Lisbon, MadragoaFauna and Flora, the best brunch in Lisbon

The setting

Fauna and Flora can be found in a pretty tiled building half way up the hilly Rua da Esperança. Arrive by one of the local colourful tuk tuks and you can’t miss it due to the innovative living wall of plants at ground floor level and the people waiting outside for a much sought after table.

Inside, the light and bright interior will make you smile . It features white washed stone and board walls, recycled wooded furniture and, true to its name, lush greenery wherever possible. Not surprisingly, it gets busy and as they don’t take reservations arrive as early as you can or be prepared to wait.

The little things that make a difference

We love the fact they serve their selection of fresh juice in recycled glass jars. We also adored the abundant plant life.

What we ate

The café doesn’t have a specific brunch (or brinner) menu, but most items are traditional  brunch food. There’s a good choice for for non-vegan and non-vegetarians too.

We were hungry so went pancake overload and ordered both the Green Matcha with lemon curd and the Baga with condensed milk, berry coulis and fresh berries.

Both were delicious. We also couldn’t resist the Detox Smoothie bowl which consisted of a generous helping of  fruit and vegetable smoothie with ginger, spirulina – all topped off with fresh fruit, super seeds and roasted nuts.

What we’d go back for…

The food,  the design, the smiling happy service… frankly everything!