Clube de Jornalistas

Try the chestnut soup, it is very delicious! Very friendly people & good atmosphere! We received a nice glass of champagne when we arrived and both got a gift by leaving the please which was very nice.

This place feels Iike you’re in someone’s (large) home and if you’re lucky you’ll get seated in the large dining area. Was here with a smaller group and two of my friends arrived early, and after they’ve figured out they needed to ring the doorbell, they were invited to the lounge area where our hostess for the evening served a glass of sparkling wine. Now that’s a pleasant — and surprising — welcome.
And then the food. Well it was alright, but that was about it. Joining my friends out for a smoke later was the more enjoyable part of the evening. As this IS actually a ‘club de journalistas’ the environment more resembles a home than restaurant. That means we also had what felt like our ‘own’ balcony, facing a cute inner courtyard.
Upon departure, we recieved a goodie bag. Girls got one, guys another. How adorable.

Very good restaurant for a reasonable price. The dessert was a very good surprise. Undoubtedly we will return there.

Superbe restaurants dans un cadre magnifique. Le personnel est aux petits oignons et vraiment attentionnés. On se sent chose chouchoutés comme jamais. La carte est originale, et né déçoit pas ! La cuisine est excellente. Le service est tellement au petit soin que nous avons droit à un cadeau chacun en quittant le restaurant.

To celebrate the end of our incredible 3 week honeymoon, my husband and I decided to have our final dinner here at Clube de jornalistas. With its glowing reviews on tripadviser and Unilocal,I knew we were in for a treat.
We were the first diners to arrive and were immediate welcomed with two glasses of champaign. Our hostess led us to the back garden where we were surrounded by romantic candles and my fav unreal purple trees (so picture perfect!). Our waitress then welcomed us with 3 types of house made bread along with carrot purée and local olive oil. The bread were moist, soft, and hearty. The purée had a hint of curry. They were the perfect start of what were to follow!
We decided to share the sea bream ceviche as our starter. Our waitress was incredibly smart and had the chef split/​beautifully plates our starter into individual portion. The ceviche along with the spicy popcorn pieces and sweet mango was light and refreshing. It had all the amazing texture in one bite!
For main course, my husband and I went with their two most popular dishes — octopus with sweet potato purée and codfish filet confit with sweet potato+wilted spinach. The octopus was cooked to perfection. Usually I dislike octopus because they are either over or undercooked. But this octopus was melt in my mouth good — slightly chewy but incredibly soft. The generous serving of potato purée added the perfect contrast to its taste and texture. I loved this dish so much that my husband actually offered to trade with mine. He saw the love in my eyes.
The codfish was also beautifully put together. Perhaps the local codfish are just different than ones I had back in the states. I found it incredibly tough to chew even when it was flakey and spread into individual layers on its own. This happened with another cod dish I had here in Lisbon. It just wasn’t the same texture I knew I loved (miso cods are always so amazing). In addition, the olive pâté didn’t help to convince me to like this dish any more (still don’t understand how and why people just snack on olives). Nevertheless, my husband enjoyed this dish; just not my taste.
We were eye-​ing the interesting flavored ice cream (two types of local flowers, cheese, basil) right at the start of our dinner. But our sweet waitress recommended one of us to at least try their «Sweet Things». My husband and I decided to split our grand finale. Our dessert (or should I say desserts) included a sampling of every dessert on the menu. The chocolate mousse, the chocolate cake, two scoops of ice cream, candied fruits, various cream, yogurt, sauce, crumbles — it was incredible and we couldn’t help but polish the board! The presentation was art in its finest form. I heard our neighboring tables expressing that they couldn’t wait to get through their appetizers and entrees to get their own board of «sweet things».
Service was beyond attentive and warm. Our hostess/​waitress were incredibly sweet and helpful. From welcoming champaign to take home gifts (travel tag and a can of sardine lol), we were wowed by our whole dining experience at Clube de jornalistas! Additionally, for such an incredible meal — it costed only 58 euros (way cheaper than every meal we had in Venice and almost equivalent to every dinner we had in Lisbon). I can only describe our meal as the perfect ending!

Great! Unique ambiance. Great food. I had the grilled octopus. Wife had the curry pasta. Couldn’t have been better. And a reasonable price.
It’s an actual Journalist Club.

Avril 2014
Ce restaurant offre une cuisine recherchée et vraiment gouteuse. Nous y sommes retournés cette année après une première visite au printemps 2013 et c’est toujours aussi bon.
Je vous recommande vivement ce restaurant.

I was recommended to visit Clube de Jornalistas by a Portuguese family friend who has visited Lisboa plenty of times. He and his wife said that it was by far their favorite restaurant they had tried in this beautiful city.
I was on a solo trip and determined to try the best restaurants the city had to offer, and this was ranked #4 on TripAdvisor, so I definitely took the time to visit.
What a unique experience this was!
Upon arriving, I was greeted with a lovely surprise glass of bubbly, so immediately I felt very welcomed. Then, I was lead through the restaurant and into a back room where there were many sophisticated diners. The ambiance is quite beautiful — dimly lit, a fireplace, stone walls and interesting modern décor, very sexy overall. There were more surprises to come, but I do not want to ruin the entire experience for you!
The service was pristine. The staff was so attentive and great with their wine recommendations. If ever I was uncertain about a glass, they were happy to pour a tasting of the wine. I love how liberal the Portuguese are with their wines! I worked at many restaurants during my early 20s and the owners I had worked for were never quite so happy to pour a taste of wine. But this staff was more than happy and I loved that.
The food was incredible. Every dish I tried was delicious, unique, and structured with an eclectic assortment of spices and flavors. The servers did a fabulous job with the wine pairings. For each course I tried a different wine, and each glass was carefully selected with the wonderful help of the staff.
When you head to Lisboa, definitely take the time to try this fabulous restaurant! You will be very happy you did.

