Cafe Nicola ★ 4.0
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.
Signature drink: Bica and bifana at the Rossio counter
Nicolau Lisboa is a cafe in Baixa, Lisbon.
Nicolau in Lisbon's Baixa: an all-day brunch counter on Rua de Sao Nicolau, sweet and savoury pancakes, acai bowls and the original of a family of three.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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.
Signature drink: Bica 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.
Signature drink: Bica 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.
Signature drink: V60 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.
Signature drink: Flat 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.
Signature drink: Bica 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.
Signature drink: Bica 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.
Signature drink: Hot 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.
Signature drink: Cortado and medialuna