Porto’s first craft beer bar, pouring ten rotating taps of mostly Portuguese brewing on Rua de Cedofeita since 2015.
Catraio opened at Rua de Cedofeita 256 on the last day of January 2015 as the first dedicated craft beer shop and bar in Porto, and the head start still shows. Ten taps rotate constantly with a deliberate lean toward Portuguese breweries, backed by a fridge of bottles and cans that doubles as a take home shop.
Time Out keeps it on the best bars in Porto list, and the Tripadvisor consensus calls it the best beer room in the city. Start here if Portuguese craft is new to you; the staff will map the country a third of a pint at a time.
Inside you get a light, airy room with pubby furnishings and an eye catching serving bar; outside, a green terrace with communal tables that Wanderlog reviewers single out as the hideaway. The street itself, one of the oldest in Porto, supplies the people watching.
Take the terrace on a warm afternoon and the bar stools when you want opinions with your pour.
Afternoons bring shoppers off Cedofeita and beer tourists working a list. Evenings tilt local, with the terrace filling first on any dry day.
Man vs Globe’s Porto craft beer guide treats it as the essential first stop, which means early evening can crowd with visitors. Go before 18:00 for elbow room or late for the locals’ shift.
What to order
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A Portuguese tap you cannot pronounce
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The barbecue skewers
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Bottles for the road