Pap'Acorda is a modern portuguese restaurant in Cais Do Sodre, Lisbon.
Pap'Acorda in Cais do Sodre, Lisbon: a Bairro Alto classic reborn at Mercado da Ribeira, still cooking Manuela Brandao's signature seafood acorda.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Acorda de marisco, Chocolate mousse
Must order: Acorda de marisco, the bread-and-shellfish stew that named the room.
Address: Avenida 24 de Julho 49, Mercado da Ribeira, 1200-479 Lisboa, Lisbon
Ze dos Cornos in Lisbon's Mouraria: a tile-walled tasca on Beco dos Surradores, charcoal-grilled pork ribs at 12 euros, cash only, no bookings.
Signature: Garlic pork ribs, Pataniscas de bacalhau
Order: Charcoal-grilled pork ribs with rice and beans.
Damas in Lisbon's Graca: a bakery-bar-bistro hybrid on Rua da Voz do Operario, modern Portuguese plates by day, live music and natural wine by night.
Signature: Daily specials, Natural wines
Order: Whatever the chef wrote on the blackboard plus a glass of natural pet-nat.
Cervejaria Trindade in Chiado, Lisbon: an 1836 beer hall in the old Trinitarian convent, blue azulejos walls, prawns, steaks and Sagres on tap.
Signature: Steak Trindade, Tiger prawns
Order: Steak Trindade in beer sauce and a Sagres on tap.
Henrique Sa Pessoa's new two-Michelin-star Lisbon room at Pateo Bagatela in Rato, opened February 2026 after closing Alma, three rotating tasting menus.
Signature: Bacalhau confit, Iberian pork from the Alentejo
Order: Either the seafood-focused 9-course tasting or the signatures menu.
Taberna da Esperanca in Lisbon's Madragoa: a tiny blackboard-menu petiscos room cooking bacalhau a Bras, rojoes and chicken livers, Dao wines.
Signature: Bacalhau a Bras, Rojoes, Chestnut and duck pate
Order: Rojoes with rice and homemade fried potatoes, plus a glass of Dao.
Casa de Linhares in Lisbon's Alfama: a 16th-century palace turned fado-and-dinner room, bacalhau and suckling pig with two fado sets at 21:00 and 23:00.
Signature: Bacalhau, Suckling pig, Octopus a lagareiro
Order: The bacalhau and pig combo with the late fado set.
