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Altar Restautant LX

4.4 (19 reviews)
ModeratePortuguese, Food
Open 12:00 pm - 12:00 am (Next day)

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Shrimp
Amanda T.

We were recommended this restaurant by our nearby hotel. We arrived late in the evening and were able to get a table. The service was excellent. It's a very whimsical, bustling atmosphere with funky decor and a buzz to the energy. Very hip place to be, it seemed. The food was unique, as this was our first time dining in Lisbon. We found it all to be tasty and fresh. Definitely will return when we visit again!

Gloria T.

I was in the Alfama area and within 15 minutes walk in each direction, this was the only restaurant I found that was locally owned, had cute ambience, and a line of people - so I waited too. This is a pretty good area (I can't say the same if you walk 5 minutes down from here). People with reservations also had to wait, but not as long as those without reservations. There is no list to put your name down. You literally just stand there and wait. I waited over an hour. Overall, I felt it was worth the wait because at 9-10 pm, I wasn't going to waste time walking around to look for another restaurant. Price is reasonable. Servings are big - easily for 2 per order. Food is good. Service is great!

Bread bowl with cheese and chorizo sausage. Delicious!
Ozzy M.

We were lucky to have booked a nearby airBnB that was walking distance from this restaurant. We walked in later in the evening after 9pm and they were gracious enough to also accommodate us with our 5 month old infant. They treated us with kindness, patience and excellent service. The wait staff and owner were great hosts and the food quality was amazing! We ate here on 2 separate nights and got a chance to try almost half the menu. Definitely recommend if you are in the neighborhood area!

Baran K.

My favorite meal in Lisbon! Every dish was incredible -- especially the cold octopus appetizer. The restaurant itself is beautiful and has such a great history, where you can see the carvings of the cave in the walls. The staff was excellent, so attentive and willing to share the culture with us. I walked out feeling so happy!

Duck leg with mashed potatoes and green beans
Kenya R.

Where do I begin? We arrived without reservations, and they were able to seat us immediately. Usually this gives me pause because why aren't y'all booked? Anyway, we started with bread and olive oil and shrimp in garlic sauce. If you get the shrimp which you must, skip the bread basket. The shrimp comes with a bread that's way better than the bread basket. The shrimp are whole and phenomenal. So flavorful. My husband got the sardines which were good though he compares all sardines to the o es we got in Porto and none ever match up. It came with potatoes and tomato and cucumber salad(he's not a fan of either, but he tore that salad up!) I got the duck leg with mashed potatoes and green beans. It was delicious though it only came with about a tablespoon of very skinny green beans. I think we also found our 2nd favorite red sangria. It's strong! At the end of dinner, I had a port and my husband had something they set on fire. It was also strong. I'm going to sleep well tonight! The waitstaff was also very pleasant and the restaurant was quaint, but not cramped. I'm here for a while, so I'm sure we will return. I always forget to take pictures until after we have started eating, but here you go LOL

Cider & olives
Hannah W.

A gem in the Alfama area. Their service was excellent and food was top tier. The highlight was their cider that was apple flavored, it was so refreshing! We ordered one to start and had to order one more. Other dishes we got include the bread in the oven (must get if you like bread bowls - the bread was so fresh), olives, oven roast octopus, cod in the bread and sardines dish. The cod was very tender but the entire dish was a bit heavy with a lot of cream and potatoes. We ended the meal with crème brûlée that was a bit zesty, not bad. Would recommend this place!

Cheese plate
Ellen Y.

Average restaurant, average service. The apps were delicious. Great cheese board and flaming chorizo, but the sardines and pork cheek were meh. Definitely skip the octopus - lots of better options elsewhere.

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Wonderful service and delicious food. Small menu but great place to try some authentic Portuguese dishes.

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I was in the Alfama area and within 15 minutes walk in each direction, this was the only restaurant I found that was locally owned, had cute ambience, and a line of people - so I waited too.

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Restaurante Duque - amazing sea rice

Restaurante Duque

4.6(302 reviews)
0.9 kmRossio - Baixa - Chiado, Chiado
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Fresh seafood and reasonable prices. Settled on a hilly street . Make sure to try the octopus…read moresalad for a real treat . Good service and fresh food make this place worth a try

The restaurant is away from tourist neighbor. But I suspect its target customers are tourists…read more They play American pop music all night long which is fine with me, but if you are looking for a local experience, this may not what you expected. Pastries de Bacalhau - the crust was not brown enough. May be longer time. The stuffing was flavorful but it's more the cod taste than the flavored mash potatoes which I prefer. I actually prefer the other local restaurant I tried the night before better. Caldo Verde - The potatoe part of the soup is great. Perfect viscosity but the flavor is not. It wasn't salty enough but more importantly is the flavor of the veggies and the spicy sausage they supposed to use that makes the soup taste different. Grilled giant pawns - The flavor of the prawns is not as intense as expected and hope to be. The squid ink pasta also lacked of flavor. That's disappointing. With the prawns, they should at least use the prawn shell to make sauce for the pastas. The pasta was tasteless, didn't even use enough garlic and olive oil to flavor it up. Seafood rice - Another disappointment. They used fish, small mussels and little bit of shrimp pieces along with some bigger whole shrimps and mussels. However, the rice was lack of the true seafood flavor that made from shell fish. They also added cilantro which overwhelmed the whatever left of seafood flavor. The lemonade was not a sweet lemonade but sour. Fyi. It's not fair we just went to another restaurant in the neighborhood and everything was so much better but people should know.

