Belcanto em Lisboa

The menu was based on the chief's food memories which sometimes was interesting but other times less so. You get a set of cards at the end with the dishes on though TBH I would have preferred a menu at the start. Service and food were good. What lets it down is its ridiculously expensive and sometimes quite horrid non alcoholic matching - avoid.

We had heard positive reviews for this Michelin starred restaurant and decided to give it a try for my wife's Birthday, as we're staying in the Chaido area. The service was smoothly professional from our greeting to our departure. Extra touches everywhere include "white glove service" at table side and an invite to tour the kitchen between dinner and dessert! We chose the a la carte option as the tasting menu is too many courses for us. We also opted for the wine pairings. With that, we were served "pre-appetizers" on an amazing display rack (delicious), followed by beet salad and shrimp dish (appetizers) and steak plus roast squab (our mains). We finished off with chocolate dessert as well as an amazing "Tangerina" (tangerine flavour 3 ways in a frozen sphere)! This was definitely a splurge but also an experience we will remember and talk about for a long time.