Lisbon Food and Drink Guide

Guide to the Best Food and Drink in Lisbon Portugal

As is the case in most of Portugal, Lisbon has an excellent food and drink scene, with eating out a large part of the local life and culture.

Lisbon is famed for its seafood and doe an amazing job of combining traditional Portuguese dishes with a modern twist – one of the major reasons I fell in love with the city.

The following guides will help you find some of the top places to eat and drink in Lisbon, to compliment all the busy sight-seeing you’ll be doing.

Guided Food Tours in Lisbon

For all of you foodies who are looking to try the best food in Lisbon, a guided food tour is highly recommended.

When travelling abroad it can often be the case that eating out and trying ‘local’ foods can be difficult for tourists and slightly overwhelming. Most of the best places aren’t overly ‘tourist friendly’ and understanding the language, menus and culture can be difficult.

A guided food tour means you taken around Lisbon by a local guide, who knows the language and knows the best places.

The tours look after everything for you – they have reserved places to sit in busy restaurants, they pick the dishes (with an explanation non the history), and they hand the ordering/language barrier.

This makes for a much more comfortable experience, and when I’m on a food tour I often find my self trying things I would never order myself or just didn’t know existed.

So if you’re only in Lisbon a few days try a guided food tour – you won’t be disappointed!

Breakfast and Brunch in Lisbon

Breakfast (pequeno almoço in Portuguese) is one of my favourite meals to have in Lisbon. Lisbon boasts a huge range of breakfast and brunch bars, from the traditional Portuguese cafes to more modern brunch restaurants.

Have a look at our breakfast guides in Lisbon and find out the best place to get coffee and paste de nata’s. You’ll need a big breakfast to set yourself up for a for a day of exploring all the attractions Lisbon has to offer!

Drinks in Lisbon

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