Caralhau Discover authentic cuisine in Porto

Opening hours

Open

  • Monday 12:00 am - 10:00 pm
  • Tuesday 12:00 am - 10:00 pm
  • Wednesday 12:00 am - 10:00 pm
  • Thursday 12:00 am - 10:00 pm
  • Friday 12:00 am - 10:00 pm
  • Saturday 12:00 am - 10:00 pm
  • Sunday 12:00 am - 10:00 pm

Closes at 10:00 pm

Useful information

Location : In town

Province : City Center

Services

  • Groups
  • Open all year round
  • Terrace
  • English
    • The Caralhau restaurant in Porto showcases bacalhau, an iconic ingredient of Portuguese cuisine, with modern and flavorful recipes. Located near Praça dos Poveiros, this restaurant is an ideal place to discover authentic Portuguese cuisine in a friendly atmosphere in the heart of Porto.

  • Français
  • Português
  • Deutch
  • Spanish

Traveller Reviews Caralhau

4.4 sur 5 1194 reviews

  • Julia Gwiazda

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Julia Gwiazda on 30/03/2026

    Best place we were! Food is awesome, Alina is lovely and we really enjoyed her as our server! Would definitely recommend to everyone who has a chance to visit here. We'll definitely come back as soon as we can. Best wishes to Alina - from Agata and Aleksander from Kraków

  • Gabriel Grecu

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Gabriel Grecu on 29/03/2026

    The food is super tasty!!!

  • Silvana Menabue

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Silvana Menabue on 19/03/2026

    Excellent francesinha, reasonable prices, and lots of kindness. Highly recommended!

Traveller Reviews Caralhau

4.4 sur 5 237 reviews

Rating summary

  • Food 4.4 / 5
  • Atmosphere 4.3 / 5
  • Service 4.5 / 5
  • Value 4.4 / 5
  • "Great restaurant and owners vineyard wines"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by Silvia D (Cambridge, United Kingdom) on 28/08/2025

    We went to the owner's vineyard -part of the 2 vineyard & boat trip - the wines were exceptionally good. We were given a voucher for a free Vin verde if we came to the restaurant (which I forgot to...

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  • "Wonderful authentic tavern"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by NeilKelly77 (Liverpool, United Kingdom) on 01/08/2025

    Although I've been to Portugal on many occasions over the years this was my first visit to Porto until my twin brother had booked us a weeks holiday here in this most beautiful and fascinating of...

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  • "Extremely dry salmon and inedible greens…"

    1 / 5 Reviews posted by tlcinvest1 (Albuquerque, New Mexico) on 07/06/2025

    We had salmon there tonight and it was terrible…extremely dry and the greens that were with it were bitter and inedible. The potatoes were okay as was the panna cotta but nothing to write home about.

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Caralhau

Address

Praça dos Poveiros 104
4000-041 Porto, Portugal

Contacts

Phone : +351968730519

GPS coordinates

41° 8'45.7"N, 8° 36'13.69"W

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