🍽️FoodClosed · Opens 7:00 PM$$ · Mid-range

Essencial

Name: Essencial
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.7

4.7 ·

Slip into Essencial, an intimate, Michelin-recognised restaurant in Bairro Alto. Enjoy a menu of seafood and meat dishes with a bottle from the extensive wine list in a cosy, stylish room.

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Full description

Essencial is a cosy, trendy restaurant in Bairro Alto with a local menu focused on seafood and meat, plus a long wine list. Reviewers describe an intimate, beautiful space, and one visitor who waited three years to dine here said it exceeded expectations, while another noticed the Michelin sign while strolling the neighbourhood.

Not everyone is convinced, though, with one reviewer finding the food more about presentation than execution. With a 4.7 rating, mid-range pricing and dinner-only hours from 7 p.m., it suits couples after a refined, design-conscious evening.

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Address

R. da Rosa 176, 1200-390 Lisboa, Portugal · Lisboa

Website

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Hours

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Booking

Booking recommended

Duration

1h15

Best time

evening

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

Booking is recommended, especially for evenings
it is dinner-only from 7:00 p.m.
explore the large wine list with staff, as pairing is part of the appeal

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Reviews

essencial is one of the best restaurants in the world. the food is delicious, sublime in it's construction and presentation and lovingly presented by a fun, attentive staff. this meal is quite reasonably priced, especially given the cost of michelin restaurants. when visiting lisbon, essencial is a must. miss this…

Dinesh Nandan

4/5

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