O Gaveto - Matosinhos

As always excellent seafood and excellent fish! All super fresh and delicious! Absolute recommendation to go to. Duarte is super friendly and a very competent waiter! Trust his recommendations!

It is a very good restaurant with a seafood specialization. There is a great choice of live lobsters and crab as well as fresh fish, seafood and shrimps. The wine list is good and sufficient. The dishes are rather simple but tasty. The service is good and rapid.

*this review is based on a solo dining experience. I arrived at noon on the dot and was seated without a reservation. The host/server seem a bit annoyed that I didn't have a reservation, though I don't believe their website even allowed for reservations for one. He didn't speak English but still tried his best to seat me. I was handed a VERY CONDENSED English menu, and didn't realize until half way through my meal, I looked around and everyone else got a the Portuguese menu which definitely had so many more options. it irked me because why wouldn't you want tourists to order more things? Things I ordered: *at the beginning of the meal they give you TOAST. don't eat it if you don't want to pay 2 euros* It's good but I don't understand why they don't let the patrons know it's not complimentary I know bread is not free in Portugal, but you'd think they'd give you bread considering how expensive the dishes are here ? Does the 2 euro toast give them that much more revenue? A glass of Champagne: 14,50 euros. The sautéed clams : they were good. small portion for the price. Big Stuffed crab: Crab was sweet, fresh, and the stuffing was very thick. this was 1.5 lb rock crab? It was good enough to fill me but forewarning this crab costs 65 euros which is VERY overpriced especially for Portugal don't order. Oysters: you can skip. I'd walk down to a market and get oysters from there instead. Raspberry sorbet: eh. Service: I'm not sure if it was because I was a solo diner or if it was because I didn't speak Portuguese but, only one server was semi attentive to me. He spoke the most English. I felt really unwelcome to be honest. I only finished half my crab and wanted to get out quick because I was getting so many stares for being the only asian diner? I don't know lol the only good thing about this restaurant was that there were many locals dining. so if you're a local or have friends/family that are local perhaps this might be an enjoyable meal. Then came the bill. It came out to 114 euro. I honestly shocked. I expected to be expensive considering since it's on the more upscale side. They charged me for the tap water! 2 euros. For packaging 2 euros Toast 1, 50 euros I mean it's only a couple of bucks but the tap water should be free. Absolutely ridiculous. Then to top off the unwelcoming service, they asked me for tip at the end of my meal. I appreciate European servers leaving me alone for my meal but they were just really shady all around. I left tip anyway. Don't come here. you can find better quality, better service, for affordable prices just a couple blocks away.

I loved the food damn is very delicious . I wanna come back again to try new things . The prices is really good . Very delicious very clean

My dinner at O Gaveto was the highlight of my recent trip to Portugal. We ordered so many wonderful dishes, and each one was better than the first. We ate for hours : the barnacles were as though they were taken directly from the sea, and the scallops were the most divine thing I have ever eaten in my life: they were silky, creamy, salty...just incredible. We had a dish with rice and lobster which was so delicious and had a wonderful depth of flavor . The wine list was also incredible. I ordered a bottle from one of my favorite producers, and minutes later he ended up sitting at the table next me and before we knew it, were suddenly sharing stories and wine with him. What are the chances?!?! The service was OUTSTANDING, and they were so patient as my friend continued to order more and more food and wine. I will never forget my evening at O Gaveto this is a DO NOT MISS restaurant just outside of Porto. Absolutely wonderful I highly recommend it. Thank you O Gaveto for your hospitality, your classic service, and for an evening I won't soon forget.