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Esplanada do Cantinho

Restaurant

😠 Takes the award for the worst (and one of the most expensive) restaurants in Portugal. This is our 'cheesecake' (something physically inedible straight from the freezer, plastic cup and all.. for €5). Highly recommend. People often mention bread, expensive, recommend, told, price, good, service, charge, experience, water,


Address

Beco de Santa Helena 10A, 1100-371 Lisboa, Portugal

Contact

+351 21 887 7213

Rating on Google Maps

2.50 (295 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 12 to 10:30 PM
  • Thursday: 12 to 10:30 PM
  • Friday: 12 to 10:30 PM
  • Saturday: 10 AM to 11 PM
  • Sunday: 10 AM to 11 PM
  • Monday: 12 to 10:30 PM
  • Tuesday: 12 to 10:30 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: bread (10) expensive (7) recommend (7) told (7) price (7) good (7) service (6) charge (6) experience (6) water (6)
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  • 1/5 Sam K. 2 years ago on Google • 103 reviews
    Takes the award for the worst (and one of the most expensive) restaurants in Portugal. This is our 'cheesecake' (something physically inedible straight from the freezer, plastic cup and all.. for €5). Highly recommend.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Hassan A. 1 year ago on Google • 696 reviews
    We had drinks and snacks while enjoying the best view of Lisbon 🤩

  • 1/5 Suzanne de V. 10 months ago on Google • 8 reviews
    This was teribble, a catastrophe!!! The food was really awful and the service even worse. They told us that some bites were for free in the beginning, which they were not. My dad took some bites from the meat but had to throw up a bit later. Even after complaining, we needed to pay for all of it. The men were really unfriendly and rude; it felt like a big scam. Never never go here!!!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Caleb R. 3 years ago on Google • 15 reviews
    Had a great lunch sitting on the patio! Had the tuna steak which was super flavorful. Finished by enjoying a beer and the view and watching the people and trolleys go by. Definitely recommend!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tânia M. 2 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Great place to enjoy a delicious meal, lovely service and one of the best views in the city 💗 I highly recommend 👌
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Georgiana B. 2 months ago on Google • 5 reviews New
    Yesterday I have been to Miradouro de Santa Luzia and stopped here for drinking a tea and a cappucino. After a while the servant lady came with 2 pastels and told me if I want to eat despite the fact that I did not order it. I replied ok and look at her weird. When I payed the lady told to other guy what I ve ordered and it was around 10.80. When checking later the amount was 11.80on my revolut app. I did not receive receipt nothing but they could charge more by the way when I put the card. Bad experience -better to drink coffee in a small cafes rather in populated places . Really I did not enjoy!

  • 2/5 Felipe C. 4 years ago on Google
    Keep Away, it's a tourist rip-off Prices way to high for barely cooked food. My fries were too greasy and almost not fried. Waiters are rude, pressuring you to make your order as fast as possible so you can leave and they can get money from more tourists.

  • 1/5 Antonio S. 1 year ago on Google
    Just stopped for coffee and water mid afternoon and was charged €5 for 2 coffees and a small bottle of water, easy double price of anywhere else Plus very unfriendly waitress that didn't even wanted to give me a receipt Plenty of very good restaurants in lisbon you don't need to know this one

  • 1/5 Célia葡萄酒之旅 1 year ago on Google
    The waitress is not honest. She has charged me extra on my credit card. It's not a friendly place, I strongly advise you to avoid this dishonest place. Very disrespectful.

  • 1/5 Karolina O. 1 year ago on Google
    Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this restaurant. It's really expensive and the food they serve is definitely not worth its price (we ordered bacalhau and the whole dish was Whats more, a waiter who was taking our order didnt seem nice.

  • 1/5 Mauri992 1 year ago on Google
    Way too expensive! Bad Food, drinks were okay, waiters are very friendly. Still would not recommend it.

  • 1/5 J R. 2 years ago on Google
    AVOID - AVOID - AVOID. Poor to ok food only. Worse, they served us something sounding like one of the dishes we ordered. Turned out to be NOT at all what we ordered and they charged us through the nose for it - 4 times the cost of everything else. Plus Dubious cleanliness of glasses. AVOID - AVOID - AVOID.

  • 1/5 Michael W. 1 year ago on Google
    Terrible. Beer glasses weren't clean; food was (being kind) bland; the service was plain bad. Items arrived when it suited them. Some of our food never arrived and, when they realised we weren't going to pay for the missing food they suddenly turned unfriendly. They even made a mistake with the bill.

  • 3/5 Weezy 1 year ago on Google
    Good view, service acceptable but the taste of my orange juice was really bad and the price of 4,50€ is too high. More of the half of the glass was ice and it tasted watery. Would recommend it for the view

  • 3/5 Natalia R. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) such food, but mega large drinks (Original) takie sobie jedzenie, ale mega duże napoje

  • 4/5 Rafael Houjyun L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very good people, and good food but price is very high, it is not because in tourist area or that .... (Original) Muy buena gente, y buena comida pero precio es muy alto, no es es porque en zona de turismo o que....

  • 1/5 Genevieve L. 3 years ago on Google
    Total rip off! Avoid this place! 12 euros for an espresso, an orange juice, a cheese toastie with tomatoes (and they didn’t even make it with two normal slices of bread but used the thinly sliced patchy crusts) and a croissant with cheese (which came with a hair - for free!). And the waitress dared justifying the high price because “tomatoes are expensive in Portugal”! Shameful.

  • 1/5 Julian S. 4 years ago on Google
    15 euro for a tiny omelet and they wanted more for a price of bread!! Stay away!!

