If you visit Lisbon, treat yourself to a meal at Restaurante Eleven.

Ample over-sized windows give the 50-seat restaurant an open-airy feeling. Upon entering, you will see a built-in floor-to-ceiling shelf jam-packed with wine bottles. A wall of windows overlooks the Jardim Amalia Rodrigues –imparting the dining room’s expansive feeling. Through the windows you view Lisbon’s skyline and the Tagus River.

When it comes to restaurant decor, it doesn’t get more elegant than Eleven: Wood-paneled walls stretch from floor-to-ceiling. Contemporary art provides a modern touch. White linen covers tables. Diners sit in modern eggshell blue or cream-colored leather chairs. Small black vases with miniature flowers provide a decorative touch without distracting diners.

At Eleven, you’ll be offered a choice of four fresh breads — including olive, cereal, white bread (a typical Portuguese roll) and Laugenbroetchen, German pretzel bread. It may be unexpected but makes sense given that German-born Joachim Koerper reigns over the Michelin-starred restaurant’s menu.

Staff serve courses with the precision of German trains running on time.

Two waiters appear simultaneously to clear away show plates. Then, they reappear to present an amuse bouche: shrimp tartar, seasoned with a wasabi, pistachio, and cucumber sauce and lobster foam emulsion.