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    Beira Gare

    3.7 (45 reviews)
    InexpensivePortuguese
    Open 6:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Bifana Sandwich
    Simon C.

    This cafe is located right next to Rossio train station, so if you are catching a morning commute like us going to Sintra castle to beat the crowd, it's a convenient place to grab something for breakfast. We didn't have much chance to try a lot of Bifana during this trip so decided to get one here. While it looks pretty legit, I felt like the pork could have added a bit more taste. The bun was also a bit too dry so as the pork - making the whole eating experience not the greatest. So if you are in a rush, this place is an okay place to grab breakfast - just don't expect anything fancy.

    Croquettes and bifana.

    I love the location of this place which is right by the Lisbon train station. They have outdoor seating, the staff are courteous and friendly. They serve traditional Portuguese foods, we tried the bifanas which is a pork steak sandwich, cod fish croquettes and a simple garden salad, with a beer. Local people come here to buy their bifanas too! Food is basic but delicious and we paid less than €20 overall.

    John H.

    This is a great spot for a traditional fare. It is across from the beautiful Rossio train station. No glitz and glamour here but the food hits the mark. I recommend a cold octopus salad.

    Mikel M.

    I loved it! Really nice alternative to a touristic restaurant! Really local in the city center of lisbone !

    Octopus rice

    Very authentic Portuguese restaurant. Food is great, I highly recommend the Bifana (beef sandwich) as well as the Octopus Rice (Arroz de Polvo) You'll probably have to share a table but this makes the experience even more authentic.

    Caldo verde, spicy meat Salgado, bifana.
    Matt I.

    We stayed at the Hotel Avenida Palace, which is across from the Beira Gare. We ate two late evening meals here and loved them both. The setting is casual and reasonably priced. Lots of locals, including a cycling club, eat here. Service is excellent and friendly. You must try the bifana (pork sandwich) and octopus salad and spicy meat Salgado. The Caldo verde (cabbage soup) is also delicious. We had lovely wine and beer. Such a wonderful local "diner" experience.

    Salgados
    JoanaLola M.

    Every time I am in Lisbon I make it a point to stop here for lunch. The bifanas are heavenly! I could eat two one after the other. They are so good. The staff is so attentive as well. Don't bother sitting down, just take a stop at the counter, order your bifana and enjoy! The "salgados" are very good as well. I usually have 1 bifana with mustard and two croquetes with a freshly squeezed orange juice. Delicious! I cannot wait to be back!

    Monkfish rice and shrimp bowl (bottom) Portuguese style sausage, egg, and fries (top)
    Genieve V.

    Our server was very friendly. We ordered the rice pot with monkfish and shrimp which was very delicious! It was exactly what I was craving when wanting some good seafood! My boyfriend ordered sausage with an egg and fries. The fries were ok- but we have yet to experience really good fries on our trip (compared to American). The sausage was very good. This was one of the best seafood meals I have had in Lisbon!

    Cod sandwich
    Sarath P.

    We came here for lunch when we first arrived in Lisbon -- a very fast-paced spot where people were in and out very quickly! I ordered the cod sandwich and Mike ordered their octopus salad. My cod sandwich was okay -- a bit soggy for my taste but Mike's octopus salad was so delicious y'all. The octopus was cooked perfectly and mixed with citrus and herbs -- such a refreshing dish on a hot and humid day! Definitely a must in Lisbon!

    Tasty but food handling is seriously questionable
    Annie H.

    They are really fast and efficient serving you here especially if you eat at the counter. The bifana (pork) sandwiches are decent but I have a problem with the food handling. One person does all the cooking and making the sandwiches and plating. So he wears gloves which I'm fine with but he uses the same gloves to handle RAW meat and to make your sandwiches. And if you order croquettes he uses the same gloves to grab them and put them on a plate or in a box. That really grosses me out. Until they implement proper food handling measures I would steer clear.

    Xiaoting X.

    Pretty good brunch place next to the train station. Tried the bifanas and it was sooo satisfying...almost had to get a glass of wine to wash it down.

    Love the good vibes here!
    Qiao L.

    This is my first time visiting Lisbon and I've been to this little restaurant three times already, in four days (given the fact there are so many good restaurants to try here)! Food is delicious, lots of locals eating in this restaurant, especially during lunch time, you will see many men standing at the bar eating pork sandwich. I love the chill / casual / neighborhood vibes here. Staff is really friendly too. I had the codfish & shrimp rice, the pork bun, the octopus salad, and the Portuguese style sausage, loved them all.

    Really delicious pork

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    Best Bifana. For true experience order and eat it at the bar and watch the servers in action. Caldo Verde is also good.

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    9 years ago

    TOURIST TRAP !!!!! Avoid this place. Very overpriced and bland food. Coffee is tasteless too.

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    Don't bother sitting down, just take a stop at the counter, order your bifana and enjoy!

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    Restaurante Duque - amazing sea rice

    Restaurante Duque

    4.6(302 reviews)
    0.2 kmRossio - Baixa - Chiado, Chiado
    €€

    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)
    0.2 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 - Frango, 13.3€

    Frango, 13.3€

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    Li28oa - Seafood or shrimp rice - tasty

    Li28oa

    4.7(21 reviews)
    0.8 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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