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1. Belcanto

Contemporary Portuguese fine dining$$$$Chiado

José Avillez's two-Michelin-star restaurant in Chiado reinterprets Portuguese ingredients and traditions through a tasting menu or a structured à la carte.

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2. Café Santiago

Francesinha$Baixa

A long-running Baixa café, officially founded in 1959, where queues form for its francesinha, Porto's layered meat sandwich under melted cheese and a secret sauce.

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3. Antiqvvm

Creative fine dining$$$$Massarelos

Chef Vítor Matos's two-Michelin-star restaurant beside the Crystal Palace Gardens, serving creative tasting menus with garden views over the Douro.

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4. Cervejaria Ramiro

Seafood beer hall$$$Intendente

A Lisbon seafood institution on Avenida Almirante Reis since 1956, serving shellfish by weight, garlic prawns and a steak sandwich to finish.

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5. Casa Guedes

Portuguese sandwiches and petiscos$Baixa

A small, busy eatery on Praça dos Poveiros famous for its roast pork shank sandwich, often ordered with melting Serra da Estrela cheese.

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6. Cervejaria Trindade

Historic beer hall and Portuguese restaurant$$Chiado

A beer hall opened in 1836 in the former Trinity convent, with nineteenth-century tile panels, steaks, seafood and petiscos served late into the night.

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7. Cantinho do Avillez

Contemporary Portuguese$$$Ribeira

José Avillez's relaxed Porto restaurant on Rua Mouzinho da Silveira, serving Portuguese comfort food with international touches, open every day from lunch to late.

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8. Gambrinus

Classic Portuguese and seafood restaurant$$$$Restauradores

Serving since 1936 on Rua das Portas de Santo Antão, Gambrinus is a formal, old-school restaurant known for seafood, partridge pie and classic desserts.

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9. Bairro do Avillez

Portuguese tavern and seafood restaurant$$$Chiado

José Avillez's Chiado food complex brings a tavern, the seafood-focused Páteo and other spaces together under one roof on Rua Nova da Trindade.

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10. Pedro Lemos

Contemporary Portuguese fine dining$$$$Foz do Douro

Chef Pedro Lemos's Michelin-starred restaurant, reborn in 2024 in a historic riverside building on Rua do Ouro, overlooking the mouth of the Douro.

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11. Cervejaria Gazela

Cachorrinho hot dogs$Batalha

A tiny counter bar near Batalha, open since 1962, famous for its cachorrinho: spicy sausage and melted cheese in crisp bread, cut into bites and served with cold beer.

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12. Solar dos Presuntos

Minho regional cooking and seafood$$$Restauradores

A family-run restaurant opened in 1974 by Evaristo Cardoso from Monção, known for Minho-style cooking, cured hams and seafood.

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13. Euskalduna Studio

Counter tasting menu$$$$Baixa

Vasco Coelho Santos's intimate Michelin-starred counter restaurant, cooking a surprise-filled tasting menu over charcoal and smoke with aged Azorean fish.

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14. Tasca da Esquina

Modern Portuguese petiscos$$$Campo de Ourique

Chef Vítor Sobral's corner restaurant in Campo de Ourique serves modern Portuguese sharing plates inspired by family recipes and Lusophone flavours.

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15. Adega São Nicolau

Traditional Portuguese$$Ribeira

A small, family-style restaurant on a lane just off the Ribeira quay, serving classic Portuguese cooking with a few terrace tables facing the Douro.

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16. Café de São Bento

Steak house$$$São Bento

Open since 1982 near the Portuguese parliament, Café de São Bento is a late-night steak house famous for its Bife à Café de São Bento.

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17. Casa do Alentejo

Alentejo regional cooking$$Restauradores

The Alentejo regional association's restaurant, in a seventeenth-century palace with an eclectic courtyard and tiled dining rooms, serves southern Portuguese dishes.

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18. Tapabento

Tapas and seafood$$Baixa

A small, popular tapas restaurant beside São Bento station, opened in 2014, cooking local fish and seafood with flavours from around the world.

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19. Cafeína

French and Portuguese bistronomy$$$Foz do Douro

A long-established restaurant in Foz do Douro, open for more than 25 years, serving honest cooking with French and Portuguese influences in a smart neighbourhood setting.

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20. Faz Frio

Traditional Portuguese tavern$$Príncipe Real

One of Lisbon's oldest restaurants, on Rua Dom Pedro V, with private wooden booths, serving salt cod, steaks, bread soups and seafood paella.

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