Atasca Portuguese Restaurant - Pietermaritzburg

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Atasca Main Menu
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Atasca Main Menu
1. Starters
  1. Jalapeño Poppers
    R 75.00
    Crumbed jalapeños filled with cream cheese, deep fried and served with sweet chilli
  2. Caldo Verde
    R 65.00
    Traditional Portuguese potato soup served with kale and chourico
  3. Giblets
    R 72.00
    Cooked slowly in on our traditional onion, tomato and red wine sauce
  4. Halloumi
    R 80.00
    Served crispy with rocket, avo and sweet chilli
  5. Fishcakes
    R 75.00
    Homemade fishcakes served with olives & garlic aioli
  6. Squid Heads
    R 79.00
    Squid tentacles grilled and served in lemon & garlic or peri sauce or served crispy
  7. Peri-Peri Chicken Livers
    R 75.00
    Chicken livers sautéed in a garlic, wine, herb and mild peri-peri sauce
  8. Creamy Mussels
    R 79.00
    Saldanha Bay mussels steamed & served in a white wine, spring onion & cream sauce
  9. Spicy Chicken Wings
    R 85.00
    6 Spicy wings served crispy with Tascannaised dipping sauce
  10. Chouriço
    Traditional spicy sausage served either:
    Sliced & sautéed in garlic, wine, herbs & mild peri-peri sauce
    R 75.00
    Or flame grilled
    R 110.00
  11. Calamari
    R 95.00
    Calamari tubes, grilled or deep fried served with lemon & garlic or peri-peri sauce
  12. Fillet Trinchado
    R 125.00
    Cubed fillet sautéed in traditional mild peri-peri sauce
  13. Boca De Rio
    Sauteed in a creamy garlic and parmesan sauce, topped with mozzarella & baked
    Mushrooms
    R 70.00
    Prawn Tails
    R 125.00
  14. Petiscos (to share)
    Baby marrow, halloumi & button mushrooms
    R 135.00
    Chicken livers, squid heads & chourico
    R 175.00
    Trinchado, spicy wings & calamari
    R 285.00
2. Fish
  All mains served with a side option and complimentary roll
  1. Grilled Hake
    R 152.00
    Grilled hake served with lemon & garlic or peri-peri sauce
  2. Calamari
    R 195.00
    Calamari tubes grilled or deep fried served with our traditional lemon & garlic or peri-peri sauce
  3. Portuguese Sardines
    SQ
    Grilled Portuguese sardines topped with roasted peppers and served with boiled baby potato and salad
  4. Grilled Kingklip
    R 215.00
    Fillet of kingklip grilled in lemon & garlic or peri-peri sauce
  5. Whole Fresh Fish of the Day
    SQ
    Linefish baked whole.
    Ask your waitron what the chef is serving today
  6. Bacalhau Assado
    SQ
    Traditional salted codfish, roasted and topped with olive oil, garlic and peppers served with boiled baby potato and salad
  7. Scampi
    R 229.00
    Deep fried prawn tails served with tartar sauce, Portuguese salad and homemade wedges
  8. Seafood Pasta
    R 225.00
    Prawns & calamari tossed in a creamy white wine and peri-peri sauce served with your choice of fettuccine or penne
  9. Prawn National
    R 240.00
    Plump prawns pan fried in herbs, garlic, a touch of paprika & beer, a dash of cream and served with savoury rice
  10. Prawn Curry
    R 235.00
    Mozambican style curry with coconut milk served with basmati rice and sambals
  11. Grilled Prawns
    Butterflied and baked in lemon garlic or peri-peri
    Served with a side of your choice
    Medium (10)
    R 208.00
    Queen (6)
    R 255.00
    Queen (8)
    R 315.00
  12. Crayfish Thermidor
    SQ
    Baby crayfish served thermidor style on savoury rice or mash
  13. Lagostins
    SQ
    Langoustines grilled in lemon & garlic or peri-peri
  14. Seafood Platter (for two)
    SQ
    2 Baby crayfish, 6 queen prawns, 4 langoustines, 6 mussels, calamari & squid heads
3. Chicken
  All mains served with a side option and complimentary roll
  1. Half Chicken
    R 135.00
    Half chicken flame-grilled with your choice of lemon and garlic, mild peri-peri or hot peri-peri sauce
  2. Full Chicken
    R 210.00
    Flame-grilled chicken, prepared in our secret marinade & finished off with lemon & garlic, mild peri-peri or hot peri-peri sauce
  3. Spicy Chicken Pasta
    R 145.00
    Chicken, onion, mushroom tossed in our famous peri-peri sauce & fresh cream with your choice of fettuccine or penne
  4. Mozambican Chicken Curry
    R 170.00
    Chicken fillets prepared in a mild Mozambican curry sauce served with basmati rice and sambals
4. Combos
  All mains served with a side option and complimentary roll
  1. Hake & Calamari
    R 216.00
    Grilled hake and calamari tubes, grilled or deep fried with your choice of lemon & garlic or peri-peri
  2. Prawn & Calamari
    R 208.00
    Prawn & calamari tubes, grilled or deep fried with your choice of lemon & garlic or peri-peri
  3. Algarve Platter
    R 255.00
    Hake, prawns and crispy squid heads with your choice of lemon & garlic or peri-peri
  4. Chicken & Calamari
    R 209.00
    Grilled half chicken with your choice of grilled or deep fried calamari tubes with lemon and garlic or peri-peri sauce
  5. Chicken & Prawn
    R 265.00
    Grilled half chicken and queen prawns prepared in lemon & garlic or peri-peri sauce
  6. Lisbon Platter (for two)
    R 379.00
