The best service we had in all of Portugal. Their team of servers makes sure that your water or…read moredrink is never empty, that plates are cleared and that they fold your napkin if you leave the table. The bread plate was great and the butter disguised as olives was rich and creamy. They had real olives as well which were really good. The fois gras was really nice, but very filling. My friend had a giant enterec. I had a hearty white bean stew over rice, which should have been shared because there was so much. My friend had a very hearty seafood stew which also should have been shared. This restaurant also has amazing views. Highly recommend going here. This meal would have been hundreds of dollars in the US, so we were pleased with the comparatively low price.

The entire experience was incredible. One of the best meals I had in Portugal. I had the pork with…read morebarley risotto and my partner had the dory. Both of us were more than happy with our choices. We had the carpaccio to start, also delicious! I opted for the wine tasting pairing and it didn't disappoint!! Our somm was knowledgeable and made great selections! I will recommend to any and all!

It was 2 star Michelin, and I think it could have been 3! There were so many amazing memories to…read morethis meal; the food, service, ambiance, and small touches were a step above any restaurant we went to in Portugal! The chef's tasting was truly a full sensory experience; with over 15 dishes, there were savory, spicy, smooth, and sweet samples. They also took you behind the scenes on a brief a kitchen tour, allowing you to see the magic as it is made! Overall, we were full, impressed, and happy. Could not recommend this more! Just make reservations, it is hard to get in!

If you're looking for a romantic meal that has both ambiance and amazing food, this is your place…read more It's quite an experience, with some small bites and champagne served in a sitting room - you can go outside and admire the beautiful view over the river as well - and then moved to a formal dining room. Dishes were excellently done and if you like suckling pig, this was one of the best I've had. Our experience included a tour of the kitchen afterwards where we also met the chef.

This is the tourist trap but well used for a snack and drink it's got great choices. Heaters by…read morethe tables outside if you can get by one. Very busy during afternoons. The table side chorizo that they light with a flame for you along with a fantastic pitcher of sangria is worthwhile. We did not eat a lot there and weather was awful but it was a fun place to sit and people watch for a drink and snack. We even had a "flash band" set in front of us during the rain! They deserved their tip! Situated right on the main town side of the Douro river it's quite close to all the sites.

I am combining my description of the service and Ambiance as super spectacular and so inviting…read more When we got there around 10:00 p.m. at night on October 15th the restaurant was jumping. There were two other groups before us that were sat pretty quickly within 15 minutes or so. During the time we were waiting the hostess was extremely friendly and kept giving us updates on when the table was going to be ready and was making light conversation with us as we waited. When we finally got seated you could tell that the servers were definitely busy trying to get everyone's food and drinks out and so the same hostess came to us and said don't worry I'll take your order for you and told us the things that were the most popular which from my pictures we basically got everything she said LOL. And we were not disappointed with the food that we chose. Now we know why they are considered the house specialties. The flavors of the potato fish cheesy goodness dish I cannot remember the name of it was just so warm and comforting. I was worried about a fishiness coming through when you took different bites but no all the flavor is harmonized well with each other. The tuna salad that they made was extremely fresh and again was pleasantly surprised that though it was fish the spices and bread/butter combo that came with it really didn't give any fishiness. It was also well balanced. Now I will say though those other dishes were amazing our favorite hands down was definitely the grilled octopus. It was so tender and almost melt in your mouth. We were blown away by how well it was cooked. For sure I would say if you are in the area and have a good amount of time please check this spot out and give yourself at least 3 hours to enjoy the meal because again we sat there laughing eating and talking with the people around us because it was that fantastic of a Time for roughly 3 hours.

