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    Prima Pasta

    4.5 (52 reviews)
    ModerateItalian, Pizza
    Closed 12:00 pm - 11:30 PM

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

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    Prima pasta tiramisu
    Marti L.

    Yum, yum, yum, clam soup was very flavorful. My husband and I had tagliatelle, home made and you can tell the difference. Staff were very attentive. Highly recommend! We had tiramisu which rounded out the meal.

    Love the chandelier.
    Norm W.

    I had read a fair bit about this place and had planned on going there our first full day in Lisbon, but it was closed on Sunday. We bided our time and went the Monday, and again on the Tuesday. The food just resonated with us, as we like Italian food when dining out, and make it a lot at home. The lovely K thinks I should have born Italian, instead of Welsh and French. I could only hope, for the food at least. Our first meal we got there fairly early by Portuguese standards, but we were hungry from all our wanderings amongst the hilly streets of Lisbon and taking the #28 tram, which you have to do if you go there. We ordered a bottle of Planalto white wine, which has become our go to on the white side. Inexpensive and very tasty. We also ordered entrees only as we had enjoyed a wonderful Greek salad with our lunch. The lovely K got the lasagna, which was not served in the traditional way that we are used to, but it was very good, if perhaps a bit on the rich side for her. I had the Scaloppine Milanese which satisfied my pasta, and protein craving very well. The service was top notch, we were greeted promptly, sat quickly, and well attended throughout the meal. Our server was very personable and thanked us each time he came to the table. The interior was tastefully decorated and nice a clean which is always appreciated by us. Our second visit went very much like the first. Our server recognized us right away, and sat it at the same table as the night before. This time we shared the Milano salad as a starter and the same bottle of Planalto. I had the Saltimbocca Romano and the lovely K had the Scaloppine Funghi. Both times we felt well cared for, with the food plentiful, very tasty and fairly priced. If our two visits are any indication you can't go wrong dining at Prima Pasta in Lisbon.

    Really amazing food. Service was excellent. Waiter was great. Can't recommend enough! Only "complaint", is there was no music or any noise at all. Restaurant was very quiet; almost unnerving. Fully recommend though.

    Bonnie D.

    On our first night in Lisbon, we literally stumbled across Prima Pasta entirely by chance; it looked inviting, and the food smelled wonderful, so we went in and lucked into an availability after only a few minutes of waiting. All the food was beautifully presented and totally delicious; made with quality ingridents and flawlessly prepared.  Over and above the quality of the food was the attentiveness of their staff.   Even though the restaurant was completely full by the time we finished our meal, the servers never failed to stop and answer questions, see to it that our glasses remained full, or enquire about other things we might want to eat and drink.  This is VERY impressive, and what sets an excellent restaurant head and shoulders above a very good one. I'm going to make a point of visiting Prima Pasta again the next time I visit Lisbon, and I have no hesitation about recommending it to anyone interested in a all-around five star dining experience, with excellent food and stellar service!

    Amazing, fresh, handmade pasta. Small location and no frills needed because the food is that good. Perfect for families, too. Very reasonable prices and excellent service!

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    Had the spaghetti carbonara and it was delicious, pasta was Al dente and the sauce was creamy and perfectly seasoned.

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    Da Vinci

    4.2(47 reviews)
    0.9 kmRestauradores, Rossio - Baixa - Chiado
    €€

    Solid Italian restaurant in a touristy part of town. We were hungry and saw Da Vinci. Before we…read morewalked in I had to check Yelp and the reviews were solid so we decided to give it a try. Plus, my 6-year old just got off our tour bus and needed a bathroom break All of our orders came out in good time and our server was very helpful and friendly. We chatted a bit about his family in California. We ordered two steaks with wine reduction sauce. Very good. One steak was over cooked but it was fine. Clams as appetizer was awesome with the house bread. One order of lasagna and I would give it a 8/10 compared to other restaurants at home. One order of pasta carbonara. It was good but not outstanding. One order of spaghetti bolognese. That one was average. We just arrived from Barcelona a few days before Lisbon and we were missing sangria so we ordered one pitcher. It's not as good as the ones in Barcelona but then again this is not Barcelona. For dessert we ordered 3 ice cream and a tiramisu. The ice cream was over-priced at 8 Euro each. Skip dessert and go get some great pastries or gelato outside around the plaza.i

    Well I was very excited to try this after seeing the photographs and reviews. I would give it…read morebetween 3 & 4 stars. Our meals were ok. I had the lasagna and it looked fantastic, it didn't taste quite as good. It kind of acidic, slightly but lacked a lot of flavour sadly. I put lots of cheese on it but is only partially fixed it. We also had a salami pizza and spaghetti boulegnese. Both were ok. Spaghetti was tasty but maybe a little fatty tasting and the pizza was thin crust but not crispy or firm at all. Just alright. We also had the fruit crepes for dessert, they were just ok, not worth having. The ones I had at Josephine up town were miles better. These were the doughy kind of texture which I don't like. Sorry it didn't blow me away as I was hoping so. But I also didn't realise it is smack in the middle of the tourist area, we had spent most of our trip uptown near Alfama and it is way more authentic and real... And way cheaper. I think fish was €50 here, and for a tiny fish. If you go uptown you cms get that for €15 max, and way bigger...

