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Café Trieme

Name: Café Trieme
Address: Largo General Humberto Delgado 1, Oeiras 2730 Portugal, AW
Rating: 5

★★★★★5.0 out of 5 · 1 reviews

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Café Trieme is a $$ international casual restaurant in Lisbon rated 5.0/5 by 1 TripAdvisor reviewers; walk-ins welcome.

About

Café Trieme is in Oeiras, just west of Lisbon, on a square named after a general. One review landed it at a perfect 5.0 across food, value, and service, which tells you almost nothing except that someone had a very good meal. Without more signal, it's hard to say what kind of restaurant this is — neighborhood café, lunch counter, something fancier — or what they actually serve. The perfect subratings suggest care, and the value score means whoever reviewed it didn't feel gouged. Oeiras isn't a tourist corridor, so if you're out here already — maybe for the palace gardens or the riverfront — it's a local option that at least one person will vouch for. Just manage expectations: a single review is a data point, not a consensus.

At a glance

Area: Lisbon
Vibe: casual
Price: ●●○○
Reservation required: –
Kid friendly: ✓
Cuisine: international
Dietary options: —

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