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Small Portuguese restaurant in [[Locale Nunhead|Nunhead]]. It also does takeaway and delivery, with online ordering via its website.
Small Portuguese cafe/restaurant in [[Locale Nunhead|Nunhead]]. They also do takeaway and delivery, and offer online ordering [http://hungryhouse.co.uk/napura via Hungry House], [http://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-na-pura/menu via Just-Eat], and via their own [http://www.na-pura.co.uk/ website]. They sell peri peri chicken and pizza, as well as other Portuguese dishes including desserts such as pastel de nata (custard tarts).
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It [https://twitter.com/byNapura/status/715536612080422912 reopened in early 2016] after an extended period of closure during 2014-2015, though it's [https://twitter.com/byNapura/status/717079162943569921 still run by the same people]. There's a little more seating space than before, though still for only around 30 people. The tables are varnished wood, flanked by a combination of padded banquettes and white bucket chairs. Art by local artists, all for sale, hangs on light brown painted walls, with contrasting cream paintwork along the skirtings and doorways. A curved bar with gantry in one corner has no taps for draught beer, but a display of wine bottles on shelves behind.
It's quite small, with just three or four tables in the front part. According to the reviews and comments linked below, they also have a terrace out the back.
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[[Kake]] visited on a Wednesday lunchtime in February 2017. I was the only customer when I arrived around 1pm, though it looked like another party had just left.
[[secretlondon]] ordered via Hungry House one Friday evening in January 2010. I had one of the chicken meals. Hungry House calls this "chicken meal 1" — a whole peri peri chicken, 1 starter, 1 side, 1 dessert and 2 cans of coke (or diet coke) for £13.50. Their website has almost the same offer called "chicken menu 3" which is a whole chicken with 2 drinks or desserts and 2 starters or sides. I chose to have my chicken hot (medium, hot or extra hot) with a rissol starter, double thick chips (could have chosen thin chips too) and cheesecake.
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I went for the bacalhau &agrave; Br&aacute;s (&pound;12.50 including salad) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/31875343923/ photo]</small>; a dish of scrambled eggs with salt cod and matchstick fries. The eggs were dry rather than creamy, and I felt they were a bit underseasoned. The salt cod gave a nice textural contrast, but again I felt that perhaps a bit too much of the salt had been removed. The matchstick fries were nicely browned; being unfamiliar with this dish I'd been expecting them to be on the side, but it turns out that they're incorporated into the eggs and hence soft rather than crispy. The salad was fresh and (unlike the eggs) seasoned nicely. I was initially sceptical of the dried oregano on top, but actually it worked fine.
It arrived about an hour later. I got two Pastel de nata rather than the cheesecake. The chicken was in pieces in a chilli sauce <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/4278595031/ photo]</small> rather than dry and whole like Nando's. The chips were actual chips not french fries <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/4279342914/ photo]</small> and the rissol contained prawns. They use double to mean a portion for two. The chicken was fine but a bit oily.
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Service was friendly, welcoming, and efficient even though there was only one person on duty, doing both front-of-house and cooking. Tap water arrived on request, in a large carafe that was left on the table. No service charge was added to the bill.

Before the refurbishment (and menu changes), [[secretlondon]] ordered via Hungry House one Friday evening in January 2010. I had "chicken meal 1" (&pound;13.50), which included a whole peri peri chicken, a starter, a side, a dessert and two cans of Coke (or Diet Coke). I chose to have my chicken hot (medium, hot or extra hot) with a rissol starter, double thick chips (could have chosen thin chips too), and cheesecake. It took about an hour to arrive. The rissol contained prawns. The chicken was in pieces in a chilli sauce <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/4278595031/ photo]</small> rather than dry and whole like Nando's; it was fine, but a bit oily. The chips were actual chips, not french fries <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/4279342914/ photo]</small>, and "double" apparently meant a portion for two. They sent two pastel de nata (custard tarts) rather than cheesecake.

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Child-friendliness: They have at least one high chair (without tray)

Accessibility: A fairly large step to get in, with no handrail and a slightly heavy door. No further steps to the toilets.

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* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/31875338003/ Photo of the menu as of February 2017]
* [http://peckhampeculiar.tumblr.com/post/152193669535/portuguese-plates Peckham Peculiar article]
* [https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/na-pura-london Yelp comments]
* [http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/00,news,15987,6490,00.htm Southwark News review]
* [http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,536445 East Dulwich Forum comments]
* [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/1443315#PlaceReviews Qype comments]
* [http://thehill.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=comments&action=display&thread=893 Telegraph Hill Forum
comments]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], February 2017. Opening hours taken from the Napura website, February 2017.</div>
<div class="last_verified">Food last sampled by [[secretlondon]], January 2010. Opening hours taken from the Na Pura website, July 2011.</div>
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summary='Small Portuguese restaurant in Nunhead.'
website='http://www.na-pura.co.uk/' website='http://www.napura.uk/'
summary='Small Portuguese restaurant and takeaway in Nunhead.'
website='http://www.na-pura.co.uk/' website='http://www.napura.uk/'

Small Portuguese cafe/restaurant in Nunhead. They also do takeaway and delivery, and offer online ordering via Hungry House, via Just-Eat, and via their own website. They sell peri peri chicken and pizza, as well as other Portuguese dishes including desserts such as pastel de nata (custard tarts).

It's quite small, with just three or four tables in the front part. According to the reviews and comments linked below, they also have a terrace out the back.

secretlondon ordered via Hungry House one Friday evening in January 2010. I had one of the chicken meals. Hungry House calls this "chicken meal 1" — a whole peri peri chicken, 1 starter, 1 side, 1 dessert and 2 cans of coke (or diet coke) for £13.50. Their website has almost the same offer called "chicken menu 3" which is a whole chicken with 2 drinks or desserts and 2 starters or sides. I chose to have my chicken hot (medium, hot or extra hot) with a rissol starter, double thick chips (could have chosen thin chips too) and cheesecake.

It arrived about an hour later. I got two Pastel de nata rather than the cheesecake. The chicken was in pieces in a chilli sauce photo rather than dry and whole like Nando's. The chips were actual chips not french fries photo and the rissol contained prawns. They use double to mean a portion for two. The chicken was fine but a bit oily.

secretlondon's verdict: I'd order from here again, but it looks poor for vegetarians.

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Food last sampled by secretlondon, January 2010. Opening hours taken from the Na Pura website, July 2011.

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