Walking up and down St. Viateur during vacation I saw this place with tons of people on the patio and good smells coming out of the front door. Plus the sign out side said grilled sardines! And lets just say good grilled sardines can be hard to fine in the states, so that put the nail in and we decided to go one night. IT was raining that day, so no patio, but service inside was good. Started with the house red as well as I know very little about Portuguese wine and figure this would be a good way to start trying them, and it was good and very reasonably priced. WE got the sardines of course, they were nicely done and tasty. Fairly typical to my mind for the dish, but very happy to gave them.
We also tried the chicken and lamb combo. Figured that way would get a few tastes of things. The lamb was cooked nicely, tender and properly seasoned. A real winner. I thought the chicken was very good. Other reviewers have complained about the chicken here, but mine was moist and had a good flavor. From reading I know there is a real cult of Portuguese chicken going on with people's favorites and such, so I can't really compare to any place else, but standing on its own I thought it was very good.
But know what the real secret here is? The pepper sauce. That thing is amazing! Great flavor and a dab on either the meats or the potatoes gave things a nice smokiness. That sauce is money in a jar! If I thought I could get it through customs I would have gotten a jar as they do sell it separately to go here! Heck at the very least stop in and grab a jar to try at home.