

5

"Chef Nuno Mendes’s newest project, set in an old convent with soaring ceilings inside the Locke de Santa Joana hotel, delivers Lisbon’s heartbeat in a visually stunning, lively room. The menu is playful and shareable—stacked oysters, a beef tartare that rivals the city’s best, and Alentejo pork with a walnut sauce so good you’ll want extra bread—offering hints of tradition but mostly whatever tastes great right now. It’s a laid-back, full-tables kind of place you’ll want to rally friends for and return to." - Abigail Malbon