Zenith ★ 4.4
Zenith on Praca de Carlos Alberto in Porto is the city's busiest brunch room, with eggs benedict on house sourdough, oat-milk lattes and a 30-minute Sunday queue.
Order: Eggs benedict on sourdough, oat-milk flat white
Where to brunch in Porto. the morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
Brunch picks
Do Norte Cafe ★ 4.2
Do Norte Cafe on Rua do Almada in Porto is a family-run brunch room since 2019, roasting their own 100 percent arabica espresso and stacking buttermilk waffles to order.
Order: Waffle with bacon and maple, oat flat white
Noshi Coffee ★ 4.2
Noshi Coffee on Rua do Bonjardim in Porto runs a Japanese-leaning brunch counter, with miso-butter bagels, matcha lattes and a calm white-tile dining room.
Order: Miso-butter bagel, matcha latte
Cafetaria Mesa 325 ★ 4.4
Mesa 325 in Porto's Bonfim is the local brunch counter for the neighbourhood, with bagels, overnight oats and V60 filter coffees from Luso Coffee Roasters.
Order: Bagel with smoked salmon and the V60 of the week
Cafeina Sunday Brunch ★ 4.2
Cafeina's Sunday brunch in Foz do Douro, Porto, is the west-side family menu, with a crab cataplana, eggs and a walled-garden seat that books out by Friday.
Order: Crab cataplana, glass of vinho verde
Negra Cafe Boavista ★ 4.1
Negra Cafe in Porto's Boavista is a calm brunch room with pancakes, parfaits and a children's corner, run by Jose Wilson and Bianca Martins from the third Negra site.
Order: Pancakes with red fruit, cappuccino
Fabrica Coffee Roasters ★ 4.3
Fabrica Coffee Roasters in Porto runs a quiet brunch with croissants, granola bowls and Ethiopian single-origin filter coffees, the Lisbon roaster's calm Porto room.
Order: Croissant with single-origin Ethiopian filter
7G Roaster Brunch ★ 4.4
7G Roaster's brunch counter in Vila Nova de Gaia across from Porto plates eggs benedict, wraps and cold brews from a working roastery with seven apartments above.
Order: Eggs benedict, oat-milk flat white