Restaurants in Braga
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Cozinha da Sé
Contemporary artwork hangs from the exposed stone walls at this handsome Braga newcomer. Sé serves traditional, high-quality dishes (including one vegetarian selection), with flavourful standouts liked baked bacalhau (dried salt-cod) and açorda de marisco (seafood stew in bread bowl).
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Café Astória
Set beneath a grand old portico, with tables on the plaza, Café Astória has a diverse menu of salads, pastas, grilled meats and seafood. Daily lunch specials (€8) are better value than the mains. The upstairs bar and dining room (with veranda seating) opens from 7pm to 2am.
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Taperia Palatu
A Spanish/Portuguese couple serves up delectable Spanish tapas and classic Portuguese dishes in a pleasantly minimalist dining room or the airy courtyard in front. Top picks include gambas ao olho (grilled shrimp), secretos de porco preto (wild boar) and grilled calamari.
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Adega Lusitana
This new restaurant has a traditionally decorated dining room, a wine bar and a lush outdoor patio. Tapas, trusty bacalhau dishes and wild boar are among the varied offerings. Saturday nights feature live fado (reservations recommended), with DJs spinning some other nights.
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O Alexandre
A handsomely appointed dining room sets the stage for the top-notch cuisine at one of Braga’s best Portuguese restaurants. Grilled meats, bacalhau com nata (baked codfish) and an excellent cabrito assado (roasted kid) are particularly recommended.
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Anjo Verde
Braga’s best vegetarian restaurant serves up generous, elegantly presented plates in a lovely, airy dining room with ancient stone walls splashed with colour. Vegetarian lasagne, soy burgers and vegetable tarts are among the tasty selections.
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Livraria Café
Tucked inside the bookshop Centésima Página, this charming cafe serves a changing selection of tasty quiches (tomato with camembert, broccoli and brie) along with salads and desserts. Has outdoor tables in the pleasantly rustic garden.
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Retiro da Primavera
Fortifying yourself before your long bus journey? Avoid the bus terminal's café and nip round the corner to this unpretentious place serving a bigger choice of good-value, standard Portuguese fare.
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Gosto Superior
Keen to prove to the Portuguese that vegetarianism is much more than eating lettuce with their beef, this restaurant serves imaginative, meat-free dishes in a trendy, chilled environment.
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Taberna Do Felix
Situated near the Arco da Porta Nova, this attractive country-style tavern prepares unusual Franco-Portuguese dishes; try the tapas or delicious pataiscas (fish fritters).
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Restaurante A Ceia
This locally popular, easy-going adega (wine tavern) has highly recommended Minho specialities such as alheira, a light, garlicky sausage of poultry or game.
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Salão de Chá Lusitana
Next to sweet-smelling Jardim de Santa Bárbara, this sunny, well-preserved art-deco teashop is a local favourite with all, but especially ladies who lunch.
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Restaurante Santo André
With lunch specials, this pleasant if simple-as-sticks, family-run joint serves good Portuguese dishes at a brisk pace and for great prices.
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Churrasqueira da Sé
This no-nonsense restaurant is an extremely popular local dining spot, with an assortment of grilled dishes at low prices.
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A Brasileira
Another classic, bright old café that has seen better days - which is the point.
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