Best Vegetarian and Vegan Francesinhas in Porto

Francesinha is one of the symbols of Porto. You might be surprised that the typical food from Porto is no fish or seafood, but rather this “extravagant” snack food. It was firstly created by Daniel David de Silva who, upon returning to Portugal from France, tried to adapt the French croque-monsieur to Portuguese tastes. The secret of recipe lies in its sauce and thus locals and foreigners try to discover the restaurant with the best “secret” serving the best francesinha. As there are many vegetarians and vegans nowadays, plenty of restaurants adapted the traditional francesinha to a vegetarian and even a vegan option. After some research I have gathered below the best vegetarian and vegan francesinha restaurants in Porto ordered based on Google ranking. In the end of the article I added one restaurant in Braga, too. Feel free to comment with your suggestions.

• Padoca Vegan Restaurant (vegan) – Vila Nova de Gaia – (4.8★)

• Nem Carne Nem Peixe – Porto – (4.8★)

• Lupin Snack Bar – Vegan à Moda do Porto (vegan) – Porto – (4.8★)

• Kind Kitchen (vegan) – Porto – (4.7★)

• Casanova – Porto – (4.7★)

• Terrárea – Matosinhos – (4.6★) – serving vegetarian francesinha on the first Thursday of the month

• GAO (vegan) – Matosinhos – (4.6★)

• Lado B Café (Coliseu) – Porto – (4.5★)

• Yuko Tavern – Porto – (4.5★)

• O Porto dos gatos (vegan) – Porto – (4.5★)

• Taberna Londrina – Porto – (4.5★)

• Santa Francesinha (vegan) – Porto – (4.3★)

• Gosto Superior (vegan) – Braga – (4.7★)