Costa do Sol — Mozambican-Portuguese Traditional, Maputo
Costa do Sol is a Maputo institution on Avenida Marginal that has been serving traditional Mozambican and Portuguese cuisine for decades. The grilled prawns with garlic butter and peri-peri that have made the restaurant legendary are prepared with the same recipe that has been attracting Mozambicans and visitors to this Marginal address since before independence.
The LM prawn preparation at Costa do Sol is the standard against which all other Mozambican prawn dishes are measured: the fresh tiger prawns marinated in garlic and peri-peri, grilled on the charcoal that provides the characteristic smokiness, and served with the butter sauce that the Portuguese tradition contributed to the Mozambican culinary synthesis.
The wine programme is Portuguese-led: the Alentejo and Douro reds, the Vinho Verde whites, and the Portuguese rosé that the prawn preparations demand, presented with the knowledge that a restaurant of this heritage accumulates over decades.
Costa do Sol is the restaurant that makes Maputo feel like a city with a living culinary tradition rather than simply a city with a recent fine dining scene. The decades of consistent quality are the proof.
Best Occasion: Birthday
Legendary LM prawns, garlic butter, and the Avenida Marginal institution that has been celebrating with the people of Maputo for decades: Costa do Sol provides the birthday dinner that values authenticity and genuine culinary heritage.
Best Occasion: Team Dinner
Grilled prawns with garlic butter, traditional Mozambican-Portuguese cooking, and the institution’s decades of managing groups with warmth and ease: Costa do Sol is the team dinner address that communicates genuine Maputo.