Genuinely the cutest air b&b ever! It started off slightly adversely as our plane had set off and arrived a lot earlier than expected, so the host couldn't get there in time to check us in, but he sent his friend Mafalda to come and let us in after we'd had a coffee and a pastel across the street. She was really informative and brought us a bottle of Portuguese wine which was so thoughtful. The space is adorable - really well equipped kitchen with a washing machine, coffee machine, oven, fridge etc. and a lovely living room with a television and a heating/aircon system (which worked brilliantly). The balcony was as expected - a bit of a tight squeeze but very private and got a perfect mix of sun and shade throughout the day. Having breakfast out there was probably our favourite part of the day. The bathroom was sparkling clean with a well pressured and heated shower and they had even left us big bottles of shampoo and shower gel so we needn't buy any! They had also left us books, a map, and adapters - so many thoughtful little touches! But more than anything....... the bed was the most brilliant bed I've ever slept in. It was soooo comfortable I didn't want to come home. Location wise, it was brill - took us about 10-15 mins to walk to Bairro Alto or Cais de Sodre, and the tram 28 plus the Intendente metro station are a 1 minute walk away - ideal for getting all over Lisbon and beyond! I would definitely definitely recommend staying here.
The only (teeny, tiny, weeny) cons - the street that the apartment block was on was kind of scary late at night for two young girls. We were informed by an uber driver that these are known as the 'drug dealing slums' to Lisboans, and we were street harassed a lot. Secondly, and probably down to our stupidity, there was very little light going up the 5 narrow flights of stairs to the apartment and we couldn't figure out whether there was a light switch or not. We had to use our phone torches and walk very slowly (although we are a bit clumsier than the average Joe!). Overall though, these things didn't detract from a really wonderful stay in a really wonderful place.