Kudissama

Portuguese café and restaurant on Praça da República in Elvas, since 1979.

Open Tuesday to Sunday from 08:00.

To book: +351 268 623 186
The dining room with tables laid in white and burgundy, two guitars and a shawl on the wall At the door of Kudissama at night, under the Pastelaria Restaurante sign, with the lit room behind A table served, seen from above: salads, salt cod with potatoes and vegetables, and meat dishes

Since 1979, on the same corner

A family house inside the walls of Elvas. The day starts at eight with the first coffee and ends with dinner.

Praça da República in Elvas, with the old cathedral and the black-and-white diamond paving, a minute from our door
First coffee
08:00
From Badajoz
20 min
Lunch
Until 15:00
Closed
Sunday afternoon and Monday

The cooking is Portuguese and home-made: açorda, soups, salt cod, fried cuttlefish and, for dessert, sericaia with Elvas plums. We speak Spanish, English and French, and make vegetarian or vegan meals on request.

To those of yesterday, thank you; to those of today and tomorrow, welcome.

From our kitchen

From our guests

A family restaurant, very pleasant. Tasty food, good prices. […] We came in as customers and left as friends.

Ana M · September 2025

As a vegan family, they straight away offered to make us a very good meal! Excellent service and a warmth like no other that brought us back for dinner!

Carlos Pedro S · August 2025

The fried cuttlefish was excellent.

Nuno H · April 2026

Reviews published on Tripadvisor in Portuguese, translated here

Groups and visits

For groups visiting Elvas, we arrange it all from our table.

Booking heritage tours and wine tastings: +351 268 623 186 or [email protected]

A table laid and reserved, with glasses and burgundy napkins The front of Kudissama, with its burgundy awnings, the sign and tables on the pavement The dining room with the large framed engraving of the old cathedral and the square

Book a table

+351268 623 186

Bookings are by phone: tell us the day, the time and how many you are.

At lunchtime and at weekends the room fills up fast. For groups, call ahead: there is a long table in the back room.

A call to a Portuguese landline. No booking is needed for coffee or breakfast.

The long table laid for a group, under the white vault of the back room

Find us

Address
Rua de João de Olivença, 2
7350-234 Elvas
Hours
Tue–Sat 8–22 Sun 8–16
Phone
268 623 186

Closed on Sunday afternoons and Mondays. Lunch is served until 15:00.

Map of the old town of Elvas inside its walls, with Kudissama marked on the corner of Praça da República
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From the centre of Elvas

We are on the south-east corner of Praça da República, across from the church, where Rua do Arco do Relógio and Rua de João de Olivença begin. Ours is the door at no. 2, less than a minute from the square.

From Badajoz

About 20 km, around 20 minutes by car: the A-5 to the Caia border, then the A6 and the Elvas exit. Head up into the old town and follow signs for Praça da República.

Parking

The handiest is the underground car park under Praça da República (Estacionamento Comendador Rondão Almeida), right next to us: open 24 hours, with the first hour free.

The streets inside the walls are narrow. There are also car parks by the town gates.