Café Versailles
Avenida Republica 15-A
About
This charming teahouse with its marble-clad walls, stained glass panels and dripping chandeliers dates from the early 1930s, and the bygone ambiance is quite disarming. The wooden display cases positively heave with all manner of cakes, biscuits and sweets, with the most scrumptious coifed with mountains of whipped cream. The speciality here is hot chocolate, and the richer the better. Bowtied waiters provide a service that can appear brusque at times but the offhand manner usually means they are rushed off their feet, especially during lunchtime and mid-afternoon. This is after all one of Lisbon's most elegant and historic cafés. © Nileguide 2011 After being in existence for 82 years the Versailles Pastry remains exactly the same resisting the need to modernize, lookwise as well as foodwise. They have kept the Art Nouveau interior with mirrors, wooden counters, stucco ceiling decorations, grand chandeliers and black and white marble floors as it was.The Versailles Pastry was quite recently declared a part of the national heritage. It still serves the famous Mozambique black tea that was introduced in 1662. Tea, coffee, beer or liquor all is served here. Snacks could be sandwiches or codfish balls, or simple Portuguese food. They are also famous for their confectioneries served in a glass case which is a must have.
