Mekane in Lisbon

Belgian-Portuguese dining in a 17th-century convent cloister

Candlelit Italo-Portuguese small plates with a tight natural list

Chef Hugo Brito's deconstructed Portugal in a former Alfama butcher shop

1947 beer-hall marisqueira for shellfish straight from the tank

Community kitchen where the neighbourhood cooks together

Old bakery turned restaurant, bar and concert room

Sleek Marvila brewpub with a view of the silos

Mid-century landmark hotel above the park with a serious dining stable

Long-running hidden cocktail bar in a Belle Epoque room

Wood-panelled seafood institution running since 1936

In-house-roasted specialty coffee and magazines in Bica

Low-lit cocktail and oyster bar themed around the printed word

Grand brasserie of altitude inside a centenary Avenida theatre

Brazilian-accented wine bar and petiscos in a leafy Principe Real corner

Eight-seat kaiseki counter from Paulo Morais

Adults-only design hotel with the best terrace over Alfama's rooftops

Multi-room live-music cocktail bar off the Pink Street strip

Globe-trotting small plates and an all-natural drinks list

Bell-and-frog speakeasy on the World's 50 Best Bars list

The original Cais do Sodre conservas bar

Fifteen-room townhouse hotel with a garden-fed kitchen

Henrique Sa Pessoa's tapas-and-petiscos vermouth bar

Vitor Sobral's reinvented corner tavern

Palace-turned-suites hotel atop Bairro Alto

1933 grand hotel anchoring the avenue's luxury axis

Restored 18th-century palace above the Bica miradouro