Truly food as art. Service was top notch. Sommelier was helpful and had incredible knowledge of…read morethe vast collection. All dishes were 100% Portuguese origin. On it's way to another Michelin star. Highly recommended.

Amazing food prepared perfectly. Wine pairing accompanied each of the courses (as an option) which…read morehighlighted Portuguese local varieties from the Douro valley. Chef's special treats were a nice surprise consisting of exploding olives filled with martini, and green olive juice. The food consisted of Portuguese traditional plates done in new ways. Everything was delicious and felt like a new surprise while tasting traditional foods.

A romantic and modern place. I had the chicken special. It was good. It was grilled with fries,…read moresalad, rice. Our server was very friendly and she was attentive to our needs. The restaurant also accommodated us, we got to the restaurant 30 minutes before closing for the afternoon.

We stopped by for lunch on our way to the Douro Valley and had a wonderful experience. The chicken…read morebreast salad and French fries were delicious and clearly homemade. Sitting by the open window added a lovely touch to our meal. Highly recommended!

Here for a special dinner as part of our Douro cruise. Modern set up. Very loud. Efficient and…read moreprompt service although they never smile or seem happy to be here. Food was lovely. H'or doevres were not hot and very doughy. There were several but I was only offered one. Octopus carpaccio was the hit of the evening. Razor think with salsa verde and pomegranate seeds. The beef tenderloin was not hot and overcooked but tender. The exquisite dessert was too much for me so I just tasted the mango sorbet. Lots of wine pairings.

A high end spot with an amazing view located on the bank of the Douro River a 20 minute drive from…read moreRégua. We enjoyed a lovely dinner sitting out on the large sheltered deck. As the nights are starting to get cooler after the sunset (7:30), they had located many heating lamps and positioned cozy blankets on chairs just in case. It was quite pleasant. Food-wise you can order a tasting menu if several courses with optional wine pairings or do what we did and select from the ala-carte menu. We've learned with the big portion sizes here in Portugal to cut back a bit so we ordered two starters (burratta with tomatoes and the scarlet shrimp with rice). The burratta was a standout with creamy sweet cheese nestled in a tomato confit. The shrimp was interesting-it was almost like a mini lobster and the server removed the head at the table for me. We decided to share a main course-the veal tenderloin which was good but not nearly as tender as one might expect. In between there were little small bites from the chef and we ended with a luscious chocolate dessert. The white glove service was a swarm of activity instantly refilling glasses, clearing plates and changing silverware-it was a little much for me as our table was right at the crossroads of the activity. Wine list is huge as you'd expect with everything from wines by the glass for €10-17 to bottles in the hundreds and even thousands of euros. I saw one that was €6 thousand on the list. As is common in this kind of place, prices were steep and our dinner with 2 drinks, 2 glasses of wine, 2 starters, 1 main and 1 dessert was around €150. Bottom line a lovely place with great service and food and high

We loved the ambience and food here. The octopus and veal were both tender and delicious. After a…read morelong day of driving, the service was most welcome. Bon Appetit !!

Perfection on every plate. WOW! I am blown away at the flavors and the beauty of each dish the chef…read morecreated. The tasting menu is beautiful because it covers all the different taste and flavor combinations from the sea and from land. And it was really nice to have fresh fruit at the end of my meal to get a boost of antioxidants as I've been walking 20,000 steps and pushing myself every day while I've been here to enjoy the the cobblestone pathways. Every moment was lovely and I can't wait to come back. They said they start a new menu tomorrow... I'm sure it will be epic!! I'll be coming again with friends this week to try it out.

Wow, really amazing. Presentation is incredibly beautiful and everything tastes amazing. They…read moreserved an amuse bouche of black pudding, green apple and fennel, and I never thought I'd enjoy black pudding! Over two meals we had crispy cod, veal, madras curry sea bass, crustaceans soup and lobster app... all were great.

Omg! The best "secret" in Porto. Freshest seafood and produce. Combined with very high level…read morecooking and creative recipes celebrating Portuguese cuisine. The razor clams - of course but also the very toothsome tortilla with the most fragrant caramelized onions, The salads and breads - the roast duck!! Do not skip dessert. Let wonderful Isabel give u recommendations

Such a great spot! It's lively and packed with locals, commuters and tourists…read more We sat at the bar and had a great time. The service was on point. The bartender even spent extra time giving us local spots to check out. The food came out quickly and was delicious. The Cataplana Peixe Maris is as amazing as the photo looks make sure to order the bread to soak up the broth. Highly recommend. Reservations are a must.

You cannot miss this place if you're in the charming town of Guimares. We went here on a rainy day,…read moreand we sat by the window that overlooked a citrus tree. The restaurant itself is almost too rustically beautiful to be believed. It's a series of rooms, each intimate and filled with plants. Our food was incredible from start to end. The vegetable soup, mushroom pastry and penne pasta were all just flawless. I could write a book about this place. If you're in town, go here.

A great vegetarian/vegan restaurant, just a short walk from the palace and castle…read more The daily special today featured a drink (I chose the mixed fruit juice), main course of seitan and rice with a salad plate, and a chocolate cake with chestnut cream and lemon for dessert. All were delicious, and the atmosphere was calm and friendly. Highly recommended for a fulfilling lunch or dinner. There's a wide range of teas to choose from too, both hot and cold. You can also buy satchels of organic tea.

We came here without reservations on a Tuesday and that was a bad idea. So, we made reservations…read morefor the next day. The restaurant was cute and cozy. We were seated right away. I enjoyed their menu because they had the wine pairings listed that they suggest to go along with the dish you order from the menu. I ordered the squid ink pasta with mussels and a Pinot noir and it was absolutely delicious.

This is a charming, small and intimate restaurant in Peso da Régua, a Portuguese city within the…read moreDistrict of Vila Real. With an inviting owner Silvia, who is incontestably a kind host with a great deal of patience and dedication for her guests. She started this restaurant adventure with her sister known to be a talented cook. Her husband, the wine maker of Aneto had purchased with her a winery that required a lot of attention and love. So, the idea was to create an Artisanal and innovative restaurant that would be supporting and enhancing their wine business. Well, they are now number ONE and recognized by the regional wine tourism association! Bravo ! They offer a small selection of Tapas and a wine pairing experience with eight original creations. They were also recommended to me by the owner of two great restaurants in Porto (Meia-Nau). The verdict is great! Our Tapas with Mussels and Sardines were great. The Portobello mushroom with tomatoes and a decomposition of ratatouille was divine. The Black Pasta with Mussels was also excellent. And for the wine The Grand Reserve Tinto 2020 was a delightful surprise. A full body wine with a well balanced combination of complexity and lightness. This wine offers a mixed elixir of joy with oak, vanilla, strong Blackberry , dark curent and wet saddle as well as a hint of chocolate and citrus! This is place is a great value in a charming and relaxed ambiance. We will be back!

Along the Douro River Valley on the N108, you will see a popular cafe because it is located up…read moreabove the river's bend. So, it's got a great outside, covered terrace with a good view in both directions. Watch the fishermen in their motorboats. As for the food, try one of the two daily specials which is five euros. The rolls are home made and they come with tuna pate. The lunch special was a chicken cutlet served with rice, salad, and potato "chips." See photos. Wish we could stay longer, but our lodging is still ahead!

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.