Pavilhao Chines ★ 4.4
Pavilhao Chines in Lisbon's Principe Real: a 1901 grocery turned curio bar, five rooms packed with vintage uniforms, dolls and chandeliers, ring the bell.
Signature drink: Old fashioned in a leather-bound room
Food: Snacks
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Cinco Lounge ★ 4.4
Cinco Lounge in Lisbon's Principe Real: a small cocktail room run by a British bartender, a hundred-deep cocktail menu, open 21:00-02:00 daily.
Signature drink: Bespoke cocktails from a list of over 100
Food: Snacks
O Bom, O Mau e O Vilao ★ 4.4
O Bom, O Mau e O Vilao in Cais do Sodre, Lisbon: a velvet-armchair cocktail and ginjinha bar named for the spaghetti western, open late seven nights.
Signature drink: Ginjinha or a Negroni in a 1960s spaghetti-western room
Food: Snacks
Park ★ 4.4
Park in Lisbon's Bairro Alto: a rooftop bar on top of a Calcada do Combro car park with a river view, DJs at sunset, queues from 18:00 in summer.
Signature drink: Aperol spritz with a river view
Food: Snacks
A Ginjinha ★ 4.3
A Ginjinha in Lisbon's Baixa: a hole-in-the-wall on Largo de Sao Domingos, sour-cherry liqueur served standing for 1.50 euros, open since 1840.
Signature drink: Ginjinha sour cherry liqueur, served standing
Food: None
Red Frog Speakeasy ★ 4.6
Red Frog in Lisbon's Avenida da Liberdade: a doorbell-and-password speakeasy, on the World's 50 Best Bars list, all-night sours and old fashioneds.
Signature drink: Bespoke whisky sour, after the doorbell
Food: Snacks
TOPO Chiado ★ 4.3
TOPO Chiado in Lisbon: a rooftop on top of the Terracos do Carmo car park, gin and tonic with a head-on view of Castelo de Sao Jorge across the valley.
Signature drink: Gin tonic with Castelo de Sao Jorge view
Food: Small plates and shareables
Pensao Amor ★ 4.3
Pensao Amor in Cais do Sodre, Lisbon: a former brothel turned multi-room cabaret bar, burlesque on weekends, espresso martinis at the gilded counter.
Signature drink: Espresso martini and burlesque
Food: Snacks
Toca da Raposa ★ 4.7
Toca da Raposa in Lisbon's Principe Real: Constanca Cordeiro's 30-seat fox-themed bar, Portuguese spirits and honey-olive-oil drinks from local farms.
Signature drink: Cocktails built around Portuguese ingredients, honey and olive oil
Food: Snacks
Foxtrot ★ 4.3
Foxtrot in Lisbon's Principe Real: a 1980s art-deco cellar bar with gigantic mirrors and lacquered tables, classic cocktails and a 40-year reputation.
Signature drink: Old fashioned in an art-deco basement
Food: Snacks
Sky Bar Tivoli ★ 4.2
Sky Bar Tivoli on Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon: the rooftop above the Tivoli hotel, panoramic city view, DJ sets and a poolside cocktail menu in summer.
Signature drink: Sky bar martini, with Avenida da Liberdade below
Food: Snacks
TOPO Martim Moniz ★ 4.2
TOPO Martim Moniz in Lisbon's Mouraria: a rooftop above the shopping centre with a Castelo de Sao Jorge view, longstanding DJ programming, busy in summer.
Signature drink: Caipirinha with Castelo de Sao Jorge across the valley
Food: Small plates and shareables
Memmo Alfama Terrace ★ 4.2
Memmo Alfama Terrace in Lisbon's Alfama: a hotel rooftop on Travessa das Merceeiras with a Tagus view, deep Portuguese wine list and an evening DJ slot.
Signature drink: Vinho verde over the river
Food: Small plates
Outro Lado ★ 4.4
Outro Lado in Lisbon's Alfama: a craft-beer bar near Casa dos Bicos, twenty rotating Portuguese taps and a long fridge of bottles, the brewery-district scout.
Signature drink: Twenty Portuguese craft taps
Food: Snacks
Ginjinha Rubi ★ 4.1
Ginjinha Rubi on Largo de Sao Domingos in Lisbon: a stand-up sour-cherry-liqueur counter steps from A Ginjinha, family-run since the 1950s, no seats, no menu.
Signature drink: Ginjinha shot with three cherries
Food: None
The Couvert ★ 4.4
The Couvert in Bairro Alto, Lisbon: a 14-seat cocktail room on Rua das Salgadeiras blending Portuguese-pantry drinks and modern bartending, no walk-ins.
Signature drink: Couvert-de-Lisboa, gin, fennel, lemon, salt
Food: Snacks
Procopio ★ 4.4
Procopio in Lisbon's Principe Real: a wood-panelled 1972 bar listed as a Lisbon heritage venue, classic cocktails and a writers' regulars' room.
Signature drink: Whisky soda in a wood-panelled 1972 room
Food: Snacks
Delfina Bar ★ 4.2
Delfina Bar in Lisbon's Saldanha: the cocktail room of the AlmaLusa boutique hotel, champagne and Portuguese-spirit drinks in a 1940s wood-panelled lounge.
Signature drink: Champagne cocktails in an Alvalade boutique hotel
Food: Tapas
Trobadores ★ 4.0
Trobadores in Lisbon's Baixa: a medieval-themed stone-walled bar pouring mead and Portuguese spirits in pewter cups, a long-running curiosity for late nights.
Signature drink: Mead in a stone-walled cellar
Food: Cheese and charcuterie boards