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

1905 Chiado coffeehouse, Pessoa's old terrace

Art Deco Rossio café with a literary past since 1929

Mouraria's 35-year Mozambican kitchen

The Anjos seafood institution since the 1950s

1947 beer-hall marisqueira for shellfish straight from the tank

Neighbourhood tasca for fried cuttlefish and petiscos

Italian-grandmother cooking in a former Beato video shop

Ground-zero natural-wine deli, cellar and bar

Specialty coffee and real-food brunch in a former pharmacy

Lisbon's oldest pastry house, family-run since 1829

Family tinned-fish house unchanged since 1930

Community kitchen where the neighbourhood cooks together

The brewery that started Lisbon's Beer District

Sleek Marvila brewpub with a view of the silos

Plant-forward brunch and specialty coffee in Anjos

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

Wood-panelled seafood institution running since 1936

Stone-milled Portuguese-grain bread from Alcantara

Former drugstore turned slow-food wine bar

In-house-roasted specialty coffee and magazines in Bica

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

The world's oldest operating bookshop, on Rua Garrett since 1773

Naturally-leavened pizza, Basque cheesecake and natural wine

Riverfront museum of art, architecture and technology

The pastel de nata, made to order behind glass

The cult pastel de nata, freshly gonged, minus the Belém queue

Lisbon's oldest restaurant, Pessoa's café since 1782

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

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

Slow-fermented artisan bakery from Vitor Sobral & Mário Rolando

1943 pastelaria, repeat 'best pastel de nata' winner

Destination natural-wine bar and shop by Jardim da Estrela

Austrian-owned all-day cafe with cake, books and worn sofas

Globe-trotting small plates and an all-natural drinks 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

Sourdough, pastry and specialty coffee at 8 Marvila

1933 grand hotel anchoring the avenue's luxury axis

Lisbon's flagship urban-contemporary art platform

Restored 18th-century palace above the Bica miradouro

Charcoal ribs and communal benches in a Mouraria alley