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Restaurante Ruca

Restaurant

😠 The place is nice, good situated since it's near on tourist spots, the food is great on cheap price, until the receipt comes and you'll be surprised for the bills you have to pay, the entrance food is way more expensive than the menu itself, and on top of it, you would think it's something for "pica... People often mention good, bread, fish, restaurant, delicious, great, experience, Portuguese, bill,


Address

Rua da Conceição 47, 1100-026 Lisboa, Portugal

Contact

+351 21 887 9433

Rating on Google Maps

3.10 (627 reviews)

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (11) bread (10) fish (9) restaurant (8) delicious (7) great (6) experience (6) Portuguese (6) bill (6)
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  • 1/5 Joan T. 2 years ago on Google
    The place is nice, good situated since it's near on tourist spots, the food is great on cheap price, until the receipt comes and you'll be surprised for the bills you have to pay, the entrance food is way more expensive than the menu itself, and on top of it, you would think it's something for "picar" so it would be free or cheaper than the menu. Their menu al dia, runs from 7€ to 16€, the entrantes they served us was two pieces of bread (sliced), some cheese and paté spread (minis), sliced cheese (one platito), and jamon serrano (one platito) and all these little amount of entrantes cost 20€ 😱😱😱, they didn't even told us before that it would be that expensive. Surely for me, their own style of stealing. 👎👎👎
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Manfred M. 1 year ago on Google • 36 reviews
    We had a good experience there. No problems with prices or the invoice as other reviewers wrote. You get some appetizers that are charged if you take them, leave them untouched and they will be removed. Our waiter explained this beforehand and we found the price at the end quite reasonable. The main courses, especially the seafood with rice, served in a pan was delicious and we also enjoyed the dessert. Service was efficient and friendly, so for us it's a place we would e definitely visit again!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Marc-Jürgen S. 2 years ago on Google • 425 reviews
    Wir hatten im Restaurant Ruca einen Meeresfrüchtereis mit Shrimps und Fisch der sehr gut war. Würzig, leicht pikant und schön heiß, gerade richtig an einem Regentag. Der Vorspeisentrick wurde auch bei uns versucht (siehe andere Rezensionen), da wir aber selbst Vorspeisen bestellt hatten lief er ins Leere. Dafür -1☆

  • 1/5 Kelly Y. 7 years ago on Google
    The quality of the food is not worthy of the price. The codfish is real salty! They also charge you everything including the bread and the butter. They bring starters for you without orderings from you, not telling you it is also charged until you ate them unconsciously.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Chee Chung L. 2 years ago on Google • 126 reviews
    I mostly don't give bad ratings but this place is a bit meh .. What most people say about this place is true .. Very pushy (they even offer the same dessert plate to multiple tables) unless you're looking like a "baller" that can spend or big groups .. Why 3 stars? Because the octopus was still delicious 😅
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Leda P. 4 years ago on Google
    Very nice little restaurant, the special of the day was fresh sea bass, a plate for 2 people, super delicious, nice service, and quick.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 SUSAN R. 1 year ago on Google
    2 of us ate here tonight. Waiter began by putting butter, a croquet and bread on our table. I told him we only wanted the bread which he was ok with. I mentioned that I heard from reviews that he charged for all these items. He explained that the local Portuguese are offended if you don't offer them. We moved on. We ordered the Cantaplana, which is a fish stew chocked full of different seafood.... salmon, cod, prawns, shrimp, clams and potatoes. Very delicious, hearty, and plenty for 2. We had the stew, bread, a carafe of wine and a water. The bill came to $45.90. Excellent value. We were the only Americans in the restaurant. Service was fine.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 D K. 1 year ago on Google
    Disappointed. The food is ok didn't appreciate the fact that starters were put on the table for 1€ each even the butter! We weren't brave enough to order a dessert. I do not recommend.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 U W. 1 month ago on Google • 131 reviews New
    Auf dem Weg zurück vom Castello in die Beixa sind wir am Restaurant Ruca vorbeikommen. Das Essen bei unserem Besuch war einfache Hausmannskost und gab keinen Grund zur Beanstandung. Der Service war schnell, aber im Vergleich zu anderen Restaurants fehlte es hier an Herzlichkeit. Man sollte auf jeden Fall die Rechnung auf Richtigkeit überprüfen, die Position “Tax” in diesem Restaurant war für uns nicht nachvollziehbar.

  • 4/5 Andrew D. 5 months ago on Google • 87 reviews
    Food was very good. Business practices slightly dodgy. Odd "taxes" added to bill and bizarre practice of serving appetisers whether you want them or not - would be fine, but no idea how many others have been served them! Clean up these and stick to the quality of the food and this would be great.

