# O Canhão Restaurant

Restaurant en Sesimbra · Sesimbra

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/where-to-eat/o-canhao · Revisado: 2026-11-12

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Fish restaurant facing the Fortaleza de Santiago since 1986, with caldeiradas, cataplanas and salt-baked fish. Book on its website.

Facing the fort
O Canhão began in May 1986 as a small eating bar on Rua da Fortaleza, the street that faces the Fortaleza de Santiago, in the heart of Sesimbra. It is run by Daniel Piedade and the cook Albertina Piedade, who have gradually turned it into a tablecloth fish restaurant. Today it has a second venue, O Canhão II.
What to order
The cooking is pot dishes and whole fish: special caldeirada, wreckfish or grouper massada (a pasta stew), monkfish or seafood cataplana, prawn açorda, salt-baked fish (sea bass or gilthead bream), cuttlefish "a pé descalço", monkfish with lobster sauce and the arroz do mar, with monkfish and shelled shellfish. They are portions for sharing.
Booking
Book through its website or by phone, on +351 212 231 442. The website does not publish opening hours: call before going, especially from November to March.

Qué pedir: a cataplana or the caldeirada for two, which are pot dishes to share; if there are more of you, the wreckfish massada.

## Practical details

- Address: Rua da Fortaleza, Sesimbra
- Phone: +351 212 231 442
- The website does not publish opening hours; call ahead, especially outside summer
- Cuisine: fish and seafood, Portuguese
- House specialities: Special caldeirada, Wreckfish or grouper massada, Monkfish cataplana, Prawn açorda, Salt-baked fish, Arroz do mar
- Bookings: https://www.restauranteocanhao.pt/reservas-canhao-i/
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.restauranteocanhao.pt/
- Coordenadas: 38.4428, -9.1005

## Cerca de aquí

- [Fortaleza de Santiago and the Sesimbra Maritime Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/things-to-do/maritime-museum-and-fortaleza-de-santiago), a 53 m
- [Sesimbra Municipal Market, fish from the fish market](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/things-to-do/sesimbra-municipal-market), a 80 m
- [O Rodinhas Seafood Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/where-to-eat/o-rodinhas), a 104 m
- [SANA Sesimbra Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/where-to-stay/sana-sesimbra), a 265 m
- [Sesimbra Oceanfront Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/where-to-stay/sesimbra-oceanfront-hotel), a 557 m
- [Bay beaches: Califórnia and Ouro](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/things-to-do/sesimbra-bay-beaches), a 564 m
- [Hotel do Mar](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/where-to-stay/hotel-do-mar), a 575 m
- [Sesimbra Castle and its walls above the sea](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra/things-to-do/sesimbra-castle), a 1.2 km

## Consejos

### Order pot dishes
Caldeiradas and cataplanas are the speciality and come for two.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Where is it?
On Rua da Fortaleza, facing the Santiago fort, in the centre.

### Can I book?
Yes, on its website or by phone.

### What cooking does it do?
Portuguese fish and seafood: caldeiradas, cataplanas, rice dishes and salt-baked fish.

Destino: [Sesimbra](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/sesimbra.md)