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Wildly expensive, posh clubs where you could impress a client don’t really exist in Lisbon. However, if you want to make a good impression, take them to the Blues Café, which is popular especially among foreign businesspeople (members of the British and Dutch chambers of commerce meet monthly for drinks at the Dutch-owned venue). No doubt your guest will be taken by the club’s stylish and spacious interior, evoking the southern USA. The restaurant serves Cajun food and there is live music on Thursdays and Fridays. On weekends, there is dancing after 2am.
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The bar-esplanade section of this riverfront café in the city’s sprawling Belém area was renamed In Rio Lounge recently. Not that it changed much. It continues to be a good place to spend a relatively quiet evening and, in summer on the esplanade, lazily watch the Tejo flow by. The restaurant, which specialises in fish and seafood, closes around midnight.
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[open]ed by British couple David Palethorpe and Julie Craig two years ago, Cinco Lounge was Lisbon’s first London/ New York-style cocktail bar. The place took off and is now a hot spot among the young and trendy. There are some 70 different cocktails on the menu, ranging from the classic Martini to in-house creations such as the Pink Mao-Mao. Snacks include sushi and sashimi.
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Located close to the Cais do Sodré railway station, Hennessy’s is one of Lisbon’s long-standing Irish pubs. Live Irish music is staged there in the evenings from Tuesdays to Saturdays, when you can sing along to tunes such as Wild Rover and Whiskey In The Jar, as well as some a more contemporary repertoire. Good restaurant service, with dishes including Irish stew, shepherd’s pie and smoked salmon.
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Go out for dinner at dramatically decorated Kais (see restaurant section) and then cross the street to go to another K spot (all owned by the same people) for drinks and/or dancing. Attracts a fashionable crowd, including singers, models and football players, the place has A-list written all over it
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