name: Hokkaido
type place: japanese restaurant. An all you can eat type place but read on it is special
location: rua saraiva de carvalho n° 184/4, 1250-242 lisboa tel: 21 3968127 open every day
price idea: less than 20 €
Very good sushi and teppan-yaki (food cooked on hot plate) self service restaurant in buffet form. The teppan-yaki is prepared in front of you. The sushi and sashimi arrives constantly. Also some fried vegetables, shrimp and chicken (tempura) A little cheaper for lunch than for dinner but always a good deal. We like it a lot and been there several times. This restaurant is better qualitiy than the food on a belt place that we visited and talked about before. Finding a parking space can be a little more difficult. Also take away if you want to eat sushi a little more private :). We have a preference for the Samurai restaurants were they serve at the table from a menu as many dishes as you can eat for about the same price. Then you always receive the hot dishes hot and the sushi and sashimi at the minute fresh.
Strange this restaurant does not show up in the yellow pages nor on the net.
mmm: ***
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Alpendre arriolos (evora 120 km from lisboa)
name: o Alpendre
type place: restaurante tipico portugues
location: Bairro Serpa Pinto 22, Arraiolos 7040-014 ARRAIOLOS
tel: 266 419 024
price idea: 20+
info: Far from lisbon but a tip for a trip to evora... this is a really tipical portuguese or even alentejo restaurant. They serve appetisers about 12 different ones that makes half of you meal. They are very good so try them. After that we shared main dishes one per two persons and only two of our party of four still could manage a desert ! Also the deserts look and what i have been told taste incredible. The whole range of tipical portuguese deserts are on display and even some i never seen. The entrance looks nothing special but once inside is a cosy atmosphere and portuguese food at its best.
mmm: ****
type place: restaurante tipico portugues
location: Bairro Serpa Pinto 22, Arraiolos 7040-014 ARRAIOLOS
tel: 266 419 024
price idea: 20+
info: Far from lisbon but a tip for a trip to evora... this is a really tipical portuguese or even alentejo restaurant. They serve appetisers about 12 different ones that makes half of you meal. They are very good so try them. After that we shared main dishes one per two persons and only two of our party of four still could manage a desert ! Also the deserts look and what i have been told taste incredible. The whole range of tipical portuguese deserts are on display and even some i never seen. The entrance looks nothing special but once inside is a cosy atmosphere and portuguese food at its best.
mmm: ****
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Herdade de esporao, reguengos (180 km from lisbon)
name: restaurante do herdade de esporao
type place: upmarket restaurant in a unique setting
Herdade de Esporao, Reguengos de Monseraz +/-180 km from lisbon !!!!
more info: http://www.esporao.com/Pages/index.aspx
price idea: +50, yes expensive but worth it!
info: This restaurant is part of the vineyards of esporao one of the famous internationally known wines from portugal. Nice place for a day out. You can combine a visit to the caves and the museum and the historical tower with a lunch or dinner in the restaurant. The food is delicuous but some mistakes that are strange for such a quality stylish place. The different dishes for our table came with 5 minute intervals ... bad... and diferent dishes come with exactly the same garnish... 2 disturbing mistakes in a otherwise superb restaurant. The food is very good. I wish i could talk to the chef so he could work on the presentation... it would be a definately five star place. But forget about my bitching go there and enjoy the visit of the vineyard, the caves and the restaurant, you will love it. And the wines, my favourite is the single cast syrah but off course the reservas and private reservas are excelent !
mmm: ****
type place: upmarket restaurant in a unique setting
Herdade de Esporao, Reguengos de Monseraz +/-180 km from lisbon !!!!
more info: http://www.esporao.com/Pages/index.aspx
price idea: +50, yes expensive but worth it!
info: This restaurant is part of the vineyards of esporao one of the famous internationally known wines from portugal. Nice place for a day out. You can combine a visit to the caves and the museum and the historical tower with a lunch or dinner in the restaurant. The food is delicuous but some mistakes that are strange for such a quality stylish place. The different dishes for our table came with 5 minute intervals ... bad... and diferent dishes come with exactly the same garnish... 2 disturbing mistakes in a otherwise superb restaurant. The food is very good. I wish i could talk to the chef so he could work on the presentation... it would be a definately five star place. But forget about my bitching go there and enjoy the visit of the vineyard, the caves and the restaurant, you will love it. And the wines, my favourite is the single cast syrah but off course the reservas and private reservas are excelent !
