Conga Casa das Bifanas ★ 4.4
Conga on Rua do Bonjardim in Porto turns out 2.50 euro bifanas with mustard and piri-piri, a counter where two sandwiches and an imperial cost under 10 euros total.
Try: Bifana (slow-cooked pork sandwich)
Eat well in Porto for under €15 a plate: the places locals on a budget actually use.
Cheap eats worth seeking out
Cervejaria Gazela ★ 4.4
Cervejaria Gazela in Porto sells two cachorrinhos and an imperial for 7 euros, a stand-up counter snack that has anchored the cheap-eats list for the city since 1962.
Try: Cachorrinho with imperial beer
Casa Guedes ★ 4.5
Casa Guedes on Praca dos Poveiros in Porto sells the sandes de pernil for 4.50 euros, plus 2 euros for the Serra cheese, the city's best-value lunch under 7 euros.
Try: Sandes de pernil
O Buraco ★ 4.3
O Buraco off the Bolhao market in Porto runs a 10 euro prato do dia at lunch, with soup, mains like veal pie or rojoes and dessert from a working-day kitchen open since the early 1970s.
Try: Prato do dia
Lareira ★ 4.0
Lareira on Rua das Oliveiras in Porto serves a 9 euro grilled steak lunch with a glass of house red and a side of garlic potatoes, since 1984 and still cash preferred.
Try: Bife grelhado lunch menu
Tasquinha do Cigano ★ 4.0
Tasquinha do Cigano in Porto's Cedofeita runs an 11 euro daily prato do dia with soup, polvo or bacalhau and a small glass of red, from a six-table family kitchen.
Try: Daily prato do dia
Frangasqueira Nacional ★ 4.1
Frangasqueira Nacional on Rua de Sa da Bandeira in Porto plates half a charcoal-grilled chicken with piri-piri and fries for 8 euros, takeaway in foil or eat standing.
Try: Half chicken with piri-piri
Mercado do Bolhao food court ★ 4.1
The Bolhao market's first-floor food court in Porto runs 10 counters serving bacalhau a Bras, francesinha and roasted suckling pig, plate prices between 8 and 14 euros.
Try: Bacalhau a Bras and other counters
Leitao da Bairrada (Cedofeita) ★ 4.1
Leitao da Bairrada on Rua de Cedofeita in Porto sells a Bairrada-style suckling pig sandwich for 5 euros, with orange-and-bay-leaf oil drizzled over the slow-roast pork.
Try: Suckling pig in a roll
A Tasquinha ★ 4.1
A Tasquinha on Rua do Carmo in Porto serves a 12 euro lunch menu with soup, a main of bacalhau or rojoes and dessert, from a family-run kitchen open since the 1980s close to Clerigos.
Try: Lunch menu of soup, main and dessert