Where to eat in Lisbon - Gastronomy in Lisbon

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Lisbon is a place where you can’t resist trying all the food. You can find so many places, for every taste, from traditional Portuguese cuisine, to more exotic food. Here you can find everything, so don’t worry about the food at all, you will love it, especially because of the price.

In this topic I will refer to different typical restaurants in Lisbon, where you can go to try the traditional food, but also try to look for some near your neighbourhood. Ask for tips to your Portuguese colleagues, you will see that they will stay really excited to know that you want to try something Portuguese. Lisbon can be an expensive place if you don’t know where to look, so pay attention to the prices, and don’t worry because you can find cheap food with a high quality.

It’s really common in Portugal, while you’re in the University, for people to invite you to have dinner, and expect that the dinner will be minimum two or three hours. If you go to one of these dinners you don’t have to pay for the drinks, they are already included in the price, and the entire meal will cost you between 7 or 9 euros, with unlimited drinks.

Also if you prefer to try something different, and not Portuguese, you have a lot of places to choose, from Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, among others.

Gastronomy of Lisbon

The good thing about Lisbon, is that as a capital you can try almost every dish from all the country, from the seafood, the typical fish (with high quality and really fresh) and also the meat dishes.

The most typical thing that you have in Lisbon, and that every tourist is going to try is Pastel de Belém (go to the coffee shop in Belém to try the most typical ones).

Also the new recipe of Fried ball of Codfish with Cheese from Serra da Estrela (to try this go to Rua Augusta to a place called “Casa Portuguesa do Pastel de Bacalhau”, besides the place is always full, it’s a really good and new thing to try.

Portuguese Cuisine Restaurants in Lisbon

• Ti Natércia, located in Alfama, it’s a great place for traditional food. You have plates with fish and meat, and it’s a cheap place, with meals around 6-12 euros. This place is perfect if you want to eat “grandma’s food”, because you will actually feel like you’re eating in your grandma’s house, it’s really cosy.

• Marisqueira de Roma, localised in Avenue of Rome, with a good relation price quality, the cost depends entirely on what you want to eat, for example, a shrimp omelet for 8 euros or Codfish (2 people) 25 euros. ) If you go to this place you should try Seafood, because you have a lot of different choices and it’s something really typical.

• Laurentina, in the area of Campo Pequeno, close to Gulbenkian, and it’s also a cheap and traditional place to try Portuguese food. The prices really depend on what you will eat, but try the codfish, you can find “pastéis de bacalhau” for 5 euros.

• Gravatas, in the area of Carnide, is a good place for those who want to try the typical Portuguese steak, or a bitoque (as it is called in a Portuguese way, steak with rice, salad and fried potatoes). The decoration is funny, because the place is full of ties. The prices can range between 9 euros until 16 euros.

• Há Tapas no Mercado, a place that I really recommend, it’s cheap and the food quality is really high. It’s located in Arroios, and here you can have appetisers for 2, 3 or 4 euros, so it’s really good if you don’t want to spend a lot of money.

• Manteigaria, sometimes the place in Belém can be really crowded, so I would advise you to go to this place to try the iconic Pastel de Nata, here they are also really good. According to different people this place it’s even much better than the one in Belém. It’s located in Camões Square.

• Hamburgueria do bairro, a place in the city centre of Lisbon, close to the University ISEG, it’s a great place for students, cheap and with good places. This is a company that has restaurants all over the country, and has typical burgers and also a lot of healthy options. The prices are around 6 euros.

• Taberna Portuguesa, this place is in the city center, and as the name says is the typical Portuguese place, and the perfect place to try Portuguese appetizers. Here the places will range a lot, depending on the amount of food you eat, but the plates cost between 5 or 8 euros.

• Rosa da Rua, this is a restaurant close to the Viewpoint of S. Pedro de Alcântara. And if you are nearby I advise you to eat in this place, the food it’s really good, and it has a good relation price-quality. The price can range around 15 euros, but if you choose the menu option, you also have dessert included.

• Restaurante Príncipe Do Calhariz, located in the city centre (close to “Taberna Portuguesa”), it’s also a cheap place, you can have a meal for 7 euros, or until 15 euros, and choose between typical fish or meat dishes. Known for the fast service, it's a place that will make you feel full.

You also need to see these places that have a lot of different options to choose from. The Fabric of “Braço de Prata”, besides being a cultural place, is where you can also find a lot of good restaurants. One other place that is really attractive for the tourists is the “Mercado da Ribeira” in Cais do Sodré, and here you find since Portuguese typical food, until Italian pasta., with a really good quality and amazing to see the place and try something.

International Cuisine Restaurants in Lisbon

• Sushi. Sushi Factory, located in LX Factory, is a place where you can go and eat good sushi. A meal for two people during lunch is 20 euros, and dinner is around 40 euros. A place with a great view, it’s amazing for those you really like to eat high quality sushi. Buddha Sushi, located in Principe Real if you want something more cheap, in the city centre, and a Sushi Buffet this is the place, the relation quality price is good, because you have eat whatever you want for around 10 euros, during the dinner, and you also have some Chinese options.

• Chinese. Chinês Clandestino, located in Mouraria, it’s a cheap but good quality restaurant, you can have a meal for 5 or 6 euros, plus drink. Boa Bao, is a restaurant that besides serving Chinese food, you also have Thai, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese food, with really good quality you can have a dinner for two people for 40 euros.

• Italian. Come Prima Italian Restaurant, located close to the Museum of Ancient National Art, in the Olival Street. It’s a great place to eat Italian food, and you can have a pizza and a drink for more or less 15 euros. Casanova Restaurant, it’s also a really good restaurant for you to eat Italian food, especially for pizza. Really close to the Santa Apolónia Station. The pizza’s prices are around 9 and 14 euros.

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