BA Wine Bar do Bairro Alto

Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré


Reserve ahead unless you want to get shut out of Bairro Alto's best wine bar, where the genuinely welcoming staff will offer you three fantastic tasting choices based on your wine proclivities (wines from €5; tasting boards for one/four €13/47). The cheeses (from small artisanal producers) and charcuterie (melt-in-your-mouth black-pork presuntos) are not to be missed, either. Reservations are essential.


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