Lisbon’s bar/restaurant Pavilhão Chines in Bairro Alto: bizarre & one of a kind!
Once an old grocery store, this 1900s style bar/restaurant, 10 minutes walk from Bairro Alto ’s nightlife is really unique!
This is one of the most interesting and unusual decorated bars I’ve ever seen and a good start to Lisbon’s nightlife. You have to ring the doorbell, like in many other Portugese places.
Pavilhão Chines is housing a fascinating collection of all sort of things, like lead soldiers, contemporary engravings, humorous ceramics and models of war planes.
Miniscule toy soldiers are perfectly aligned. Walking from room to room is like going through a museum with curiosities and kitch from all over the world. It is said that only one man collected all this stuff….almost unbelievable!
Once sitting down at one of the beautiful tables, the choice of drinks (nothing is for sale, except the drinks and it’s a bit expensive..) is quite large: from tea, wine, cocktails to champagne.
You can have a drink while listening to the jukebox playing classic rock songs from the 60’s and 70’s or play snooker, and then walk down to the rest of Bairro Alto and enjoy the night..
Pavilhão Chines, open from 18:00 – 02:00, smoking allowed. Address: Rua Dom Pedro V 89-91, Bairro Alto. Tel: 213 424 72.
