Restaurants
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Padaria Portuguesa
The name says it all! This is a chain of Portuguese bakery and you'll find one in every neighborhood.
This is a great option to have a nice breakfast or snack at an affordable price.
They also serve light meals.
There is one just 210m from our apartment.
Highly recommended if you want a taste of portuguese traditional cuisine! You can start with some salt prawns, and finish with a Pica-Pau with garlic rice and chips, accompanied by a beer in a tulip type glass. You'll surely leave the place very satisfied. A classic in the center of Lisbon. This is not a cheap eat.
Time Out Market
Have you ever heard of curated burgers? Curated nigiri? Curated pizzas, sandwiches or even curated cod? Probably not. After all, Time Out Market is the first market in the world where everything has been chosen, tasted and tested (with four or five stars, and not one star less) by an independent panel of city experts: Time Out’s own journalists and critics. More than 40 spaces with the leading representatives in all the food categories that help make Lisbon what it is - and tastes - all together under one roof. Find out everything you need to taste - and what Time Out had to say about it.
https://www.timeoutmarket.com/lisboa/en/
Casa do Alentejo
Right in the centre of the Lisbon’s “Baixa”, Palácio Alverca / Casa do Alentejo was granted the classification of “Public Interest Building”. As you get in, climb up the stone stairs and you will find yourself in an Arab courtyard.
Two beautiful rooms make up the Restaurant Casa do Alentejo. While one of the rooms is ornamented with tile panels created by Jorge Colaço (beginning of the 20th century), the other one is coated with tile panels from a 17th century palace. Both of them provide a peaceful environment, ideal to enjoy the gastronomy of the Alentejo region.
Cervejaria Trindade
It's an historical place and one of Lisbon's most beautiful restaurants. It's the former refectory of a convent, and maintains the original walls with colorful tiles from the 1800s. For that reason, and for the traditional Portuguese cuisine, it always attracts large numbers of tourists and locals. It was also one of the city's first beer houses (founded in 1836), and continues to be famous for its steaks and seafood.
https://www.cervejariatrindade.pt/
Estrela da Bica
Its battered wooden tables and chairs look as if they were salvaged from an old school, as do the maps on the wall and the slates on which the day's offerings are chalked up. The food is a bit different from your average Lisbon tavern: beetroot burgers, say, or salmon with a chia crust.
A Baiuca - fado vadio
On a good night, walking into A Baiuca is like gate-crashing a family party. It’s a special place with fado vadio (street fado), where locals take a turn and spectators hiss if anyone dares to chat during the singing. There's a €25 minimum spend, which is as tough to swallow as the food, though the fado is spectacular. Reserve ahead.
O Velho Eurico
A popular tavern in the true sense of the word that has been serving for many years. Located in Largo de São Cristóvão, it's halfway up the steep climb between Lisbon Cathedral and São Jorge Castle.
Zé da Mouraria 1 & 2
Genuine Portuguese cuisine!
To speak of Zé da Mouraria (only for lunch) is to speak of hearty doses of "Bacalhau no churrasco" (cod with chickpeas and mashed potatoes) or "Bifinhos ao alhinho" among others, it is, in fact, difficult to live up to the size of the platter that comes to the table. It's large food portions are meant for sharing.
If your plan is for dinner, you can always opt for Zé da Mouraria 2 on Rua Gomes Freire which, in turn, serves both lunch and dinners. The place tends to be always full, so please make a reservation, whether for lunch or dinner.
Taberna da Rua das Flores
A restaurant where the menu changes daily! By day this is an old-fashioned Lisbon tavern with traditional recipes; by night, it is a chef's laboratory, mixing influences from all over the world. – It's always crowded and no reservations are accepted, so go early. – Beyond dining, there is also a micromarket with quality wares.
Ramiro
Known for its fresh seafood (mostly caught in the cold waters of the north of the Iberian peninsula), this is one of the most popular seafood restaurants in Lisbon. Foreign visitors (Anthony Bourdain was one of them) are usually impressed by the food. Open for half a century, it attracts diverse crowds for its quality seafood and an authentic ambience. You'll just need some patience to wait in line...
Closes in August.
The Wine Cellar
It’s a wine bar and restaurant, but is open throughout the day, so in addition to the wines and Portuguese cuisine, it also serves tea.
It has a selection of around 200 wines, to be served by the glass and to go with a variety of dishes, from carpaccio to the more traditional codfish.
Parreirinha de Alfama
Owned by fado legend Argentina Santos, this place offers good food amid candlelit ambience; it attracts an audience that often falls hard for the top-quality fadistas (three singers and two guitarists per night, sometimes appearing straight out of the crowd). Book by 4pm.
http://www.parreirinhadealfama.com/
