Breathtaking views Lisbon: restaurant Atira-te ao Rio, 10-min ferry trip & boat taxi

Nowadays Lisbon is suffering from the high number of tourists. Residents are protesting more and more…20 years ago this place was a ‘hidden gem’….. Stunning sunset! 

Restaurant Atira-te ao Rio & friends from Japan/ Amsterdam August 2025

A 10-minutes ferry trip from Lisbon’s city center (Cais Do Sodré) to the other side of the Tagus river is really worth it! 

Restaurant Atira-te ao Rio is one of my favorites, a small paradise & fresh & tasty fish! 🙂

Restaurant Atira-te ao Rio : delicious (fish) lunch with Margarethe de Vrieze and Marjolein Petersen (& dog Nelson) May 2022

Right next to the elevator to the Cristo Rei Statue, restaurant Atira-te ao Rio (litt. ‘throw yourself into the river‘) is a space blessed by fabulous views over old town Lisbon.

Restaurant Atira-te ao Rio, Cais do Ginjal Lisbon & friend Josephine Lucassen (official tourist guide), March 12, 2020

The menu is typically Portuguese: dishes with good presentation and tasty. We ordered one of my favorite dishes, salada com polvo  (octopus salad), and shrimps.

Restaurant Atira-te ao Rio, Cais do Ginjal Lisbon & view 25 April bridge

Wintertime

These pictures are made in September on a beautiful sunny day, but in wintertime there’s also the possibility to enjoy the views of old town Lisbon inside the restaurant.

Restaurant Atira-te ao Rio, Cais do Ginjal Lisbon, September 2017

In wintertime the large windows allow the view to be equally (almost as) good as outside. The restaurant features an indoor room with a burning stove and a terrace with heaters and  blankets.

Restaurant Atira-te ao Rio, Cais do Ginjal Lisbon, August 2025

My choice: Tuna Tataki with Sautéed Rice with Vegetables and Fennel  🙂 🙂  €21

Restaurant Atira-te ao Rio, Cais do Ginjal Lisbon, August 2025

After passing some abandoned and ruinous very old warehouses (lots of lovely graffiti ), there’s restaurant Atira-te ao Rio. ca. 10 minutes walk from the ferry.

NOW REMOVED: Very old abandoned warehouses with a long history (2018)

UPDATE 2025: the old warehouses are gone…..redevelopment plan restoring around 90,000 square meters, including a housing complex with around 300 homes, stores and services, a hotel with 160 rooms, social facilities and 500 parking spaces. (source: Lisboa Secreta)

Restaurant Atira-te ao Rio, Cais do Ginjal Lisbon, April 2023

How to get there? 

Take a (cheap) ferry trip from the Cais do Sodré ferry terminal to Cacilhas,  (timetable vice verca) and after a 10 minutes walk along abadonded warehouses near the river Tagus there’s restaurant Atira-te ao Rio.

Cais do Sodré ferry terminal to Cacilhas,  (timetable vice verca)