Thin slices of pork marinated in garlic, white wine and paprika, seared on the plancha and stuffed into a soft Portuguese papo seco roll, mustard optional.
The bifana grew up in Vendas Novas in the Alentejo in the early 20th century as roadside fuel for Lisbon-to-Madrid hauliers, the pork tenderloin marinated in garlic, paprika and white wine and griddled to order. It moved into the city after the 1960s as the canonical 2.50-euro working lunch, and O Trevo on Camoes has been most-cited since the 1990s as the textbook Lisbon version on a soft papo-seco bun with yellow mustard.
3 editor picks for Bifana in Lisbon, ranked by editorial score. All Lisbon signature dishes · Bifana across every city.
As Bifanas do Afonso ★ 4.5
Baixa · Rua da Madalena 146, 1100-322 Lisboa
As Bifanas do Afonso in Lisbon's Baixa: a stand-up counter on Rua da Madalena famed for one thing, the bifana, garlic-paprika pork in soft bread.
O Trevo ★ 4.4
chiado · Praca Luis de Camoes 48, 1200-243 Lisboa
O Trevo on Lisbon's Praca Luis de Camoes: the local consensus pick for bifanas at 2.50 euros, served with a beer at a stand-up counter, fast service.
Casa das Bifanas ★ 4.2
Baixa · Praca Dom Joao da Camara 4, 1100-198 Lisboa
Casa das Bifanas in Lisbon's Baixa: a long counter on Praca Dom Joao da Camara, bifanas with sharp Portuguese mustard and a Sagres in a sleeve glass.