mmm: ****
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Espaço dos sentidos (oeiras) centro CLOSED !!
name: O Espaço dos sentidos oeiras RESTAURANT CLOSED !!!!
tupe place: portuguese new style restaurant
location: Rua Cândido dos Reis, 123 - Oeiras 2780-214
tel: 91 8194380
price idea: 15+
info: This restaurant sticks out... it is rather small but differently decorated that the others. Something new in the very traditional restaurant world in Portugal. Prices are very acceptable service is very friendly (seems to be son serving and mother cooking), and they both do a very good job. I liked the bacalhau and the stuffed chicken is very good too. Give them a try it is fun no frlll no pretention place hidden away behind the camara municipal (town hall) of historical oeiras.
mmm: **
tupe place: portuguese new style restaurant
location: Rua Cândido dos Reis, 123 - Oeiras 2780-214
tel: 91 8194380
price idea: 15+
info: This restaurant sticks out... it is rather small but differently decorated that the others. Something new in the very traditional restaurant world in Portugal. Prices are very acceptable service is very friendly (seems to be son serving and mother cooking), and they both do a very good job. I liked the bacalhau and the stuffed chicken is very good too. Give them a try it is fun no frlll no pretention place hidden away behind the camara municipal (town hall) of historical oeiras.
mmm: **
Valentino (lisboa) restauradores
name: Valentino
type place: ver large italian restaurant
location: rua jardim do regado, 37
tel: 21 346 1727
price idea: +18
info: Good italian restaurant. I am not the biggest fan of italian restaurants. It is just not my favorite but somtimes we have to please our friends or loved ones and go to a place they like. They have a very extensive list of dishes, pizzas, pastas, meats and fish. A restaurant in the center of the city that is always open and you feel like italian in lisbon give them a try.
mmm: **
type place: ver large italian restaurant
location: rua jardim do regado, 37
tel: 21 346 1727
price idea: +18
info: Good italian restaurant. I am not the biggest fan of italian restaurants. It is just not my favorite but somtimes we have to please our friends or loved ones and go to a place they like. They have a very extensive list of dishes, pizzas, pastas, meats and fish. A restaurant in the center of the city that is always open and you feel like italian in lisbon give them a try.
mmm: **
Monday, March 31, 2008
Saisa (oeiras) praia st amaro
name: restaurante Saisa
type place: old style chique portuguese restaurant
location: avenida marginal, praia de santo amaro, Oeiras
tel: 214 430634
price idea: 30+
info: Good restaurant. Closed on mondays
Saisa is a restaurant going back for a lot of years, everything seems a little dated including the waiters. More negative things i cannot say. The food was good very classical but the santaola (crab) was soooo good. They have fresh grilled fish and some portuguese en spanish specialities. the view is very nice. It is a good restaurant to go for a business dinner, something with older family members but it is not stylish, trendy, in at all. But i think these places have to exist too. At least they seem always quite busy.
mmm: **
type place: old style chique portuguese restaurant
location: avenida marginal, praia de santo amaro, Oeiras
tel: 214 430634
price idea: 30+
info: Good restaurant. Closed on mondays
Saisa is a restaurant going back for a lot of years, everything seems a little dated including the waiters. More negative things i cannot say. The food was good very classical but the santaola (crab) was soooo good. They have fresh grilled fish and some portuguese en spanish specialities. the view is very nice. It is a good restaurant to go for a business dinner, something with older family members but it is not stylish, trendy, in at all. But i think these places have to exist too. At least they seem always quite busy.
mmm: **
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Chiku (lisbon)
name: Chiku
type place: japanese restaurant all you can eat food on a belt
location: rua do loreto 21 close to praça camoes, between chiado and bairro alto lisboa
tel: 21 3425998 960009988
price idea: less than 10 € Fun Japanese all you can eat -the food passes you by on a roling carpet- restaurant very reasonalby priced , price quality very good... cheaper for lunch than for dinner but always a good deal.. good for a nice 'big' meal not for a romantic dinner it is a copy of the post for the japanese restaurant in cascais but they are very similar... only the hot items are warmer in cascais then in lisbon.
