50 Best Mediterranean Restaurants in Porto

“So good that we went back the next day for my birthday!Excellent Italian restaurant. Pleasant and smiling staff, boss accommodating to find you a table even if the restaurant is full. The dishes are fresh, quality and excellent. We will return with our eyes closed, thank you for everything.“

“Wow. I had a wonderful dinner at Almeja — which exceeded my expectations. The staff were incredibly welcoming and nice. The setting is intimate, and their food was fantastic. I ordered off the a la carte menu and it was an inventive take on Portuguese food — and delicious — I would have happily paid double what they charged.It was a lighter meal — a nice change after a few days traditional, heavier Portuguese food.I will definitely be recommending Almeja to friends visiting Porto.Vegetarian options: There were multiple staters and two mains that were vegetarian — and the option of a vegetarian tasting menu.“

“We didn’t receive the food yet, even though i will give this place 5 stars! The service is amazing!!! Each one of the staff is friendly and wonderful, what ever food comes on the table, I’m sure that i will leave with a smile on my face.Thank you so much“

“Located in one of the main streets of Porto. On the first floor of a hotel.It has a very stylish atmosphere.The dishes are small, to share as a couple or so you can order and try many flavors. That enchanted me.The wine list is extensive, I recommend ordering the Portuguese wines because they are very exquisite.The service is very attentive.I would return.“

“Enjoyed a delicious meal here. My husband and I each had the couvert, I had the caprese salad and my husband had a garden salad. We split those and both enjoyed each salad very much. He had the mushroom risotto and I had the lasagna. Everything was brought to us quickly and was very fresh. Will definitely go again.“

“Everything was very good, rojões, onion liver, fritters, clams…And super friendly service.Best “boteco” in Portugal just go…I highly recommend it and it is always open, a great option for an afternoon to satisfy your hunger and relax.“

“Great food an an interesting concept. Staff really friendly and helpful. Essentially it’s a surprise menu, so they bring you a dish, leave you to taste and then tell you what it was. Makes you really appreciate the flavours (even if you get it wrong!). Pairing wine menu also really good. Great evening. Highly recommended.“

“This is a restaurant where I had a very happy experience that washed away all the bad experiences I had in Porto.I was very impressed not only by the taste of the food, but also by the owner's friendly hospitality and food recommendations, and the subtlety of asking whether I would like a starter, which starter he recommended, and whether I would be served first, as the food might be delayed by about 20 minutes.We tried three menu items and were all satisfied.The overall portion was very large and the octopus was so soft that it was difficult to eat in Korea.I was very satisfied with the seafood pasta as it had plump shrimp and lots of clams.Even if you are not Korean, this is a restaurant that everyone will enjoy.If I come to Porto again, I think I will only come here.reference. Both the bread and butter that are served for the first time are charged for a fee. Koreans, please take note. But it’s not a waste and it’s delicious.“

“What a delightful restaurant. Some of the best food we've had, alongside immaculate service. Highlights were the octopus and the sausage rice, but everything we ate was delicious. Staff, especially the barman, were brilliant and made the whole evening very special. Would absolutely recommend.“

“Just go! Go! Go! Make a reservation as they are almost always full. It is small and quaint and the food is phenomenal. João was the consummate host. Complimentary champagne, olives and fresh warm bread. Then we had the soup of the day, chicken meatballs, peppered pasta with pecorino and ham cheeks with mash potatoes and broccolini. Last but not least lemon orange cake that melts in your mouth. Everything was amazing! I wish I could give them 10 stars!“

“A place with a very good atmosphere, we went at the last minute for dinner and the truth is that everything was very good for a snack/quick dinner with some beers or wine. Highly recommended place to go alone or with friends at any time of the day“

“We went in July 2022 but I forgot to leave a review and it was such an amazing experience I thought it’s better late than never!It was a beautiful summer’s day and we had the option to sit inside or outside. We chose the table next to the wall overlooking the river which was so beautiful. And from then everything was perfect.Beautiful looking and tasting dishes, amazing wine and above all top notch service from Rui Santos. What an amazing sommelier and waiter he is. One of the best I have ever come across.Thank you for an experience I will remember for ever.“

“I went here with my family and had a really good experience. We originally went for lunch but it was so good we ended up coming back for dinner. Excellent service as well, our waitress was Mariana and she was great. All the food was amazing, but I highly recommend the sardines and acorda in particular.“

“This is the first place that we stopped when we were in Porto. It is really small and absolutely a great place to stop and get some food, wine and beer. The food was really good and a glass of the wine of the day is $3.50. The young fella that took care of us was so nice and told us about the food and that they were serving. We have a one and done rule when we’re traveling, but, if I were going to break the rule it would be at this place.“

