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Café In

Restaurant

😐 One side of this restaurant offers sushi, and the other seafood. There are 2 separate entrances for each, which gives you limited options. This place is pricey, but good. Service was ok. If you want fish, you must be prepared to order it whole and share. There are limited dishes for just one person. People often mention fish, restaurant, great, service, good, staff, nice, view, seafood, Great,


Address

Av. Brasília, Pavilhão Nascente 311, 1300-596 Lisboa, Portugal

Website

www.cafein.pt

Contact

+351 21 362 6248

Price rating

$$$ $

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (2.7K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 12 to 11:30 PM
  • Thursday: 12 to 11:30 PM
  • Friday: 12 PM to 2 AM
  • Saturday: 12 PM to 2 AM
  • Sunday: 12 to 11:30 PM
  • Monday: 12 to 11:30 PM
  • Tuesday: 12 to 11:30 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: fish (13) restaurant (12) great (12) service (12) good (9) staff (9) nice (8) view (8) seafood (7) Great (7)
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  • 5/5 Tomás F. 2 years ago on Google • 625 reviews
    The place has 2 sides: the restaurant with more fancy plates and the bar that has some simpler dishes and even toasts and sandwiches. We went for the latter and everything was good. We had 3 dishes with fish and seafood and all were well prepared and tasty. The staff was nice and it is recommended to book (phone not website) if you want a place outside. The outdoor has a great view to Tejo and the bridge.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Dr. A. 1 year ago on Google • 249 reviews
    One side of this restaurant offers sushi, and the other seafood. There are 2 separate entrances for each, which gives you limited options. This place is pricey, but good. Service was ok. If you want fish, you must be prepared to order it whole and share. There are limited dishes for just one person.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Екатерина �. 6 years ago on Google
    Very beautiful view on the Teju and the Bridge 25 April. Romantic place and atmosphere. Tasty cuisine. Total for two ~65€: tea, coffee, bottle of wine, salad to share, starters, grilled prawns&squids (&vegetables) and sea bream. Very nice and comfortable service.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cheryl E. 1 year ago on Google • 359 reviews
    Stopped in here for a drink as we wandered the 5 miles back to our hotel. Really nice place, mixed a great Mule. They have WCs available for customers and nice views of the water. Looks to be a sushi restaurant and if we had more time we would have had dinner. Give it a try!

  • 2/5 Thiago Guimarães O. 5 years ago on Google • 358 reviews
    Maybe it was unlucky, but the food was average to bad. The waiter takes a long time to order our food, and he forgot one dish. To pay the bill was a nightmare. We waited for more than 10 min just for that. The infrastructure is excellent and well designed, but at least my experience was horrible.

  • 5/5 Han viet k. 6 months ago on Google • 351 reviews
    It's good restaurant located at such a good place.

  • 5/5 Dasa M. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice place. We got a discount through fork app. Great food, ambiance and service.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Adreena A. 5 months ago on Google • 180 reviews
    This restaurant was recommended to us by most cab drivers and locals, and after a few visits to Lisbon, it's always our first port of call. There are a lot of fish restaurants on the steip before this place, but a lot of them feel more commercial and less authentic. It's a must visit if you like fish and seafood! Overall, a proper old school place. It has the decor of a 90's Indian restaurant but don't be put off by that- it also has the classic fish counter and the lobster tank displaying all the fresh fish on the menu, which is beautiful to walk into. It's always very quiet given how reputable it is, and oddly there is always sports playing in a TV in the corner albeit wothout sound. Aside from this, it's my favourite place to eat in Lisbon (and Lisbon is full of good food.) Recently I had one of my favourite date nights here. The staff are lovely. The waiter in particular was great, really charming, helpful and accomodating. We had a beautiful blue lobster that was perfectly cooked, followed by sole. It's nothing particularly fancy, just excellent coastal seafood. Everything was accompanied by sides- Russian salad with the lobster and vegetables with the fish. The veg was marginally overcooked but soaked in garlic which I highly approve of. The chips looked a little anemic, but upon eating were actually so good, clearly home made. My husband loved the garlic prawns. They serve the deserts on a desert trolley, which was very retro and cute, and every time we have eaten here it was disappointing. When I order a mixed salad in a restaurant they're usually very feeble- a few lettuce leaves- but this one was very decent. Lots of tomatoes, onion and leaves. Overall, always a great experience and one of our favourite fish and sea food spots in Lisbon. Would recommend.

