79 Best Bars in Lisbon, Portugal

Some of the biggest names in modern-day fado—Jorge Fernando, Fábia Rebordão, Vânia Duarte, and André Baptista—are in residence at this establishment. The dark candlelit dining room is located in the remains of a Renaissance building; the atmospheric location matches the melancholy and strong emotion of the music.

An international crowd comes to this spot to hear established performers and rising stars take turns at the microphone. Dinner is pricey, but if you arrive around 10:30 pm, you can skip the food and concentrate on the music.

This warehouse near the Santa Apolónia train station has many personalities. It's home to several neighborhood sporting clubs, training studios, and indoor workshop venues, but it's the large rooftop terrace, with unobstructed views of the Tagus River, that is most popular. After sunset, there can be a diverse range of entertainment, such as street performers, small concerts, televised football matches, and alfresco cinema.

As the name implies, this is a pretty straightforward wine bar—a wide array of Portuguese vintages are complemented with local cheese, charcuterie, and even main dishes. But you don't come here for the cod; you come for a glass of a unique varietal you've never tried in a cozy room whose walls are covered with shelves of wine bottles.

Old wooden shelves stacked with vintage memorabilia and booze allude to the former life of this neighborhood bar. The large terrace is popular on warm evenings, while the second room displays regular sports broadcasts.

Intendente's cool factor was established with the opening of this taproom, a spin-off of the popular Dois Corvos brewery in hipster Marvila. The train-station-style map here lists an ever-changing array of beers, ranging from oat cream IPAs to dry-hopped sours to breakfast stouts.

A group of friends got together in 2015 and created their own craft beer, which resulted in Lisbon’s first brewpub. It’s found on a steep street with steps linking downtown to Chiado and Bairro Alto and has tables outside for afternoon or after-dark drinks and snacks. In addition to its own brand, it offers five other made-in-Portugal craft beers on tap.

The newest brewpub in Marvila's nightlife lineup, Fermentage not only takes its name from the process of brewing beer but also offers a snack menu that celebrates fermented foods. Come here for the beer—there are more than a dozen hyperspecific varieties on tap—and the table games and occasional live entertainment.

In business since the 1970s, this bar feels like it could have opened in the early 20th century thanks to the art deco interior. Inspired by English pubs and Prohibition-era speakeasies, you must ring a bell to enter the dimly lit rooms. There's a cozy fireplace for chilly evenings and a pleasant open-air patio for warmer nights. In addition to a long list of creative cocktails, Foxtrot serves small bites and larger plates, perfect for late-night snacking.

The only British pub in Lisbon, The George is a popular meeting point for locals and homesick Brits alike. A mutual love of gin (or perhaps the televised soccer and rugby) could be a factor in the long-standing friendship between the two. The kitchen turns out tasty, quite elaborate food.

There are just a handful of barstools and tables at this quaint colorful wine bar, where bottles and jugs line the walls of what used to be a traditional drugstore. The menu includes a number of notable Portuguese wines, many of which are available by the glass, plus cheese and charcuterie boards.

One of Lisbon’s least-known rooftop bars, this one is located at the top of the Jupiter Lisboa Hotel, on one of the busiest avenidas of the Avenidas Novas. Open for drinks and light meals throughout the day, it attracts workers from the neighboring offices, who relax by the pool (which only guests of the hotel can dive into).

Tucked away behind the ramp up to Rossio's grand old train station, Lisboa Bar has a charmingly old-school exterior but draws a youthful crowd of sangria sippers until the early hours, not least for its great roof terrace.

Lisbon's most famous club has two dance floors favored by big-name local and foreign DJs—plus a rooftop terrace with great river views. A young stylish crowd comes to dance until dawn. The doormen are selective and there can be a long line, so be prepared.

The perfect place for a sundowner, Á Margem is a minimalist white cube of a restaurant-bar perched on the banks of the Tagus.

