Best Burgers in Porto: Baixa, Cedofeita, Foz

The best burgers in Porto are easiest to find in the Baixa, the downtown streets between Avenida dos Aliados and the Mercado do Bolhão, and in Cedofeita, the gallery and student quarter just west of it. Boavista and Foz do Douro, toward the Atlantic, have a calmer, more residential spread of places.

Porto measures any heavy sandwich against the francesinha. Invented in the city in the mid-20th century, it layers bread with ham, linguiça sausage and steak, covers the lot in melted cheese and soaks it in a hot tomato and beer sauce. A burger here competes with that, and with the cachorrinho, a thin, crisp sausage sandwich. Locals are nicknamed tripeiros after tripas à moda do Porto, the tripe stew that remains the city’s emblem dish.

Burgers in Porto: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Baixa, Cedofeita, Bonfim, Boavista and Foz do Douro.
• Local benchmark: the francesinha, a meat-and-cheese sandwich drowned in tomato and beer sauce.
• Market stop: the Mercado do Bolhão, reopened in 2022 after a full restoration.
• Riverside: the Ribeira is the tourist waterfront; Vila Nova de Gaia faces it across the Douro.
• Getting around: the Metro do Porto links the centre to the airport and the coast.
• Currency: euro (EUR).

Every guide we publish on Porto is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. To compare with Lisbon and further afield, browse our burger guides by city.