So this place showed up on a bunch of lists of places to go in Porto, and for good reason - but I…read morewas having trouble finding the hours, so I figured I'd just get there around noon once I was in Porto, and ask. Around noon, someone did show up briefly to post a sign out front saying they were going to be opening at 12:45 that day (I asked out of curiosity; sounds like it's *often* 12:30, but it's really mostly a "they'll open when they want to" kind of place.) I knew it'd be the sort of place that would fill up immediately, so I got back at 12:30. At least that day, it turns out they still had 1 table left after they sat everyone there before they opened - that last table got claimed at 1, 15 minutes later. It's not a large space, and word is out for good reason. Given it's not a large space, it was also easy for them to have excellent service, which they did. You could tell they were all passionate about the place, and again, for good reason - it was great. Definitely one of the best meals we ate on that trip. Between the two of us, we tried: Complimentary bread and olive oil. One OMG fantastic, wonderful fish soup. The sort of soup you'd want to eat every day if you could. Croquettes that were pretty good. Enjoyable enough, perfectly crispy, a little too salty. Not nearly as memorable as everything else. The seafood rice stew for 2 - a description I always question ("for 2"), but true in this case. It was quite large - and great. Excellent shrimp, which I'm picky about. I'm even pickier about shellfish (clams, mussels, etc). I was expecting to give my wife most of them, but I did *not* do that. They really know how to get and cook the best seafood here. The rice at the top of the stew wasn't anything particular to mention - filling, though, and warming for the drizzly day it'd been that morning. The rice at the *bottom* of the stew, that'd been slowly cooking in hot stew the whole time, was *very good*. :D Wine-wise, they have like a hundred bottles of wine by the whole bottom, some very expensive, some *surprisingly* reasonably priced, but we also didn't need a whole bottle of wine with lunch - by the glass, they just had one red and one white house wine (also solidly priced, though, for a place like this, 6 euros (Be way more than that in the US. I had the red with the stew - solid.) Also a handful of solid-looking ports by the glass, one of which I had with dessert, a reserva tawny for 6.50 euros. After eating the stew, my wife tapped out. I was also pretty full, but I'd spent a lot of effort getting here and I was *gonna* have dessert, darn it. Had what was basically just a whole roasted stewed apple, cooked down until it turned to pudding. Super good. Went really well with a reserva tawny port. This place was great.

This was a low key restaurant located on a small street. The door was closed and locked so I had…read moreto knock before one of the staff came outside. Luckily for us the restaurant was only half full so there was no need to wait (weekday at 3pm). Odd hours for popular restaurants worked out the best for us on this trip. Inside there were just 8 tables so I can see why this place usually sees long lines outside. It was quite cozy. Menu was straightforward with appetizers, seafood and from the country (aka meat). The octopus rice was so good. The strips of sliced octopus were very tender and the flavors of this dish were delicious. It was comforting on that cold and rainy afternoon. The salt crusted seabass selection was delivered the with flare all covered in flames. Our server ignored the flames and proceeded to crack open the salt crust, fillet and debone the fish. Full service! The fish was meaty and perfectly cooked. The side of potatoes and broccoli was addicting and I normally don't eat a lot of potatoes. We skipped dessert but the menu was tempting. Besides the fish service it would've been nice to have a bit more proactive attention from our server. When we requested our check, she pointed out that out that tipping was not included and waited until we completed the transaction. Would return for the food next time in Porto.

The best suckling pig to be had in all of Porto. Its way out of the way from the tourist trap…read morerestaurants but what a gem of a place. The suckling pig skin is so crisped that when you bite into it the sound is akin to breaking glass. The meat is also tender and moist. The only complaint that I have is that there is no accompanying sauce, similar to the Filipino sarsa sauce, a tangy liver flavored sauce that ups the level of any pork centered dish. The servers are also ultra friendly and go out their way to make you feel at home. Clearly, this place is really popular with the locals because even though we came at the ungodly hour of 2:30 pm and lunchtime is over at 3, the place was still pack and the servers were still smiling and very helpful and refilling drinks.

My husband is a porcine-pedophile... he just loves suckling pigs, lol. During our travel we've…read moredriven to Mealhada, we detoured to Bairrada, all in the name of finding the holy tail. In Porto, we've tried two places, this and Leitão e Coisas. We can't agree on which is better. Casa dos Leitões has younger pigs which is more tender. But tender and mushy is such a fine line, and therefore I prefer the meatier pig at Leitão e Coisas. Leitão e Coisas has a dipping sauce that's more pungent with garlic and pepper, and here the sauce doesn't overpower. One thing we agree on is that Leitão e Coisas has a better salad. The price here is a better value for the same amount of food. €9 for a good sized portion, and €4 for a half bottle of sparkling. Well, I guess all I say is, both places are excellent to try the famous leitão. One downside of this place is that it's rather out of the way for tourists. If you're visiting one of the port houses up the hill, you're almost half way there, but otherwise, strongly recommend taking Uber. Or hop on the metro and visit the other place. If you are not into pigs, they have one dish of codfish and one of steak, and that's it for alternatives. Also, note that their hours are a bit tricky. We arrived at 6ish for dinner as that's we thought the opening hour is, but turned out that take out starts at 6, and dine in starts at 7. We had to stand in the street for a while till they let us in a bit early. Similarly, dine in for lunch starts at 12:30pm but take out starts sooner.

