Euskalduna Studio
📍 City Centre, Porto
Modern Portuguese, tasting menu only, and my number one in Porto. A small room, a short menu, and every course lands. Book well ahead: the reservation is the hard part.
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The Best Restaurants in Porto
The question I get more than any other. These are the restaurants I go back to — everyday regulars, and the splurges that earn it. I have left off plenty of famous ones.
By Edmund · Updated 2026-10-14
← See all 66 spots on the interactive mapBarro
📍 City Centre, Porto
Modern Portuguese kitchen built on local ingredients and serious prep time. Custardy French toast, potato pavé, fresh seafood and beef from Serra do Marão show that patience; the tight list of special wines is always worth asking about.
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Bosco
📍 City Centre, Porto
Modern Portuguese in a hip, busy room. The fish and spider crab baked rice is the dish, the carabineiro rice when they have it, and the garden bar has the view.
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Brasão
📍 City Centre, Porto
Best Francesinha in Porto. Massive sandwich loaded with meat and melted cheese, swimming in spicy beer sauce. Come hungry - it's a meal for two disguised as one.
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Café Guarany
📍 City Centre, Porto
Sister restaurant of the famous Harry Potter café (Majestic Café), but with fewer crowds and great food. Love their club sandwich and Invicta omelette (Porto's omelette). The building's history is richer than any Harry Potter connection.
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Casa Vasco
📍 Foz & Western Porto, Porto
Near the beach where locals go instead of tourists. Their steak sandwich (prego no pão) is thick, juicy, and properly seasoned. No pretense, just good food.
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Coupage 51
📍 City Centre, Porto
A wine bar where the food outdoes the wine. The list is short, the plates are the reason to come, and the prawns are the order.
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Gruta
📍 City Centre, Porto
A much better option than Time Out. The carabineros rice and the fish moqueca are great, and they're very good at using Brazilian ingredients to make the dishes shine.
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Lessa
📍 Matosinhos & Leça, Porto
Tucked away in Leça da Palmeira, well off the tourist track. A high-calibre chef runs this small seafood-focused room and the food is ultra delicious: umami everywhere, great textures on every plate.
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Mito Restaurante
📍 City Centre, Porto
Dry-aged steak, entrecôte and a shrimp omelette, all done well. The appetizer to order is the bola de berlim, the highlight of the meal.
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