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Adega Machado
Adega Machado
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In 1937 it was named "Barrete Verde" but soon iit was changed to the final name that acquired national and international fame: ADEGA MACHADO. Today one may find a Fado House that renders homage to its history, to the founders and to all those who have added their personal and professional experiences to the memories of ADEGA MACHADO. In the Fado, Amalia Rodrigues proved her affection to this House with two yearly galas; the charismatics Alfredo Marceneiro and Fernando Mauricio came back many times. There are many to be named, but amongst those the interpreters Manuel Fernandes, Francisco Carvalhinho, Raul Nery, Adelino Santos, Beatriz da Conceicao, Maria Amelia Proenca, Maria da Fe and Mariza. The space was totally refurbished based on a new project, with a total preservation of the famous tiled facade and in the interior an area was created to display the large collection of historical images: paintings, drawings and photographs, property of the Machado Family. There is now an additional area, the Wine Cellar that serves traditional tidbits together with a large choice of Portuguese wines.
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Shlomo W
2 contributions
Jun 2023 • Friends
We were a group of five and were pleasantly surprised by this gem Adega Machado restaurant, 700 meters walking distance from the center. The food was amazing to the tunes of different artist performing Fado. Excellent service and ambience. Top class. Highly recommended. Reasonable prices.
Written 8 June 2023
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Tere L
1 contribution
Feb 2024 • Friends
The live music was very good, however, the food was very expensive and of very poor quality in terms of its preparation. The green broth was the only saving grace, the salad, bland and soulless, the cod, dry. In short, I would not repeat.
Written 25 February 2024
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Paulette V
3 contributions
Aug 2023 • Friends
Not very warm welcome. The Fado performance was too short. The menu is limited and should be translated into French. The dishes are expensive and 3 curls of ice cream thrown into a bowl for €15 is excessive. The cod was as tasteless as the cake. Apart from the beautiful tablecloths and the (few) songs, this establishment is not worth the detour.
Written 6 September 2023
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INMACULADA R
1 contribution
Feb 2024 • Friends
Fado very good, but the food and service bad.
Very expensive for what it offers.
The product is very normal and not well prepared at all.
They offer a vegetarian menu (which would be nice if it were vegan) which also leaves something to be desired for the price.
Only the fado is good, as a restaurant, terrible.
Very expensive for what it offers.
The product is very normal and not well prepared at all.
They offer a vegetarian menu (which would be nice if it were vegan) which also leaves something to be desired for the price.
Only the fado is good, as a restaurant, terrible.
Written 25 February 2024
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Charlotte L
London, UK26 contributions
Jul 2017 • Couples
The music is obviously lovely. Even though the sets are very short. Some only ten mins which is a shame. But the food. Aaaargh the food. Oh my goodness. We paid €49 each and I had a fish finger and tomato rice followed by cod. My husband had octopus followed by pork. It's some of the worst food we have ever eaten. Almost indelible. Which is such a shame. Especially when you consider the history of the club and the music. They forgot my husbands main course and when it arrived it was very dry. We had dessert as part of the set menu which when we were given it the waiter said sarcastically 'it's wet' as he had asked us why we hadn't eaten all our mains! Bonkers. Anyway. The food should improve. Lisbon really has amazing restaurants so this shouldn't be any different. No excuses really. Fire the chef and regroup. And persuade the musicians to look a bit happier about playing such short sets. Lol.
Written 16 July 2017
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Dear Customer,
Your statements definitely don´t correspond to our aim. We are sorry about that and our usual acknowledgments.
Anyway, thank you very much for your visit.
Written 19 July 2017
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RuteNinae
Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal1 contribution
Feb 2013 • Couples
I'm Portuguese. This fado house was really disappointing... The room ambiance is too fancy, and not typical Portuguese. I asked for cod fish rissoles (pasteis de bacalhau), and they were hot (they should NEVER be served hot but at room temperature), and they fallen apart when eaten, no way possible to eat them with bare hands (as it's supposed to) also they hat too much potato and almost no cod fish.
The singer's and musicians quality is excellent. The ambiance is romantic when they are singing, because they dim the lights.
But the service and room ambiance are snobbish.
It's not a typical fado house, I don't recomend.. If only I've known that before....
The singer's and musicians quality is excellent. The ambiance is romantic when they are singing, because they dim the lights.
But the service and room ambiance are snobbish.
It's not a typical fado house, I don't recomend.. If only I've known that before....
Written 22 February 2013
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alisony213
Minnesota93 contributions
Sept 2019
We enjoyed our early evening tapas and fado experience at Adega Machado. Since we'd been in Portugal for over a week, we'd heard fado on the streets, but we didn't really know what great fado sounded like until this experience. There was one male and one female singer who took turns, accompanied by both a Portuguese guitar and a classical guitar. At the end, both singers joined together for a finale. The music was sorrowful at times, coquettish at others, and always mesmerizing. And we all enjoyed the wine during the performance. Tapas consisted of bread, a yummy but unidentified cheese, prosciutto, and these delicious olives, marinated in some kind of garlic sauce. The experience was just over an hour, which was the perfect amount of time.
Written 1 November 2019
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discothequee
Bangkok, Thailand1 contribution
May 2018 • Friends
We want to have a fado experience so we search online and found this place. So it turn out to be super overprice with a really bad service.
