4.5 Stars Lovely restaurant with warm ambiance…read more Took a while for the food to arrive, but really enjoyed the meal. The starter bread with pica pau (meat) sauce was a great snack, as well as the garlic prawn starter. We all enjoyed our dishes, as well as the porto tonic drink!

Delightful snack bar serving up delicious, cheap, and authentic Portuguese food! I stumbled upon…read morePica Pau while meandering back to my hotel after realizing that the restaurant I was originally planning to eat lunch at was closed on Thursdays. It was getting a wee bit late for lunch (~1:30 PM), and I was quite hungry, so when I passed by Pica Pau and saw how packed it was, I knew I had to drop by to give it a try. It's absolutely bustling inside; there are several tables inside and outside, and you can generally just seat yourself as long as there's an open slot. There are very few tourists here -- another great sign -- so the menus will all be in Portuguese, and it will be hit or miss as to whether your server can translate for you. However, the menu is pretty simple, so it's easy enough to intuit what they say (or to just use Google Translate) -- the menu is spread across three blackboards, one for daily specials, another for seafood, and the last for other meat dishes. Everything is just twelve euros for lunch, and it also comes with a drink and bread. You genuinely can't go wrong with anything on their menu. My mom and I both ordered from their seafood menu, and the fish is super fresh and grilled to perfection. It has a perfect char on the outside, and is super flaky and tender on the inside; they add a hit of salt and a side of lemon, but the fish honestly doesn't need much else. The fish also comes with a side of boiled veggies and potatoes, which are a great, neutral accompaniment to the fish. I ordered the swordfish, and my mom got the sea bass, but we ended up splitting both of the dishes between us (especially since they both conveniently came with two pieces). Both were phenomenal, but I did enjoy the swordfish a tiny bit more; it was a bit more tender, and they also descaled the swordfish but did not for the seabass, so it was a slightly easier eating experience.

My son and his partner got food poisoning from this place. They were sick for days after eating…read moreburgers and fries. I do not recommend -- do not eat here. Gross.

Delicious tasting milkshakes including lactose free, they are not thick but a little on the thin…read moreside (mom liked it that way.) Burgers are big and served on brioche style eggy soft buns. Meat patties were about average, they tasted fine and not overcooked. Not seasoned but the toppings and flavor choices enhance it all. Cheesy sauce with the onion rings was like a smooth velveeta style which I've really liked. They serve Super Bock beer! Decor is so cool, lots of retro 50s vibes. Excellent service too, they were very nice and so helpful. We are very short heights and the tables were so tall compared to the vinyl booth seating. Getting into the restaurant was a bit of a challenge. It's on the second floor of a large concrete building. Finding the stairs to get up was a little search. Then we had to take an elevator because my mom is in a wheelchair. The elevator is locked behind a glass anteroom, so we had to find the security guard (who was very nice & friendly) to let us up and then take the stairs down to let him know we were leaving.

This 2026 Micheline (bib gourmand) restaurant that's located a bit off the beaten tourist path is…read moreworth the 20 minute taxi ride to get to. We made midday (2pm) reservations a month in advance. Upon arrival, aside from the red Micheline plaque, you would never guess this was a such a heralded gem. The entry door is so narrow I had to scoot sideways (and I'm slim!). The inside is very simple - plain wood tables and chairs laid out in a narrow quaint L shape. The owner and the host both greeted us and we each promptly opted for their reasonably priced 7-course 54 Euro tasting menu. The restaurant is famous for buying a whole pig, typically on Thursdays, and then utilizing every single part in some inventive way for its weeklong tasting menu. And, has the #nosetotail moniker for bragging rights. I posted photos of each course (double servings pictured for the two of us) along with that day's menu. Our favs were the Croquetes and the Bifana Porcalhona as well as the Almôndegas de Pézinhos! She also loved the liver. Service was impeccable as the host brought each course at a perfectly casual pace (as we finished the previous) and provided careful details and answered further questions about each offering. Nearly 2 hours later we were done... and all the wiser for what could be created from any part of this animal.

