The Three Lions Restaurant

There is a big Portuguese community in Stockwell and being a local here, we absolutely love this place. It’s a very unassuming restaurant and not much to look at from the outside, but I guarantee you will leave bursting at the seams and very very satisfied.

What I’ve had:

• Beef Na Pedra (a very large cut of steak cooked on a hot plate at your table)
• Espetada da Madeira (charcoal grilled beef skewers)
• Chicken Piri-piri
• Francesinha (bread, wet-cured ham, smoke cured pork sausage, steak and covered with melted cheese in a hot thick tomato and beer sauce served with french fries)
• Gambas Grelhadas (Grilled King Prawns)
• Traditional Portuguese Seafood Rice
• Biscuit cake
• Surprise pudding

The food here is nothing short of delicious and such great value for money. The meat is always succulent, tender and well seasoned; the chicken Piri-Piri has a good amount of heat and never dry; and the grilled king prawns are always a big favourite as it is dripping in a delicious garlic oil. The Francesinha is a monster of a dish and quite heavy - good for a hangover and only for the brave. The seafood rice is like a wetter tomato based seafood paella and a portion for one can easily feed four. Without fail, we always get either the biscuit cake or the special cake (or both!), which you'll realise why it's special after the first bite! A definite must-try. 

Tip: the local Portuguese community often eat out on Saturday or Sundays so if you’re going on the weekend - make sure you book ahead. The portion sizes are huge and all mains come with fries, rice and salad so three mains for four people would be more than enough.

Good For: large groups, casual date, lunch/ dinner catchups with friends, cheap and cheerful, value for money, carnivores