This is one of the rare restaurants that actually live up to their reputation. We arrived at around ten and were immediately taken care of by the very friendly staff and the great service continued all throughout the meal. The wine list is very interesting but the cocktails are a must before or during the meal. We had one of their own creations as well as a mojito and both were excellent. We suggest the potato skins to complement the drinks before the meal. The food was researched and the flavour combinations were unique. "Love story", part of the specialties, was delicious and the mushroom pasta were very tasty. A visit to this restaurant is essential for anyone visiting Lisbon who appreciates creative food and great service. It truly is an experience in itself. read more

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last meal of an amazing 9 day trip to PT left us wanting to leave about 10 minutes in to the experience... a cocky host, weird s&m like belts the staff wears and a menu with names for dishes brimming with silly names that left you embarrassed after the waitress didn't understand why you didn't know what the "tour de france" entree actually was. then came the bread, mine flavorless (and our bread all week was so good elsewhere) and the GF bread, which was more like a biscuit, they gave my wife, was as dry as sawdust. The ceviche was a good starter, the avocado grenade not so much (warm avocado anyone?), then the mains came and both were bland - one of the two prawns in my wife's dish wasn't edible and my chicken piri piri was the size of a small game bird and needed insane knife skills to get any meat off of. was the first time we skipped dessert all week as we wanted to flee as soon as we had paid. didn't get the hype and ate at just as many well reviewed places during our time in Lisboa and Porto. read more

**note this review has no reflection on the kitchen** The food was good(3.5/5). I mean the kitchen does a an excellent job of showing Portuguese cuisine. This issue is really the host. His lack of control in the dining room effects the meal. At one point a member of the staff innocently forgot to refill a glass at the table. It happens, that's life. The member of our group mentioned it to the host who said in return "This is not an open bar on our cellar sir." This was far from appropriate and tainted the meal. If there are 10 tables in a restaurant and you can't handle managing them with a bit out courtesy then perhaps this isn't the job for you. Especially if your staff is the one who made the error. Regardless he attempted to make up for it but mouthing off to guests is never ok. Again this has no reflection on the food ... but ambience is part of it so think twice before booking. read more

Very cute place. I love the decor, and the staff is all great. The menu had many options, the food was good. Was hoping there would be a more authentic Portuguese experience. But everything was still enjoyable. You should definitely come here. I really loved the dining area upstairs. read more

Fantastic dinner! We were going to go to the restaurant 100 Maneiras, but since they were fully booked, some nice guy who works there called and booked a table for us at the bistro. Not disappointed. The staff was really friendly and helpful with recommendations both for food and wine. I had the entrecôte, which was amazing, and so was the fish of the day which my friend had. For dessert we had a great creme brûlée, and not least the cheese foam with guava sorbet which just blew our minds. read more

I called to reserve a table on a Sunday and the guy took all my info and told me to come after 10:30 because they don't have anything before that. I showed up at the door at 11 and the restaurant was closes. Yes, closed. I called and another man answered me and told me the kitchen closes at 11. You can imagine how furious and disgusted I feel, not having a place to eat at on a Sunday night. I have never thought anyone would do such a cheap, degrading gesture just to pull your legs and for what? It wasn't even open. I was tempted by the reviews here but now I want to sue this s***hole. I want to pee at their door, those disgusting, low pigs. read more

Very disappointing. Bland flavors, mediocre drinks, and a complete disconnect with high price point. The disparity of one star and five star reviews leaves me wondering.. as do the s&m style leather holsters worn by wait staff. Hard to say what goes on in that kitchen, but the end recipe fails. read more

Amazing experience!! Food was excellent (ceviche and octopus) and the service was the best we had in Portugal. Will be recommending to friends! read more

The restaurant is a great place to have a romantic 10 course dinner. The service is very obliging. The sommelier should receive a star. In addition, also vegetarian are welcome. I'm vegetarian and they just modified my boyfriends 10 course meal for me to one of the best menus I've ever had. Book ahead and enjoy! read more