“Excellent service, lovely, very pleasant and quiet room, ideal breakfast accompanied by small homemade pastries. Excellent cuisine prepared on site with the chef and his family, a restaurant to recommend! A real quiet discovery a few steps from the center of Porto! This establishment is a real success.Rooms: Large and quiet, good bedding, well appointedNearby activities: Near the center of PortoSafety: Secured accessFood & drinks: Homemade, tasteful, taking into account customer requests“

“Ambiente desenfadado, tanto para parejas, como grupos de amigos como familias. 2 niveles y patio. Servicio excelente. Platos muy contundentes, y materia prima fresca!! El bacalao cocinado al punto perfecto! Cervezas típicas y muy sabrosas, buen porto.Situado a 1 minuto a pie de Praia da Luz, por lo que un paseo antes o despues es buenisimo, con unas puestas de sol insuperables.“

“Perfect restaurant to enjoy a nice evening with friends. The dishes are intended to be shared. Every dish we had was incredibly delicious! Great service and great hospitality. Be sure to have the olives as a snack and the octopus as your main course.Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian starters and main courses“

“A restaurant with great quality-price ratio. Very careful service.It is tapas style and they are good portions with very good flavors and variety.If we return to Porto we will definitely return.Thank you very much for your attention.PS: if you dine on the terrace and it's a little cool, they'll give you a blanket so you don't get cold ^^“

“Great food, although I like the steak with cheese from Serra da Estrela the most, I highly recommend this place, the chocolate mousse and the lemon tart with everything are divine and for those who love a good spicy dish I recommend the starter as they have the patty Diablo is very good.“

“A little way out of the main tourist zone - Popina is worth the walk !This restaurant was one of our favourites in Porto. Attentive and helpful staff. Every dish we ate on the menu was divine !A must visit restaurant for your Porto holiday !“

“A fantastic journey through the 10 courses (moments) of this tasting menu + wine pairings. We were there on a quiet night and because we were a party of 6, chose to eat at a table but if you are are a party of 2-4, sitting at the bar in front of the chefs & the kitchen would be ideal.The food is simply incredible - every dish outstanding with some surprises. Service is really attentive. Wine pairings, available for all but two courses were also great and the the sommelier introduces and explains each one, (although no wine with the bread course - What Would Jesus Do?)Yes, it's a journey north of the city but it's worth the Uber and feels like it's only going to get harder to get a table at this amazing place.“

“This was a great dining experience here for 3 travellers from Sydney. Delicious hake soup, octopus rice and slow cooked lamb shoulder, finished off with a trio of shared puddings. The serving staff were efficiently attentive and helped choose some lovely wines. The chef/owner initiated a discussion about the two regional menus we could choose between and then delivered a beautiful meal. Booking is essential as the space is not large and it seems they would rather turn away random arrivals than risk overextending their team and sacrificing quality.Get there if you can.“

“After a morning of walking and taking in the sites , we wander down a little street towards the cathedral and fancied a drink.We spotted this little place with terrace and decided to pop in for some soft drinks and a nice refreshing non alcoholic beer.Having a look over the menu, some nibble caught our eye. Served more tapas style here the portions are small but equally mighty in flavour, we enjoyed a not local dish but local to the owner/manager of the slow cooked pork on brioche and it was really lovely, the cod fritter were a delight, but I feel a nice little aioli would have really lifted them. We ordered the chorizo, and although it was very tasty, we expected a little more. This portion size was on the small side.All in all a nice wee stop and we were around 36€ for 3 tapas and olives, two waters, a cola and non alcoholic beer, a tiny wee bit on the more speny side but not massively and in great location to the cathedralStaff were really lovely and attentive“

“An amazing culinary experience! It is expensive but it is worth the price. Food is incredible, the staff are both welcoming and extremely professional and precise in what they’re doing - which is really a joy to watch, and really adds to the entire dinner. Great vibes too. Honestly, a must do when visiting Portugal.“

“Super restaurant de tapas typiquement Portugais, la qualité de la cuisine est top, raffinée et goûteuse, en portions généreuses et un prix très attractif. L'accueil et le service sont irréprochables et rendent l'expérience vraiment parfaite. Nous y sommes retourné le lendemain ! Je conseille a ceux qui aiment la bonne cuisine locale !“

“Lovely experience that I cannot recommend enough. Incredibly fresh and high quality ingredients cooked simply. The octopus in green sauce was cooked perfectly, best octopus I’ve ever had. Service was very professional and paced perfectly. If you’re from the US, you know how much rushed service can ruin a meal. Not here. A perfect meal overall, come here if you’re in Porto!“

