Pizza Mobile
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If your favorite character from the Godfather met a Portuguese surfer, they would end up having dinner at Pizza Mobile. The restaurant is cozy and unpretentious. You can see the pizza being made. Pizza mobile is also very popular among families. I can just hear the kids pestering their parent about going to Pizza Mobile, until the parents give up and pack them into the car. The rest of the crowd are very hungry surfers.
Pizza mobile started as a food truck parked at the Ribeira beach, and now have a great location just above São Lourenço beach. When the swell is on you can watch the surfers gliding over the waves beneath the restaurant. And sunsets dinners in the summertime are particularly good since the restaurant has an outside terrace. Watch the last rays of sunshine hit the small village and beach of São Lourenço with a golden glow, as your munching on your Capricciosa.
Two very cool Belgians run Pizza mobile, so if you want to have a Belgian beer together with your pizza, its possible.
What to Order at Pizza Mobile
Pizza Mobile serves thin and crispy pizzas from a wood oven. The ingredients are fresh and tasty, and the prices are simpatico. The only other dish you can get, except for pizza, is the vegetarian lasagna. So make sure you are in the mood for pizza before heading to this restaurant.
All pizzas come in 3 different sizes. The small is good if you haven’t been surfing and are planning to have a dessert. The large are the perfect size if you are hungry. The XL pizzas are big enough to share between two people. This works even if you can’t agree on which pizza to choose, you can have two different halves of the over sized pizza.
To fit one of the large pizzas and dessert is only possible if you spent a sunset session in Ribeira. And the desserts are good. we especially recommend the cheesecake. To eat both the large pizza and a dessert are a mission impossibly that you still try to pull off.
The most popular pizzas are Chouriçao, the Chef’s and Nuno’s. Pizza Mobile also do a great vegetarian pizza, and if you want vegan just ask to have the pizza without cheese.
For a small fee you can add more ingredients to your pizza thus creating your own version. Our sister always orders the focaccia instead of pizza, its basically a delicious vegetarian pizza without tomato paste.
We always have the house red wine. But the sangria comes highly recommended as well.
The staff are on their feet, always ready to take orders and serve drinks. The surfer dudes next to the oven are always banging out the pizza quickly despite the restaurant being full.
Remember that it is not possible to pay by card in this restaurant. Book in advance, the place is constantly busy. If you don’t manage to snag a table, they do have take-away.
Pizza Mobile is not open during the winter. Pete have left for one of his secret surf spots around the world and the Ericeira community eagerly awaits his return.