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Café de São Bento is rated 9.7/10.TheFork users have rated accordingly in the following categories: Quality of food: 9.7/10 Service: 9.8/10 Atmosphere: 9.7/10

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Café de São Bento is identified as offering portuguese cuisine.

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Café de São Bento

Name: Café de São Bento
Address: Rua de São Bento 212, Lisbon, 1200-821, Portugal
Price range: €45 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 9.7

Restaurant menu

Menu photo2 photos

Food photo260 photos

Type of cuisinePortuguese

Average price€45

O clássico foie gras de pato

€14.5

Com chutney de maçã, pêra e tomate e pão torrado.

Os tradicionais camarões al ajillo

€14.5

Camarão ao alho e malagueta

Steak tartare

€15

Lombo de novilho picado, temperado como manda a tradição, servido com tostas.

Bookable on TheFork

Menu de Almoço / Lunch Menu€27 per guest

Permanent TheFork offer

Reviews

9.7
of 10

Excellent

6168 reviews

Ambience

9.7

Food

9.7

Service

9.8

Real experiences from real diners
Ratings and reviews can only be left by guests who have booked with TheFork.

How do we calculate ratings?

Wanda S. • 11 reviews
May 22, 2025
10/10
Very friendly & helpful service. Delicious food. Warm & cosy atmosphere. A great place for steak. Cooked perfectly & extremely tasty.

Morela L. • 1 review
May 20, 2025
9/10
Stellar service. Great food. Pleasantly surprised by the ambience. Overall wonderful experience.

António A. • 2 reviews
May 16, 2025
8/10
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Chantal K. • 1 review
May 6, 2025
9/10
The staff were wonderful and hospitable. And the service fantastic. That bread basked was unbelievable and we had to stop ourselves ordering a third time! A truly quintessential Portuguese dining experience for our group.

David B. • 2 reviews
May 9, 2025
10/10
Great food. Excellent service. Davide Pinto was a fantastic waiter. Friendly, attentive and informative and comical.

Mikolaj K. • 78 reviews
May 9, 2025
10/10
Great food, great service, great ambience!

Francisco S. • 13 reviews
May 1, 2025
6/10
Too expensive for a steak in a restaurant without windows!!

Sheree M. Mitchell (. • 3 reviews
April 30, 2025
10/10
Lovely experience. The food was great. My favorite part were the waiters. Very patient, helpful and kind. I will definitely return.

Matilde H. • 6 reviews
April 24, 2025
10/10
It’s always a good choice!

Nazar K. • 2 reviews
April 16, 2025
6.5/10
food not as good as expected, smell is not pleasant

Sandra F. • 3 reviews
April 19, 2025
10/10
Traditional steak was good but could have been a little more tender. Side salad with dried tomatoes and Parmesan was good. Service was excellent.

Laura K. • 1 review
April 20, 2025
9/10
I thought the food was very good and the service was excellent. They are very nice there. I wish there were more vegetables on the menu but they have some. There weren't any starters that appealed to us as we don't really eat seafood and don't like raw meat. We had steak for dinner and salad and creamed spinach and all of that was very good. I think it's a very nice restaurant and we are glad we went.

Joana A. • 2 reviews
April 16, 2025
10/10
One of the best meals you can have in Lisbon

Karen v. • 1 review
April 14, 2025
10/10
Really wonderful dining experience. Cannot stop thinking about the cheese and pate. Steak was amazing as well. My daughter loved the veggie Wellington. The service was exceptional!!

Jerry P. • 2 reviews
April 11, 2025
10/10
Everything was great

Ed D. • 4 reviews
April 5, 2025
10/10
We enjoyed the evening very much. The place is very cozy and the wait staff were very attentive. I had the cheese and bread for a starter that was very tasty. Friends had foie gras and raved about it. The steaks were tender and delicious. The best I’ve had in Lisbon. I would definitely recommend this place.

Mikael J. • 3 reviews
April 7, 2025
2.5/10
Dark room. Difficult to read menu. Food was outright horrible. Pata Negra had been cut well in advance and was oxidised and greasy. Foie gras terrine was grainy. Meat dishes ordered medium rare came with no searing surface as if plunged for 20 seconds in hot water and room temperature or cold inside. Sauces lacking any flavour. That this is highly rated just shows the level of cluelessness of the average eater.

irem k. • 1 review
March 30, 2025
10/10
The food, ambience and service was really good. Especially our waiter was really good, he made our experinece exceptional! Thank you

KORHAN A. • 3 reviews
April 2, 2025
10/10
The food and service were excellent. Waiters’ recommendations were to the point. Thanks for a wonderful dining experience.

Dawn P. • 10 reviews
March 25, 2025
10/10
Service was outstanding

Tripadvisor reviews

Tripadvisor

1271 reviews

Location

Rua de São Bento 212, 1200-821 Lisbon

At Rua de São Bento 209, 200 meters distance from the restaurant

Awards & Certifications

One of our top-rated trendy and gourmet restaurants on TheFork.

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About this restaurant

Com os melhores bifes de Lisboa servidos até de madrugada, o Café São Bento foi reaberto em 2006, mantendo a decoração tradicional com predominância das madeiras e bibelots antigos. O ambiente mantém-se intimista, fugindo ao conceito tradicional do restaurante pois identifica-se mais com um pub....

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Café de São Bento is rated 9.7/10.TheFork users have rated accordingly in the following categories:
- Quality of food: 9.7/10
- Service: 9.8/10
- Atmosphere: 9.7/10