Nicolau Lisboa is a cafe in Baixa, Lisbon.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 2h 30m
Explore Lisbon's historic streets on a food walk. Taste piri-piri chicken, bifana, ginjinha, and pastel de nata, with full vegetarian and private options available.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Experience the best of Portuguese cuisine on our award-winning Lisbon Food Tour through Baixa, with cultural stops, drinks, and 8 tastings of authentic petiscos, stree...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Treat your taste buds to the flavours of the Baixa district on an award-winning food tour of taverns, street food spots, and family-run eateries. Savor 8 tastings, 4 d...
Address: Rua de Sao Nicolau 17, 1100-547 Lisboa, Lisbon
Cafe Nicola on Lisbon's Rossio square: a literary cafe since 1929 where Bocage drank, marble interior, bifana at the counter and a busy terrace by lunch.
DrinkBica and bifana at the Rossio counter
Martinho da Arcada on Lisbon's Praca do Comercio: the city's oldest cafe still operating, founded 1782, with Fernando Pessoa's reserved table still in place.
DrinkBica beside Pessoa's regular table
Parioca Cafe in Alcantara, near LX Factory: a French-Brazilian specialty-coffee room with V60 brews, carrot cake and a sunny terrace for laptops.
DrinkV60 filter brew with homemade carrot cake
The Mill in Santos, Lisbon: an Australian-owned all-day cafe on Rua do Poco dos Negros, flat whites, Vegemite toasts, one of the city's first brunches.
DrinkFlat white and Vegemite toast
Cafe Nicola on Lisbon's Rossio square: a literary cafe since 1929 where Bocage drank, marble interior, bifana at the counter and a busy terrace by lunch.
DrinkBica and bifana at the Rossio counter
Martinho da Arcada on Lisbon's Praca do Comercio: the city's oldest cafe still operating, founded 1782, with Fernando Pessoa's reserved table still in place.
DrinkBica beside Pessoa's regular table
Pastelaria Benard on Rua Garrett, Chiado: a Lisbon institution since 1868, croissants from a secret recipe and pavement tables on Lisbon's busiest street.
DrinkHot croissant from a secret 1868 recipe with a bica
Buenos Aires Cafe in Bairro Alto, Lisbon: an Argentinian-Portuguese sidewalk cafe on Calcada do Duque, cortados, medialunas and a Castelo de Sao Jorge view.
DrinkCortado and medialuna
