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Any restaurant recs for Lisbon?
in Travel
I am going there over Easter and I would like to know if you can suggest some great restaurants in the city.
TIA
Re: Any restaurant recs for Lisbon?
Maui, November 2011
This place had the best piri piri chicken:
http://www.golisbon.com/food/restaurants/Bonjardim.htmlI don't remember the names of anything at all, but there were some lovely restaurants we went to in the Chiado district. In particular, there was a vegetarian place we really liked in that neighborhood once we'd burnt out on all-meat-all-the-time meals. I am pretty sure it's this place (I just googled it):
http://www.lifecooler.com/Portugal/restaurantes/RestauranteOrienteChiado
I looooooove Lisboa. Have fun!
Oh yes, Cantinho Do Bem Estar. It was super tiny and we had to wait outside to get a table. Totally worth it, though.
We walked by there during the day (when the restaurant was closed) and there was no sign. You'd never know there was a restaurant there. During the evening when it was open there was a sign out front, and a queue.
It was awesome. It's the only meal I remember from our trip to Lisbon a few NYE's back.
Wine Bar do Castello, right next to the Castle, had the most heavenly meat and cheese platters.
We also loved Restaurant Olivier http://www.restaurante-olivier.com/restaurante.html
We had one of the best meals of our whole trip to Portugal and Spain at O Barrigas in Lisbon. We just happened upon it while looking for food in Barrio Alto. We both ordered off of the specials menu; I had dogfish in a tomato sauce and MH had cod. I looked at the reviews on tripadvisor after our trip and they were not glowing at all, but we really liked we had.
http://www.golisbon.com/blog/2008/11/04/o-barrigas-charm-and-time-tested-cuisine-in-bairro-alto/
Just stay away from any places that have the menu is 8 different languages. Also have you read about the couvert in Lisbon? Waiters will bring you a small plate of bread or olives or sometimes a dip when you sit down. If you don't touch it, they won't charge you for it, but if you have even one olive, you'll get charged for it.
I agree with this recommendation whole heartedly!
We had dinner at Cafe Buenos Aires, it was fantastic and very reasonably priced.