The average price for a meal in a restaurant varies but in a regular one a plate is about 6€.
In accessible restaurants, price per person is between 5 to 8€
In average restaurants, 8-15€
In good restaurants, 15-30€
In very good restaurants, 30-50€
In luxury restaurants, over 50€

Tips are around 5 to 10% the meal price (usually around 1 to 2 euros). But if you’re not the wealthiest student and you decide to give no tip, there are no hard feelings…!

The university cafetarias serve a complete meal for about 2.5€ though most don’t serve dinner.

So you can get an insight of the average prices in Portugal:
- 1 menu BigMac – 4.25€
- 1 Imperial (smaller than a pint) – 0.80€ - 1.50€
- 1 café – 0.60€
- 1 Tosta Mista – 1.70€
- 1 Liter of milk – 0.70€