Meet The LocalsMeet The Locals
Lisbon · Arroios · pre-launch

Discover local. Enjoy more.

Lisbon's local businesses, recommended by the people who live here. Visit the cafés, restaurants and shops locals love, enjoy a benefit set by each place, and help your neighbourhood thrive. Show a QR at the counter, staff confirm, enjoy.

Discover local. Enjoy more. · Descobre o que é local. Aproveita mais. · Descubre lo local. Disfruta más.

Travellers who want the real LisbonCouplesNomads, expats and studentsNewly arrived Brazilians

Join the waitlist

Be among the first to discover Arroios with us. No spam.

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How it works

1

Pick a place

Cafés, restaurants and local shops recommended by locals and approved one by one.

2

Show a QR at the counter

Your QR lasts 3 minutes and works once. Staff scan it and confirm.

3

Enjoy the benefit

A clear, concrete benefit published by the place. No fine print, no “up to”.

Membership

Free

€0

Explore the places and why locals recommend them. Benefits not included.

Local

€4.90 + VAT / month

Benefits at every partner place. One QR at a time.

Duo

€7.90 + VAT / month

One payer, two adult accounts, two QRs.

Planned prices; may change before launch. Prices exclude VAT; VAT (23%) is added. No charge happens on the waitlist.

Partners

We're building Arroios first. Write to us: gustavo.mtlocals@gmail.com

Places

Cafés, restaurants, local shops

New customers, travellers at your door and zero monthly fee. You only pay when a member's QR is confirmed at your counter: a fixed fee per redemption, by category, the same every time. No surprises. You set the benefit and every rule: how it's used, days and hours, validity, limits per member and in total. Your dashboard shows new vs returning customers.

Hosts, hostels and coworkings

Airbnb / short-term rental hosts, hostels, coworkings

With the host plan, give your guests the local Lisbon: anyone who joins through your QR or link gets 30 days of Meet The Locals free, a perk only your guests get. You use it too, no membership needed, and you earn on every confirmed redemption by your guests during their first 30 days. Payouts via Stripe.

Local ambassadors

Love the spots in your neighbourhood?

Earn extra income by recommending the places you already go to. Send them through our form and we take it from there. When a place you referred gets its first confirmed redemption, you earn a bonus, and from then on you earn on every confirmed redemption there. Help local businesses in your city thrive. No plan to pay. No guaranteed income.

Become a partner

What's in it for my place?

New customers who are actively looking for local favourites, travellers sent your way by local hosts, and a spot on a curated map of places worth visiting in Lisbon.

How much does it cost?

No monthly fee, no setup, no surprises. A fixed fee only when a redemption is confirmed at your counter, by category. The economic conditions in force are communicated to each partner.

Can I control my benefit?

Completely: the benefit, how it's used, days and hours, validity, limits per member and in total. Pause anytime.

What do members pay?

Free lets you explore. Member benefits need the Local or Duo plan (see Membership). Guests who join through a partner host get 30 days free.

Who picks the places?

Local ambassadors and hosts recommend; Meet The Locals approves each place manually.

When does it start?

Waitlist now. Soft launch in Arroios in March 2027; memberships billed from April 2027.