Padaria Ribeiro ★ 4.5
Padaria Ribeiro on Praca Guilherme Gomes Fernandes in Porto has baked since 1878, famed for the slow-leaven croissant amanteigado finished with warm sugar syrup.
Worth the queue: Croissant amanteigado
Bakery counters in Porto worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Where to queue for bread and pastry
Manteigaria ★ 4.6
Manteigaria on Rua de Alexandre Braga in Porto is the Lisbon house's Porto branch, with a glass-fronted kitchen baking warm pasteis de nata until midnight every night.
Worth the queue: Pastel de nata
Confeitaria do Bolhao ★ 4.4
Confeitaria do Bolhao opposite the Bolhao market in Porto has baked since 1896, keeping original Art Nouveau tiles and the Abade de Priscos pudding to a strict recipe.
Worth the queue: Pudim do Abade de Priscos
Castro Atelier de Pasteis de Nata ★ 4.3
Castro Atelier on Rua de Ceuta in Porto is a glass-walled pastel de nata laboratory: dough is laminated and custard piped in view of the counter and the queue.
Worth the queue: Pastel de nata with cinnamon
Fabrica da Nata ★ 4.2
Fabrica da Nata on Rua de Santa Catarina in Porto bakes pasteis de nata in 30-minute waves from an open kitchen, glass-front display and a queue along the pavement.
Worth the queue: Pastel de nata
Padaria Formosa ★ 4.1
Padaria Formosa in Porto's Foz district has baked bread since 1898, with the original counter still in place, 47 varieties of loaf and a wood-burning oven turning out broa de milho.
Worth the queue: Bola de Berlim with creme
Padaria do Bolhao ★ 4.0
Padaria do Bolhao inside the restored Mercado do Bolhao in Porto bakes papo seco rolls, sourdough boules and savoury bolinhos for the upstairs food court counters.
Worth the queue: Bolinhos do Bolhao
Nata Lisboa ★ 3.8
Nata Lisboa on Rua de Santa Catarina in Porto serves the chain's signature pastel de nata, plus brigadeiro tarts and a bica counter for a quick stand-up breakfast.
Worth the queue: Pastel de Nata
Tavi Pastelaria ★ 4.1
Tavi in Foz do Douro, Porto, is the sea-view pastelaria with marble counters, a Sunday morning queue for tarteletes and a terrace facing the Atlantic across the Marginal.
Worth the queue: Tartelete de creme
Leitaria da Quinta do Paco ★ 4.2
Leitaria da Quinta do Paco on Praca Guilherme Gomes Fernandes in Porto pipes long chantilly-cream eclairs to a recipe in continuous use since 1920, takeaway boxed for a riverside walk.
Worth the queue: Eclair de chantilly