http://chiku-lisboa.com/
mmm: *
type place: japanese restaurant all you can eat food on a belt
location: rua do loreto 21 close to praça camoes, between chiado and bairro alto lisboa
tel: 21 3425998 960009988
price idea: less than 10 € Fun Japanese all you can eat -the food passes you by on a roling carpet- restaurant very reasonalby priced , price quality very good... cheaper for lunch than for dinner but always a good deal.. good for a nice 'big' meal not for a romantic dinner it is a copy of the post for the japanese restaurant in cascais but they are very similar... only the hot items are warmer in cascais then in lisbon.
http://chiku-lisboa.com/
mmm: *
Monday, December 03, 2007
Pereira (cascais centro)
name: Restaurante Pereira
type place: local portuguese restaurant
location: travessa da bela vista 44 , 2775-304 Cascais
tel: 214 831215
price idea: less than 20
info: Good local restaurant. Closed on thursdays The restaurant got his name and an article in a famous magazine 'sabado' with the 100 best restaurants in Portugal under the section "popular". Then you go with hig expectations. Those expectations were not fully met. The food was good, service friendly (but no smile from the 'donna' ), but for cascais the prices are very reasonable... go for it deserves your visit.
they have a nice site for more info http://www.geocities.com/restaurante_pereira/
mmm: ***
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Chaleira (carcavelos junquero)
name: A Chaleira
location: Praça Junqueiro, 12 A - Carcavelos
Tel. 214 575 416
price idea: less than 15
closed on mondays
info: Something special not really a restaurant but a tea house... Very good for a lanch (high tea) or a light meal... the have a wide selection of teas but also coffee and hot chocolate. The various homemade cakes and scones are famous. They also have a light menu of sandwiches, salads, quiches and other pastries. Go and indulge it is fabulous
mmm: ****
location: Praça Junqueiro, 12 A - Carcavelos
Tel. 214 575 416
price idea: less than 15
closed on mondays
info: Something special not really a restaurant but a tea house... Very good for a lanch (high tea) or a light meal... the have a wide selection of teas but also coffee and hot chocolate. The various homemade cakes and scones are famous. They also have a light menu of sandwiches, salads, quiches and other pastries. Go and indulge it is fabulous
mmm: ****
Hua Li (carcavelos rebelva)
name: Hua Li
Type place: Chinese restaurant and take away
location: Rua da Santarem, 69A Rebelva Carcavelos
tel: 214570142
price idea: less than 15 €
info: . Good restaurant. I like asian food and therefor i am maybe a little too critical. But the springrolls (crepe chines) could be better... The hot and sour soup is pretty good and the familia feliz was very nice. They have a very inexpensive lunch menu (crepe and main for less than 5 euros) this restaurant does not have the sushi kita kita has (competition close by but it is nicer place to sit than the tika tika. I think i prefer this one but very close !
mmm: ***
Type place: Chinese restaurant and take away
location: Rua da Santarem, 69A Rebelva Carcavelos
tel: 214570142
price idea: less than 15 €
info: . Good restaurant. I like asian food and therefor i am maybe a little too critical. But the springrolls (crepe chines) could be better... The hot and sour soup is pretty good and the familia feliz was very nice. They have a very inexpensive lunch menu (crepe and main for less than 5 euros) this restaurant does not have the sushi kita kita has (competition close by but it is nicer place to sit than the tika tika. I think i prefer this one but very close !
mmm: ***
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Pica peixe (tires)
name: pica peixe
type place: portuguese fish and shellfish restaurant location: rua dos canteiros 209, Tires
Tlf: +351 21 44422332
Tlf: +351 21 44422332
price idea: +20 euros (not for a lobster meal)
Info: Very good quality fish restaurant. The restaurant looks like a traditional portuguese tasca but besides the regular dishes they have an extensive choise in fish dishes and they do seafoodplatters something you see less off in portugal. Depending what you want on your plate it can be a little more pricy but not expensive for what you get. The service was good but. The place is a busy restaurant not the relaxing candelight dinner place. Try it !
http://www.pica-peixe.com/ mmm: **
Info: Very good quality fish restaurant. The restaurant looks like a traditional portuguese tasca but besides the regular dishes they have an extensive choise in fish dishes and they do seafoodplatters something you see less off in portugal. Depending what you want on your plate it can be a little more pricy but not expensive for what you get. The service was good but. The place is a busy restaurant not the relaxing candelight dinner place. Try it !
