Best Places in Lisbon for afternoon tea

It is the meal in the middle of the afternoon, between lunch and dinner that is frequently forgotten. But it can also be a good excuse for a friends’ meeting, a family reunion or an afternoon of leisure and work in a different place. Whether you like cake, tea or a bowl of cereal, the best places for afternoon tea in Lisbon offer several options (from the sweetest to the healthier) in cosy places perfect for conversation. We divided our suggestions by theme, so that you may find what you are craving more easily.

These are the places where we go with our grandparents and families on the weekends, where we are sure we will find that cake we like so much. These places have a long tradition of serving afternoon tea, and they still know how to do it.

Mouthwatering cakes, with cream, chocolate, coloured frostings. Croissants with nutella, french pastries, classics of portuguese pastry. If your afternoon tea has to be sweet, you’ll certainly be happy in these places.

It’s that perfect drink on a cold afternoon, capable even of comforting the most gelid of bodies, lift the spirit and make the taste buds sing. In these spots, you will find the best hot chocolates in town.

If it’s cafeine you really enjoy and your idea of afternoon snack includes a big cuo of coffee or a cappucinno, you have to know these cafés.

You just need an excuse for an afternoon break and meet with friends or read a book or the newspaper?

For those that really put the “tea” in “afternoon tea”, and accompany it with scones and biscuits.

You go out to have an afternoon snack, but you really like the homemade flavours, perhaps a bowl of cereals with yogurt or milk, or a satiating fruit salad.

In Cascais and Sintra you can pause for afternoon tea with as much charm as in the capital. There are must visit classics, pleasant tea-houses, as well places to relax.