down O Faia - Fado House Since 1947, Fado Restaurant in Lisbon




  • The concept

    The balance between the cultural experience of a Fado evening and gastronomic culture that fits best with it, is a daily task at O Faia. Aromas and flavors reveal themselves in a creative and contemporary cuisine, where the tradition and the respect for the Portuguese cuisine is not forgotten.

    The talent and dedication of Chef Pedro Pereira and his team, create dishes from bases, marinades, seasonings and spices always present in the Portuguese Cuisine, that are combined with the excellence and freshness of the season products. In the wine cellar, where all the producing regions of the country are represented, and that includes the most important domestic producers and the varieties most representative of each region, you will find the perfect complement to match your meal..

  • On the Table...

    -Couvert: Sourdough bread, marinated olives and artisan butter.

  • Starters

    - Breaded sardine, crab and tomato gazpacho.

    - Sautéed shrimp, celery, apple, seaweed and sesame.

    - Cockles, guanciale Iberico and sweet potato.

    - Veal liver in onion sauce, potatoes... and fresh grapes.

    - Creamy chicken soup, honey, and almonds.

    - Goat cheese, tomato and blackberry compote.

    - Potato cream, onion, grapes and pine nuts.

    - Cauliflower, fennel, chayote and peach, in a salad.

  • Main Dishes

    - Codfish and egg, in a bread soup with figs and pennyroyal.

    - Fried Skate, and soupy rice with grilled cuttlefish.

    - Roasted Meagre, mussels, white beans, and chorizo.

    - Turbot with pork belly sausage, “xerém” with cockles.

    - Octopus, olive oil, potato, peppers and coriander.

    - Grilled sirloin steak, egg, artichoke and sweet potato chips.

    - Roasted leg of lamb, chickpea stew with fresh mint.

    - Duck leg, and smoked duck breast in a fava bean “miga”.

    - Roasted Iberico pork cheek, peas and oysters.

    - Vegetables tempura, seaweed rice and sesame.

    - Roasted tomato and bread soup, figs, egg and pennyroyal.

  • Desserts...

    - “Farófias” meringue, vanilla, walnuts and lime.

    - Olive oil pudding, groundcherry, and tangerine sorbet.

    - Chocolate, pistachio, and cherry ice cream.

    - Crème Brulee, apricot and vanilla.

    - Lemon, in fresh cheese mousse.

    - Melon, cantaloupe, watermelon... and sunflower.

    - … OR CHEESE: Portuguese cheese platter - (+€8)

  • Conditions

    - 77€ p/ person.
    - INCLUDES THE SHOW, THE COUVERT, THE CHOICE OF ONE STARTER, ONE MAIN DISH AND ONE DESSERT.