret M.11 months ago

    9.5

    The food was beautifully presented, but also delicious! I particularly enjoyed the octopus salad.

  • Nick H.11 months ago

    10

    Excellent food was accompanied by wonderful service! Definitely would love to go back!

  • Jeff H.11 months ago

    10

    Comfortable chairs, delicious food and attentive waiter. The partridge was delicious and uniquely served.

  • Maren B.11 months ago

    10

    It is our first trip to Portugal and we have been enjoying seeing the sights of Coimbra. We found No Tacho on The Fork and decided to try it. It is a cozy restaurant with great service. We love to eat the food of the country we are in and everything tasted amazing. We tried the warm octopus salad which was my favorite dish so far and also the cod and the chanfana. Everything was wonderful including dessert.

  • Georgina G.1 year ago

    10

    We had a great expreience here. I tried the goat stew which was excellent and my wife had the vegetarian rice. The service was great and we were offered a complimentary Ginja shot at the end.

  • Dan G.1 year ago

    10

    Terrific food and wine

  • Margaret V.1 year ago

    10

    What a find! A superb meal, we had the most amazing appetizer of hot octopus salad which was a good portion of diced octopus and small vegs and herbs with incredible flavor. I had marinated partridge with a smoky bacon and rice. Delicious. My husband had roast croaker/corvina cooked perfectly. The place is tiny, but the personal service of the staff was exceptional. Highly recommend

  • Niklas Ö.1 year ago

    10

    This tiny place of 20 seats, gives excellent service and tasty food. It could possibly be improved slightly in the cooking of the pork shoulder, but the fish was perfect.

  • Kristi H.1 year ago

    10

    Service, ambience, wine and food were all first rate. A lovely first meal in Coimbra.

  • Mallory L.
    Mallory L.1 year ago

    10

    The food was out of this world! We were a party of four and everybody ordered something different and we cleaned our plates and then some! Have been in Portugal for six weeks and have had nothing but excellent food, but I think that this restaurant was the very best! Highly recommend do not miss

  • John M.1 year ago

    9.5

    highly recommended for local/national cuisine

  • Kristin c.1 year ago

    9.5

    The staff were awesome, the food was great and we enjoyed our experience.

  • Bruno M.
    Bruno M.1 year ago

    10

    Cozy restaurant. Food was perfectly well prepared. Garçon very kind and nice 😉

  • Ryan D.1 year ago

    8.5

    Service was friendly and professional. Food was great, very well done.

  • jason L.1 year ago

    10

    food was amazing but you have to try the rice pudding. loved the place.

  • stephen c.1 year ago

    9.5

    The staff were amazingly attentive, making sure each course was fresh and perfectly timed.

  • Valerie C.1 year ago

    10

    Excellent service and food

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