Kabuki Lisboa
Japanese · Amoreiras, Lisbon
Restaurant in Lisbon, Portugal
The Read
Japanese-Mediterranean Atlantic Sourcing
Price
€€€
Dress
Smart Casual
Why go
Kabuki Lisboa brings a 2024 Michelin star to a Japanese-Portuguese kitchen inside the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon. The three-floor format spans a sushi bar, cocktail lounge, a weekday-only rotating ingredient lunch menu. At the €€€ price point, with a 2,000-bottle wine cellar and Chef Sebastião Coutinho leading the kitchen, it is the only room in Lisbon doing Japanese technique at this level on Atlantic Portuguese produce.
About Kabuki Lisboa
Kabuki Lisboa is useful for diners choosing an occasion-level meal in Lisbon and deciding whether a Japanese-Portuguese format suits the plan. The restaurant is inside the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon in Amoreiras, carries a 2024 Michelin star, is listed at €€€. Its cooking applies Japanese technique to Portuguese Atlantic ingredients, giving it a different brief from more traditionally Japanese restaurants.
How to think about the visit
The three-floor format matters. The main dining room centres on sushi, sashimi, usuzukuri, nigiris and makis, while the lower floor handles cocktails and an executive menu. The leading floor serves a weekday-only lunch built around a rotating hero ingredient. That lunch is the clearest reason to time a return visit or choose a weekday, particularly if you want a more focused meal.
Before you go
Plan around the published schedule: lunch and dinner run Tuesday through Friday, Saturday is dinner only, the restaurant is closed Sunday and Monday. The page lists a smart-casual dress code and notes that a two-course meal starts at €66 before drinks. The wine programme includes 2,000 bottles and 570 selections, with many bottles above €100; a €45 corkage fee applies if you bring your own. Booking ahead is advisable, especially if the Michelin-starred setting and specific lunch format are central to the plan.
Planning details
- Hours
- Monday: closed · Tuesday: 12:30 PM-12 AM
- Location
- Galerias Ritz, R. Castilho 77B, 1070-050 Lisboa, Portugal
- Website
- kabukilisboa.pt
- Phone
- +351 21 249 1683
The take
The Take
The Vibe
Kabuki Lisboa sits within the Galerias Ritz at the Four Seasons Hotel and reads as formally stylish rather than showy. The house architecture plays an active role — three floors, a sushi bar-anchored principal room and a floor-to-ceiling mural invoking Japanese philosophy — so design and context feel integral to the experience. The cooking leans on Japanese precision applied to Portuguese Atlantic produce, and the service tone is composed: elevated dining that emphasizes craft and restraint rather than bravura theatrics.
Best For
This is a go-to for special evenings and business dinners where you want a polished, Michelin-starred experience. The hotel's address and an executive-menu cocktail space make it appropriate for work meals, while the principal dining room and sushi bar deliver the focus and finesse you'd expect for celebratory date nights. Lunch offers a distinct draw as well: a brightly lit floor devoted to a rotating single-ingredient format that rewards midday visits with a more experimental bent.
Ordering Tips
Pay attention to the venue's signature pieces and the lunch rotation. The menu highlights — Bento Box, Maguro Estrelado and Carabiniero Otsukuri — represent the house approach of Atlantic ingredients with Japanese technique. If you visit at midday, try the single-ingredient lunch format to see the kitchen's focused treatment of a single produce or protein. Sushi-bar preparations anchor the principal room, so include raw and nigiri selections alongside composed Bento-style dishes to sample the kitchen's range.
Planning details
Hours
- Monday
- closed
- Tuesday
- 12:30 PM-12 AM
- Wednesday
- 12:30 PM-12 AM
- Thursday
- 12:30 PM-12 AM
- Friday
- 12:30 PM-12 AM
- Saturday
- 7 PM-12 AM
- Sunday
- closed
Location
Galerias Ritz, R. Castilho 77B, 1070-050 Lisboa, Portugal · Directions
Also consider
Cross-shop Kabuki Lisboa against Pearl’s other Lisbon Japanese options by deciding first whether you want its Portuguese Atlantic sourcing and hotel setting or a more traditionally Japanese format. Omakase RI, Kanazawa and YŌSO are named on the page as useful reference points; the choice then comes down to the style of cooking, the three-floor format and whether a weekday ingredient-led lunch matters to you.
Restaurant context
When Kabuki Lisboa is the right fit
Choose this page when you are considering a high-end Japanese meal in Lisbon and want to assess a specifically Japanese-Portuguese interpretation rather than a conventional Japanese format. The 2024 Michelin star, Four Seasons setting, €€€ pricing and weekday rotating-ingredient lunch make the timing, budget and preferred dining format important parts of the decision.
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Compare Kabuki Lisboa
| Venue | Format | Best reference point | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kabuki Lisboa | Japanese-Portuguese dining inside the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon | 2024 Michelin star, sushi bar and weekday rotating-ingredient lunch | Star Wine Lists 20262026 Wine Spectator Best of Award of ExcellenceMichelin Guide Portugal 20262026 Michelin 1 Star2025 Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence2025 Michelin 1 Star2024 Michelin 1 Star |
| Omakase RI | Japanese restaurant in Lisbon | A more traditionally Japanese reference point | No published awards |
| Kanazawa | Japanese restaurant in Lisbon | A more traditionally Japanese reference point | No published awards |
| YŌSO | Japanese restaurant in Lisbon | Another comparison for diners weighing Japanese formats | No published awards |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What kind of cuisine does Kabuki Lisboa serve?
Kabuki Lisboa combines Japanese technique with Portuguese Atlantic ingredients and is described on the page as Japanese-Mediterranean.
When is Kabuki Lisboa open?
It serves lunch and dinner Tuesday through Friday, dinner only on Saturday, is closed Sunday and Monday. The listed lunch start time is 12:30 PM, while Saturday dinner starts at 7 PM.
What should I budget for a visit?
The restaurant is listed at €€€, with a two-course meal starting at €66 before drinks. The wine list includes many bottles above €100, a €45 corkage fee applies for outside bottles.