http://www.pica-peixe.com/ mmm: **
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Sombrero (carcavelos-praia)
name: O Sombrero type place: mexican restaurant
location: avenida marginal 23, carcavelos (entre os dois rotundas no marginal em carcavelos)
tel: 214577368
price idea: less than 30
info: Very good mexican food, nice decoration beautifull seaview great margeritas. What they can improve ? A better readable menu... small print almost invisible for me... The service is not so efficient but friendly. Then the portions... do not go there when you are hungry cause the quality is top but the portions are rather small... just one main dish will not be sufficient for most so look at the appetizers or deserts. But all together if you are craving for a little :) mexican food GO THERE it is good !
mmm: **
Brasa da belavista (sassoeiras)
name: A Brasa da belavista
type place: local portuguese restaurant and grill
location: rua Gonçalo Velho Cabral 90, Sassoeiras, 2775-709 Carcavelos
tel: 214564305
idea: less than 20
info: Good local restaurant. Closed on wednesdays
The restaurant is a big succes, sometimes you have to stand in line to get in. Reservation for bigger groups is a must. The restaurant started as a chicken grill i was told but is now famous for all his grilled dishes. There is a vast variety of dishes but sometimes they are out of my favourites. The whole restaurant has recently been refurbished and it looks a lot better than before. They also serve for take-away and this service seems pretty succesfull too. Try the grilled t-bone (costeleta de novilho) or the espetada saloia (large beef skewer enough for 2) or the ribs (entrecosta) also the fish is very fresh looks very good. Fish by the kilo can give you a pricier bill but if you like grilled fish go for it.
mmm: ****
type place: local portuguese restaurant and grill
location: rua Gonçalo Velho Cabral 90, Sassoeiras, 2775-709 Carcavelos
tel: 214564305
idea: less than 20
info: Good local restaurant. Closed on wednesdays
The restaurant is a big succes, sometimes you have to stand in line to get in. Reservation for bigger groups is a must. The restaurant started as a chicken grill i was told but is now famous for all his grilled dishes. There is a vast variety of dishes but sometimes they are out of my favourites. The whole restaurant has recently been refurbished and it looks a lot better than before. They also serve for take-away and this service seems pretty succesfull too. Try the grilled t-bone (costeleta de novilho) or the espetada saloia (large beef skewer enough for 2) or the ribs (entrecosta) also the fish is very fresh looks very good. Fish by the kilo can give you a pricier bill but if you like grilled fish go for it.
mmm: ****
Caracol (lisboa-bairro alto)
name: O Caracol
type place: local portuguese restaurant
location: rua barroca 14, lisboa (bairro alto)
tel: 213427094
idea: less than 20
info: Bairro alto restaurant. The menu is also available in english. The food was ok but the lack of room made it difficult for me to enjoy it abd it is a very noisy place. One of my friends tried tha pataniscas de bacalhau, a sort of cod fish cake very typical portuguese, and they were exelent. CHeck your bill before we leave we had to ask to alter a 15 euro charge for a bottle of water to 1.5 euro. ???
mmm: *
type place: local portuguese restaurant
location: rua barroca 14, lisboa (bairro alto)
tel: 213427094
idea: less than 20
info: Bairro alto restaurant. The menu is also available in english. The food was ok but the lack of room made it difficult for me to enjoy it abd it is a very noisy place. One of my friends tried tha pataniscas de bacalhau, a sort of cod fish cake very typical portuguese, and they were exelent. CHeck your bill before we leave we had to ask to alter a 15 euro charge for a bottle of water to 1.5 euro. ???
mmm: *
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Tromba rija (lisboa - santos)
name: Trombarija type place: portuguese buffet restaurant
location: Rua Cintura do Porto de Lisboa – Edifício 254, Armazém I 1200- 109 Lisboa
location: Rua Cintura do Porto de Lisboa – Edifício 254, Armazém I 1200- 109 Lisboa
Tlf: +351 213 971 507 Fax: +351 213 971 203
price idea: +/- 30 euros all included
Info: If you only have one meal to try all portuguese food this is the place to go. They have most of the portuguese tradional dishes and all appetizers and deserts you can imagine. Everything is included. I am normaly not a big fan of buffet restaurants but this one is the best i have been too. Also good for bigger groups an d parties. Try it !
http://www.trombarija.com/
mmm: ***
mmm: ***
Hong Sha Long (cascais - perto do estaçao)
name: restaurante japanese
type place: restaurant
location: cascais villa shopping across the railway station of cascais 2750 top floor at the end
tel: 214868673 price idea: less than 10 €
Fun Japanese all you can eat -the food passes you by on a roling carpet- restaurant very reasonalby priced , price quality very good...
