Chiado Restaurant

What is Chiado Restaurant? Anchoring the stretch of College Street near Dovercourt, Chiado Restaurant is Chef Albino Silva’s long-standing standard for white-tablecloth Portuguese seafood. The room bypasses modern casual trends for classic European fine dining, featuring warm wood accents, crisp linens, plush dining chairs, and intimate subterranean wine cellars. It remains one of Toronto's enduring institutions where tuxedoed servers deliver formal, attentive service for milestone celebrations and business dinners.

Chiado Restaurant Menu & What to Order The kitchen flies in pristine catch directly from the Azores and Portugal, making whole grilled fish like sea bream and dorado fileted tableside mandatory orders. Start with tender grilled octopus served with roasted peppers or the citrus-bright salt cod ceviche before diving into black espada over saffron risotto. Pair your meal with an expansive portfolio of rare vintage ports, Madeiras, or the house Souto Montanha Alvarinho, and finish with the peras cozidas (poached pears in Madeira wine).

Know Before You Go Table reservations are essential for dinner service, especially on weekends when the dining room operates at capacity; book well in advance via their website or phone. Street parking along College is scarce during peak evening hours, so ride the 506 Carlton streetcar to Dovercourt Road or use the nearby Green P lot south of College. Dinner runs nightly starting at 5:00 p.m., with a refined lunch service offered Monday through Friday.