Lisbon Restaurants

Small Objects of Desire - the Old Tart House

Advantages: The best custard tarts in the world
Disadvantages: I don't live next door

...be a trip to the Antiga Casa de Pasteis de Belem - or, to translate roughly, the Old Tart House of Belem. As we drove back and forth she would point out of the window at an unprepossessing little shop with a blue and white awning and a very long queue outside and murmur in hushed tones about the delights still to come. So Where is This Remarkable Shop? **************************** Belem is the river-side area at the heart of the tourist map of ...
...within sniffing distance of the Antiga Casa. Take Care ******** Crossing the road in front of the shop whilst thinking about tarts could be dangerous to your health. The traffic is shocking and you will need your wits about you. The Casa Itself ************* The building is a rabbit warren of rooms, mostly tiled in traditional Lisbon blue and white. There must be a dozen different rooms, each filled to bursting with little tables and chairs ...

koshkha 09.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Antiga Casa de Pastéis de Belém

The best quality/price relation in Lisbon

Advantages: The food, the premises, the relation quality/price
Disadvantages: none

We went to this discreet restaurant with terrace, taken by friends of Lisbon and… that differentiates! We ate in several restaurants in the previous days, some of them also in "baixa of Lisbon" and in "bairro alto"… we were disillusioned with the portuguese gastronomy… But the restaurant Nilo, located in the charmer "baixa of Lisbon" (Rua dos correeiros n.ºs 217-219; telephone: 213427810), near the beautiful "Rossio" and "Praça da Figueira", in a ...
...of the others for having delicious Portuguese typical food with fresh and quality products to prices very in account, with an honest and effective service. They have delightful portuguese food from all regions of Portugal: codfish, Algarve´s style fried pork meat with shrimps, veal filets with Oporto wine, grilled fresh fish and beefsteaks. And very important!!! It is one of the few restaurants in Lisbon in which we were not robbed in the couvert ...

Pepe41 27.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Restaurant Nilo in Lisbon

A long and disappointing evening

Advantages: Elegant surroundings
Disadvantages: Awful service

A very disappointing evening. The restaurant is elegant, with a modern touch. Service also elegant, formal, but also VERY slow and unco-ordinated. Our three course meal took three and a half hours. It took over half an hour to place an order, and no-one came to take a cocktail order (we had planned a glass of champagne), though bread was repeatedly offered. The bill (3 requests) took 35 minutes to arrive. My first course (pig's head and langoustines) ...

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Review of Tavares Rico

The good life

Advantages: relaxed food the way it ought to be
Disadvantages: it's too far from London to make it for dinner!

...to 20-B Rua Nova da Trindade and pay homage at the 'Cervejaria da Trindade'. No, it's not really a restaurant, I guess, but it doesn't fit any other category. A cerveijaria is an alehouse, but this isn't a pub nor is it a bar in the Portuguese sense. To be technical, I'm told that it's a microbrewery - but I've only ever drunk ice-cold Sagres there. BUT, the one thing for which cerveijarias are famous is good, easy, comfortable FOOD. So, what's ...
...the size of a barn with Potuguese 'azulejo' tiles decorating the walls. Find one of the many tables and when your attentive waiter comes by, be hopeful that he speaks English .... but if not order 'um imperial' (oonimperiahl), 20 centilitres of cold beer to be going on with. So, what to eat? Ah, there's the rub! - Do you feel flush? If so try the Marisco (seafood), grilled prawns, fresh crab.... but at a price. If not, try a Bitoque, a small steak ...

Andy_W 02.04.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Trindade

The current hotspot of Bairro Alto

Advantages: trendy and mixed crowd
Disadvantages: small and crowded

The Bairro Alto is definitely the area in Lisbon with the largest number of bars and clubs per square meter. Its narrow cobblestone streets are somewhat quiet during the day, with only a few trendy shops and typical restaurants open, but when it comes to nightlife it really comes to life! The street are almost always crowded with people wandering from bar to bar, especially at weekends (obviously) but also throughout the week. The centre of all ...
...that serves as meeting point for all the locals, and I'd say at the moment the "Clube da Esquina" (or "Corner Club") is exactly that. There you can find a mixed crowd of people of every nationality, race, social status or sexual preference cohabiting in harmony (aaaaaaahhh...). Of course a couple of drinks probably help, but it's still a nice atmosphere with great music. As with most places in the Bairro, it'll be so crowded that you'll probably ...

alxdil 27.07.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Clube da Esquina