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Portuguese cafe and restaurant in [[Locale Plaistow|Plaistow]].

As well as Portuguese dishes, it does sandwiches, sweet and savoury pastries, and all-day English breakfasts.  It's licensed, and has a couple of keg taps for draught lager.  Tap water is provided in a dispenser on the service counter, with glasses out for people to help themselves.

Entry is into a tiled cafe area, with seats for 14 people at square wooden tables flanked by matching chairs.  Beyond this is a large glass service counter with deli meats, desserts, pastries, and soft drinks.  At the back is a small restaurant area, seating a further 16 people at tables ready-set with wine glasses.  A patio at the front has a few plastic chairs and tables.

[[Kake]] visited on a Friday lunchtime in January 2017.  There was just one other customer when I arrived around 12:15pm, but a couple more turned up while I was there.  No music was playing, but a
flatscreen in the cafe area was showing a Portuguese chat show with the sound on.

I ordered from the Portuguese menu, choosing peixe frito com arroz de tomate/Malandro (fried fish with tomato rice; &pound;8) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/31948710720/ photo]</small>.  It was pretty good; the batter was crisp and there wasn't too much of it, and the fish inside was very well-judged.  My only reservation was that the batter was a little too salty for my taste.  The rice was tasty, too, with plenty of tomato flavour, some well-cooked onions, and fresh herbs.  A salad on the side was very fresh, and clear care had been taken over its preparation, with decoratively partially peeled cucumber.

Service was friendly and welcoming despite a slight language barrier (I know enough Portuguese to recognise dishes on a menu, but not enough to order them in complete sentences).

[[Kake]]'s verdict: I'd like to come back and try more of the Portuguese dishes, and would also be interested to see what the atmosphere's like in the evenings.

Accessibility: A small but very steep portable ramp to get in.  Space inside is very tight.  Step to the ladies' (gents' not checked).

See also:
* Photos of the menu as of January 2017: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/32175716842/ Portuguese specials], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/31948711180/ drinks, sandwiches, and cooked breakfasts]

<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], January 2017.  Opening hours taken from the Bela Vista Facebook page, January 2017.</div>

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