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Café Santiago

Name: Café Santiago
Price range: $
Rating: 4.4

4.4 ·

Pull up a seat at Café Santiago, the Porto café that put the egg-topped francesinha on many visitors' lists. Split one of these towering sandwiches, add a beer, and see what the sauce is all about.

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Full description

Café Santiago is a casual eatery that has become one of Porto's best-known stops for the francesinha, topped with egg and served with comfort food and beer. Reviewers describe it as a place you try once while in the city: the interior and the sandwich are plain rather than polished, but the sauce and the portion size win people over.

Several advise sharing one sandwich between two, and service is called quick and efficient, although one diner waited around 35 minutes for their dish at dinner. It stays open continuously from noon to late evening, which makes it easy to fit into almost any part of the day.

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Address

R. de Passos Manuel 226, 4000-382 Porto, Portugal · Porto

Website

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Hours

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

45 min

Best time

lunchtime, afternoon, early evening or evening

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

Share one francesinha between two people, as portions are very large
expect a wait at peak dinner times
it is open without a break from 12:00, so mid-afternoon is a quieter option

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Reviews

Shared a francesinha and got some drinks. Very quick and efficient service. Food was great and so filling (I'd recommend splitting one between two people for sure) and the sauce is so good too. We didn't even finish the fries!

Lucy Chai

3/5

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