  • 1/5 Amir S. 4 years ago on Google
    Poor quality, super expensive, keep away from this place

  • 1/5 Daniel T. 4 years ago on Google
    Bad experience, I do not know what they served instead of Coke and very pricy due to the location

  • 1/5 Aleksandar N. 4 years ago on Google
    Bad food bad service high prices

  • 1/5 Ernesto José López I. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Bad food at a good price. Rancid octopus, fish soup not recommended, but the worst thing was that they put an almond cake that looked like a brick, since it should be made from the previous week, after complaining, they told us it was like that, and that they were going to charge anyway. The house wine, although good, is pressure and they charge it as if it were a bottle. (Original) Mala comida a precio de buena. Pulpo rancio, sopa de pez nada recomendable, pero lo peor fue que nos pusieron una tarta de almendra que parecia un ladrillo, ya que deberia estar hecha de la semana anterior, despues de quejarnos, nos dijeron que era asi, y que nos la iban a cobrar de todas formas. El vino de la casa, aunque esta bueno, es de presion y lo cobran como si fuera uno de botella.

  • 1/5 Filip M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Food bad and overpaid, in addition we got a completely different dish than we ordered. Starters payable which the waiter did not mention (Original) Jedzenie niedobre i przepłacone na dodatek dostaliśmy kompletnie inne danie niż zamawialiśmy. Startery płatne o czym kelner nie wspomniał

  • 1/5 Ana 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Stacazo they give you. For a couple of large reeds they sable € 9.80 and for that they did not fill them up to the line that marked, as well as 100ml less. You can imagine the prices to eat, never to go again. (Original) Estacazo que te dan. Por un par de cañas grandes nos sablearon 9,80€ y para eso no las llenaron hasta la línea que marcaba, así como 100ml menos. Podéis imaginar los precios para comer, para no ir nunca más .

  • 1/5 Feb L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Two out of four food forgotten, then half brought warm (rice with fish), wrong drinks brought. Cleared while others are still eating. Extremely expensive. Amazing how much you can do wrong. (Original) Zwei von vier Essen vergessen, dann halb warm gebracht (Reis mit Fisch), falsche Getränke gebracht. Abgeräumt, während andere noch essen. Extrem teuer. Erstaunlich, wie viel man falsch machen kann.

  • 1/5 Da Best f. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) They charge you what they want (Original) Te cobran lo que quieren

  • 1/5 Asun Bermúdez D. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Two salads at 12'90 / u, scarce, a water and a beer, from starter a brick of sardine pate to 1'50 and 2 of butter, they put it when you feel like cheese, you choose if want it or not. 37'40 euros the bill. Ah! And they have kept the ticket, just in case. Fatal (Original) Dos ensaladas a 12'90/ud, escasas, un agua y una cerveza, de entrante un brick de paté de sardina a 1'50 y 2 de mantequilla, te lo ponen cuando te sientas al igual que el queso, tu eliges si lo quieres o no. 37'40 euros la cuenta. Ah! Y se han quedado el ticket, por si acaso. Fatal

  • 3/5 우윀 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I came to have a brunch, but it's open at 11 o'clock unlike google. (Original) 브런치 먹으러 왔는데 구글 정보와 다르게 11시 오픈이네요 ㅠㅠ

  • 1/5 Luca D. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Never eaten so bad in my life, a rip off for tourists ... (Original) Mai mangiato così male in vita mia, una fregatura per i turisti...

  • 1/5 Doortje De V. 10 months ago on Google • 1 review
    The food, service and the waiters were HORRIBLE. They offer you "free" bread and cheeses, and then charge you crazy prices. The mixed grill was so so bad.. saugage out of a can is better!! I hope you read this before u go there. We payed 95 euro's (4p) for 4 cola's and 4 horrible mixed grills we didn't touch.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jane N. 6 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Literally suchhhh a bad experience. Wow. First off it’s pretty expensive and the food is DISGUSTING. It was not good. Even the bread was stale and gross. From that alone, I wasn’t having a good experience. Then, when we went to pay (separately) the waitress told us there was a minimum $10 amount for the card reader (I only got a drink and appetizer). Fine, whatever. My friend and I simply paid together and our other two friends paid together. AFTER we all paid the waitress said “Okay, there’s still a remaining balance for one water and a bread basket.” GIRL WE JUST TOLD YOU TO SIMPLY CHARGE US THE REST OF THE BILL. Plus, I had already paid for the bread basket. When I brought that up, she was like “you got two orders of bread.” NO WE DIDN’T. I told her it was a mistake and we only had one bread basket and she had such an attitude, acting like we were lying. I’m not gonna pay an extra $2 for a terrible bread basket that WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE. Then, for the one remaining water (that she was supposed to charge our friends for) she told us if we wanted to pay for it on card it would be an extra euro. None of us had cash. The whole reason we paid together was to avoid paying the fee and she still messed it up in a way that made us pay 3 euros for a bottle of water. She was so so rude and ruined the whole (already very bad) experience. Don’t come here.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Annika N. 6 months ago on Google • 1 review
    this was quite literally the worst restaurant experience i've ever had. the items on the menu were priced differently from what was charged. the food itself was terrible (unseasoned, stale bread, undercooked potatoes, etc.) there was a hair in our food that looked pubic. the wait staff was ok, but the brunette waitress/cashier was extremely rude and tried to blatantly overcharge us for our food, and then rang our food in incorrectly twice (language barrier was not an issue fyi). the facility itself is dirty and poorly maintained. DONT GO HERE SAVE YOURSELF
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ana Filipa S. 2 years ago on Google • 1 review
    Delicious food, great view, everything was clean and safe, the staff were nice and polite. Had a great time, definitely recommend!!!


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Happy hour food
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Happy hour drinks
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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