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

I had really high expectations because I dined at their Lisbon location a few days prior. This…read morelocation did not meet expectations. The food was good but not on the same level as the Lisbon location. Service was good since I went in for lunch and there were multiple servers accessible. The ambiance is casual but nice. Overall good lunch but not as good as Lisbon.

The food here was delicious! A comfortable atmosphere with really nice waiters and waitresses. We…read morehad a reservation and would recommend making one. We ordered a francesinha and some veal in curry sauce, and both were very flavorful and tasty. The francesinha had ham, chorizo sausage, and pork glazed in a creamy white sauce. The veal was very tender, and the curry sauce added a very satisfying flavor. There were also some vegetables and rice with the veal.

This is another restaurant recommended by our lodging host. It's small with a bar with a couple of…read moreseats in front and a small sunken dining room with 7-8 tables interestingly decorated with musical instruments. Nice atmosphere, feels very homey. We had the cod fish stew and pork chop. The fish is seriously tough - I've never had codfish this chewy before. Portugal is supposed to be famous for cod but I didn't know it's the salted kind. Taste is ok but the fish is inedible. The pork was also pretty tough and the fries that came with it was soggy and limp. Price is average. Service is decent. It seems pretty popular as a local hangout also one that gets recommended a lot to foreign visitors but I find it rather disappointing.

We chanced upon this restaurant, highly patronized by locals, as we were on our way to the Jardins…read moredo Palácio de Cristal (Crystal Palace Gardens). Glad we did. I was focused on the bifanas that Portugal was known for. I skimmed the chalkboard out the door as we passed by and my hunger instincts were right. The restaurant was small and intimate seating was at par with eateries in the area. A lot of musical instruments and trinkets adorn the walls which made up for an interesting gaze fest as we waited for our food. Lunch rush was ongoing so we had to settle being sat at the bar. That's always a plus as we got to witness the buzzing crew efficiently feed the customers. We got 4 kinds of appetizers that our server recommended. They were all good but we liked the casserole baked dish the best. My wife and I shared a rice plate of the bifanas (spicy pork steak) with fries. For drinks, I got a bottled Compal juice while my wife got her afternoon macchiato. Our bill was a grand total of €17. I even corrected them as our bottle of water wasn't included in the chit. Not bad for a hole in the wall tavern. Good food and excellent service.

Last night in Porto and came here for a late dinner. Lots of seating and great welcome. Jose was…read moreour server and things went very fast by Portuguese standards! Service here was done from a smaller table adjacent and servers literally finish prepare and serve your entrees to a separate plate for you and give you your sides. Almost like mom serving you up and giving you access to more later. Servings are huge and many dishes come with potatoes but quietly include a fantastic rice with a slight smoky flavor and a huge vegetable stir fry (not listed in menu description). I ordered the Iberian roast pork and she got the Sea Bream special. Both under 20 Euros. We also got one salad to share. Omg it was huge-so glad we didn't each get one! Lightly dressed with olive oil on the side we didn't need. One of the best salads I've had in a long time. Wine and drink list large and good. Jose was such a professional great server as was all of the staff. Fun to watch the care they put into service. The food was fantastic and more than ample. We couldn't quite finish it all but believe me I tried! Price was very moderate for such great food and service in such a nice large classically decorated restaurant and I'd go back in a heart beat. Locals seemed more present than tourists. If you are looking for great variety of fish, meats, veg,, and drinks at a mid level price, this is one of the best choices you could make!! Obrigado Jose!

You'll find traditional Portuguese food at Abadia do Porto…read more We started off with the octopus with parsley sauce and the prawns fried in garlic sauce. The octopus was perfectly cooked with loads of chopped white onion and parsley atop. So simple and refreshing. I loved the prawns and had to order the bread (also great) to mop up that sauce! Looking back, these two dishes were at the top of our list during our week stay. For entrees, we ordered the roast Iberian pork neck (single portion) with chestnuts and it was rich and satisfying. As an afterthought, my fiancé ordered the Bacalhau (ok) and didn't realize it came with sides of cabbage and rice too. Way too much food, especially for just the two of us. Good thing we ordered the "single" portions! We couldn't finish either of the two entrees and could have done without the fish, but hey when in Portugal, we wanted to try everything the region is known for. Too bad he missed out on the tripe. HUGE portions. Service was good too. Go for the starters, specifically the octopus and the shrimp and err on the lighter side for entrees. Email for reservations!

Nice place for a nice seafood-forward meal. We tried a couple starters and the cataplana -…read moreeverything was delicious. Very home style tasting despite the establishment looking nicer. The place is way overstaffed. We had way too many people just hovering over our table. We had the small plates with cleansing napkins set down and removed no less than 5 times by different people. We were constantly on edge waiting for someone to interrupt our dinner. For the price, I expect staff to be able to anticipate customer needs better without breathing down our necks. Good food but not quite there on the service style for the price.

food: big portions, everything tastes good except the octopus was a bit too salty…read more service: didn't really like all the staff, some of them were nice but there was a male server that kept asking us if we were ready & made me feel rushed ambiance: love the blue & white decor, reserved for right when it opened but I would wait like 730-8 to eat as it will be more lively

A wonderful little bistro type restaurant with wonderful food. Having a reservation in Porto is…read moreimportant if you want to eat at restaurants that are not fast food locations during peak hours. This restaurant was recommended by our concierge and was able to get us a last-minute reservation. We found the service and food outstanding so much that we came back two days later. There is an appetizer option that allows you to choose five items that can easily be shared with 2 to 3 people. Beyond that, entrées are large enough to be shared as well. Our service the second time back was a little spotty, but the food quality was equally as good both times. The restaurant is tastefully decorated and exceptionally clean. Great value for the money and would expect to go out of my way to come back here again if I was back in Porto. Portuguese, traditional dishes that are creative and flavorful.