    Grilled half chicken, 8 medium prawns & calamari tubes prepared in lemon & garlic or peri-peri sauce
5. Meat on the Grill
  All mains served with a side option and complimentary roll
  1. Fillet
    R 210.00
    200g Fillet steak, flame-grilled to your specification
  2. Filete Madeira
    R 235.00
    Fillet medallions on fettucine topped with a creamy mushroom and brandy sauce served with a Portuguese salad
  3. Ponta D’ouro Filete
    R 245.00
    200g Fillet steak filled with cheddar cheese & chopped chilli, grilled to your liking & topped with a mushroom, wine, garlic & mild peri-peri sauce
  4. Bife de Alcátra / Rump
    200g Matured A-grade rump, flame-grilled
    R 180.00
    300g Matured A-grade rump, flame-grilled
    R 238.00
  5. Bife À Portuguesa
    R 215.00
    200g Rump, served the traditional way, topped with an egg & covered in a mushroom, garlic, wine & mild peri-peri sauce
  6. Lamb Loin Chops
    R 280.00
    Marinated lamb chops, flame-grilled to your specification and finished with a peri-peri basting
  7. Sauces
    R 32.00
    Mushroom, Pepper, Cheese, Creamy Garlic, Gorgonzola
6. Espetada
  Espetadas are served standardly on a skewer with a side option and complimentary roll
  1. Chicken Espetada
    R 195.00
    330g Chicken thighs stuffed with peppadews, brushed with a sweet chilli marinade & grilled to perfection, finished with your choice of garlic or peri-peri sauce
  2. Pork Belly Espetada
    R 165.00
    Skewer of 250g marinated pork belly, flame-grilled and finished with a garlic or peri-peri sauce
  3. Beef Espetada
    R 285.00
    Skewer of 330g rump, rubbed with coarse salt and bay leaves, flame-grilled and finished with a garlic or peri-peri sauce
7. Side Options
  1. Homemade Wedges | Garlic Baby Potatoes | Creamy Mash
    R 28.00
  2. Portuguese Rice
    R 28.00
  3. Portuguese Roll
    R 5.00
  4. Side Salad | Creamy Spinach and Butternut
    R 30.00
  5. Roast Vegetables
    R 32.00
  6. Lemon & Garlic Basting Sauce
    R 20.00
  7. Peri-Peri Basting Sauce
    R 23.00
8. Vegetarian
  All veg mains served with a side option and complimentary roll
  1. Primavera
    R 115.00
    Fresh carrots, olives, spinach, mushrooms & chilli, prepared in creamy napoletana and tossed in either penne or fettucine
  2. Vegetable Lasagne
    R 140.00
    Layers of roasted veg, napoletana and lasagne baked with mozzarella
  3. Mushroom Panzerotti
    R 125.00
    Served in a creamy white wine, spring onion and truffle sauce, topped with rocket and parmesan shavings
  4. Vegetarian Platter
    R 140.00
    Roasted Mediterranean vegetables, napoletana & chilli mushrooms, crispy halloumi, creamed spinach, baby potatoes & crispy onion rings
  5. Vegetable Curry
    R 140.00
    Roasted veg and crispy halloumi, served in a mild Mozambican curry sauce with basmati rice and sambals
9. Salads
  Available in full or half portions
  1. Portuguesa
    R 89.00
    Fresh greens topped with rosa tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, olives & our famous dressing
  2. Greek
    R 105.00
    Mixed greens topped with rosa tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, red onion, feta & olives
  3. Gorgonzola
    R 125.00
    Mixed greens topped with rosa tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, red onion & grated gorgonzola
  4. Chicken
    R 125.00
    Mixed greens topped with peri-peri chicken strips, avo & feta
10. Light Meals
  Add a roll to your light meal for
  R 5.00
  1. Chicken Prego Roll
    R 90.00
    Grilled chicken fillet, basted in our secret prego sauce, served with wedges
  2. Crispy Chicken Burger
    R 105.00
    Panko crumbed fillet served with Tascannaise and wedges
  3. Quarter Chicken
    R 99.00
    Flame grilled, lemon & garlic or peri peri and wedges
  4. Battered Fish
    R 89.00
    Served with wedges and tartar sauce
  5. Fillet Prego Roll
    R 155.00
    150g Fillet medallions, pan-fried in our secret prego sauce served in a crispy Portuguese roll with wedges
  6. Spicy Wings
    R 155.00
    12 Wings served on potato thins and Tascannaise sauce
11. Kids Menu
  All served with a complimentary milkshake
  1. Chicken Strips
    R 65.00
    With chips and cheese sauce
  2. Macaroni cheese
    R 65.00
  3. Chicken schnitzel served with chips & cheese sauce
    R 65.00
  4. 100g Beef Fillet Medallions & chips
    R 65.00
  5. Battered Hake & Chips
    R 65.00
12. Desserts
  1. Vanilla Ice Cream
    R 60.00
    Served with warm Bar-One sauce
  2. Creme Brulee
    R 68.00
    Vanilla custard topped with caramelised sugar
  3. Chocolate Cake
    R 72.00
    Smothered in Bar-One sauce with ice cream
  4. Orange and Almond Pancakes
    R 75.00
    Served with vanilla ice cream
  5. Baked Cheesecake
    R 85.00
    Served with fresh cream
13. Please Note:
  Service fee of 10% is levied on tables of 8 or more
  All major credit cards are accepted
  Regret no cheques are accepted
  The cost of sharing a meal is R25
  All prices are 15% VAT inclusive
  All prices in South African Rands.
Menu last updated: 03 Nov 2025
Menus are deemed correct at time of publication but may vary over time. It is the responsibility of the restaurant to maintain the menu and ensure prices are up to date.