Grapes & Bites — Restaurant in Lisbon

Grapes and Bites is a hostel which belongs to the Bites and Grapes restaurant just downstairs. It is located in Bairro Alto which has it's up- and downsides. It is relatively central and there are a lot of opportunities to go out. But on the other side it is pretty loud. The hostel itself also has walls which a paper thin and you can hear everything. You definitely need oropax if you want to stay there. ||We stayed in the Junior suite. The bed was very comfy and as a welcome gift a small bottle of portwine waited for us. The interior was quite modern with a wine theme. But what was an absolute horror was the "bathroom". It was just a dice in one corner of the room. The walls were made of plastic and it was open so no privacy at all. For the price that was totally unacceptable. If I wanted to use a bathroom with no privacy I would have booked a room with a shared bathroom where you certainly would have had more privacy. In addition the water from the shower went into the toilet space so you could only go into the toilet room with slippers on otherwise you would have had wet socks. And yes we checked several times if we had closed the shower door correctly. Even towels in front of the door didn't stop the water. The breakfast was a bit scarce. In Portugal and in hostels there I had better ones than here. Another thing I found a bit irritating was the luggage storage fee. I have never heard of such a thing and seen that they were stuffed in a small cubpboard I think it's not worth it. On our next trip Lisbon I would choose somewhere...

Grapes and Bites is a hostel which belongs to the Bites and Grapes restaurant just downstairs. It is located in Bairro Alto which has it's up- and downsides. It is relatively central and there are a lot of opportunities to go out. But on the other side it is pretty loud. The hostel itself also has walls which a paper thin and you can hear everything. You definitely need oropax if you want to stay there. ||We stayed in the Junior suite. The bed was very comfy and as a welcome gift a small bottle of portwine waited for us. The interior was quite modern with a wine theme. But what was an absolute horror was the "bathroom". It was just a dice in one corner of the room. The walls were made of plastic and it was open so no privacy at all. For the price that was totally unacceptable. If I wanted to use a bathroom with no privacy I would have booked a room with a shared bathroom where you certainly would have had more privacy. In addition the water from the shower went into the toilet space so you could only go into the toilet room with slippers on otherwise you would have had wet socks. And yes we checked several times if we had closed the shower door correctly. Even towels in front of the door didn't stop the water. The breakfast was a bit scarce. In Portugal and in hostels there I had better ones than here. Another thing I found a bit irritating was the luggage storage fee. I have never heard of such a thing and seen that they were stuffed in a small cubpboard I think it's not worth it. On our next trip Lisbon I would choose somewhere...

Came here on Saturday night (our first night in Lisbon) based on the good Google review score. Got seated by a waitress who "told us off" (taken at the time as a light hearted joke) for not having a booking. Restaurant was half empty and they had a staff member out on the street enticing people in, do i got a mixed vibe. It was very hot inside despite the aircon going, vibe was pleasant with live music going. 10 minutes went by, we had decided on a nice bottle of wine and dishes, but noone came by to take our order. When I tried to catch an eye of the waitress who seated us, she just shook her head at me. Fine, I thought, this happens, something might be occupying her I thought. We caught attention of another waitress who told us we can't order wine with her, but she encouraged us to order food. 20 minutes in still no water or wine order to be received by anyone in the excruciating heat and humidity they seated another couple next to us at the same table. We didn't mind, of course, despite several tables being free (the couple of ladies seated next to us enquired about, but got told they were réserved). Eventually we were able to order our drinks. Food came out. It was fine. Nothing to write about. The service however let it down majorly. Having come down from North of Portugal, this was the worst service experienced. Lastly the "reserved" tables didn't fill by the time we finished our meal and bottle of wine ~90 minutes. So.. 3 stars.. Nice, but not really, the service I enjoyed at other highly...