Taberninha Do Manel

Vila Nova de Gaia


Superfriendly service, big views across the Douro to Ribeira, and a menu crammed with well-executed Portuguese classics – Iberian pork, petiscos (tapas), bacalhau (dried-salt cold) in different guises – reel folk into Taberninha Do Manel. There’s pavement seating for warm days and a rustic interior jam-packed with what looks like the contents of your grandmother’s attic.


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