Flor da Laranja

A lovely but tiny place. MUST reserve. We called ahead and reserved for 730, dinner took 2 hrs because she does EVERYTHING herself! A lovely lady covering front and back while also turning many non reserved people away . ... Cosy atmosphere with comfortable cushions, Morrocan home style. We needed the comfort after a day of walking Sintra in the rain. Everything she gives you, she adds to the bill, which is normal here. Lamb tagine was wonderfully flavored and tender, accompanied by "goodies" as she called the mysterious side dishes that just appeared without ordering. About 65 euro for 2 including 3 glasses of wine, water, and a beer. As Americans we always tip in cash. Warmly recommended.

This is an absolutely wonderful gem of a place!!! It felt like a culinary journey into the best home cooked food of Morocco with incredible flavour combinations. Very well balanced and high quality ingredients. Well, yet all of this wouldn't be what it was, if it wasn't for the owner. She really adds the special 'spice' to this place and adds the love and heart to it. Truly a special experiences I cannot recommend enough =) Thank you!!!

Beautiful and cozy restaurant with very good food. The owner is quite amazing as she is the hostess, server, and chef. She is very welcoming. Everything was perfect. Thank you!! Vegetarian options and with advance notice GF.

We had a generally good experience at Flor da Laranja on Christmas day. Owner-chef Rabea Esserghini is a gracious, welcoming hostess. Unfortunately, I can't say that some of her guests on that day weere equally gracious and welcoming. A table that seemed to be a multi-generational family speaking both French and English chose to greet our entry into the restaurant with hostile glares, and that cast something of a pall over the evening. Ms. Esserghini can hardly be faulted for the behavior of her customers, though. Ms. Esserghini does all the cooking for everyone who comes to her restaurant and treats you as if you're a guest in her home. The restaurant is cozy and beautifully appointed. When we arrived, a little plate of appetizers was sitting on the table, a soft goat cheese on a crispy flatbread, and tuna spiced with cumin, also on a flatbread, garnished with mint. We placed our orders — lamb tagine with artichokes for my spouse and chicken with couscous for me — and then asked Ms. Esserghini to recommend a strong red Douro wine to go with the meal. She chose a bottle of Quinta de la Rosa (2021), and it was very good. We also ordered more appetizers, dolmas and hummus, both excellent. The hummus was lemony and aromatic with cumin. The main dishes came with an array of mezes — spinach in lemon sauce, eggplant in tomato sauce, chopped sweet potatoes with honey and spice, and a dish of fava beans and olives in olive oil and herbs. These were all very tasty. My big disappointment with the meal was that the chicken with couscous was relatively tasteless, with none of the warm Moroccan spices I had expected to flavor it. Ms. Esserghini asked if we liked our dishes on the spicy side when we ordered them.... The cost of this wonderful meal was less than half of what it would have been in a comparable US restaurant, and the food would not have been half as good in a comparable American restaurant.

⁉️🏃‍♂️ BRIEFLY 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Vouched by multiple Moroccans, hands down the best Moroccan restaurant you can find in Lisbon. 👎 🍽️ SPACE The place is extremely small inside so please book if you want to ensure a table. 👍 👨‍🍳 FOOD 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Ask the chef for suggestions if you do not know what to order. Everything we took was simply amazing. 👥 SERVICE 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The owner is lovely. It looks like being with a family member. ❗She expects respect in everything she does, if you're looking for making noise this is not the place for you.

Delicious food! The owner and chef is lovely and treats you like a family member! She’s also very kind and generous with kids. One of the best Moroccan food we’ve had! Highly recommend the pastilla and the lamb couscous.

WOW, the food here is amazing, and the owner's recommendations were absolutely spot on. This restaurant ticks all the boxes, and we can't wait to go back.

This review is way overdue. I have been going to this amazing restaurant for more than 2 years, and I am impressed every single time. To start with, the owner is the sole creator, chef, and caterer of this business. She put so much love and compassion in her cooking that you can feel it in every bite. The interior design and table set up are her own creation. You can only dine there if you have a reservation, and she gets full at all the time. So make sure to book in advance.

Beautiful setting and an attentive owner hostess. It's small and a one woman show so be sure to make a reservation. The owner tailored our meal to our liking - when i admitted i wasn't fond of prunes, she changed the dish to be lamb with artichoke and capers. She also recommended our dishes to align the spice and flavor of our meal experience. One of the best dinners we've had in Portugal. Lovely!

I had one of the best meals of my life here tonight. Everything was insanely delicious, the ambience was so cozy and welcoming. But the best part?? The chef!! I am sad that I do not remember her name but she is a genius. She does it all herself, she is the waitress, host, and chef all at once. And she was so friendly, kind, and inspiring. Her menu said that her goal in opening her restaurant was to bring the delicious food and beautiful feel of her home country of Morocco to Lisbon. And I think she has done that and more! If you are in this beautiful city and looking for a mind blowing Moroccan spot, look no further because this is the place for you. I can not recommend it more!!

What an adorable place! Do not come if you are in a hurry. The lovely proprietress does everything-- the greeting, the suggestions, the cooking and serving. She's a one-man band. So she is busy and things might take a while. Order a bottle of wine and sit back and wait for your tasty dinner to be served, while soaking in the comfy colorful Moroccan decor. I had the lamb and artichoke tagine. Yum. She also served some "amuse bouche" items. And the meals came with tasty side dishes of spicy legumes, eggplant, etc. Hubby had the preserved-lemon chicken and was very happy.

This was the best meal I had in Lisbon (and it's not even Portuguese!). It's like stepping into your grandmother's living room or backyard, with its cozy pillows, tiled tables, and moroccan lights. The owner came out to great us and knew we didn't know what to order, so she picked everything for us! And honestly, she knew best. We had tagine baked chicken and lemon, tagine lamb and artichoke, and a vegetable couscous with an assortment of vegetable sides (spinach, eggplants, hummus) paired with mint moroccan tea! Worth every penny, and she was so warm and helpful.

Greatest place, small but very good! The food is amazing the ambient is genuine and the owner is very friendly! The tangines are great and the hummus is to die for! The mint tea and the fruit cocktail with rose water it's unbelievably good! Make sure to book in advance! We will come back again, again and again! The owner/cook/hostess is so nice and friendly!

This place is incredible. The hostess/server/cook is just so kind and passionate and lovely and I have never seen someone love so much what they do. Now it would be enough given how kind and warm she was... but the FOOD... quality, presentation, and execution were IMPECCABLE and just astoundingly delectable. Definitely come here! (Though come earlier to get a seat given the small size of the establishment) Bravo!

I'm hesitant to write this review because I don't want anyone knowing about how good this place it. The restaurant is small--maybe 8 tables--come early and be ready for a leisurely night (no rushing this). The Moroccan-inspired food was amazing. The taste profile combinations (sweet and savory) were so good. We spent a wonderful week in Portugal and dinner at this place was our favorite. The ambiance is cozy and romantic...the next time I visit Lisbon, this will be the first restaurant I visit for dinner.

Thoroughly enjoyed our meal here. It is a one woman show and we very much enjoyed our hummus followed by the shrimp tagine and the lamb tagine with prunes and almonds. I would order exactly the same thing again. Wonderfully flavourful and tasty - brilliant and just what we wanted. Only lament is that we had no room for dessert.

One of the most memorable nights at a restaurant I've ever had. great food, great vibes. The lady that runs this place (and cooks, and waits on you, and does a bit of bouncing on the side when necessary) is lovely in every way. Highly recommended!