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    Cantina Baldracca - disappointing, overcooked squid

    Cantina Baldracca

    4.2(36 reviews)
    0.5 kmMadalena, Mouraria - Castelo - Alfama
    €€

    One of the most memorable dining experiences of all time. We spent 4 nights in Lisbon and came…read morehere twice, that's how great it was. I typically would avoid going to the same restaurant twice during a short stay in a city with so many good eats, if I can help it. In fact, I had already planned out all of my meals and made the proper reservations. But after having dinner the first night here, I had to cancel the reservation for our last night in Lisbon and snatch a reservation at Baldracca again. Between the two nights, we sampled almost all the items we wanted to try on the blackboard. That's part of the reason for the 2nd reservation. There were so many creative and delicious dishes that we just couldn't try with one meal between two people, so we had to come back the 2nd time. But the food is only one part (an important part) of the whole experience. We love the energy, the vibe, and the people in this little restaurant. Our first night there, we had the earliest reservation (i.e. when the restaurant open for the night). The servers got all of us in and seated, then literally had the "Listen up, this is how it goes..." to let everyone know what the restaurant is about, how many dishes to order based on how many in the party etc etc... They are very causal and basically said to enjoy and flag any of them down when ready to order or need of anything. Then they turn up the music and I felt like I am in a family or friend party event. Music blasting, dishes served, people chit chatting, laughing, just having a great time. We went back the 2nd time, the owner actually recognized us and welcomed us warmly. Because we snatched a later reservation that 2nd night, he even sat down at the end of the meal to talk to us a bit. Upon learning that we are visiting Porto next, he took some time to write down restaurant recommendations on a piece of paper and handed to us and offered us to try some of the sweet wine they made (which was absolutely delicious). We took a picture with him and honestly can't thank him enough. Truly a very special place because of the food, the atmosphere, and the people!

    And thus, in no particular order, while trying to work my way through the large number of places I…read morewent, and wrote review drafts for, on our trip to Portugal a couple months ago... I get to by far the worst restaurant I've been to in a while, at least in a case where I was certainly expecting the opposite, and one of the worst reviews I've written in a long time. I have no idea what entirely different-sounding restaurant most of these people went to... it started out badly, when we got there, the first ones after they opened, for our reservation, the music was quite loud, so after being seated, we asked our server if she could turn it down, and she gave her an irritated look and stomped off. We think she turned it down a tiny bit for a couple minutes, then turned it back up even louder. My wife literally said (I was facing the other direction) that she saw that waitress trying to talk to another waiter and having a hard time due to the music volume. Wasn't quite the right vibe for 12:30 for lunch, was a bit more of a late evening bar vibe, music-wise? But also yeah, our waitress had a bit of an attitude. We talked about just walking out and going somewhere else, which I wish I had, but I'd seen so many great reviews, and we had a reservation, so we ordered a couple things, which did arrive pretty quickly there after. We tried, at the time (though I get the impression the menu probably also rotates pretty often) Potato cabbage chorizo balls - super bland, they just tasted like shaped balls of mashed potato. Didn't taste any chorizo or even cabbage, really. Boring. Squid - the worst squid I'd had in a while. The sauce was tasty enough but nothing amazing; the squid itself was way over-cooked, also, over-*grilled* specifically, it tasted charred. I still ate it, but it definitely wasn't worth 16 euros. A "pickled rabbit/quince/chorizo", because I was just so curious what it was. This one was actually super fun, unique and interesting, saving the restaurant as a whole from only getting one star. I was surprised after the other two. I've definitely never had anything like it before, and likely never will. There were a whole bunch of flavors, all great. But their menu is a chalk-board, so I have no idea if it's still being served, or if it disappeared from the menu a week after I was there in January. Their wine is also very much... American priced. If it were in Long Beach, 9 euro (or its American equivalent) for a glass of the house wine would seem very reasonable, and if it were in Los Angeles, it'd be downright cheap - in Portugal, though, I'd gotten used to much cheaper glasses of wine, so that was a bit surprising. I did like that they had a by-the-glass orange wine, though, so obviously I had a glass of the house orange wine. It was pretty decent. I'd have been happy for a red or white wine for half the price, though, as seemed common for similar restaurants nearby. That wouldn't have mattered so much if the food had been, overall, better, though, and the service hadn't been... a little snotty.

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    Grilled octopus was delicious

    Cantina Baldracca - Small restaurant and easy to miss

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    Prima Pasta - italian - Updated May 2026

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