Written 15 May 2018
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John013
London, UK119 contributions
Jul 2017 • Solo
I entered tonight at 23h - 23-45 approx with the desire to hear live Fado and have onw / two drinks
The waiter was extremely rude and arrogant with me when I asked for a table (replying that the kitchen was closed) - I replied that I wanted a glass of Port Wine
He continued to be rude (the establishment has two table occupied) - I asked to please speak toe the managerr
The manager came and I said I was not happy by the rude reception I had received by the waiter / greeter
His response were defencive and aggessive towards me I asked for the compaints book against the waiter / greeter
My cellpohe was grapped and I was physivally removed by force
I asked for my propeerty (my iPhone) once on the street - my wrist was now bleeding
This is no place for recommendation ....sorry .... I loce Fadoe but I felt that these are thugs who are more important them the paying clients....
I an NOT eble to reccoment unless you want to have this type of customer treatment
The waiter was extremely rude and arrogant with me when I asked for a table (replying that the kitchen was closed) - I replied that I wanted a glass of Port Wine
He continued to be rude (the establishment has two table occupied) - I asked to please speak toe the managerr
The manager came and I said I was not happy by the rude reception I had received by the waiter / greeter
His response were defencive and aggessive towards me I asked for the compaints book against the waiter / greeter
My cellpohe was grapped and I was physivally removed by force
I asked for my propeerty (my iPhone) once on the street - my wrist was now bleeding
This is no place for recommendation ....sorry .... I loce Fadoe but I felt that these are thugs who are more important them the paying clients....
I an NOT eble to reccoment unless you want to have this type of customer treatment
Written 21 August 2017
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ShreekantB
Mumbai, India74 contributions
Aug 2016 • Couples
The concierge recommended we come here as we wanted to hear Fado.
Service was rubbish, they came to take the drinks order after 10 minutes and that also when we waved a couple of times at all the waiters and finally one decided to visit our table.
Food came after 20 minutes and was very mediocre. The best fish was the tomato rice that came with the croquette.
The music was exceptional but I am sure many other restaurants in the area face better did and service to go with the music.
Service was rubbish, they came to take the drinks order after 10 minutes and that also when we waved a couple of times at all the waiters and finally one decided to visit our table.
Food came after 20 minutes and was very mediocre. The best fish was the tomato rice that came with the croquette.
The music was exceptional but I am sure many other restaurants in the area face better did and service to go with the music.
Written 30 August 2016
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Estuvimos sobre la última semana de junio y llevábamos un descuento del 50% de El Tenedor. No he localizado la factura, pero pagamos en total alrededor de 110 Euros para dos personas. Nos cobraron un plus de 27 Euros por persona por el espectáculo y la comida era muy normalita. Aún así, la experiencia estuvo bien. Cuestión de gustos.
Written 12 December 2018
Estarei indo com um grupo de 13 pessoas para um tour pela Europa e ficaremos 3 dias em Portugal !
Gostaria de saber qual o valor para um jantar com fado no dia 03/09?
Written 30 August 2018
Bom dia! O jantar com fado na Adega Machado é imperdível! Não sei valores atuais, mas em maio gastamos aproximadamente €40,00 por pessoa, incluindo o show e o menu completo (entrada-
+prato principal+sobremesa). Você pode ter mais informações, inclusive de reserva antecipada, pelo site deles.
Written 30 August 2018
Quero uma reserva para hoje.
2 pessoas.
Written 18 February 2017
FadoandFood
Lisbon, Portugal
Caro Cliente,
Chegou a efectuar a reserva através TheFork?
Written 15 March 2017
Estarei no próximo dia 22 em Lisboa e como já conheço outras casas de fado ,como o Luso,onde só comi sobremesa e tomei vinho,gostaria de saber sobre preços e se estarem numa autêntica casa de fados. Portuguesa! Obrigadissima,aguardo respostas
Written 7 February 2017
FadoandFood
Lisbon, Portugal
Olá!
Tanto o Café Luso como a Adega Machado são duas casas de fado históricas na cidade de Lisboa.
Que pena não chegar a tempo de provar o nosso especialíssimo Menu de São Valentim, válido entre 10 e 14 de Fevereiro...
Depois do Café Luso é a vez de ficarem agora a conhecer a Adega Machado, igualmente no coração de muitos brasileiros e luso-brasileiros que há décadas a visitam.
Sabe que fomos visitados pro três Presidentes da República Federal do Brasil? Pois (este termo é muito Português, bem sabe : ), o que deve querer dizer algo de especial em termos da nossa ligação.
Podem encontrar registos fotográficos ao longo das nossas galerias.
Ficamos a aguardá-los!
reservas: booking@fadoandfood.pt
Written 7 February 2017
FadoandFood
Lisbon, Portugal
Hi Rizzia, your testomony is really worth. Tnhank you very much, hope to welcome you again!
Written 14 February 2017
Até que horas posso chegar sem perder o espetáculo musical? Meu aviao pousa em Lisboa às 21h50 e só terei esse dia mesmo... Obrigado pela ajuda.
Written 25 July 2016
A Adega Machado abre às 19:30, o espetáculo começa pelas 20:30, e havendo clientes na sala continua até às 02:00.
Written 26 July 2016
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