“An exceptional place. The food, the ambience and the staff are fabulous. The owner is a sommelier and is truly dedicated to providing a great experience for the patrons. He is running the place not as a business machine but as a passion of his. That is what truly makes it unique. A friend of mine and I had a long chat about wine with him and he was so knowledgeable and warm and open. He spent a couple of hours chatting with us and giving us a fantastic taste across an array of lovely Portuguese wines. We are planning on going back to Lisbon for work in a couple of years, but we are definitely going to add a Porto trip to go back to ODE.ps. The owner is also open to selling wine from his collection. Don't miss it if you are after some really good Portuguese wines.Thanks Cristovao!We (Nima & Andre) will back!“

“Stopped in just about 2100. Seated right away. My order of cod was the recommendation from server. I also accepted the suggested wine. I was served by 2115. Piping hot, crispy outside and perfectly cooked moist flaky inside. Cod came on a bed of deliciously crisp fresh potato chips. I lioved my experience at O Rapido.“

“We have been living in Portugal for more than a year. We travel here a lot and know that there are well-established standards of catering here - everything is delicious, what is called “cheap and cheerful”. Let's face it, there aren't enough good restaurants here.This bright highlight of an excellent restaurant!We liked everything:- the food is not only delicious, but also unique- service - excellent“

“We ended up there by chance and after one evening menu we became real fans of this restaurant! Rarely enjoyed such tasty and inspired creative cuisine, both vegetarian and fish equally delicious. In addition, the very friendly and competent service and the tasteful and natural ambience were very pleasant.This evening was worth the money!“

“⭐️⭐️The food is delicious “ fish soup & Bacalhau/ Cod fish” ?Fish soup is more of a seafood, it has fish, clams and mussels. It’s a bit salty but still very delicious ? highly recommend to try.The owner of the shops is very friendlyThe cod fish/ Bacalhau is simple but very tasty ????Prices are affordable “ main dish & 1/2fish soup around 16€It’s comfort food, highly recommended to try if you visit Lisbon. ??“

“Great service and the whole evening was lovely but if I'm being picky I've been here twice and both times I've thought the music and lighting doesn't match the setting and I think the food is lacking a little flavour... sadly. The food does look incredible but the mains especially just lack a little punch.“

“Very delicious and well-priced food, unbeatable service, they also offer several skewers to taste and they adapt to your language. In good weather, pleasant terrace to eat.Vegetarian options: There are several vegetarian meals and there is also an option for skewers.“

“Small place but well located, very cozy and with a good atmosphere.The dishes you will find are tapas, ideal for sharing and ordering a few different ones.We ask for:- Patatas bravas: very delicious, although they are barely spicy in case you are looking for some spicy bravas.- Baked Camembert: what we liked the most. Very delicious, this is baked spices and nuts with a sweet base. Eating it with toast is a pleasure.- Fried eggplants with honey: very delicious, the honey is very sweet and the eggplants are perfect.- Chicken moamba: great discovery, we loved this chicken dish with a peanut sauce.- Sautéed squid: what we liked least, honestly, we didn't like the calamari or the sautéed food.- Cod croquettes: large in size and they taste a lot like cod so they are great.- Desserts: we ordered chocolate brownie and cheesecake. We highly recommend them, we loved them. If you like sweets, you can't miss them.Fantastic service and great price. For more than the price we had a 30% discount on the fork, so the dinner ended up at €41 with both of us drinking water.“

“After a week of (deliecious) heavy traditional Portuguese food this place was the perfect light vegetable and fish based dinner. The food is creative, memorable, and impeccably executed. The service is warm and personable. The whole place has maybe 20 seats. Everything is prepared fresh on the spot.“

“Confidential and authentic address for quality home cooking (excellent bacalahau) a very friendly welcome, classic service in the dining room and like at home on the shaded terrace with a lovely view all this for the modest sum of €15/person: main course/dessert/ 50cl of wine and coffee.A spot to discover“

“I will certainly recommend it to all my friends and will come back again. The food was impeccable, very tasty and extremely carefully prepared. All the staff welcomed us extremely well, special note for the blonde Portuguese attendant with glasses (unfortunately I didn't catch her name), she was so kind, so kind, my wife and I wanted to hug her. Caio, the other attendant, was also lovely. Place to come back and feel welcomed. And the environment is a little noisy, but very well decorated, it reminded me of my mother and my daughter's house.Criticisms: 1-) I read, I don't know if on the website or somewhere that the stay limit is 2 hours, I hate having to eat and worry about it. Although the restaurant seemed very flexible to me, the existence of this rule would eliminate me taking a friend of mine who I haven't spoken to in a while, as I would be afraid of exceeding the time limit.2-) A lot of noise, as I am partially deaf it is difficult to hear those at the tables, but this problem is difficult to solve, I believe that only by investing in a noise-absorbing ceiling or reducing the number of tables, none of these solutions are very possible, so I don't believe anything can be done about it and I didn't take the noise into account when giving the rating.“

