Best bars in Portugal

Red Frog Speakeasy Bar is at Praça da Alegria 66b in Lisboa.

Liberdade · Lisbon speakeasy cocktail bar · site · IG

QUATTRO TESTE is a Mouraria cocktail bar blending Basque and Italian drinking cultures through cocktails, gildas, sagardoa, vermouth and amari in a casual neighbourhood setting.

Basque-Italian cocktail and aperitivo bar · site · IG

Monkey Mash is a modern tropical cocktail bar on Praça da Alegria, created by partners from Red Frog and 1868 Cocktail Boutique.

Modern tropical cocktail bar · site · IG

Torto is a playful downtown Porto cocktail bar whose cassette-and-playlist framing carries through six movements of characterful signature drinks, selected alcohol-free versions and a short snack list.

Playful music-themed cocktail bar · site · IG

Rossio Gastrobar is the rooftop bar and restaurant at the Altis Avenida Hotel, pairing a panoramic view over central Lisbon with shareable contemporary food, signature cocktails and music.

Hotel rooftop gastro-cocktail bar · site · IG

The Royal Cocktail Club is an intimate downtown Porto bar whose in-house laboratory develops fermentations and infusions. Its Five Elements menu gives original cocktails a thematic structure, while exclusively seated service favours a slower evening.

Intimate seated cocktail bar with an in-house laboratory · site · IG

Constança Cordeiro's Toca da Raposa serves original, seasonal cocktails built from local produce, homemade liqueurs and foraged plants. Raw concrete, coloured velvet seating and a pink-limestone bar give the Chiado room a pared-back, contemporary character.

Contemporary seasonal and foraged-ingredient cocktail bar · site · IG

Foxtrot is a Lisbon cocktail bar founded in 1978, arranged across four intimate rooms and a patio with English-pub influences and Art Deco and Art Nouveau details.

Historic Art Deco, English-pub-inspired cocktail bar · site · IG

Bar Ganda is the cocktail room inside JNcQUOI Asia on Avenida da Liberdade. Its bar and wine menus sit alongside the restaurant's Asian-inspired food, making it an easy first stop before dinner. The bar does not take reservations.

Cocktail bar within an Asian-inspired restaurant and hospitality destination · site

CINCO Lounge is a long-running Príncipe Real cocktail bar serving classic and modern signatures in a relaxed room, with private workshops and events alongside normal evening service.

Neighbourhood classic and signature cocktail bar · site · IG

Pensão Amor is a theatrical Cais do Sodré bar spread across rooms and tucked-away corners, with cocktails, shows and entertainment tied to the building’s colourful history. Its first-floor bar is separate from Madam’s Lodge accommodation upstairs.

Theatrical multi-room cocktail and entertainment bar · site · IG

SEEN Sky Bar is the ninth-floor rooftop at Tivoli Avenida Liberdade Lisboa, combining broad city views with cocktails, Mediterranean- and Japanese-influenced sharing food and DJ-led evenings.

Art Deco rooftop cocktail bar and restaurant · site · IG

The Argo is Tivoli Marina Vilamoura’s cocktail bar, using flavours from historic spice routes, adventurous signature drinks and a marina-facing setting.

Marina-view contemporary cocktail bar · site · IG

Flôr is a Porto all-day café and bar for specialty coffee, pastries, light seasonal lunches, snacks, wine and creative cocktails.

All-day specialty-coffee café, wine bar and creative cocktail bar · site · IG

Grand Salon Bar is the cocktail bar inside the Belle Époque Bordoy Grand House Algarve, where jazz, a century-old mahogany counter and classics such as Negronis and absinthe set the scene.

Belle Époque hotel cocktail bar · site