This restaurant has an interesting combination of experimental food, playful but classy ambience and wonderful service by friendly staff.
We made a reservation at 8pm on the Valentine’s day. There weren’t that many people when we arrived, but every table was occupied by the time we left. This restaurant is huge with 3 or 4 large rooms, but it also did a great job keeping space between every table and maintain spacious and minimalistic look.
We were greeted by a lady who took our coats and directed us to the dining room. There they gave each of us a glass of sparkling wine while being escorted to our table. Our waitress was very friendly and attentive, and very knowledgeable of items on the menu.
I was very glad I could try their regular tapas and dinner menu on the V-​day. Everything we had was delicious and interesting.
To start, they served 3 kinds of bread (savory, sweet with brown sugar and squid ink). My favorite was the squid ink black bread with carrot spread. The list of things we had was quite interesting in terms of combination of ingredients:
Pan-​fried scamorza, wilted turnip leaves and pear
Sea bream ceviche, spicy popcorn, mango vinaigrette and fishroe
Octopus with rosemary, sweet potato and wilted spinach
Iberian black pork loin, black-​eyed beans and apple
Chocolate soup, peanut, passion-​fruit daiquiri mousse
Ice creams (basil, eucalyptus and cheese)
The welcome sparkling wine, bread and port during the dessert was part of the service, I believe. They even let us try the third ice cream flavor for free as we had a hard time choosing which flavor to try!
The restaurant is a little away from the city center, but it’s definitely worth a visit. It’s now my favorite restaurant in Lisbon :)

Conheci o Clube de Jornalista, num jantar de anos.
Achei o espaço giríssimo, e a sensação de estar a circular dentro de uma casa e nas suas divisões, faz deste, um restaurante completamente atípico.
A casa é lindíssima, e está muito bem aproveitada.
Quanto ao jantar em si, como a ementa já estava pré definida, não consegui avaliar a oferta ou variedade de pratos, mas o bacalhau que comi estava delicioso.
O ambiente como éramos muitos, foi de certa forma criado pelo nosso grupo, mas é de certo agradável.
Quanto a preços, como o jantar foi oferecido, fiquei sem saber quais os valores gerais da tabela. Ma calculo que tenha um preço médio.
Como era Inverno, ficámos confinados ao espaço interior, mas de tal forma à vontade e confortáveis, que o jantar não passou dali, pois já saímos todos tarde.

Completamente renovado em 2010, o clube dos jornalistas de 1983 tem agora um novo conceito.
Era um clube/​restaurante de ambiente bastante clássico e com uma cozinha emblemática onde em jantares de aniversário era frequentemente um espaço escolhido. No meio do bairro da Lapa, era uma referência.
Já experimentei este novo conceito; mais informal, mais atual e no fundo mais de acordo com o ritmo em que se vive. Cozinha brasileira; provei a moqueca e gostei; a musica essa sim, marcou-​me; o espaço exterior faz-​me sentir fora da cidade. Vou voltar com certeza.

Pensando numa descrição do Clube dos Jornalistas, não posso deixar de falar no espaço. Antigo, embora renovado, as suas salas do andar de cima têm uma solenidade incrível. E o pátio, esse, que se nos depara depois de descermos a bela escadaria de pedra, é uma maravilha, um autêntico pedaço de natureza que se nos depara. Estar ali sentado é desde já um privilégio.
Depois, falemos do serviço: jovial e descontraído, feito por jovens poliglotas de elevada cultura.
E ainda, claro está, da comida e da bebida…À entrada é-​nos logo servida uma flute de bom champanhe e à saída também podemos contar com um copinho de abafado, tudo prendas da casa!
Pelo meio, podemos desfrutar de um dos bons vinhos oferecidos na carta e sobre os quais nos podemos e devemos aconselhar com a Miriam ou com o Cícero, estes empregados que estão sempre de olho em nós e no que nos falta, parecendo umas verdadeiras pulgas por entre as mesas no pátio.
Este a acompanhar uma degustação de pratos, de entre os quais aconselho vivamente o risotto de moqueca, o polvo assado em alecrim ou o bacalhau confitado com batata doce, bem como o bife do lombo com batata assada.
Quanto à sobremesa, a não perder definitivamente as «Coisas Doces», que deixo em suspense. Falando do preço, não minto ao dizer que podemos comer aqui comida de luxo e ficar satisfeiros pelo preço de 30 euros.

Nicht weit von unserem Hotel in Lissabon entfernt fanden wir am 1. Abend dieses schöné Restaurant.
Die Speisekarte war klein, aber alles klang ziemlich verlockend.
Ich entschied mich für den Oktopus auf Süßkartoffelcreme für 16 Euro.
Das Essen war sehr gut gewürzt und der Oktopus war zart und perfekt gegrillt.
Der Service war freundlich und warten mußten wir auch nicht lange.
Das Restaurant liegt etwas versteckt und abseits der üblichen Touristenwege.
Eine Tischreservierung ist empfehlenswert.