The colourful hand-painted dining room at Swaagat

Lisboa · Since our first welcome

A Warm Welcome
to India

Celebrating 10 years of Swaagat

Authentic Indian cuisine, heartfelt hospitality and generations of tradition — served in a room unlike any other in Lisbon.

Our story

“Swaagat” means welcome.

It is the first word our guests hear, and the idea behind everything we do. Our chefs cook the dishes of their home regions the way they were taught — spices toasted and ground by hand, sauces built slowly, bread baked to order against the walls of the tandoor.

The dining room is our love letter to India: hand-painted arches, a wall of brass temple bells and lanterns that glow long into the Lisbon evening.

Swaagat's chef presenting butter chicken in a copper pot
The hand-painted dining room at Swaagat

Every arch painted by hand.

The dining room

From our kitchen

Signature dishes

Explore the full menu
Butter Chicken

Butter Chicken

Finished at the pass, in hammered copper

The Swaagat Thali

The Swaagat Thali

The whole kitchen on a single plate

Tandoori Tikka

Tandoori Tikka

Charred in the clay oven, served sizzling

For your occasion

Buffet service for events

Bring the flavours of Swaagat to your gathering. Tell us about your event and we’ll be happy to discuss a buffet with you.

Enquire about a buffet
The Swaagat entrance on a Lisbon street at dusk

Your table awaits

Come as our guest,
leave as family.

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Reserve in under a minute and we will confirm personally.