  • 5/5 Jose Gregorio G. 5 months ago on Google • 132 reviews
    We were a group of friends, celebrating a birthday, went for lunch, the service old school superb, quiet and relax ambiance, excellent wine selection, we ordered the codfish cataplana , really good fo not miss it! The restaurant has sn astonishing river view

  • 1/5 Ce B. 7 months ago on Google • 67 reviews
    What rude, arrogant and disrespectful staff. Despite the emergency, we were not allowed to use the toilet for a short time. Service and humanity look completely different. 👎Unfortunately there are no zero stars, so I was forced to give one, completely undeserved.

  • 3/5 Clara A. 8 months ago on Google • 30 reviews
    The restaurant and the view are really nice but the food is very expensive for what you get. The meat and the fries were not what you’d expect for what you pay.

  • 4/5 Brendan R. 5 months ago on Google • 26 reviews
    Nice seafood place with traditional cooking and friendly staff. Try the lobster

  • 1/5 Kaizer A. 11 months ago on Google
    Worst ever service at the door that I received. Called the staff for a reservation just to sit and drink a coffe or drink (whichever was in my own right) and I was politely declined with the oldest excuse of the book) a whole restaurant and esplanade area is "booked" for a private event, lies when there were people seating outside. Restaurant area doesn't allow me to seat if I don't eat something, fair enough, I feel like a dessert they don't allow me a seat still ?? Definitely profiling never again, stay out of this place.

  • 1/5 Gillian B. 6 months ago on Google
    Overpriced and the portions are very small. It’s a nice atmosphere but if you walk just a bit further there are many many other restaurants with reasonable prices and portions.

  • 4/5 Heikki K. 9 months ago on Google
    We had a light lunch here. The restaurant decoration is clearly towards high end evening use. We had sushi, wich was very good. Service was friendly. The pricing is more to the high end but I guess it is ok for the high end style.

  • 4/5 Ar FCO (. 10 months ago on Google
    Great view over the sea and the bridge especially at night 🌉 . So we had a farewell party for our colleague organised at the Bar there. The service was great, we were the last one there and the waiter kept waiting until we finished the party and even took several photos for us. I will go back

  • 3/5 Ryan H. 5 months ago on Google • 19 reviews
    Oof. “Fish rice with prawns” lunch special severely disappointed. Came with one small shrimp (would not call it a prawn) and a few pieces of a whitefish, in a soupy rice. Staff was friendly. Don’t plan on returning and would be skeptical any of their higher priced entrees are going to deliver on expectations at those price points.

  • 5/5 Jimmy De b. 1 year ago on Google
    MUITO OBRIGADO to all the team at "Café In" for a fantastic evening !! Beautiful unique location, great terrace, great restaurant, great music, great service. Not easy to organize but great food with every one served at the same time with different dishes !! 100 people from all over the world spent a wonderful time on the Tagus River. We will be back !

  • 1/5 Christina N. 1 year ago on Google
    Not great! Firstly, they tried to charge us for drinks we didn't have. Secondly, there was a cockroach in the toilet and when we informed a member of staff, they didn't seem too concerned. We won't be returning and we wouldn't recommend it.

  • 5/5 Alexander Ortiz de G. 1 year ago on Google
    The dining room itself is modern, with great views of the river and the bridge. Service was more than correct. But the food was superior, both in flavour and presentation.

