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Sancho
Amid dark wood furnishings and a beamed ceiling, this place serves excellent fish and seafood. Look for the wooden Sancho (Quixote's sidekick) out front.
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São Cristóvão
A cheerful, tiny, family-run restaurant famous for its Cape Verdean dishes and other African fare, such as a punchy moamba de galinha (Angolan chicken stew).
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Sitio do Pica Pau
This sweet café has a small, shrub-surrounded terrace looking down a steep, cobbled, pastel-painted street to the river.
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Snob
This is where journalists come to huddle in brown-leather booths against walls comfortingly lined with whiskey bottles. It has a gentlemanly, wide-ranging menu with renowned steaks. Food served until late.
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Stasha
A funky, lively restaurant-bar, Stasha has adventurous dishes with international flavours and good veggie choices. Inside is peachy and dim, brightened with paintings.
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Stravaganza
This is a great late-night choice for Bairro Alto dining, with its two rooms perpetually packed with punters either using the excellent pizzas to soak up the alcohol of a Bairro bar-crawl or preparing for the hours ahead. There's a good selection of salad starters and the seafood pastas are excellent.
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Tamarind
You'll find exquisite Indian cuisine at this attractive Zenlike space near the Elevador da Glória. Popular dishes such as the succulent prawn curry have earned fans all over the world. Reservations advised.
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Tertúlia do Loreto
In a former bakery with stone walls and a wood-beamed ceiling, this friendly spot dishes up creative Portuguese cuisine. Try the Brazilian-influenced cod with coconut milk and palm oil.
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Treasure Island
Set with antiques and colourful artwork, this eclectic restaurant serves sandwiches (including a vegetarian option) and tapas as well as heartier fare.
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UMA
With a delicious, award-winning arroz de marisco (rice and seafood stew), and other great dishes, this backstreet place earns good reviews.
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Velho Macedo
An excellent, untouristy backstreet restaurant, with simple food cooked to perfection. Try the delicious squid.
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Versailles
One of Lisbon's grandest pastelarias, this is a splendid marble, column, chandelier and icing-sugar stucco confection, matched by delicious cakes and desserts, and frequented by battalions of well-coiffed elderly ladies. It also serves good savoury food.
