The 12 Best Places to Drink in Lisbon

Speakeasy setup, Prohibition-era mood, but the drinks involve centrifuges and rotovaps, which would have confused Al Capone. Red Frog is a cocktail bar tucked off Praça da Alegria that helped drag Lisbon's cocktail scene into the conversation, landing a spot on The 50 Discovery list. The bartenders work with local ingredients, Algarve carob, Azores cheese, in ways that sound strange and then make sense in the glass.

1. Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Amaro meets Kalimotxo at this small Lisbon cocktail bar where Basque and Italian drinking cultures have decided, sensibly, to share a table. Spritzes, negronis, sherry, Italian vermouth, and sidra poured straight from the barrel give you plenty of reasons to linger, and pintxos keep things grounded. The room is modest, the hospitality is not, and the whole thing moves at exactly the tempo a good bar should.

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A leafy canopy stretches over the bar and murals cover the walls, so the room lands somewhere between a greenhouse and a gallery. This cocktail bar in Príncipe Real leans into sugarcane and agave spirits, and the team uses lab techniques that would read as pretentious anywhere less charming. The tropical looseness of tiki without the kitsch, and bright enough that you won't lose track of how many rounds you've ordered.

1. The 50 The 50 Discovery

1. The 50 The 50 Discovery

1. The 50 The 50 Discovery

Kitchen knives stabbed into the walls, Alice in Wonderland theatrics, and a staircase that appears to float set the stage at this cocktail bar in Bairro Alto. It sits inside Ljubomir Stanisic's restaurant group, but the vibe here is its own thing, Latin-leaning drinks in a Victorian gothic room that Hendrick's gin helped design, which tells you something about the energy. Wear something interesting; the room is clearly trying to.

1. Difford's Guide 4.5 stars · Difford's Guide

Around 200 bottled and canned beers line the shelves of this craft beer bar on a quiet Lisbon square near Príncipe Real. Pale wood and plywood give it an IKEA-meets-classroom vibe, which sounds worse than it is, especially once you're deep into something Belgian or Canadian you'd never find elsewhere. It's been around forever by craft beer bar standards, and the range, spanning Belgium, Sweden, the US, and beyond, still pulls serious drinkers across town.

1. Difford's Guide 4 stars · Difford's Guide

1. Difford's Guide 4 stars · Difford's Guide

1. Difford's Guide 4 stars · Difford's Guide

A cocktail bar on the fifth floor of a multi-storey car park, which sounds like a dare until you see the view. The Bairro Alto rooftops stretch out below a genuine garden, complete with trees, flowers, and a timber chalet structure that belongs on a ski slope and somehow belongs here too. Lisbon's hills make rooftop bars easy; finding one this absurd and easygoing is harder.

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Polished concrete floors and a back bar stacked with twenty-odd mezcals and scores of tequilas set the tone at this funky Lisbon taqueria, where drinking is a perfectly valid reason to show up. The Latin cocktail list is taken seriously, and regulars who never order food occupy the bar stools without apology. Casual, loud, and happily unpretentious, it's the kind of place that makes Lisbon's growing cocktail scene feel less like a trend.

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