Confraria LX — Restaurant in Lisbon

We visited Lisbon back in September and accidentally stumbled upon this amazing sushi restaurant in the middle of the city center close to Tagus River. Oh my Goodness, not only was it delicious, but also the ambiance and the design of the restaurant - so unique for a typical sushi joint!!! We are sushi connoisseurs, even our kids started eating seafood and raw fish at the age of 12 months, so our expectations were high. We have such standards for quality of seafood as our favorite US sushi restaurant is SugarFish by Sushi Nozawa that is located in NYC and Los Angeles. We were pleasantly surprised at how fresh everything was at Confraria. The delicious appetizers, including the beet dip with carrots, that was a special treat they bring you that only costs a few euros. When we walked in, there was only 1 table occupied, which seemed a bit odd, however, it was also later in the afternoon. A few minutes later we were happy that no one else was there as we received an exceptional service from our waitress and the chef kept making accommodations for us by substituting certain fish for tuna instead (we are not fans of raw salmon). The cone appetizers were to die for. Nigiri, sashimi and the remaining rolls were all 10/10. All menu items tasted so incredible we ordered the 2nd round.

If you are in Lisbon and would like to try some of the freshest sushi - this place is it! Highly...

Beautiful designed restaurant, very comfortable. The food was fantastic, with the expected quality. The only downside of my experience was the service. There was 4 people serving at the table, only 2 tables including mine inside the restaurant and 6 tables outside with costumers. It took 15 minutos to have someone come to out table from the moment we sat down, we had to remind the waitress of the wine card 3 times, and after the wine was chosen, all the food was already in the table and we were eating already by the time we got the drinks. Again, later to ask for the bill we had to be waiving our arms around to get someone attention. And we waited almost 30 minutes for someone to actually come receive the payment. The service was very poor, with no attention to detail nor even just looking around the room just to make sure the costumers didn't need further assistance. We would have chosen something else, but the wait was so long that it was not worthy. I have sat in many restaurants, and this one was was clearly not busy in a sense that the waitress were struggling, was just not looked after...

I enjoyed a quick lunch here - ordering a selection of sushi and sashimi called The Geisha. The fish was ok quality, but nothing special but the food was well made and well presented. The taste was let down for me by low quality wasabi - possibly green horseradish instead of the real thing - and basic soy sauce. I didn't try anything else on the menu - they have a lot of fusion ideas that go beyond traditional Japanese and look like they might be interesting if you like that sort of thing. The servers were friendly and efficient - they were good. The restaurant is nicely laid out and stylish with plenty of space between the tables. Value for money was ok, I spent about 27 euros for a small set selection and a glass of white...