Portuguese restaurants in Lisbon
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A Tasca
This simple, friendly tavern serves good-value specials like grilled squid and hake.
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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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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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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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Panorama Restaurant
Towering above Lisbon on the Sheraton’s 25th floor, this glass-walled restaurant basks in the glow of Henrique Sá Pessoa, aka Portugal’s Jamie Oliver. His cuisine is fresh, seasonal and big on texture – think octopus carpaccio with watermelon vinaigrette and rack of veal with truffle polenta.
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Ena Pai
The bustling Rua dos Correeiros has lots of good-value places, catering to hordes of office workers at lunchtime and a legion of tourists at night. Ena Pai is a typical, no-frills venue with a rapid turnover of customers for its simple, unadorned, good-value fare (which even includes vegetables).
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Bota Alta
This is a popular restaurant that serves traditional Portuguese food and very good wine. The two dining rooms are decorated with rustic artefacts and original art work but it's the food that brings the locals out: by mid-evening there is usually a line forming outside this much-loved eatery.
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Antiga Casa de Pasto Estrela da Sé
A stone's throw from the cathedral, this tavern has retained its antique decor. Secret political meetings once took place in its wood-panelled booths, which have existed since 1814. The food is quite simple but very tasty. It's an ideal place for an intimate (or even clandestine) dinner.
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Casa da Comida
With its ferny courtyard and antique-filled rooms, this sublime mansion is ideal for romantic tête-à-têtes. Delicacies like roast kid with herbs are served high and mighty on silver platters. The owners might even welcome you with a free glass of champagne; now that’s service.
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O Barrigas
With a name meaning ‘the bellies’, there are no prizes for guessing what you’ll be nursing at this low-lit bistro. Red-and-white tiles and candles create the backdrop for flavours like braised rabbit and fluffy bacalhau espiritual (salt-cod soufflé).
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Pap’Açorda
Way too sexy for Bairro Alto, Pap’Açorda lures the beauty set with its cascading chandeliers, pink-champagne walls and Right Said Fred lookalike waiters. The signature dish is açorda (bread and shellfish stew), washed down with Moët, sweetie.
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Rosa dos Mares
Marshmallow-pink hues and country-cottage beams aside, Rosa is more stylish than twee. If it swims in the Atlantic, it’s on the menu. Staff will help you navigate the seafood menu of lip-smacking morsels like shellfish rice and oven-baked bacalhau (cod).
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Atanvá
The freshest Portuguese produce lands on your plate at riverfront Atanvá – think thin and juicy steaks, creamy Azeitão sheep’s cheese and salt-crusted Atlantic sea bass. Grab a seat on the terrace to sip a glass of white and indulge in a little people-watching.
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A Travessa
This 17th-century convent cranks up the romance with its serene cloisters and brick vaulting. António Moita whets appetites with fresh wood-fired bread and wild mushrooms in truffle oil, followed by delicacies like superb roast pork and walnut-prune semifreddo.
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Porta d’Alfama
Tiny Porta d’Alfama serves simple fare like grilled sardines. But food is secondary at Saturday afternoon’s free fado vadio, where the family gathers for a gutsy warble . Take a pew on the sunny terrace with a pitcher of white wine and enjoy.
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Amo.te Chiado
Giggly Lisboetas adore this Sex and the City –style haunt, kissed with silver and jazzed up with bubble-shaped lights. Lounge music plays as hipsters sip strawberry-vodka cocktails and devour veggie couscous or octopus with roast peppers.
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A Camponesa
This Santa Catarina hot spot attracts arty types with its poster-plastered walls, jazzy grooves and tables full of holiday snapshots. Savour home-grown flavours like Algarve oysters and cuttlefish with fried egg. There’s always one veggie option.
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Toma Lá-Dá-Cá
Get your tongue in a twist pronouncing the name of this Santa Catarina gem, where there’s often an anaconda of a queue. The inviting haunt rolls out Portuguese fare such as baked carp, plus Alpine classics like fondue – adding do-re-mi to the lá-dá-cá.
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Terreiro do Paço
Sitting pretty on Lisbon’s grandest square, this swish restaurant was once part of the royal palace. Today brick vaults and soft jazz set the scene for creative Portuguese flavours such as Azores tuna with mango compote and ginger soufflé.
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Tacho Real
Take a pew on the cobbled patio or retreat to the 17th-century vaulted interior, bedecked with century-old azulejos, at this charming haunt. Dapper waiters bring specialities from juicy steaks to stuffed king crab to the table.
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Verde Perto
Shiny pink placemats and black wooden lightboxes along the wall lend a minimalist chic to this friendly restaurant. Huge, creative salads are tops here, though you can also opt for crepes, open-faced sandwiches or other light fare.
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Solar do Lago
This high-ceilinged restaurant exudes rustic charm with its chunky wooden tables and terracotta tiles. Tasty seafood dishes include garlicky caldeirada and grilled squid. A handful of outdoor tables overlook a quiet plaza.
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O Faz Figura
This stylish restaurant feels like a well-kept secret. Polished wood, white linen and art-slung walls set the scene for seasonal Portuguese fare like stewed boar with wild mushrooms. The views from the conservatory are stunning.
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Martinho da Arcada
Sizzling and stirring since 1782, this old-world restaurant was once a haunt of poet Fernando Pessoa. Dapper waiters bring pepper steak and grilled cod to the outdoor tables beneath a colonnade; prime people-watching territory.
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