The tasting menu was perfectly timed and the dishes perfectly complimented each other. There are 10 plates in the tasting menu and every single one gets an A+ !!! This meal will be hard to beat! read more

Pardon my language but it should call 100 DECEPÇÃO !!! Start by the moment Pedro gave 2 options of sitting, both very ( I mean very close) to someone's table. Then right after I watched 2 other couple being offered to sit in a much better place. Didn't understand that... Then a lovely lady told us about the wine pairing and that we should wait for Pedro to tell us more about it. Meanwhile I watch him serve tables that arrived after us .... Didn't understand that either! We ( my partner and I, yes 2 girls ) felt left out and discriminated ! Pedro tried to fixed the problem pouring us 2 glass of champagne . Very nice of him! Now let's go for the FOOD! We've been in Portugal for 10 days and I'll tell you, it's delicious in every way! The reason we choose this place was the curiosity of what a chef can do with such an amazing culinary. We eat from the Alentejo to Cacela Velha in Algarve and was very, very disappointing. It tasted like process food! So if you want to spend $$$ and not eat well or even get a good service... This is your place to be, NOT MINE! read more

From the menu, both food and wine, to the service which was attentive and informative - our experience here was 5 star. Our evening with a group of 8 was made perfect in a small private room, cozy but comfortable. Our sever could not have been better. She introduced us to wonderful dishes - that were both recognizable but with a twist. Our favorites were the Tuna Tartar, Chlorophyl Risotto, baby Sardines and a version of Spanakopita (homemade by the chef's mom) that rivaled my Greek Yiayia's. For real. read more

After striking out at two or three other places on a Friday night without reservations we tried our luck here. They graciously fit us in and quickly even though it looked very full, we weren't as well dressed as other diners, and one of our party arrived 40 minutes late. Our servers reassured us sincerely and several times that there was no rush and we could take our time. Maybe this is just a Portuguese thing but it was well appreciated. The dinner was delicious and the atmosphere lovely. It appeared to be the date night place to be and many of the men were in smart jacket jeans and very well groomed! Clientele and staff alike are "beautiful people" if that matters to you. Presentation of food was a bit of performance art and we enjoyed the show. Our favorite thing was the mushroom pasta and the cheese foam dessert. We took a chance on that one and it was devoured in seconds. The food is a 4 but the service and atmosphere is a 5. read more

The food at Bistro 100 Maneiras was excellent. However the service was absolutely appalling. We waited 30 minutes at our table before anyone came to ask if we wanted water or wine. Two other tables were subsequently sat and order their dinners before anyone came to ask us if we like to hear the specials order dinner. During the meal when the waiter came to refill the wine, and I said no more for now, the other people at my table we're not asked if they wanted more wine at the time and were completely ignored. Also during the meal no one came to check to see if everything was OK with our meals.After the meal, and after we had asked for the check, we asked to speak with the manager. The manager got defensive and told us we were wrong about our comments. I would recommend everyone give this a very wide berth and eat other restaurants where there's much less attitude read more

Fabulous food, great service. Would totally eat here the next time I'm here. Great price too.

We booked this restaurant as part of our honeymoon stay in Lisbon. We arrived at the restaurant and it was very empty. The staff told us that they were seating us at their best table - because it was our honeymoon - but it certainly was not their best table. They had at least 3 open tables that had views of the river, yet they sat us in one overlooking a busy intersection. The food was ok, but certainly not worth the price. Do NOT order the avocado bomb. I actually mentioned to my wife that it was disgusting. It was a blob of salty guacamole underneath a brown avocado half covered in some sort of leaves. At it was like 15EUR. The chicken I had was good, but certainly not worth the price. This place is a bit too pretentious for its own good. It acts like it serves this life-changing food, but it is only slightly better than what I would expect from some chain restaurant. I do not recommend this restaurant as there are many better ones in Lisbon. read more

