This family-run restaurant sits on the square in São Pedro de Penaferrim, the parish just south of Sintra’s historic centre best known for its antiques market, and it serves soul-warming Portuguese cooking in a rustic dining room.
Codfish gratin and tender pork cheeks are the dishes locals mention most, and portions are built for the kind of unhurried lunch that runs well past dessert.
It draws a steady mix of São Pedro residents and visitors who’ve wandered up from the historic centre, rather than the coach-tour crowd that circulates around the palaces.
Local tip: Time your visit for the second or fourth Sunday of the month and combine it with the São Pedro antiques market on the same square.
Good to know
- Where: Praça Dom Fernando II 18, 2710-483 São Pedro de Penaferrim, Portugal
- City: Sintra
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A round-trip half-day tour from Lisbon that includes a tasting of Sintra’s own queijada cheesecake and ginjinha cherry liqueur — a good way to try the local flavours Cantinho de São Pedro also serves, from a different angle.