Overall: 5 stars…read more Pigmeu falls in the category of my favorite restaurant theme, being a cohesive story centered around using all parts of the pork. I greatly appreciated the owner's passion too, going so far as to basically force me to order a non-standard cut of pork to encourage the mission and then making a special lactose-free version to accomodate my increasingly upsetting dairy sensitivity. This significantly improved my experience as the tongue was expertly cooked and they had the opportunity to show that off. (Bread and Butter: A) - This is one of those rare moments where I was actually excited about the cover since their butter is a pork- based butter without any actual butter and more likely some component of fat and marrow which added an intriguing decadence and uniqueness to the bread. The pickled carrots offered a pleasant refreshingness to open the palette as well. (Chorizo Pancake: A) - Soft and tender pancake with great elements of expertise keeping the hearty intensity of the chorizo while lightening it up with herbs, pickled onion, mayo, and a fluffy egg base. (Pig Tongue: A) - Super impressed with this dish from the soft pig tongue to the impressively tender pickled cauliflower that added a vbeautifully refreshing acidity. The diced potatoes added texture and heartiness, and I appreciated that this was thoughfully restrained. Food: +1 Presentation: +1 Price: E Atmosphere: E Service: +1 Menu: +2 Insta/Yelp/Beli/TikTok: @amei_eats

I cannot say enough good things about this wonderful restaurant. Our group of four ordered many…read moredifferent items from the menu, and every.single.food. delivered to our table was perfection. The woman owner of 20 years took our order and left us to cook everything fresh. We also saw her daughter working hard doing their food deliveries. The ambience is quaint and inviting with only about 7 tables. It felt comfortable like dining in someone's home. As we finished, the owner referred us to a fantastic Fado experience. What a joy to have stumbled across this local gem.

Beautiful food from this small spot in Bairro Alto. The night we wen there were very busy and…read morethough a three person operation, they did a nice job taking care of everyone. The food was exquisite, from the bacalao a bras to the duck rice to the octopus dish, meatballs with rice and the chicken with mushroom in pastry. All flavorful and made with love. Decent wine selection and outdoor seating. A true gem in the center of it all.

I found this place just walking in the district trying to find a nice place for a light and…read more affordable diner. What a good surprise !!! You have different varieties of salads And sandwiches made on The portuguese way with different kind of meat or fish... The place is cool And the service is very friendly. I recomend it for people who want To try something different that those trendy hamburgers places... For 2 persons we paid only 21 euros for 2 big sandwiches with on the side nice Crispy potatoes And sour. 2 nice desserts And drinks.

We celebrated our anniversary here a few days ago. When we first tried to dine here several years…read moreago during August the restaurant was closed for vacation. We were disappointed at the time but we found many other restaurants that had good seafood as well. We were traveling with other family members this time and thought this restaurant would be the best places to try pretty much every seafood dishes available in Lisbon and some of the unique foods that we can't get at home. We had barnacles, glass shrimp (it is supposed to have eggs outside the shell but unfortunately we were told the season was over so there were no eggs), spider crab, oysters with caviar, scallops, razor clams, and cheese with bread. My daughter's boyfriend tasted the barnacles for the first time and he loved it. We ended up ordering it twice. Everything was delicious. Everyone enjoyed the food. Excellent service.

Two words - culture shock! This place was recommenced by our Brazilian Tuk Tuk driver. We were…read morelooking for a fish/seafood place and my compañero loves his IPA! We also wanted an authentic Portuguese place and not anything touristy. Be careful what you wish for! We took a number but were almost bypassed as they were calling higher numbers. I got the "matre d's" attention and showed him my number. He spoke no English as could be expected - not an issue! So, he bumped us up to the front of the line. We climbed a long narrow and steep staircase to reach a long narrow hallway with about 20 staff running about and squeezing by each other. Somehow, we found the dining room and our waiter greeted us offering us a choice of tables. Clientele were very well dressed and spoke in Portuguese looking very comfortable. He immediately brought us a huge basket of garlic bread! It was quite a nice atmosphere and reminiscent of an older home with high ceilings. We had trouble ordering from the phone app (as it should be because it was in Portuguese only) so our waiter guided us. No IPA and no wine except moscatel. But this was a cerveseria with no IPA! So we tried two glasses of moscatel- not our favorite as it was much too sweet. We agreed to the garlic shrimp and lazy crab. I asked what it came with and he said nothing and pointed to the garlic bread. I asked about ordering veggies and he said there were none! The crab was fridge cold but would have been better warm. The shrimp could have been tasty if not so salty. It wouldn't have been such a culture shock but it was also very pricey for what is was. I don't regret this experience as I was immersed in Portuguese culture and food. But no veggies is unthinkable! lol

Perfect little spot for breakfast. They are trilingual here, and the menu has the English…read moretranslation.

Coffee shop on the corner Had the simplest breakfast…read more Fresh eggs and coffee was better than most spots in the area

I created a separate spot for this diner not finding this one ( the name is not complete) Great…read moreplace, i liked it. The food is made from good ingridients. The cooking style is American themed with a portuguese twist which is fine with me. I liked the wings, the burger, not as much, it was not juicy. I should have ordred one of their sandwiches. But sill I am happy.

This was okay. The…read moreburgers were good, as well as the chicken wings. The milkshake was small, and the cream soda float was lacking enough ice cream. Overall the meal was okay, however not worth the price. You will enjoy the decor and vibe...