Food is good and tasty! It is tapas style which is great for tasting and trying new foods. We got…read morethe chicken, mussels, and veggie dumplings! We were not super hungry and so the server led us to these dishes and they did not disappoint. The view is amazing and the breeze is just right. The green wine is perfect with all the dishes. The dessert was so good and we had such a great time!

Great tapas, friendly service perfect location right near waterfront in Gaia! The steaks were…read moregreat as was the other small plates we had.

We had the Octopus and the duck. No regrets. Both were tasty, fresh and a big serving. The duck had…read morea red wine sauce the octopus had an Asian sauce. Both dishes were served with a big plate of veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots). Plus they each had a small salad topped with pine nuts and a vinaigrette on the same plate. The duck barely inched out the octopus as our favorite but it was close. My husband had a port wine old fashioned while I enjoyed a gin basil smash. Service was very attentive. We made a reservation, but didn't need it as it was surprisingly not crowded. No room for dessert because portions were large. Bill came to 74 euro, not expensive for what we ordered. We ate every bite- even our veggies. Bonus was the river view.

From the owner: “The KEspot” is a grill bar/restaurant with a beautiful view on city!read more

We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner here. Highly recommend this place for a delicious meal.read more

Wow, incredible!…read more If you're in Porto, Postigo do Carvao has to be on your list. We were lucky enough to get a table without a reservation for dinner- and it was such a lovely evening. The ambience is relaxed and semi casual. Come with two or with a small group. Service was great, friendly, helpful and attentive. I had a wonderful meal that included Pratinho Polvo Vinegrette (6 e) a delicious appetizer with octopus in a vinaigrette sauce. Super tasty. Naco Especial de vitela (22.5 e) generous portions of tenderloin, made exactly to my liking medium rare. We also got the. Bacalhau com natas ( 16.5 e), A wonderful mixture of cod, fries, potatoes in a very delicious cream sauce. Overall, five star meal, I would definitely wanna come back here again. If you just got to Porto, you need to be on the phone right now making that reservation because this place is that good! Feel free to follow me on Yelp, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as I travel the world in search of the best food experiences. Instagram : noodlesoupr

Solid seafood restaurant right in Gaia, next to all of the port tasting spots. This restaurant is…read moretucked towards the end of the road and was recommended to us by our walking tour guide. And so glad he recommended to us! We ordered the sardines and the dorade grilled, which we shared both. The sardines are definitely the freshest I have tasted and the dorade was nicely grilled m. Only issue was the potatoes, especially some of the bigger pieces were not cooked thoroughly. It was still raw in the center. Overall this was a great seafood spot and very reasonably priced.

Two for lunch on an August sunny day…read more AMBIANCE: 4.0. Indoor and outdoor seating available; we sat outside under an umbrella. Pleasant. Downside was that our dish attracted a fair amount of flies that we were constantly swishing away. FOOD: 3.0. Grilled cod with potatoes, iceberg lettuce, and tomatoes. OK. Large quantity. SERVICE: 3.0. The woman who seated us and took our orders as well as the young man who brought our food and bill were considerate and friendly. However--unlike most other Porto restaurants we ate at in non-tourist areas--the electronic credit card reader asked as TWICE (in different ways) if we wanted to be charged in Euros or in our (ie US) currency. We answered NO twice to ensure we were charged in EURO.

I would come here every day if I lived here for the owner alone. She is a true gem of a human. She…read morewelcomed everyone with open arms and makes each person feel at home. We didn't have a reservation so we were seated downstairs. You don't have a view of the river, and only about 3-4 tables can fit in the downstairs space, but it was a great little spot. The food was delectable. I had the codfish homemade pasta. Wow! You could taste how fresh the pasta was. And the plate is a work of art, truly. We had a green wine that paired perfectly with our meal. All 4 of us loved our meal. My brother also ordered the codfish pasta, my dad and SIL ordered the codfish with cornbread breading and they loved that dish as well. For dessert, we had a pumpkin and cheese dish which actually worked really well together. It was like a pumpkin puree with pieces of cheese. Very unique, but very tasty. We would undoubtedly come back here. It's right along the river so you have a perfect little stroll afterwards.

We ordered octopus risotto, oyster with caviar and cod spaghetti! Foods are average but more…read morepricey. But the view is really good and service is really nice.