Rio de Mel

Av. da Igreja 25D, 1700-266 Lisboa, Portugal

★ 4.6 (955 Google reviews) · Chicken Restaurant · Compare this place

Cuisine: Portuguese

💖 Loved by locals & tourists

Tourists rate it higher than locals do

🏠 Local score 4.43 how locals rate it · 35 reviewers 😊 83% good (4–5★) · 😐 11% okay (3★) · 😖 6% bad (1–2★) Written reviews only — star-only ratings aren't counted.
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🧳 Tourist score 4.88 how tourists rate it · 88 reviewers 😊 98% good (4–5★) · 😐 2% okay (3★) · 😖 0% bad (1–2★) Written reviews only — star-only ratings aren't counted.

Who eats here?

🏠 28% locals 72% tourists 🧳

35 of its 123 recent reviewers are from Portugal - 88 are not.

🍽️ Moderately busy - about 5.4 new Google reviews a month

Before you go

Practical details reported by 175 reviewers in the data we already collected.

Reviewer-reported
Food 4.75 169 reports
🏠 4.6★ (45) 🧳 4.84★ (81)
Service 4.62 166 reports
🏠 4.3★ (44) 🧳 4.83★ (80)
Atmosphere 4.36 158 reports
🏠 3.95★ (42) 🧳 4.66★ (76)
Price per person€5–10 100 reports
Reported wait10–30 minutes 41% of 41 reports
Noise levelQuiet, easy to talk 38% of 13 reports
Meal typeDinner 66% of 91 reports
Order typeTakeaway 95% of 44 reports
Recommended dishesGrilled Chicken 61% of 31 reports

How locals and tourists have rated it over time

Everyone: 4.5★Everyone: 4.75★Everyone: 4.33★Everyone: 5★Everyone: 5★Everyone: 5★Everyone: 4.75★Everyone: 5★Everyone: 5★Everyone: 4.67★Everyone: 5★Everyone: 4.5★Everyone: 4.7★Everyone: 4.88★Everyone: 5★Everyone: 4.25★Everyone: 5★Everyone: 4.73★Everyone: 4.33★ Tourists: 4.67★Tourists: 4.71★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 4.86★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 5★Tourists: 4.7★Tourists: 4.5★ Locals: 4★Locals: 4.8★Locals: 5★Locals: 5★Locals: 4★Locals: 4.33★Locals: 4.5★Locals: 3★Locals: 5★
Everyone Tourists Locals Google all-time 4.6★ Sep 24 – Jul 26
🏠 Locals are drifting away - 20% of recent reviewers are locals, vs 31% before
🧭 72% of reviewers are Google Local Guides

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Based on 123 recent written Google reviews · confidence: high · checked 2026-07-13 · newest review 2 months ago