  • 3/5 Sungkyung K. 1 year ago on Google • 42 reviews
    I just walked in with a recommendation from a local person which she was just about take her take away of fish. She said their fish food was far great. ... I was thinking then just went in. Staff was friendly but somehow a bit too pushy. (I didn't see this place review but found there were some people who had this feeling as well) They put covert (bread, cheese, butter) and... I didn't touch so they just took them away and it was not on the bill. That's good but I just am wondering how many times these bread and cheese are moved around in different tables. Food - fish was great and not burnt... lots of olive oil and garlic. However, they did refuse taking the card so I had to get cash to a cash machine! Please never ever use a cash machine on the wall in Lisboa/Lisbon. (There was WiFi but I couldn't get it - due to a difficulty of figuring out the password)

  • 5/5 Darwin P. 7 months ago on Google • 38 reviews
    The food was delicious. My family is happy that I went to my guts to try this restaurant. The restaurant vibes are old but we don't mind we came there for the food.😁 I will definitely recommend this place 100%.

  • 1/5 Kamil 1 month ago on Google • 19 reviews New
    It would be better if was twice less size but better quality. For me eatable if you really have no other place to go, but my wife vomit 1 hour later. Feel's like it's not so fresh.

  • 5/5 Carl H. 6 months ago on Google • 12 reviews
    Great experience there . Server explained what appetizer we would be billed for if eaten. Food portions were excellent and delicious. By no means am I a food critic but this was great representation of Portuguese food ..Glad we decided to ignore the negative reviews and go there to eat

  • 1/5 Aarooon 1 month ago on Google • 11 reviews New
    Tourist trap. Inconspicuous use of added ‘tax’ when you receive your bill which is service charge (that isn’t a thing in Portugal). Food is poor. Steak was dry with fried egg that that still had uncooked egg whites.

  • 5/5 Kimberly E. 5 months ago on Google • 8 reviews
    Always talk to the locals! This was recommended to us bc we wanted authentic Portuguese cuisine and we left completely satisfied. To begin with, Our server was wonderful, the fish was PERFECT, the wine was delicious, and the prices were even better. I am very picky with my seafood and if it’s fishy… I will not eat it. This place served the freshest fish and it was finger licking good. I could keep writing about our experience here but I’ll let you come see it for yourself.

  • 1/5 Maria 4 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    They deceive visitors. They put dishes on your table that you did not order, when you ask to take these dishes away, they say that it is free for you, but on the bill you will have to pay for all these dishes that you did not ask for

  • 5/5 Elliott H. 2 years ago on Google
    Lovely food. They always say you should eat where the locals eat, and it seemed to have more locals than tourists here. A very good francesinha (more associated with Porto, but still good anywhere). Go find this little gem if you want to enjoy some Portuguese food

  • 1/5 Francesca F. 1 year ago on Google
    We stayed here this evening and we experienced the worst dinner in Lisboa. Quality of the food was very poor and prices not in line.

  • 5/5 Sabrina J. 7 months ago on Google
    This place is amazing! Everything from service, food to experience is top. I have been in north Portugal, Lisabon and south Portugal for several months and tried a lot of food places, this restaurant is one of my favorites and keeps up to the north Portuguese food standards (in Portugal they say the best food comes from north). I can recommend this restaurant at any time, lunch, dinner..all!

  • 1/5 JustFor F. 6 months ago on Google
    You should be careful before going there. They offer you the entries but you pay them, very very expensive. I did not appreciate the note going from simple to double for that. The waiter was almost mean and did not even smile, even though we left a generous tip...

  • 1/5 LenTheMonk 7 months ago on Google
    Extremely unfriendly and shady business tactics. Appetizers will be brought to the table without asking and if you eat them you will have to pay 1€ for each good consumed. After we denied the appetizers they were even more unfriendly. Prices in the menu do not match the price you will have to pay at the end (rice 3€ suddenly 3.50, another dish 11.90€ suddenly 14.90€) don't bother with this restaurant there are way better options.

  • 5/5 Manu C. 5 months ago on Google
    Food was lovely. Soup of the day was veggie soup and it was nice and thick and lovely. Owner served us and seemed very charismatic. Very much a Portuguese lunch.

  • 1/5 Abdullah M. 1 year ago on Google
    Talk about a terrible experience. Paid 52 euro for lunch. Food was just okay. Staff were rude and obnoxious, had 1 waiter that couldn't stop coughing. its scary to find, we are still living in the time of a pandemic and you have staff who is serving your food coughing willingly without covering their mouth. They charged 4 Euro for 3 slice of bread.

  • 5/5 Chris M. 1 year ago on Google
    We found this place by accident. What a piece of good fortune and I'm surprised by some of the adverse comments. The staff were great. All of them. And it was made very clear that the starters which included bread (very good bread), lovely marinated olives and some superb fish cakes were chargeable and that we could leave them if we wished. They were NOT expensive and good quality. We ordered a large grilled fish platter with fries and a side dish. Also beer and a half bottle of wine. The fish platter was large and all very tasty. The total bill was under $70. That was a bargain! Well done Restaurante Ruca!

  • 4/5 Platinum D. 4 years ago on Google
    Tourist restaurant in the city centre. Good food, reasonable prices and efficient service with a smile.

  • 5/5 Vince S. 6 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Unmatched quality seafood. Super local. Our tug tug driver ended our tour here, knowing we did not want a touristy experience for our first meal in Lisbonne. You will not be disappointed.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✗ Delivery

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