Cantina Do Bairro Alto - Tapas & Bar

R. do Norte 17 19, 1200-283 Lisboa, Portugal

★ 4.8 (673 Google reviews) · Restaurant · Compare this place

Cuisine: Portuguese

🧳 Tourists' spot
🏠 Local score 4.82 small sample · 11 reviewers 😊 100% good (4–5★) · 😐 0% okay (3★) · 😖 0% bad (1–2★) Written reviews only — star-only ratings aren't counted.
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🧳 Tourist score 4.89 how tourists rate it · 146 reviewers 😊 98% good (4–5★) · 😐 1% okay (3★) · 😖 1% bad (1–2★) Written reviews only — star-only ratings aren't counted.

Who eats here?

🏠 7% locals 93% tourists 🧳

11 of its 157 recent reviewers are from Portugal - 146 are not.

Only 11 locals have reviewed here recently - too few for a confident local score, though the ones who did rate it well. So few local reviews is itself a hint this isn't a regular local spot.

🔥 Very popular right now - about 76 new Google reviews a month - busier than 94% of Lisboa places

How locals and tourists have rated it over time

Everyone: 4.88★Everyone: 4.89★Everyone: 4.9★ Tourists: 4.88★Tourists: 4.91★Tourists: 4.89★ Locals: 5★Locals: 4.71★
Everyone Tourists Locals Google all-time 4.8★ May 26 – Jul 26

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Based on 157 recent written Google reviews · confidence: high · checked 2026-07-12 · newest review 2 months ago