Portuguese with live fado€€€alfama
Clube de Fado in Lisbon's Alfama: a 17th-century house turned fado dining room founded by Mario Pacheco, traditional Portuguese cooking with nightly sets.
Signature: Bacalhau Clube, Black pork Alentejano, Polvo a lagareiro
Order: The bacalhau Clube and a Douro tinto, fado sets at 21:30 and 23:00.
Vegetarian Portuguese€€mouraria
The Food Temple in Lisbon's Mouraria: a tiny vegetarian set-menu room on Beco do Jasmim, four daily-changing courses, twelve seats, a tucked-away yard.
Signature: Daily-changing vegetarian set menu
Order: Whatever's on the four-course set menu that night.
Modern Portuguese tasting€€€€Estrela
Loco in Lisbon's Estrela: Alexandre Silva's one-Michelin-star kitchen serving a single 16-course surprise tasting, open kitchen, micro-seasonal, zero-waste.
Signature: Sixteen-course surprise tasting
Order: The 16-course surprise tasting, the only menu offered.
Seafood€€€Intendente
Cervejaria Ramiro in Lisbon: a 1950s seafood hall on Avenida Almirante Reis where goose barnacles, tiger prawns and clams come straight off the boat.
Signature: Goose barnacles, Tiger prawns, Steak sandwich
Order: Ameijoas a Bulhao Pato then a prego no pao to close.
Modern Portuguese€€€€bairro-alto
100 Maneiras in Lisbon's Bairro Alto: a ten-course nightly tasting on Rua do Teixeira, the Bosnian-Portuguese menu Ljubomir Stanisic built between 2009.
Signature: Tasting menu
Order: Whichever ten-course tasting menu the kitchen is running this season.
Modern Portuguese€€€chiado
Bairro do Avillez in Chiado, Lisbon: Jose Avillez's 1000 sqm complex housing the Taberna, Pateo, Mini Bar and Pizzaria Lisboa under one roof.
Signature: Octopus a lagareiro, Bairro suckling pig
Order: The Taberna's exploding olives and a glass of Esporao branco.