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Where to eat at and around Sublime Lisboa

You are on a quiet residential corner a few streets from Parque Eduardo VII, and the old town's restaurants are a taxi ride away, but you will not need a car to eat well. The hotel's own table is Davvero, its Italian restaurant: breakfast until noon, lunch daily from noon to 3pm, dinner from 7pm to 10pm, and until 10.30pm Thursday to Saturday, with pastas at 22 to 34 euros and a 65 euro tasting menu of the classics; guests report that it can underwhelm on busy nights. The surprise is outside the door. Three restaurants with Michelin stars in the 2026 guide are within five minutes' walk.

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Within ten minutes on foot

  • CURA

    3 min walk

    Portuguese tasting menus, one star · €€€€

    The starred dining room of the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon, three minutes from the door, with only 28 seats. Two tasting menus rework Portuguese recipes around the season: Percurso at 195 euros and Passo at 175, both also served in vegetarian versions. Its own page gives dinner only, Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm to 9.30pm, and welcomes children from the age of 12. It holds one star in the 2026 guide.

    Book well ahead: tables go weeks outRua Rodrigo da Fonseca 88

  • Two-star modern Portuguese cooking · €€€€

    This is Alma, renamed after its chef and moved into the Páteo Bagatela, and the 2026 guide kept its two stars. The kitchen reworks Portuguese cooking across three tasting menus, Clássicos, Costa à Costa for fish and shellfish, and Encontros, plus a short à la carte, and the restaurant's own site says most of the team has worked together for a decade. There is also a private room that looks onto the kitchen.

    Book well ahead: tables go weeks outPáteo Bagatela, Travessa da Légua da Póvoa 11

  • Kabuki Lisboa

    5 min walk

    Starred Japanese, with a bar · €€€

    One star in the 2026 guide for Japanese cooking built on Portuguese produce: usuzukuri of carabineiro prawn, quail's egg nigiri with truffle and a pastel de nata mochi to finish, from a list of more than 500 wines, champagnes and sakes. Its own site gives dinner Tuesday to Saturday, lunch Tuesday to Friday in an upstairs room overlooking Parque Eduardo VII, and the Kikubari bar from 12.30pm on those weekdays, with bring-your-own-bottle on Wednesdays.

    Book well ahead: tables go weeks outRua Castilho 77B

  • Forno d'Oro

    5 min walk

    Wood-oven pizza, 36-hour dough · €€

    The everyday answer, five minutes down Rua Artilharia 1: pizza from a wood-fired oven on dough fermented for 36 hours, with San Marzano tomato and buffalo mozzarella, Portuguese toppings such as acorn-fed black pork and Serra da Estrela cheese, most pizzas at 13 to 22 euros, and a long list of craft beers. Its own site gives lunch Tuesday to Saturday, dinner Monday to Saturday from 6.30pm to 10.30pm, and Sundays closed.

    Reserve aheadRua Artilharia 1, 16B

  • A Valenciana

    9 min walk

    Charcoal-grilled chicken, Portuguese classics · €

    Campolide's charcoal grill, known for frango no churrasco, chicken grilled over coals and sold at 14 euros a kilo, with the Portuguese canon alongside in half portions from 12.50 euros, bacalhau à Brás and duck rice among them. Its own site gives Tuesday to Sunday, 11.30am to 11pm, closed on Mondays and public holidays, with a winter break from 22 December to 7 January. The honest counterweight to the starred rooms.

    Walk inRua Marquês de Fronteira 157

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Breakfast

Check that your rate includes breakfast. It is a continental breakfast in Davvero, served until noon, which the hotel's terms say can be brought to your room at no extra cost, and on a Sublime Suite terrace that is the better table. The nearest alternative is Leitaria Lisboa, a neighbourhood dairy café three minutes away on Rua da Artilharia 1, serving breakfast and brunch from 8am every day. For a garden table, Linha d'Água in the Jardim Amália Rodrigues opens at 9am daily, a 14-minute walk.

What to skip

The trap is the walk into town for dinner. Chiado is 33 minutes downhill, and the way back is a climb at the end of the night, so if you want the old town's restaurants, book a taxi home rather than planning to walk it.

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Where can I eat near Sublime Lisboa?

You are on a quiet residential corner a few streets from Parque Eduardo VII, and the old town's restaurants are a taxi ride away, but you will not need a car to eat well. The hotel's own table is Davvero, its Italian restaurant: breakfast until noon, lunch daily from noon to 3pm, dinner from 7pm to 10pm, and until 10.30pm Thursday to Saturday, with pastas at 22 to 34 euros and a 65 euro tasting menu of the classics; guests report that it can underwhelm on busy nights. The surprise is outside the door. Three restaurants with Michelin stars in the 2026 guide are within five minutes' walk. CURA, 3 min walk. Henrique Sá Pessoa, 5 min walk. Kabuki Lisboa, 5 min walk.

Our verdict

For calm and discretion, nothing central competes. Book it when you want Lisbon at arm's length.

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€350 a night

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