“A very nice experience in this small restaurant in a small street a stone's throw from Porto city hall. Local cuisine allowing you to discover local cold meats and cheeses. The manager speaks French and is very pleasant. Good atmosphere.“

“After two days of wandering and culinary misunderstandings, at the suggestion of our local guide, we ended up in Flow.Despite the late hour, there was a table for usCompetent staff, great wine recommendation for the mealFood of a high standardIt's worth coming back here“

“A beautiful, typical evening in Porto. More than copious and quality dishes, choice and very good products. Top service, thank you Gentlemen for your attention and your smiles. And Fado!!! So gripping, beautiful and strong, bravo to the artists.“

“This restaurant is out of this world. We had an amazing experience dining here and would recommend anyone visiting Porto to visit and try it. The theme of the restaurant and the food is based on one of José Saramago's books called Blind. The restaurant and the experience are an absolute must for fans and newcomers to his world alike.“

“It is a nice food court for casual eating. The quality is decent but comparable to a food court vs a restaurant. Our favorite station was the pasta one for my kids and the suckling pig for us. The paella and octopus here were just okay. The wine store at the corner had a great selection and offers tasting. Their price point was lower for the exact drink compared to the wine bar in the center.“

“PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE. Birthday dinner was a success. Food, service, and atmosphere is why it rightfully has its Michelin backing. Pictures don’t do it justiceFood: Chef Pedro’s understanding of sauce and flavor profiles comes out in every dish. Each item on your plate is able to shine in its own light, while intertwining with the rest of the dish to bring you a masterful experience be in each bite. Also the vegetarian tasting menu (partner is vegetarian) is a unique option for fine dining and did not disappoint- one of her all time favoritesService: every single member of the team worked in lockstep to make sure you were taken care of from the moment you walk in. Celebrated my birthday here and they went above and beyond.Atmosphere: intimate experience, comfortable seats, great decor.Would gladly go again, night after night.“

“Best hummus and baba ganush I have ever tasted. Exceeds most restaurants in the Middle East. Delicious crusty sea bream filet with perfectly grilled vegetables. Stellar service. A plus in my book is the available selection of natural wines. By far the best meal in Porto this week.“

“Super delicious food with great value! Fried sardine and calamari are one of the best! We went back on the 2nd day again, out of 3 days trip at Porto. The decoration is not fancy, the high google rating is because the extreme high quality of food. Definitely try it and you won’t be disappointed.“

“If you are somewhere near this place I highly recommend you to just go here and see for yourself. Fernando will welcome you with open arms and will give you an amazing experience. The food, the wine the people are as good as it gets. Thank you for the good times!“

“Informal environment, amazing cod. We ate two appetizers, cod with lemon sauce and chips and cod chips with parsley mayonnaise. Then we had two plates of cod assado....fantastic, served with potato sheets. All accompanied by an excellent green wine. Best quality.“

“Charming little place by Foz do Douro.Food tastes amazing with a different style that you see around Porto. The price I would say is a bit up for what I would normally pay, but is worthy for the quality of the food and the service.I would definitely recommend this lovely place with the river view.“

“A restaurant with a neighborhood feel. I went at the recommendation of my Airbnb host and had a delicious meal! Locals start eating at around 1pm, so if you go before then, you can eat without waiting.When I asked if there was spaghetti on the menu, I liked the kindness of the person who asked and prepared it separately. The taste is good overall. But especially the cream cod in the first photo and the banana cake in the last dessert are really, really delicious. This is my first time trying it and it's really great!! Most people skip dessert to eat somewhere else, but make sure to eat dessert here ❤️The owner was very kind and even pointed out and explained each cake when I was confused about the types of cakes on the shelf. From the simple kindness of carefully asking you to tell us if you need chopsticks, and even the dessert wine at the end... It was a fun meal!“

“The best traditional restaurant in Porto. We came to eat here three years ago and every year since then, we stop for 2 hours to eat Iberian pork secretions or even the special francesinha.The handmade cod pastries are delicious.Vanda is very friendly, she never forgets anyone. Speaks English, Spanish, French. A lovely person.I recommend!!“