A peaceful street of the otherwise buzzing Barrio Alto and then you enter a small restaurant with a modern minimalist design and start your journey into Portugal gastro food. There is one tasting menu of 10 plates original, creative and refined ( forget boiled potatoes and grilles fish). Cod, sardines, scallop, salmon..the best of all was the suckling pig a delicacy ! The staff is efficient and the sommelier made us taste terrific portuguese wine. Efficient staff very helpful and they go out the way to please with no hidden overcharge. Very well priced and a fabulous experience. opened only for dinner everyday. read more

We decided to splurge and go here on a whim while we were visiting Lisbon. One of the best meals we have ever had. In particular, the starter with pita bread, mushroom, pancetta, and watercress was unbelievable - maybe the best starter I've ever had. Excellent service, as well! read more

We dined here on our last evening in Lisbon. The place is well decorated although quite small inside and we were seated almost immediately even though we accidentally made a mistake with the time of our reservation. The evening started out fine, we enjoyed our starter and drinks. We ordered two entrees with the intention to share which we mentioned. The main course came and the server plated one dish between the two of us but not the other, and we assumed he would return to plate the other dish given that we didn't have the right knife to carve it. We tried at least 3 times to get his attention again, and he acknowledged us twice but ignored us. This was probably within a 20 minute span so the dish had definitely gone cold. We tried carving a chicken with a butter knife and of course it didn't work....When he did arrive and we mentioned that the food was cold, he blamed it on us for ordering two things at the same time. He finally offered to heat up our already cold entree. We also had trouble getting our wine refilled and had to point it out multiple times. After that, our server seemed to ignore us and had 3 different employees come to attend to us. We noticed other diners getting prompt and attentive service so I'm not sure why we kept getting overlooked but I will say I've never had a server blame inattentive service on the way I've ordered. After all that, the food was really quite good and we had a nice conversation with other diners. I will agree with another reviewer as well, the leather harnesses that the staff wear are pretty odd. read more

Very cool spot with high end service. Would highly recommend for those in Lisbon. Definitely get to the bar before dinner to try some of the amazing cocktails. Staff is very cool and friendly as well. read more

Friendly service, but not very attentive. The young people were just too busy with themselves. Starters were served much too early, when we were still having our cocktails (and had explicitly asked the waitress to wait with the starters), and wine glasses were not refilled when needed, so we just had to do it ourselves - which was not even noticed. The food was of somewhat mixed quality; absolutely excellent starters (game pasty;smoked cheese; for main courses we had slowly cooked suckling pork, which was pretty good, not as tender as it could have been, but very nice taste, and veal sweetbread, which was not properly cleaned from its skins, which made it somewhat tough and chewy, which is quite unaccceptable. The dessert, called "Portuguese Tiramisu", certainly couldn't live up to its name, but was rather a let-down, alright for its taste, but with a consistency rather of a pretty stiff jelly. The general atmosphere in the Bistro was nicely relaxed and lively, quite pleasant indeed. - Oh yes, the cocktails we had at the beginning (just straightforward dry martinis) would probably have been alright, had the barman not let the ice melt for so long, that the whole thing came to the table in an unpleasantly watered-down state. read more

I splurged on a night here during my visit to Lisbon and it was IN-SANE. All the staff was wonderfully friendly and knowledgable, and every dish was not only extremely inventive but incredibly tasty, too. I won't bother with recommendations, because you don't get to choose, but dinner here was unforgettable. And unlike a lot of places that serve chef's menus, there was a perfect amount of food offered. I left utterly satisfied, but not uncomfortably stuffed. I suggest the wine pairing, a great variety of Portuguese vinhos, but know you'll leave the place tipsy! Pricing is beyond reasonable for what you get and my experience was all around 5-star. Just be sure when you go, you're at the Restaurant and not the Bistro, but if you trip up, like I did, it's only a few minutes walk from one to the other. read more

We had a wonderful meal and time here! The food and wine pairing was excellent and the food itself was amazing. Very unique and thoughtfully prepared. The atmosphere was great- friendly and relaxed. The price was reasonable for the quality and experience of dining here. Definitely go! read more

my friend went there 2 nights ago and got very very sick with food poisoning. he is still in bed. i called the restaurant to tell them and even gave his phone number but they have not reacted at all. very disappointing i will not go there . read more