This industrial-style dining room specializes in updated Portuguese comfort dishes. Order the hearty caldo verde (potato and kale soup), followed by the grilled sea bass with crab rice.
Locals love this 34-year-old Portuguese standby, in the arcade of a 17th-century convent in Lapa. The appetizers (try the fluffy scrambled eggs mixed with wild mushrooms) are meals unto themselves.
A go-to restaurant in Bairro Alto. Try the classic pataniscas de bacalhau (cod fritters) with red beans and rice.
At this low-key restaurant in Cais do Sodré, an old lady cooks delicious regional dishes. Order the cozido portuguesa, a meat-and-vegetable stew served with rice.
