Restaurants in Lisbon area

Local traditional food

Note that Portuguese food usually has fish or meat.

• Alfama (there are plenty of cute places to sit around):
  • Ourices Petisqueria (typical bites&tapas with sangria)
  • Paladarium
  • O velho Eurico
• Chafariz do Carmo & Bairro de Avillez
  • Duque. One of my favourite ones. A sweet little spot that I strongly recommend going early. It can rarely be booked, so if you are urgently needing to sit down, don’t go here.
  • Trindade
• Bairro alto:
  • The Old Pharmacy. A cute winery with little beats.
  • Cabaças
• Praça de Espanha e Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
  • Luzboa Tiny but cute, the palce to go if you find local decoration interesting and you don’t mind eating tasty food with other people sitting close to you.
  • Laurentina Very famous for its Bacalhau (Cod fish). It’s an elegant place to go so it may get pricy.
  • Jaguar Highly recommended by locals. Not fancy but tasty.
  • A Minha Avó - Vegan Portuguese Food VEGAN but inspired by the most traditional Portuguese food.
• Santos:
  • Taberna da Esperança. Santos area, and yet another sweet spot. Needs booking during the weekend.
  • Frade dos Mares. Updated local food.
  • Os Bons Malandros. Really local, it has even bifanas (pork meat sandwich).

  Walking around between Santos and Bairro Alto you also find many local small places that are good. Between Cais do Sodre and Santos there are some streets where you can find nice spots:

  • Rua da Boavista
  • Praça de São Paulo
• Benfica
  • Paço de Carnide Ember cuisine, specially meat.
• Caxias & Paço de Arcos & Oeiras & Carcavelos & Cascais
  • Mercearia do Peixe. Fresh fish, choose the piece.
  • Quitanda Centro Naútico. Fresh fish, choose the piece.
  • Caçoila. Nice traditional spot with very good service, cozy and a cute terrace.
  • O Pombalino (https://goo.gl/maps/GKynJbdxDRDyF2bVA)
  • Confraria do Polvo (octopus)
  • Brasa de Sassoeiros
  • Charkoal
  • Cantinho da Guia
  • O Relento Seafood & beer. Good quality.
• Parede & Estoril
  • Surpresa. Fresh fish on a terrace in a nice beach.
  • Boteco da Linha. Cute and peaceful with tasty “petiscos”. It has a small terrace as well.
  • Eduardo das Conquilhas. Famous for its seafood.
• Trafaria (other side of the river)
  • Casa Ideal. Fresh fish.

Veggies:

• Honest Greens Cais do Sodré. There are few in the city.
• Ao 26. Highly recommended.
• PSI
• O Botanista (Ortea)
• A Minha Avó - Vegan Portuguese Food VEGAN but inspired by the most traditional Portuguese food.

Fado:

You can find some touristic spots in Bairro Alto easily. However, the Alfama area and its little spots are more authentic:

• Fado na Morgadinha

Alternative and non-traditional food:

• Lisbon city
  • Zappi. Good pizza with natural ingredients. You can taste it with the tomato sauce of a Margarita.
  • Retrogusto experience. Good pizza.
  • Lupita. Quite crowded, but it’s one of the best pizzas in the city.

  • Come Prima Traditional italian restaurant. It’s more known for it’s pasta and risotto. Book a table before going there.

  • Sushisan Santos. Good quality/price balance. All you can eat.
  • Trickys. Modern food, good music, seasonal products. Book with enough time in advance.
  • Rebel Asian. I LOVE IT!
  • Soju Pocha (소주포차). Corean, recommended, kind service and relatively good price.
  • Onigiri-A. Intimate, cute, small and good Japanese restaurant. Book it if possible. Good prize.
  • Lost In. Indian + Mediterranean & Asian fusion with an incredibly beautiful terrace.
  • Natraj Tandoori. Good Indian.
  • Fogo de Chão (Brazilian meat rodizio, there are several around the city)
  • Da Wanmian. Authentic humble chinesse cheap familiar local, also called the illegal.
  • Boa-Bao. Asian, a bit expensive.
  • Mediactico. Highly recommended, very good wines are Monte Carochina and Arinto de Acores.

  • Ground Burger Personally, one of the best burgers in the city and it has international&artesanal drafted beer.

  • Farès (Arabic)
  • Yallah (Middle East food. The yallah dish is recommended)
  • Coyo Taco. The one in Cais do Sodré.
• Oeiras, Carcavelos and Cascais
  • La Plage In the beach with a nice view.
  • Alkimia Madeirense Carcavelos. High quality but expensive.
  • Bafureira Club. Sushi, beautiful view.
  • Adamastor. Beautiful terrace in front of the sea with live music and local beer.
  • Izakaya Cascais. Japanese modern restaurant. If you like seeing the making-up & kitchens and don’t mind sitting in the bar, this is a place to go. A bit pricey but the food is good and the atmosphere is worth it.
  • Aji Limo Peruvian Pisco&Bar. Traditional perubian, very familiar.

  • Nice terraces for a drink

    There are plenty of terraces, particularly in spring&summer, so you’ll find places everywhere. These are nice.

• Lisbon area
  • Terrasse Alfama
  • Topo Chiado
  • Around Alfama, in the Miradouro de Santa Luzía, sometimes there’s a spot when the sun is shining.
  • In Santos, the green street has cute spots as well
  • Quiosque Ribeira das Naus (close to Cais do Sodré)
  • Zé dos Bois gallery. Artistic rooftop. opens after 18.00.
  • Park Rooftop
  • IDB Lisbon – Innovation & Design Building Lisbon
• Alcântara:
  • Okah (rooftop)
  • Café o Corvo An alternative for brunch as well.
  • Mama Shelter Lisbon (rooftop)

Brunch & breakfast:

• Lisbon
  • Augusto Lisboa (TOP! usually it has some waiting list)
  • Heim Cafe Brunch and Breakfast
  • Seagull Method cafe • Brunch cafe
  • COMOBA
  • Melbourne elouera
  • Cotidiano Lisboa
  • Dear Breakfast - Chiado. If you get the spot close to the windows, you have a nice portrait to Lisbon streets.
• Oeiras, Paço de Arcos, Carcavelos
  • Carolina Sales Café. Sweet brazilian café in Paço de Arcos, it has low caloric, proteic, non-sugary options. A bit expensive for the area though.
  • Lutece Fabrico Artesanal. Paço de Arcos, good coffee, great cakes also to book for a birthday.
  • Matcha Brunch (Carcavelos)
  • Jay’s Brunch Caffe. It’s in betwee a nice walk through the coast. In front, one can find Adamastor.

Cocktail bars (welcome to a hot topic in Lisbon :) )

• Pavilhão Chinês. Among the oldest and most authentic in Lisbon. Full of good quality drinks and cocktails.
• Foxtrot. Old English-style cocktail bar with a wide variety of good drinks and pool table.
• Pensão Amor
• Toca da Raposa
• TOPO MARTIM MONIZ (rooftop)
• Copa Barrafina and Social B (interesting & alternative)
• Majong
• Musa da Bica
• Principe Real area: Totally recommended for a less turistic and still very pleasant places. It has different cocktails and terraces around. Also, some particular recovered palaces like EmbaiXada shopping center!