Don't be duped. Researched in advanced, reviews looked good as did the menu. Sat down, the waiter…read moreput bread and cheese on our table, then proceeded to tell us that they had two options: steak or saitan. Maybe they were hoping we wouldn't leave because they had already put food down on the table? The only positive thing I can say is that they didn't make a fuss when we left.

The whole menu at the time consisted of only one pre-fixe set of items. This was strange. So the…read moresolitary entree was sirloin steak on a creamy chimichurri-like sauce, which was not even tender at all. The cheese plate was great, the dill marinated salmon was excellent, and service was also very good. Strange, just strange. For a fancy-looking place, I'd have appreciated a wider selection.

Go. Just go. Don't be intimidated by the menu. It's simple and singular by design. Make a…read morereservation. If it is before 9, you will sit in the front of the restaurant. If it is after, closer to the back end which is up a small flight of stairs. If it's your first time stick to the classic steak entrecôte and the never ending fries. Start with a salad. Skip the bread so at to have room for steak and fries. The wine selection is superb. The service amazing but not overly fussy. This is bistro food. So no frills but that is what makes it extraordinary! Tip: watch what others order, point politely and say: "Ishto, obrigada!"

Hella good! We…read morewalked in no reservations not ready for the ambiance on a referral from a bartender to eat something that would change our lives. And it did! I had all the helpings of fries and extra sauce with medium entrecote. Good wine and a wonderful waiter. So good. I hate to say it but it's better than the same dish in France where it originated. Do it!

TOURIST TRAP we got…read moreserved bread and butter we didnt ask for and got charged for it. they gave us the wrong order and the oysters tasted HORRIBLE. currently dealing with food poisoning in a foreign country thanks to this restaurant

Echoing the tourist trap sentiment. Waiter picked way too much food. It was ok but wasn't made to…read moreorder fresh. In the end we were charged about 400 euros in food for two adults and 1 child. It was our first meal in Lisbon. After walking around Lisbon we realized how overcharged we were with much better food available around the city at a fraction of the price.

Restaurante Edmundo is a fantastic local restaurant in the Benfica district of Lisbon. We came for…read morea late lunch here shortly after arriving and it satisfied all appetites. As well as complimentary bread and butter we received a little pot of sardine paste and a round of delicious cheese as well, this is one of the things I love about eating in Portugal! It's important not to fill up too much though as the portions have a tendency to be large, and this was no exception. I ordered to polvo de galinha (roasted octopus) served with potatoes, onions and olives. It was delicious and really tender. Other dishes included bacalhau (salted cod) and picanha (steak). Even my 15 month old was happy to try everything although he wasn't totally taken with the octopus! Mine was so huge I had to get the rest to take away and there was certainly no room for desserts even though the bulging cabinet looked tempting! The staff were really friendly and accommodating of the little one. And the crab and lobster tank was a great distraction for him.

Nice local place to go and try non touristy food. The prices were good and the food was good as…read morewell. Don't expect anything fancy, just good local cooking.

Omg what a hidden gem...we stumbled on this place looking for another restaurant and I'm so happy…read morewe did. Honestly some of the best if not the best seafood I've had in Portugal! The seafood rice and salmon was especially excellent. The owner is a charming older gentleman that couldn't have been kinder, he put up with our broken Portuguese. Do yourself a favor and add A Caravana to your itinerary.

Ahhhh Farta Brutos...my first cod meal in Portugal. Wifey and I did a wine tasting last night and…read moreafterwards we decided to stop at Farta Brutos for dinner (we'd already walked by it 3-4 times. When we stopped to look at the menu the woman acting as hostess and server didn't use any English but convinced us to stop. FARTA BRUTOS, is a tiny place with a LOT of character that's been around for 113 years (as I mentioned above, our waitress spoke zero English so this was a little challenging at first). After our wine tasting I decided to have another taste of red from the Douro region (no, it doesn't really pair well with what I had, but I don't care). It's a crappy photo, but we had an appetizer plate (they're sneaky-they bring it to you THEN tell you if you don't want it they can take it away...we kept it). Olives (for Wifey) and a tuna mixture that didn't seem to have much more than olive oil and finely chopped onions - and it came with some Portuguese bread - I loved it. For our main meals, Wifey had a "fish rice" meal and I had a baked cod dish with potatoes and spinach that had enough garlic on it to keep the vampires away for the rest of the trip. We finished with a chocolate mouse that was nothing like anything I ever had. It was more like a thick frosting...so rich and chocolaty...so good... There are plenty of great places to eat here in Lisbon...the struggle isn't FINDING a place it's CHOOSING a place

We were seeking an upscale fine dining experience and we found it in this 40-seat restaurant that…read morehas been in business for 113 years. Two wines: 1. Branco - Esperão, €26 2. Tinto - Quinta de Porrais, full bodied, 14%, €35. The couvert is bread and a yummy, sweetish tuna pâté. We shared 2 pratos: 1. Dourado de Português - whole fish in a tomato, pepper, onion sauce. Accompanied by potatoes. We picked that fish to death to get every last morsel. 2. Arroz de Pato - baked rice with duck meat pieces inside the cassoulet and sausage on top. Rich and crispy. The aroma was seductive. Dessert was an assortment of custard, orange and plum. Coffe and aguardente. + Excellent service from the owner. + Charming atmosphere. Traditional and soothing. _ Cloth napkins + Wi-Fi + Hefty flatware. €129

Dishes are lovely cooked the service excellent and the ambience is proper local.I know this great…read morerestaurant for many years.

Cute joint with easy food. Mussels and chips or steak. We had the tartare starter -- mussels,…read moresalmon and tuna with toast, and the Thai mussels (AMAZING) as well as the Fraiche mussels. Both came with shoestring fries and a kind of aioli. The dessert selection was banging -- we went with the strawberry cheesecake and peanutbutter cheesecake (AMAZING). For drinks the Sorvina Amber cerveja was great, and the G&T with raspberries not only looks fantastic but tastes delicious too -- served in a massive goblet, look out! Service was efficient and friendly, decor was cute with good ambience. We didn't have a reservation on a Friday night but arrived just before 8pm and were lucky enough to get a table for two but had to be done by 10pm. The place was packed not long after 8pm.

If you have ever eaten mussels you know these aren't right, in any way. They're really dirty, some…read moreof them taste wrong, a lot of them are still closed. The waitress couldn't remember my Stella, after asking it several times, let alone bring us some salt. The fries were okay. The beers are really unnecessary expensive, 5 euro for a Stella are Scandinavian prices. Wouldn't go here, really.