  • 4/5 L T. 1 year ago on Google
    Ended up here because my wee one needed toilet, public toilet 1.2 miles away so this was the only other option. Ordered coffee and beer. A bit pricey €5 for a cappuccino. No food but dishes looked amazing.

  • 1/5 Rugnir S. 3 years ago on Google
    Honestly I really wanted to like this place. It's in a beautiful location with a view of the bridge and the water. The interior was very nice, and the staff seater me quickly. However, the menu was where the troubles began - the prices were a fair bit higher than the Google menu pictures seemed to suggest. There were also no drinks on the menu, and so I asked for the drinks menu. The head waiter dodged the question, and asked what I wanted to drink. I should have known at that point it would also be ridiculously expensive - it turned out when the bill came that it was. 6 euros for a single drink of fruit juice. In many other restaurants in Lisbon that will get you a delicious meal all on its own. I ordered the codfish. It took a while to come, and the waiter offered to bring bread and butter as a starter. I accepted, and was brought two rock-hard boulders of bread. They were certainly well into what I would call 'stale'. Later, when the codfish came, it was on an oval plate surrounded by fried slices of potato. Not exactly classy, considering the 23 euro price tag. Not the mention the entire (very large) plate was drowning in about 1.5cm deep pool of oil. The fish and the potatoes weren't cooked especially well either. Potatoes were rubbery and a little undercooked, while fish had seemingly endless bones and had nothing particular wrong but wasn't exactly special. Overall the food was the quality I would expect of a corner shop that costs 6 euro, but ended up at 32 euro for fish a drink and some bread. Disappointed.

  • 4/5 Masoud S. 1 year ago on Google
    The place has a fantastic view. The food quality was okay, and the service was good. The only problem was waiters struggle with speaking English, which is not usual in Portugal, but you will survive :D

  • 5/5 Gerald C. 1 year ago on Google
    Before Covid-19, in May 2019, we had the pleasure of being hosted by local friends for dinner at this seafood gem. We were treated to a FANTASTIC array of traditional Portuguese fresh seafood dishes with local wine pairings. The service and delivery of this 6-course repast was the highlight of our trip, a delight. Don't miss Cafe In for lunch or dinner if you are in Lisbon.

  • 5/5 Bruno D. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice place for staturday afternoon

  • 5/5 ringo c. 3 years ago on Google
    Great food! Great service! Great location!

  • 4/5 Sandra T. 4 years ago on Google
    The food was AMAZING! I ordered garlic fried prawns and it was so tasty and flavory.. the green wine was perfect, and the entry (bread + olives) was 3€ that we found acceptable even if they did not aware us that it was not for free, but we read other comments before so we were prepared. Only 4 stars because even if the service was correct, the staff was not smiling and they were kinda cold. But I definitely would come back to this place !

  • 4/5 Mattias R. 3 years ago on Google
    Fairly empty from other guests during our visit. Could’ve been bit more cozy. Good food and friendly staff.

  • 4/5 Kenneth W. 4 years ago on Google
    A wonderful place to rest your tired body with a cold beer or lemonade, magnificent sea and bridge view.

  • 4/5 Helen W. 5 years ago on Google
    I last visited Cafe In over 10 years ago when I was at a conference in Lisbon as it’s walking distance from the conference centre, but a taxi ride out of town. Not much has changed the fish display and lobster tank are still there. Delicious red prawns, clams and barnacles followed by spider crab and a challenging fish dish cooked in its own ink. Starters of ham and cheese are on the table when you arrive but be careful these are not free indeed the ham is 14Euro. Still the food was delicious and the service exceptional.

  • 5/5 Otto W. 3 years ago on Google
    We enjoyed a lovely "buffet" dinner on Wednesday Eve. Celebrating my wife , Janine birthday. Great service, fantastic meat and awesome river setting . They served the meats at our table on the go. Great value.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Takeout
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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