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Restaurante Duque - Delicious grilled octopus- caramelized onion and garlic in olive oil

Delicious grilled octopus- caramelized onion and garlic in olive oil

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Restaurante Bonjardim - Roasted Chicken on the Spit with pirri pirri on the side. And of course the Vino Verde

Restaurante Bonjardim

4.0(243 reviews)
0.8 kmRestauradores, Rossio - Baixa - Chiado
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I think the first time I tried piri piri chicken was just a few years ago in London at a hugely…read morepopular chain, Nando's. It's rotisserie chicken doused with a spicy hot sauce so what's not to like? I knew it was a Portuguese-originated dish, so I looked for a place famous for it. Here on a Sunday evening, there was quite a queue extending up the cobblestone alley, so I realized this must be the place. Although it was at least thirty people deep, it didn't take more than twenty minutes for Jamie W and me to secure a table upstairs. It was a homestyle dining room set-up that hovered between cozy and crowded depending on the fluctuating volume level. Interestingly all the servers were male, and while ours was the most junior, he consciously followed the behavior of his veteran brethren. There was no question about our main course, the 13,5€ Frango Assado No Espeto (Roast Chicken on the Spit) (Photo 7). It was tender and succulent enough albeit a bit under seasoned, all the more reason to pour a liberal dose of the piri piri sauce (Photo 8). Our sides were simple but shareable, the 3,2€ Batata Fritta (French Fries) (Photo 9) and the 4,3€ Salada Mista (Mixed Salad) (Photo 10). Both were fine, though we really wanted to try their Cream Spinach. They were already out of it in the kitchen. We were quite satisfied nonetheless, and their service pretty much worked like clockwork. Jamie and I agreed we'd definitely come back if the passion for poultry strikes us on a return trip to Lisbon. In the meanwhile, I'll just do a run to Costco, buy a rotisserie chicken, and dream of Portugal. FOOD - 4 stars...succulent poultry with a unique spicy kick AMBIANCE - 4 stars...like an old-fashioned dining room in a Portuguese home SERVICE - 4.5 stars...they move quickly and courteously TOTAL - 4 stars...a Lisbon institution worth checking out RELATED - Exploring Lisbon? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://yelp.to/zcHSccvAc9

About 90% of the patrons are tourists. All came here for the piri piri chicken…read more Piri piri chicken - It's pretty moist. That's about the good of it. The chicken is pretty tasteless besides some of the skins with the marinated rub which then became too salty. I've had much much better piri piri chicken before so I was sorely disappointed.

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Restaurante Bonjardim - Photo 6: Interior

Photo 6: Interior

Restaurante Bonjardim - Frango, 13.3€

Frango, 13.3€

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Li28oa - Seafood or shrimp rice - tasty

Li28oa

4.7(21 reviews)
0.1 kmMouraria - Castelo - Alfama, Castelo

I'm so incredibly impressed. I loved that this place was in the ground floor of our hotel…read more Frederico is the expert on hospitality. He is so kind. He will talk to you for hours and teach you about food and wine and culture and talk about the history of food and how it came to be in Portugal. I loved it. I learned so much. I aspire, as an American, to learn from and look up to other cultures. I feel very honored to have dined in a restaurant managed by him on our trip to Portugal. I'm going to recommend to our travel coordinator to add this restaurant to the Google map recommendations list because more people need to go to this place - they need more tables, more space, because I'm convinced this is such a hidden gem that should be exposed to the masses to enjoy! We visited several wineries and this restaurant had the best wine - bar none! The fish, a fish I hadn't tried before, was deliciously seasoned, falls apart with the fork, the creamy rice was just divine. I normally will never eat little cherry/grape tomatoes - ever - but the perfect bite of fish, creamy rice, and a tomato was... perfection. The menu is deeply curated; flavors - textures - wines that make sense. You can tell Frederico what you normally like and he 100% knows what wines he has that you will love. The tomato, orange, ham, salad, was absolutely balanced and delicious. I'm so grateful that our first trip to Portugal we got to meet Frederico and dine with these wonderful people who love food and wine as much as us. I'll never forget it as long as I live. You will not be disappointed. Promise.

Found this restaurant while walking the streets of Lisbon, and what an amazing surprise. The…read moreambience was lovely, and the food and service were just as great. It was not crowded at all on a Friday night, and I was able to strike up a conversation with fellow diners and actually hear myself talk. That is rare these days. I was surprised they were offering Happy Hour pricing around 7 PM, so I quickly took advantage of a pitcher of sangria, which was delicious and incredibly fresh. I started with the chorizo, which you cook yourself right at the table. For my main course I ordered the steak with eggs, and it was excellent. To finish, I had the crème brûlée for dessert, and it was also outstanding. Overall, a truly wonderful hidden gem in Lisbon. I cannot wait to return.

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Li28oa - The most delicious bottle of wine we have had in Portugal.

The most delicious bottle of wine we have had in Portugal.

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