Taverna Alfacinha

R. dos Sapateiros no 179, 1100-577 Lisboa, Portugal

★ 4.7 (8,807 Google reviews) · Restaurant · Compare this place

Cuisine: Portuguese

🧳 Tourists' spot
🏠 Local score 5 small sample · 1 reviewers
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🧳 Tourist score 4.74 how tourists rate it · 288 reviewers 😊 93% good (4–5★) · 😐 4% okay (3★) · 😖 3% bad (1–2★) Written reviews only — star-only ratings aren't counted.

Who eats here?

🏠 0% locals 100% tourists 🧳

1 of its 289 recent reviewers are from Portugal - 288 are not.

Only 1 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 149 new Google reviews a month - busier than 97% of Lisboa places

Before you go

Practical details reported by 381 reviewers in the data we already collected.

Reviewer-reported
Food 4.8 370 reports
Service 4.9 370 reports
Atmosphere 4.76 368 reports
Price per person€20–25 193 reports
Reported waitNo wait 88% of 164 reports
Noise levelQuiet, easy to talk 59% of 99 reports
ReservationsReservations not required 42% of 19 reports
Group sizeTwo people 55% of 49 reports
Meal typeDinner 58% of 222 reports
Order typeDine in 100% of 18 reports
Recommended dishesSeafood Rice 86% of 7 reports

How locals and tourists have rated it over time

Everyone: 4.73★Everyone: 4.76★Everyone: 4.77★ Tourists: 4.72★Tourists: 4.76★Tourists: 4.77★
Everyone Tourists Google all-time 4.7★ May 26 – Jul 26
🧭 20% of reviewers are Google Local Guides

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Based on 290 recent written Google reviews · confidence: high · checked 2026-07-12 · newest review 2 months ago