As Bifanas do Afonso ★ 4.5
As Bifanas do Afonso on Lisbon's Rua da Madalena: bifanas at 2.50 euros, stand-up counter, beer in a sleeve, no chairs, lunch in five minutes flat.
Try: Bifana, marinated pork sandwich
Eat well in Lisbon for under €15 a plate: the places locals on a budget actually use.
Cheap eats worth seeking out
O Trevo ★ 4.4
O Trevo on Lisbon's Praca Luis de Camoes: 2.80-euro bifanas with cheese, a stand-up beer with each, the local consensus for cheap Lisbon eats.
Try: Bifana with cheese
Ze dos Cornos ★ 4.5
Ze dos Cornos in Lisbon's Mouraria: a tile-walled tasca on Beco dos Surradores, charcoal-grilled pork ribs for 12 euros, cash only, no bookings.
Try: Garlic pork ribs and rice
Casa Portuguesa do Pastel de Bacalhau ★ 3.6
Casa Portuguesa on Lisbon's Rua Augusta: a 4-euro cod cake stuffed with melted Serra da Estrela, paired with a glass of port, snack-sized on a wood plate.
Try: Pastel de bacalhau with Serra cheese
Taste of Pakistan ★ 4.2
Taste of Pakistan on Lisbon's Rua do Benformoso: a halal Pakistani curry house in Little Bangladesh, chicken karahi with rice for 10 euros, generous plate.
Try: Chicken karahi with rice
Manteigaria ★ 4.7
Manteigaria on Lisbon's Rua do Loreto: pastel de nata at 1.50 euros, baked every 20 minutes, eaten at the marble counter with a bica espresso.
Try: Pastel de nata at the counter
Casa do Alentejo prato do dia ★ 4.1
Casa do Alentejo in Lisbon's Restauradores: the daily prato do dia at 12 to 16 euros, served in a 17th-century palace patio, surprising value lunch.
Try: Daily Alentejano plate
Sol e Pesca conservas ★ 4.4
Sol e Pesca on Lisbon's pink street: tinned-fish boards from 6 to 10 euros, walls stacked with conservas, beer in a sleeve, outdoor seating until 02:00.
Try: Tinned fish on bread with butter
Bonjardim ★ 4.4
Bonjardim down an alley off Praca dos Restauradores, the rei dos frangos, spit-roasted chicken with piri-piri sauce since 1950. At Travessa de Santo Antao 11.
Try: Half piri-piri chicken with fries
A Merendinha do Arco ★ 4.1
A Merendinha do Arco in Lisbon's Baixa: a no-fuss workers' lunch room serving bitoques and a daily prato do dia under twelve euros, lunch only, Mon-Fri.
Try: Bitoque, the workers' lunch
Tasca do Jaime ★ 4.3
Tasca do Jaime in Lisbon's Graca: a tiled lunch tasca with daily-blackboard mains under thirteen euros, iscas com elas, pataniscas, cash only, no bookings.
Try: Daily blackboard, iscas com elas
Pateo 13 ★ 4.3
Pateo 13 in Lisbon's Alfama: a courtyard grill where sardines, chicken or sausage with rice run under fifteen euros, picnic tables, summer queues.
Try: Charcoal-grilled sardines or chicken with rice
Casa Portuguesa do Pastel Budget ★ 3.6
Casa Portuguesa do Pastel de Bacalhau on Rua Augusta in Lisbon: pastel de bacalhau at four euros each, eaten standing with a glass of port, a snack classic.
Try: Pastel de bacalhau with Serra cheese
Petisco Saloio ★ 4.4
Petisco Saloio in Lisbon's Campo Pequeno, fixed three-option lunch menus at fifteen euros include drink and coffee. At Avenida Barbosa du Bocage 38.
Try: Fixed lunch menus and petiscos
Casa das Bifanas ★ 4.2
Casa das Bifanas in Lisbon's Baixa: a long counter on Praca Dom Joao da Camara, bifanas at three euros with sharp mustard and a Sagres in a sleeve glass.
Try: Bifana with sharp mustard, 3 euros