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1. Belcanto

Contemporary Portuguese fine dining$$$$Chiado

José Avillez's two-Michelin-star restaurant in Chiado reinterprets Portuguese ingredients and traditions through a tasting menu or a structured à la carte.

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2. Cervejaria Ramiro

Seafood beer hall$$$Intendente

A Lisbon seafood institution on Avenida Almirante Reis since 1956, serving shellfish by weight, garlic prawns and a steak sandwich to finish.

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3. Cervejaria Trindade

Historic beer hall and Portuguese restaurant$$Chiado

A beer hall opened in 1836 in the former Trinity convent, with nineteenth-century tile panels, steaks, seafood and petiscos served late into the night.

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4. Gambrinus

Classic Portuguese and seafood restaurant$$$$Restauradores

Serving since 1936 on Rua das Portas de Santo Antão, Gambrinus is a formal, old-school restaurant known for seafood, partridge pie and classic desserts.

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5. Bairro do Avillez

Portuguese tavern and seafood restaurant$$$Chiado

José Avillez's Chiado food complex brings a tavern, the seafood-focused Páteo and other spaces together under one roof on Rua Nova da Trindade.

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6. Solar dos Presuntos

Minho regional cooking and seafood$$$Restauradores

A family-run restaurant opened in 1974 by Evaristo Cardoso from Monção, known for Minho-style cooking, cured hams and seafood.

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7. Tasca da Esquina

Modern Portuguese petiscos$$$Campo de Ourique

Chef Vítor Sobral's corner restaurant in Campo de Ourique serves modern Portuguese sharing plates inspired by family recipes and Lusophone flavours.

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8. Café de São Bento

Steak house$$$São Bento

Open since 1982 near the Portuguese parliament, Café de São Bento is a late-night steak house famous for its Bife à Café de São Bento.

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9. Casa do Alentejo

Alentejo regional cooking$$Restauradores

The Alentejo regional association's restaurant, in a seventeenth-century palace with an eclectic courtyard and tiled dining rooms, serves southern Portuguese dishes.

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10. Faz Frio

Traditional Portuguese tavern$$Príncipe Real

One of Lisbon's oldest restaurants, on Rua Dom Pedro V, with private wooden booths, serving salt cod, steaks, bread soups and seafood paella.

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