Lisboa Patisserie

Long live Lisboa!!! Best cafe in london by far!! It's cheap in price but certainly not cheap in taste! Try the great 'galluha' of portobello road. For years i have been buying birthday cakes there (man they are so yummy!!) and i am now happy to say that they are also now in Camden!! Altho the vibes are a little different from west london. The staff are a miracle themselves as the place is AWAYS packed and altho they may be at times frustrated with customers taking ages to decide, they are trully amazing!!! The only shame is that there are hardly any seats in or outside.

So go and discover one of london's best kept secret! But get there early and Enjoy!
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Ziggy
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, March 03, 2008

We've been going to Lisboa for years and always have the same problem - deciding what to have! The coffee is excellent (far superior and cheaper than the stuff found in chain-stores) and the croissants (in particular with ham and cheese) are exceptional. Of course, we haven't even started on the cakes........ with all the crowds (both Portuguese and otherwise) and atmosphere, people watching etc, it really feels like you're in Portugal.
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Alexandra Cuckson
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, February 07, 2008

The BEST place for coffee and cake in London.

Have been going there for years and is always a pleasure. Never dissapointed.
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David Bennett
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, October 20, 2007

its a portuguese cafe , not french. you would do well to check it out and you would certainely know that there is nothing french about the place. Its fantastic, shame that there isnt anymore about.
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Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, September 04, 2007

can you not change the cusine? It's not French - what dont you understand?

It's Cafe Lisboa - Portuguese

It's an excellent cafe I have been going there for years - I love it the food the offee the atmosphere it's fab
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L Harding
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, November 01, 2006

You can find better cakes in London's Lisboa than in Lisboa itself! Just be kind to the people behind the counter, and you'll be rewarded.

Excellente espresso, sandwiches and custard tart, the Pastel de Nata.
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David Michelsohn
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 10
Thursday, October 26, 2006

This is a portuguese café and patisserie (not French as mystifyingly claimed higher up this page).

Excellent Portuguese coffee for one.

Wonderful custard tarts among a host of cakes ranging from almond based wafer thin biscuits to rich cream tarts. Spectacular cakes available on demand for occasions such as exuberant Portuguese baptisms, weddins, birthdays, etc.

Savouries also available.

Overall, the cuisine is refreshingly unsophisticated, and more party oriented.

Which matches the clientelle, which is jolly, animated, talkative, and with a rapid turnover.

The quality of this place is amply demonstrated by the fact that you have to get there early or be willing to wait in a queue in the doorway and out onto the pavement.

The Lisboa is just the cafe. Opposite and next door you'll find the portuguese food shop, and portuguese stationary and papers shop serving the large local portuguese community.
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Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Lisboa patisserie, is FRENCH???????!!!!!!!

We would've called it PASTELARIA, which is the correct name, but guess what??? You wouldn't understand!!

This is a PORTUGUESE pastry shop, NOT french!
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Marta
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Food 10 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 15, 2006

Fantastic place off Portobello, you go past the various Morroccon and Algerian stores selling tagines and cooking equipment and all the old guys hanging out with coffees shooting the breeze, you get to lisboa whihc will be heaving with more Portuguese old folk, fmailies, hipsters and the travelling gourmands in search of something authentic and sweet. The custard tarts are what people come here for here and are phenomenal and very, very cheap. Milky caffe au lait is around 80p and they serve it to you frothy in a glass, a great atmosphere.

Take some time to explore the area and look at the other ethnic cuisines on that stretch of road. There is also a hot food stand opposite which seemed to be serving up lots of very yummy smelling Middle Eastern food to the local muslims.
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C Johnstone
Thursday, September 01, 2005