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
Casa Portuguesa do Pastel de Bacalhau is a portuguese budget eat in Baixa, Lisbon.
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.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Rua Augusta 106, 1100-053 Lisboa, Lisbon
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
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 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 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 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 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 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