Fifty seconds is how long it takes to take the elevator to the Fifty Seconds restaurant. The ambience of the room and the inspiring location, 120 meters high, overlooking the Tagus River, accompany each dish, which tells a story of flavors of the world.

Always a restaurant with strong French influences, Fortaleza do Guincho seeks new horizons within what is called the "Portugality". The person in charge is the Portuguese chef Miguel Rocha Vieira, who took over it in 2015. With a philosophy based on haute cuisine and the sea as its main inspiration, Fortaleza do Guincho offers a daring incursion into traditional gastronomy. In 2001, the restaurant, with a strong influence of haute cuisine, won its first Michelin star that it still holds today.

Famous and recognized by several international publications and guides, Catalan chef Sergi Arola continues to invest in Portugal and in partnership with Penha Longa Resort, in Sintra. The restaurant has disconcerting presentations and dishes that force the use of all the senses, and the menus available have been thought out in detail. It already has a Michelin Star.

A "loco" and unique menu, served only at dinner and signed by chef Alexandre Silva. A warning for the senses, because dinner is truly unique, for the "simple" reason that LOCO's two menus (one of 14 and the other of 18 Moments, in four movements) change from week to week, according to the taste of the products available. The restaurant has been awarded a Michelin Star.

Housed in the luxurious Le Monumental Palace, this fine dining restaurant serves signature cuisine with French influences. Discover the talent and excellence of Chef Julien Montbabut's cuisine.

With a cuisine based on the best flavors, Chef Diogo Rocha continues to discover local products that have almost disappeared, such as hazelnuts or apples from Bravo Esmolfe, which he masterfully incorporates into the menus. The menu is also the stage for the parade of wines produced in the vineyards that enter through the windows of the almost indescribable building designed by the Carvalho Araújo studio and whose interior design was in charge of Nini Andrade Silva. Diogo Rocha's cuisine, supported by an ambitious and new team, is a breath of fresh air capable of appealing to all the senses, …

The Midori restaurant continues to be one of the leading Japanese restaurants in Portugal. It has modernized, bet on several menus, but always with a quality seal far above average, excellent in many options. Interesting merger proposals can be a good approach. The restaurant was created in honor of four Japanese princes who visited Penha Longa in the sixteenth century, and in order not to detract from Japanese cuisine, all chefs come from or receive training in Japan.

There is an almost artistic atmosphere, the result of the concept of the hotel unit itself, which breathes names such as the artists Graças Morais, Júlio Resende and Nadir Afonso, which is reinforced by the baptism of the tasting menus of the restaurant G. There you gather the best that the land of Trás-os-Montes has to offer, which it is a lot, from vegetables to meats, from olive oil to wine, through creative and unprejudiced cuisine. The guiding line is to pay homage to the products through the most modern techniques, transforming this place into a true gastronomic lever of …

It is a fitting stage for a unique chef, Heinz Beck, holder of the highest European gastronomy awards. Like the hotel where it is located, it takes to the maximum exponent the refinement, elegance and sophistication, evident in the dishes on the menu in constant change, and in the excellent service it presents. With one of the best sommelliers in the country pairing the proposals on the menu with wines of excellence, a meal here will always be a unique experience to remember.

After years at the helm of the Guincho Fortress, the French chief has a new home. Vincent Farges now runs Epur, in Lisbon, a Based on the "art of purifying, removing everything that is superficial", the space bets on tasting menus that grant additional lightness to any meal. The space follows the same line: cleaned of excesses, and overlooking the city and the Tagus.

Located in one of the best spots in the city, the restaurant, which has Joachim Koerper at the helm of the kitchen, is becoming more and more consistent with age. Each menu he presents is a tribute to the flavours, textures and even colours of the products used, also reflecting more and more the influences from the other side of the Atlantic. The restaurant already has a Michelin Star.

With only eight seats at the counter, it is the most exclusive Japanese restaurant in Lisbon, serving a unique kaiseki menu, which respects the strict Japanese concepts.

At the Pedro Lemos restaurant, gastronomy takes on new approaches, always with a focus on traditional haute cuisine that marks the chef's work. The best ingredients combine with the chef's talent and excellent service to provide new gastronomic and wine experiences in a more minimalist space that continues to be synonymous with sophistication and good food. The quality of the space has already been awarded a Michelin Star.

Even with the fame growing year after year, it is still an authentic place where you want to go and come back. The welcome is warm and familiar. In contrast to the cold sea of Viana that almost touches the restaurant. From the fishing and fish warehouses nearby, comes the always fresh fish and seafood, which is the reason for constant pilgrimages.

Luís Mourato followed in his father's footsteps, first as a pitchfork and now as host of the family's restaurant, which has been in existence for more than 30 years. A tribute to the bullfighting universe, the references are not limited to the decoration. The menu, where beef predominates, specialises in this matter with grilled kebabs and bull tenderloin. The stewed venison with migas is another of the house's signature dishes, along with the roasted suckling pig with wild mushroom rice. Accompany it with a wine from the region (the menu is extensive and exclusive to the Alentejo) and finish with …

Here, you are welcomed with sympathy and open arms, a task shared by António Miranda and João Cavaleiro. Regardless of the choices, two guarantees: the half-portions are plentiful and everything that arrives from the kitchen (since 1992) has the hand of Maria de Jesus Miranda. Fried octopus with migas and house goat can be "simple" dishes of the day. Among the specialties are three codfish dishes: à Lagareiro, with cornbread à 3 Pipos and with cornbread à Beirã. In terms of meats, the highlight is the Rib Rice in Wine and Garlic, served in black clay from Molelos (a short …

Under the supervision of Chef Victor Felisberto, some specialties are served here, such as meats cooked at low temperature in a wood oven, with emphasis on the pork neck roasted in the wood oven, the pork shank and the veal loaf.

It is one of the most reputed restaurants in Viana do Castelo, known for its family atmosphere and the improved confection of regional delicacies such as goat, barefoot rooster rice (cabileda), sarrabulho à lavrador, oven-roasted lamprey with new potatoes and, once a month or by order, the famous Portuguese stew. The wine cellar is one of the most complete in the region, also with liqueur proposals to accompany the desserts. They are proud of the camel drool and also the camel slice with strawberry.