Clube De Fado - Lisbon

Fado, literally destiny or fate, is the musical expression of the Portuguese people. At Clube de Fado the show is the main dish, and food a supplement.<br/ <br/ Fado is sung in the form of melancholic tunes and lyrics mostly about the sea or life of the less fortunate overlaid with pessimism. One could summarise it as songs filled with longing. <br/ <br/ The day we visited we had musicians Henrique Leitão, Carlos Leitão and Paulo Paz with Cuca Roseta, Maria Ana Bobone and Cristiana as the singers. <br/ <br/ Powerful, heartwrenching and haunting, these great fado singers arrested our senses being non Portuguese speakers.<br/ <br/ As I said the Show is the main dish and the food a rather poor second. That said, our dinner consisted of bread served with butter and broad Beans and Olives. The vegetable Cream Soup was a great starter and the main dish of a spring rice which has rice and lots of fresh vegetables was both tasty and filling. <br/ <br/ The Clube de Fado red wine was a great way to keep the meal going with the hauntingly heart wrenching music playing. <br/ <br/ Desert was orange with muscat. <br/ <br/ We ended the meal or should I say the show with hot espresso to cries of Bravo! Bravo as Cristiana’s singing. <br/ <br/ Lues, took care of us and was easily the best from making us feel welcome to keeping the wine coming in and to being such a great representative of the Portuguese people warm, generous, hospitable and kind. <br/ <br/ I promise to come back here the next time I’m in Lisbon.

Primeira vez no clube de fados<br/ <br/ Excelente restaurante, muito acolhedor... Simpático e bem decorado. Chique e muito bem recebidos por todo o staff. Empregados 10 estrelas, sempre simpáticos e atenciosos. Comida acima da média mas já sabia para o que ia. Dados excelentes, bons fadistas e óptimas vozes.... De tão bom soube a pouco. Sugestão: cantarem mais dados, interagirem com o publico e apresentarem-se tal como as músicas que vão cantar. Mas tudo junto 5 estrelas<br/ <br/

We were surprised and pleased to find that this cozy, underlying place had great food and fantastic service, beside excellent Fado performers. Whether it is considered tourist or not, you should not be able to feed and hear here.

We primarily came for the Fado music and it was excellent!!! The restaurant and its atmosphere was very special/authentic and welcomming. Food and service was excellent. The music was taking seriously, and we really enjoyed the evening and the experience

I had a nice time with my man. beautiful voice and musicians . viva portugal