Restaurants in Lisbon
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Pastéis de Belém
Sublime, divine traditional pastéis de Belém custard tarts, with the eggiest, lightest, crispiest tarts, served warm with a sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar. The recipe is secret, but these tarts taste like they've been made by angels. Founded in 1837, the traditional tiled tearoom is pretty.
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Viagem de Sabores
Travel your tastebuds at this worldly haunt behind the sé. Your affable host is João Baptista, the design industrial cool with quirks like an illuminated zeppelin. From tender Moroccan lamb to chocolate cannelloni – globetrotting here is moreish, we swear.
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Santini
All hail Santini for its yummy 100% natural gelati, made to an age-old family recipe. Grab a cone and skedaddle to the beach before it melts.
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Pão Pão Queijo Queijo
Join the snaking queue for Belém’s tastiest falafel (both hands required), sardine baguettes and Mexican salads.
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A Tasca
This simple, friendly tavern serves good-value specials like grilled squid and hake.
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Confraria Sushi
It’s hard to know where to look first at this Smartie-bright, art-slung cafe, jazzed up with flower prints, zebra stripes and technicolour glass chandeliers. It’s a fun spot for sushi and yummy salads such as goat’s cheese with forest fruits. There’s a handful of tables on the sunny patio.
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Bica do Sapato
Part-owned by John Malkovich, this uberhip dockside venue is all glass walls, UFO-style lighting and chocolate-black hues. Upstairs hipsters nibble sushi in the spacey bar, while downstairs the design-conscious restaurant serves highlights like tender roast lamb with citrus jelly.
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Pois Café
All hail Austrian-run Pois for its laid-back boho vibe. Its sofas invite lazy afternoons spent reading novels and guzzling coffee. Creative salads and sandwiches with names like Sepp (olive, pesto and Emmental) go nicely with tangy juices. There’s a kids’ play area.
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Casa Piriquita
Since 1952, Casa Piriquita has been tempting locals with another sweet dream – the travesseiro (pillow), light puff pastry turned, rolled and folded seven times, then filled with delicious almond-and-egg yolk cream and lightly dusted with sugar.
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Azenhas do Mar
This smart restaurant, in Azenhas do Mar, serves fresh fish caught by the owner – the clams and steamed barnacles are delicious with a glass of house white. The sea views are wonderful, especially from the deck. Step up to the bar to glimpse the old water mill.
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Café Mise en Scène
This colourful French café has artwork on the walls, eclectic furnishings and a few outdoor tables. Delightful choices include coq au vin, fish soup and chocolate fondue, though it's also a nice destination for afternoon café au lait.
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El Rei D’frango
Grill goddesses Luciana and Carla rustle up enormous and delicious portions of salmon and febras (sautéed pork strips) for pocket money. You’ll roll down the cobbles after eating at this simple local haunt.
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Terra
Our readers sing the praises of Terra for its superb vegetarian buffet (including vegan options) of salads, kebabs and curries, plus organic wines and juices. A fountain gurgles in the tree-shaded courtyard, lit by tealights after dark.
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Cervejaria da Trindade
This 13th-century monastery turned clattering beer hall oozes atmosphere with its vaults and azulejos of quaffing clerics and seasonal goddesses. Feast away on humungous steaks or lobster stew, washed down with foaming beer.
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Bangkok
The smiliest restaurant in town, this Thai place with patio seating is exquisitely decorated with green tiles, wood and scented candles. The chef is no less imaginative, turning out excellent, aromatic and authentic dishes.
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Jardim do Sentidos
This attractive vegetarian restaurant serves a changing menu of nicely prepared dishes such as lasagne, chilli and vegetable kofta. Lunchtime crowds come for the good-value buffet and the pleasant garden dining.
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Furnas do Guincho
Straddling a rocky outcrop looking out to the Atlantic, this smart seafood restaurant is about 1km along the road to Guincho. Savour house specials like goose barnacles and lobster over dramatic sea views.
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Grelhador de Alfama
Follow your nostrils to this no-fuss grill house. Exposed stone and fado paraphernalia create a cosy-meets-kitsch setting for barbecued fish or steak. The pocket-sized terrace fills up fast in summer.
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La Brasserie de l’Entrecôte
Served high and mighty on a gut-busting plate, entrecôte steak with herby sauce is the only thing on the menu at this high-ceilinged, Parisian-style brasserie. It’s more than enough.
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Casa Piriquita
This busy café is a popular destination for inexpensive bites as well as Sintra's famous queijadas (sweet cheese cakes) and travesseiros (almond pastries).
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Casanova
Casanova seduces with wood-fired pizza that’s thin, crisp and authentically Italian. Bag a table on the riverside terrace (heated in winter).
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Lautasco
Lautasco has a wonderfully romantic location, tucked in a leafy, decorated courtyard. Grilled salmon is among the favourites.
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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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Mega Vega
This cheery vegetarian cafe rustles up fresh salads, tasty tarts and juices, and spreads a fine lunch buffet.
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Colares Velho
Clued-up foodies make sure there’s rarely an empty table at this restaurant and tearoom, set in a converted grocery store and tavern. The country-style dining room, bedecked with 200-year-old pinewood dressers, is an elegant setting for flavours like Roquefort steak and seafood cataplana, accompanied by full-bodied wines. Alternatively, sip Earl Grey and nibble on divine pastries in the tearoom. The vine-strewn courtyard is ideal for summertime dining.
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