Word of advice, book restaurants ahead of time in Porto or be left scrambling to find decent places…read moreto eat. eLeBe was our 6th option where we just gave up and went with anything that looked fairly decent. The service was a bit spotty. Server gave us something we didn't order but gave us the dish for free. Vegetable soup was whatever. Scallop was good but you can tell it was mayo based which didn't make it feel original. The black pork cheek was okay if you like braised food. I personally hate the taste of anything braised so eff me. The baby goat was hearty and good and packed a filling punch. Like I said, this is a good 6th choice option.

NOT the way you want your dinner to go while in the Porto area - 1 of 2…read more - - - - - Note that this is a LOW 3 stars. I am not happy about writing this review. O Antunes is one of those places that comes up on the list of long running restaurants in Porto. In Lisbon, a lot of them are on that street slightly east of Rossio where the menu hawking is aggressive. You may see that here in the Ribeira, but you don't see it in the center. I had attempted to eat here last year with a local and it was closed on that day. It was in a smaller locale, on the other side of the same street. Photos speak to that. They are now in a larger and newer locale. I scoured the menu and saw the usual fish and chicken dishes. I did not want the salmao (salmon) because this is not America's Northwest and I might have liked espadarte (swordfish), but they don't offer it. I settled on a slab of bife de atun - a filleted tuna steak. It was preceded by a bowl of soup, which is very typical here, but I did not follow up with dessert. There was a reason for that. The waiter (instead of "politically correct" male server) was okay initially but, like so many in the white shirt and black slacks who do this work in factory-like restaurants in Portugal's bigger cities, he was big on one word answers and amiss on anything that needed more elaboration. The food was delivered fairly quickly. The food at O Antunes was good, but this was a standard platter, with a standard presentation, throughout the area. Tuna as a big filet is better than one might think, and it featured the thin pink line across the center, which means it was optimally cooked, but it's a simple and healthy but not particularly exciting dish. I'd say the food is about 4 stars. The fact that they don't bring on the avalanche of bread, cheese, olives, and pates was a welcome relief. That gets 5 stars for bucking this annoying custom that fools many first time visitors to Portugal. I thought that would set the pace for the remainder of the experience. The newer locale is spacious and airy, albeit spartan. It has a bar where the desserts are behind a case. I'd say that the setting gets about 3.5 stars. The service might have stayed at 3 stars. At the end of the meal, the bill arrived. I showed a card and the hand held P.O.S. arrived (that means point of sale). I noticed several P.O.S.s with different colors toward the administrative counter. The card ran and, right before the receipt rolled out, the P.O.S. wasn't shown to me. It appeared that the waiter had pushed a button or two with lighting speed and I got the receipt showing that I had opted for the conversion and that it had an additional 4% mark up. I did not opt for anything. I asked him to reverse it and start over. He pretended he didn't know what I was talking about. My credit card converts the Euro at the mid-market rate and another bank need not be involved for a markup. This is not about the 4% as much as it about the principle. More than half the restaurants do NOT do this ... they process in Euro, which is what you want. Those that do show you the P.O.S. so you can choose. (Choose the local currency, and then reject the conversion.) This can really add up and leads a person to wonder if merchants have an "incentive" to do this. I don't know. Spread over a lot of transactions, this could start looking like "Office Space." Is this the new "bread, cheese, and olives" in Portugal? I told him I'd wait for the owner. (Translation: "I want to speak with the manager.") Guests could probably see I was getting up a few times and irked. That's good. The manager finally understood the problem rather quickly and wanted to resolve it. The waiter, who was a little too short with everything, seemed to have enough time on his hands to listen to this exchange. The manager computed the difference between the bill with the prevailing exchange rate and with the mark-up. He handed me that difference in change. He mentioned that "we're here for you," meaning all their guests; however, that mantra needs to be passed on to everyone in the restaurant. Also, the younger guy bussing the table, a transplant to the area, was quite a bit more likable than the waiter. If in the center and wanting a traditional Portuguese meal, I might explore other restaurants or return to the reliable stalwart that is Abadia, which also has good food but has always provided mild mannered service that I really appreciate.

Antunes was right next to our air bnb so we came here twice. We were able to get a table…read moreimmediately and the server was very nice both times! On our second visit we shared a pork knee which was a massive portion, we all ate our fill and there was still food leftover! The fish from our first visit was big and delicious too. The crème brulee was sort of eggy so I didn't love that, but honestly it didn't feel like a big deal. The best part about Antunes though is how affordable it is! It almost felt like we were stealing with the amount of food and wine we had compared to how much it all cost. If you get a chance, definitely come to Antunes, you won't be disappointed!

This restaurant was absolutely delicious!! It does get pretty busy during the lunch rush but we…read moredidn't wait too long for a table. To start, they brought us bread and butter, codfish fritters that were AMAZING, and salad. Just a warning, we didn't order apps, they just bring it to your table but you will see it on your tab. Everything was extremely affordable so we didn't mind. We also had the grilled pork chop and fries as well as the fish and potatoes. Everything was delicious. It was affordable and they were quick to bring our meals to the table. Beautiful upstairs, although we sat in the basement which we didn't mind. Highly recommend!!

Prior visit was during Covid lockdown. Tonight's dinner was nostalgic and heartwarming. Was seated…read morein the spacious downstairs area, which was crowded and lively. Owner's son was very gracious and welcomed us as if we'd been there last week. Sampled the grilled fish once more. So good! The best meal in Porto, most underrated restaurant (at least on Yelp).