cheaper for lunch than for dinner cheaper during the week than on the weekend but always a good deal.. good for a nice 'big' meal not for a romantic dinner
mmm: ***
type place: restaurant
location: cascais villa shopping across the railway station of cascais 2750 top floor at the end
tel: 214868673 price idea: less than 10 €
Fun Japanese all you can eat -the food passes you by on a roling carpet- restaurant very reasonalby priced , price quality very good...
cheaper for lunch than for dinner cheaper during the week than on the weekend but always a good deal.. good for a nice 'big' meal not for a romantic dinner
mmm: ***
Friday, June 29, 2007
apeadeiro (cascais centro)
name: restaurante apeadeiro
type place: restaurant
location: av. vasco da gama 252, 2750-509 Cascais
tel: 214832731 price idea: less than 20 € closed on sunday dinner and monday
Nice restaurant, price quality the best we visited so far in centre of cascais
good grilled dishes and apparantly sardines are the speciality but we went twice out the sardine season... visit cascais go here for a lunch or dinner
mmm: ***
casa da quinta (carcavelos -quinta de sao gonçalo)
name: casa da quinta
type place: restaurant and cafe
location: rua da Grécia, 2775-408 Carcavelos (close to praia de carcavelos)
tel: 214582745
price idea: less than 20 € A pleasant surprise, part of the quinta de Sao Gonçalo development. Very good food very friendly service. Modern portuguese with delicate international influences. Again a very nice surprise we had several very good meals there. The steak with gorgonzola sauce is delicious and they have a strawberry sangria that is very good (only when there is fresh strawberries)
mmm: **
type place: restaurant and cafe
location: rua da Grécia, 2775-408 Carcavelos (close to praia de carcavelos)
tel: 214582745
price idea: less than 20 € A pleasant surprise, part of the quinta de Sao Gonçalo development. Very good food very friendly service. Modern portuguese with delicate international influences. Again a very nice surprise we had several very good meals there. The steak with gorgonzola sauce is delicious and they have a strawberry sangria that is very good (only when there is fresh strawberries)
mmm: **
Monday, April 30, 2007
o solar de benfica (lisboa-benfica)
name: o solar de benfica
type place: restaurant
location: Travessa da cruxz da era 7, 1500-214 Lisboa (not far from o columbo shopping but not so easy to get too)
tel: 217649274
price idea: less than 20 €
Nice big spacy restaurant portuguese style. Large portions of good food. The eal that a friend ate was very nice, as was my tbone steak, the other dishes served on our table where beef in cream sauce, suckling pig and roasted pork leg. Tried them all and were all good :) and the service is friendly. mmm: ***
type place: restaurant
location: Travessa da cruxz da era 7, 1500-214 Lisboa (not far from o columbo shopping but not so easy to get too)
tel: 217649274
price idea: less than 20 €
Nice big spacy restaurant portuguese style. Large portions of good food. The eal that a friend ate was very nice, as was my tbone steak, the other dishes served on our table where beef in cream sauce, suckling pig and roasted pork leg. Tried them all and were all good :) and the service is friendly. mmm: ***
Thursday, April 26, 2007
movida caffe (oeiras - porto de recreio)
name: movida caffe
type place: restaurant and bar~
location: porto de recreio de oeiras or marina de oeiras (close to Nato HQ and forte de sao juliao)tel: 214437136
price idea: less than 20 € for snacks less than 10 €
Great location and good food. For me the best in the oeiras marina area. The toast (very big toasted sandwiches, salads, burgers and pitas are very good. The service is friendly and they just reopend after doubling their inside space... think this is going to inprove speed on the service (used to be slow when the outside area was full) It is good and the prices acceptable for such a nice location.
mmm: ****
type place: restaurant and bar~
location: porto de recreio de oeiras or marina de oeiras (close to Nato HQ and forte de sao juliao)tel: 214437136
price idea: less than 20 € for snacks less than 10 €
Great location and good food. For me the best in the oeiras marina area. The toast (very big toasted sandwiches, salads, burgers and pitas are very good. The service is friendly and they just reopend after doubling their inside space... think this is going to inprove speed on the service (used to be slow when the outside area was full) It is good and the prices acceptable for such a nice location.
mmm: ****
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