Contrabando — Almada

R. Cap. Leitão 29A, 2800-135 Almada, Portugal

★ 4.6 (1,981 Google reviews) · Mexican Restaurant

⚠️ Mexican cuisine - not the local cuisine in Portugal

💎 Hidden gem

Locals and tourists agree - it's excellent

🏠 Local score 4.51 how locals rate it · 43 reviewers
vs
🧳 Tourist score 4.52 how tourists rate it · 21 reviewers

Who eats here?

🏠 67% locals 33% tourists 🧳

Over the last month, 43 of its 64 recent reviewers were from Portugal - 21 were not.

🔥 Very popular right now - about 183 new Google reviews a month - busier than 100% of Almada places

🌍 25 of 198 recent reviewers wrote in Spanish - a good sign: people from the home of Mexican cuisine eat here.

How locals and tourists have rated it over time

Everyone: 4.83★Everyone: 4.72★Everyone: 4.67★Everyone: 4.75★Everyone: 4.65★Everyone: 4.74★Everyone: 4.68★ Tourists: 4.54★Tourists: 4.56★Tourists: 4.89★Tourists: 4.87★Tourists: 4.74★Tourists: 4.5★ Locals: 4.88★Locals: 4.71★Locals: 4.47★Locals: 4.7★Locals: 4.58★Locals: 4.73★Locals: 4.7★
Everyone Tourists Locals Jan 26 – Jul 26
😊 96% good (4–5★) · 😐 2% okay (3★) · 😖 2% bad (1–2★) Bad reviews: 2% here vs 5.7% average in Almada
➡️ Holding steady - 4.69★ in the last 3 months (before: 4.73★)
🏠 Local share is steady - 74% of recent reviewers are locals, vs 80% before
🧭 16% of reviewers are Google Local Guides

Based on 198 recent Google reviews · confidence: high · checked 2026-07-13 · newest review 7 hours ago