Tania Sanchez Review of Time Out Lisboa
Your experience here will depend directly upon how...
Your experience here will depend directly upon how crowded it is, so check the Google busy times chart carefully! When I first came, it was about 1pm on a weekday and I just walked through, or more like squeezed through, for a look. I gave up. But when I missed my tram stop on the day that the clock turned back an hour, I found myself here hungry at 11:30 on a Sunday with few people around. Then it was fabulous! Not cheap, but the high quality merits the higher prices, and lack of table service is balanced by the chance to try so many different things. I ate at 3 stalls, had a fried calamari here, the special of the day duck rice there, and ended with a spectacular savory and sweet goat cheese salad and a coffee. I would have eaten all afternoon if my wallet and waistline could have handled it. There were five or six other things I saw in passing that I would have liked to try. It s important to note that there is open seating in the center of the space but also vendor-specific seating with counter service on the perimeter, which I think was underused. What could be improved: I think the stalls could offer more vegetarian and vegetable dishes in general (a vegetarian stall would be refreshing, as it is for the most part a protein and starch fest). Furthermore, the few toilets on site are simply inadequate and poorly maintained.
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