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10Best Restaurants by Type
10Best Restaurants by Cuisine
Expert Tips for Lisbon Restaurants
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Hot Dog Lovers: "Grab a few extra napkins with your order. These oversized hot dogs seriously overflow with ingredients."
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Estrela da Bica: "It's best to book in advance rather than arrive on spec, as this place gets pretty busy, especially so during the summer months."
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Eneko Lisboa: "Note that the restaurant closes for the winter season. It reopens first week in March 2022."
Best Lisbon Restaurants
O Piteu da Graca
Where do chefs eat on their days off? They nip up to Lisbon's Graca district and chill out in this humble eatery. Indeed, O Piteu do Graca is the restaurant...
Meson Andaluz
It takes bravado to beat the Spanish at their own game but this charmingly authentic tapas bar is doing exactly that, with some of its repeat customers...
A Provinciana
This no-frills, family-run eatery wouldn't look out of place in the middle of the Portuguese countryside. The fact that it's tucked away in the centre of...
Casa do Bacalhau
Fittingly, the name of this premier seafood restaurant translates as the "House of Cod" such is its affinity with this most popular and nourishing of fish....
Prado
Prado is a Lisbon a fine-dining reference point, but in no way feels pretentious or too exclusive. Instead, this is a wonderfully inviting walk-in...
A Cevicheria
Few places in Lisbon prepare and serve ceviche in a more masterful fashion than at A Cervicheria. This traditional South American dish, made from fresh raw...
Taberna da Rua das Flores
Anyone familiar with Portuguese author Eca de Queiros (1845-1900) will probably have read 'A Tragedia da Rua das Flores' (The Tragedy of the Street of...
Bairro da Avillez-Taberna & Mercearia
Popping into Taberna is to explore Portugal's extraordinary culinary heritage. The restaurant is designed to resemble a rustic eatery, something that...
Sea Me
One of Lisbon's most popular seafood restaurants, Sea Me serves as a typical Portuguese fishmonger, beer house, and Japanese sushi bar rolled into one....
Local Expert Restaurant Recommendations
Local Expert Restaurant Recommendations
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About Lisbon Restaurants
Exploring Lisbon’s restaurant scene is to discover a feast of cosmopolitan food and flavours.
Eateries across the city serve up a banquet of traditional Portuguese cuisine, local and regional fare influenced not only by the sea but also by the rich culinary heritage of the hinterland.
The most authentic menus are often those chalked up on blackboards displayed outside the most unassuming of tascas – small, inexpensive taverns usually family-run and tucked away off the beaten track.
There are the inevitable tourist traps, where waiters hover outside touting for custom, but the vibe is always friendly and these haunts can be convenient for families, larger groups and casual, unfussy eaters.
Many fine-dining venues have adopted a contemporary and innovative approach in the kitchen. Their menus combine the finest Portuguese ingredients with the tastes and textures of southern Europe, the Mediterranean, and even the Far East.
For a truly memorable occasion, dine out at a fado house. The haunting strains of this beautiful but solemn musical expression is played out between meals in a hushed room over flickering candlelight.
But if it’s a spicier, more exotic menu you’re after, make for one of the city’s colourful Brazilian or Africa restaurants where the mood, like the food, is hot.
And for those seeking an elite dining experience, there are a handful of world-class chefs, some with Michelin Star credentials, presiding over Lisbon’s most celebrated gourmet restaurants.
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