This eclectic and bohemian spot is at once a bookshop, gallery, café, and arts space. Align your visit with regular events such as poetry, fado, stand-up comedy, and board game and quiz nights.

Tucked away in the back of Bairro do Avillez—the "neighborhood" of eateries overseen by top local chef José Avillez—is this fun burlesque-themed gastrobar. Here you'll find a menu of small plates with some of his greatest hits, divided into different “acts.” You may choose to just have a drink and enjoy the "opening act,” or stay on for live music and/or DJs and dancing on Wednesday and Thursday nights—and on weekends a show, too.

Baixa's only full-blown dance club, housed in a former government ministry office, showcases leading electronic music DJs as well as rising talent, with raves most Fridays and Saturdays, and sometimes Thursdays, too. Doors usually open at midnight, with three or four DJs taking revelers through to breakfast.

Cited as one of the world's 50 best cocktail bars, Monkey Mash is a playful younger brother bar to the sophisticated celebrated Red Frog speakeasy (housed behind a secret door inside Monkey Mash). Although the decor and atmosphere here are more flamboyant and tropical than Red Frog, the fruit-forward designer cocktails—many of which feature sugarcane rum—are prepared with every bit as much care and attention.

One of the few late-night bars in Campo de Ourique, Nexo 1/2 is run by a young Portuguese couple who previously worked at Red Frog and Monkey Mash, two of the city’s best cocktail joints. The duo’s playfulness comes across in the bar’s colorful interior but also in their concoctions, which mix ingredients like blood orange, Japanese spices, and Mezcal. Pets are welcome too.

Both the indoor, heavily pink sitting area and the terrace outside at O Pif offer guests the chance to sip natural wines from small Portuguese producers. It also offers simple Portuguese snacks like black pork chorizo and fresh cheese.

A bar that doubles as a barbershop, or vice versa, this is where Lisbon’s coolest guys come to ensure they look sharp for a night on the town. The interior is classically decorated, a comfortable space for men (and women) to relax with a gin at any time of the day or night.

This barely marked hole-in-the-wall looks more like a Portuguese grandma's kitchen than a typical restaurant, with copper pots hanging on the walls and tableware stored in a vintage china cabinet. There's a good selection of Portuguese wine and craft beers, and the tapas-style snacks are just as traditional: shrimp with garlic, sardines, and cod with chickpeas.

The name says it all: this space used to be a pharmacy, and you’d just need to take a peek inside to know that. The medicine cabinets are still there, although they now display strikingly backlit bottles of wine. All the wines on offer are from Portugal and can be poured by the glass, to be accompanied by cheese and meat platters. Other choices change daily, to be enjoyed at the barrel tables.

Old Vic is one of Lisbon’s oldest and most beautiful bars, but it’s hidden between apartment buildings and you have to ring a bell to get in. Red velvet booths and the low-lit, Victorian-inspired interior are conducive to sipping cocktails late into the night.

For a taste of Lisbon’s artisanal brews, head to this craft beer bar in the heart of Alfama. All of Portugal's major breweries are represented, along with others from around the world. If you want to try a beer (or cider or barley wine) from Warsaw or Tallinn in Lisbon, this is your place.

Take the elevator and ramp to the top of an unassuming multilevel car park to emerge onto a leafy terrace where a trendy crowd sips cocktails and DJs spin tunes to the early hours, against the backdrop of Lisbon's stunning skyline. There are several bars and seating areas, but it's standing room only as soon as sunset approaches.

There is more entertainment than authenticity in the 30-minute fado shows at this restaurant, although the performers are first-rate and include a number of the genre's current famous names. A theme traces the evolution of fado from the 19th century to the present, and folklore shows feature dancers in old-fashioned costumes.

The Portuguese have turned canned fish into an art form, and at this chic neighborhood bar you can sample a range of tinned tuna and sardines transformed into snacks. There's a good range of wines and Portuguese spirits, as well as live music.