List of Lisbon’s Top Restaurants

A local magazine asked a few of the best Portuguese chefs their personal favourites when it comes to eating and drinking. The final result, as to Lisbon, is a premium selection of 43 of the finest restaurants.

Fausto Airoldi (from Spot São Luís and Casino de Lisboa Restaurants), José Avillez (chef of the exquisite Tavares Rico), Marco Gomes (head of Portos Foz Velha Restaurant) and Vitor Sobral (from Tasca da Esquina) were asked each one to elect 25 of the best restaurants in Portugal, the ones they choose to go to. Lisbon, obviously, has a quite a few excellent choices. If you go for these, you obviously can’t go wrong.

They divided their choices in four categories, New Values, Contemporary, World and Traditional cuisine:

New Values:

-         Bocca (read my review on this restaurant)

-         Alma (read my review)

-         100 maneiras, at Rua do Teixeira, 35 (map)

-         Foral da Vila, at Av. D. Carlos I, 48. Cascais (map)

-         Vin Roude, at Rua Fernandes Tomás 1, Estalagem Villa Albatroz. Cascais (map)

-         G Spot, at Alameda dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, 12 A/B. Sintra (map)

Contemporary:

-         Eleven (read my review)

-         Belverde, at Grande Real Villa Italia Hotel&Spa, R. Frei Nicolau Oliveira, 100 (Cascais) (map)

-         Valle Flor, at Pestana Palace Hotel, Rua Jau, 54 (map)

-         LX, at Calçada da Estrela, 57-63 (map)

-         De Castro Elias, at Av. Elias Garcia, 180 B (map)

-         Panorama, at Rua Latino Coelho 1, Hotel Sheraton (map)

-         Rio’s, at Estrada Marginal. Complexo Turístico da Piscina Oceânica de Oeiras

-         A confraria, at York House, R. Janelas Verdes, 32, 1º (map)

-         Bica do Sapato, at Av. Infante D. Henrique, Armazém B, Cais da Pedra à Bica do Sapato (map)

-         Gemelli, at Rua Nova da Piedade, 99 (map)

World:

-         Aya, Japanese food at Twin Towers, R. Campolide, 351, loja 1.56 (map)

-         Caxemira, Indian food at Rua Condes de Monsanto, 4º, 1º dtº (map)

-         Fortaleza do Guincho, French cuisine at Estrada do Guincho, Cascais (map)

-         Madarim, Chinese food at Praça José Teodoro dos Santos, Casino do Estoril (map)

-         Mezaluna, Italian food at Rua Artilharia 1, 16 (map)

-         Buenos Aires, Argentinian food at Calçada do Duque, 31 B (map)

-         Calcutá, Indian food at Rua do Norte, 17-19 (map)

-         Pizzaria Lucca, Italian food at Travessa Henrique Cardoso, 19B (map)

-         Capricciosa, Italian food at Av. Marginal. Praia de Carcavelos Nascente (map)

-         Esperança, Italian food at Rua do Norte, 95

-         Lapa, World cuisine at Hotel da Lapa, Rua do Pau da Bandeira, 4 (map)

-         QB, Asian food at Rua Dr. José da Cunha, 24ª (map)

Traditional:

-         O Galito, at Rua da Fonte, 18D (map)

-         O Poleiro, at Rua de Entrecampos, 30A (map)

-         Porto de Santa Maria, at Estrada do Guincho, Cascais (map)

-         Solar dos Presuntos

-         Stop do Bairro, at Rua Tenente Ferreira Durão 55 A (map)

-         Tia Matilde, at Rua da Beneficência, 77 (map)

-         A Toscana, at Rua do Sacramento a Alcântara, 74-76 (map)

-         Bom Jardim, at Travessa Bonjardim, 7 (map)

-         Bota Alta, at Travessa da Queimada, 35-37 (map)

-         O Regional, at Rua dos Sapateiros, 66 (map)

-         Pap’Açorda, at Rua da Atalaia, 57-59 (map)

-         Picanha, at Rua Vieira Portuense, 78 (map)

-         Ramiro, at Av. Almirante Reis, 1H (map)

-         Beira Mar, for fish at Rua das Flores, 6, Cascais (map)

-         Mar do Inferno, for fish and sea food at Av. Humberto II de Itália. Boca do Inferno, Cascais (map)

Information from Sábado Magazine

Photos Credit: Alexandre Kühl Oliveira