Caramelised egg custard tart in a shatter-crisp puff pastry shell, dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar. Manteigaria and Castro Atelier on Rua das Flores produce the Porto reference, baked at 280C for the scorched top.
The pastel de nata was created by monks at the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon in the early 19th century. Manteigaria opened a Porto branch on Rua do Almada in 2018, baking 800 nata per day to the original Belem secret-recipe approximation. Castro Atelier de Pasteis de Nata on Rua das Flores is the modern Porto-born specialist.
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Manteigaria ★ 4.6
Rua de Alexandre Braga 24, 4000-049 Porto
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.
Padaria Ribeiro ★ 4.5
Praca Guilherme Gomes Fernandes 21, 4050-431 Porto
Padaria Ribeiro on Praca Guilherme Gomes Fernandes in Porto has baked since 1878, famed for the slow-leaven croissant amanteigado finished with warm sugar.
Castro Atelier de Pasteis de Nata ★ 4.3
Rua de Ceuta 80, 4050-191 Porto
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.
Fabrica da Nata ★ 4.2
Rua de Santa Catarina 331, 4000-450 Porto
Fabrica da Nata on Rua de Santa Catarina in Porto bakes pasteis de nata in 30-minute waves from an open kitchen, with a glass-front display and a queue.
Nata Lisboa ★ 3.8
Rua de Santa Catarina 506, 4000-452 Porto
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.