At the south wing of São Bento Station you’ll find Time Out Market, a space that celebrates the city’s food and culinary talent through 11 restaurants, a bar, a tasting room and a store.
Porto is a city that comes together around the table, and the city’s cuisine reflects its people: honest and heartfelt; unpretentious but demanding of quality. Between debates over cachorrinhos and francesinhas, locals often debate the city’s best spots - but they always end up toasting together as friends, glasses of finos in hand.
In recent years, the gastronomic scene has evolved rapidly, mirroring a city that is increasingly open to the world – and attracting more and more visitors each summer. From traditional restaurants serving up Portuguese classics (octopus and rice, baked salt cold, meaty stews and more) to all-new wine bars and intricate tasting menus, Porto has something for every kind of diner. Read on for the best restaurants in Porto right now.
Who makes the cut?
Every time we update our list of the best restaurants in Porto, thats because the Time Out Porto team have found enough brilliant new food spots in the city to shout about. Our editors are out experiencing the city all day every day – so if it’s on here, know that we’ve gone there and tried it out first. To top it all off, you can now find many of their favourites at Time Out Market Porto.
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Porto’s best restaurants at a glance
- ⭐ Best Michelin-starred: Casa de Chá da Boa Nova
- 🥘 Best traditional Portugese: Cibû
- 🦞 Best seafood: O Gaveto
- 🥩 Most unique: Euskalduna Studio
- 🥙 Best francesincha: Francesinha Café
Raphael Tonon is a food writer on the Time Out Porto editorial team. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.
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