Blind Restaurante

What a fun, delicious, and unique experience! It was a degustation menu and every course/experience was exceptional. From a one bite explosion of flavors in your mouth, to brushing your teeth with a lemon flavor toothpaste to clean your palette before the next course. Everything was fantastic. At one point, a blindfold was placed in front of us and we were asked to tie it around our eyes for the next course. A bowel was placed in front of us and we all tried to guess the ingredients of the dish. It was a balsamic reduction with a quail egg, potato purée, and mushrooms. All the dishes, fantastic, and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The room we sat in, was filled with wine bottles behind glass cabinets, and there was a single long stem red rose hanging from the ceiling upside down. over the table.

We had the 10 moments tasting menu,the experience was amazing, you will try one dish blind and make your senses feel the flavors, very small dishes but definitely needed to try it, the pictures show the moments but I will not name them I will leave them to your imagination, service was Impecable, and atmosphere invites you to stay so long waiting for each dish, it took more than three hours.

My parents, my husband and I had 12-course meal with wine pairing on May 27th, 2025. The WORST Michelin-starred restaurant ever in my and my entire family's lives, in terms of both service and food. There are certain details or attentive services that any restaurants must meet to earn Michelin stars, and they did not do none of them. I’m very doubtful of how they achieved stars unless their services drastically dropped after their achievement. Just to add some credibility on my following feedback, my husband and I have been to quite a few Michelin-starred restaurants in different countries, including one other amazing one in Algarve, Portugal, and here are the reasons why Blind Restaurant does not even deserve any michelin star; 1) Right from the start, I found a big hole in my napkin. They changed it after I requested to replace it with a new one. 2) I found a bug in my wine. The manager, Pedro, did not even apologize, took it away, and replaced it with a new glass with pouring wine again without saying anything. Later on, he came to our table for check in and I mentioned that wine was amazing but I was quite surprised to find the bug in the wine glass for Michelin-starred restaurant and even more surprised to not have heard apology or anything. He said "Sorry that happened but since we normally leave our wine glasses outside, we have no control of having bugs coming in sometimes". I replied "If you're already aware of those possibilities that you might have bugs in wine glass and did not even check before you serve, then I think it's even more issue. Plus, I don't think you'd want to answer like that if Michelin Inspector visited and faced the same issue.". Then he said apologies real quick, and left the table. 3) They had ‘water pairing’ in their drink menu. We found it interesting but because we chose to have a wine pairing, we did not do water pairing but decided to try one of the “fancy” water on their list, which was Icelandic water. I asked a sommelier, Wagner, where this water is sourced from in Iceland, and his answer was “I don’t know. Maybe from all over the Iceland.” It’s okay not to know but usually from my experience in other Michelin-starred restaurants, they would try to find it out and provide the best answer that they could give instead of simply saying “I don’t know.” Also, for wine pairing, the sommelier, Wagner, sometimes skipped even describing the flavours of wines that I had to ask him to describe some notes or palettes for the wines that he was providing. 4) After I returned from washroom, I did not find my napkin organized or folded back again, which should’ve been done if Michelin-starred restaurant. It wasn’t just once throughout the dinner, but multiple times happened. 5) When customers are looking for washrooms in the middle of the dinner, normally they should either guide them to washroom or at least let customers know where they are. They did not do that. 6) For Michelin-starred restaurants, they scrape the dining table here and there to clean up. They do that but not thoroughly at all. Even after they scraped the table, all the dirts or crumbles still remained and they weren’t like micro-sizes or anything at all. 7) Usually for Michelin-starred restaurants, two servers are paired together to serve 4 people’s dishes so that they can place down the plates and take out the plates all at the same time. Here in Blind, I did not see that; on some courses they did, on some others, they did not. 8) My family’s table was the last and they already started cleaning before we finished. They even closed the main door and we had to exit through their elevator located behind. 9) Majority of the dishes were way too salty. 10) It took about 5 hour to finish the meal. It took way too long time that half way through, our dinner wasn’t even enjoyable anymore due to all the things that I mentioned above and taking too long time. I will not recommend this restaurant to anyone. This was a total waste of money for this quality of service and food.

A fun dinner experience with pretty good dishes. I am only giving 4 stars for the food because it was to much seafood, one of the meat dishes had chicken, a bit disappointed, but the rest was overall good. We felt that we could skip the burger and fries as well. Their blind experience was pretty fun and different. The service was pretty good, but we felt the dinner was a bit on the long side. I would recommend if you want a romantic dinner with a different take on the tasting menu.

We had such a fantastic evening at Blind—our first Michelin-rated restaurant experience—and it was one to remember! The entire meal was full of surprises, with unexpected courses that made the night feel like a true culinary adventure. It was unlike anything we’ve ever done before, and that’s exactly what made it so special. Our server, Julianna, was incredibly warm, attentive, and made us feel so welcome from the moment we arrived. And Wagner, our sommelier, was brilliant—his wine pairings were spot-on and added so much depth and enjoyment to each course. The whole experience was elevated, creative, and fun. If you’re open-minded and excited to try something new, Blind is the perfect place to step out of your comfort zone and enjoy an unforgettable evening. Highly recommend for anyone looking to make a special memory in Porto!

We visited Porto, Portugal — an incredible city in every way — with our mom, and one of the most unforgettable dining experiences was at Blind. At Blind, you can choose between a 10- or 12-course tasting menu, but the twist is: you don’t know what you’ll be served. Here, it’s all about trusting your senses — tasting, smelling, listening — and letting yourself be surprised and delighted. Inspired by José Saramago’s novel Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Blind weaves the idea of heightened senses beautifully into its imaginative and playful dishes. If you're looking for a truly unique and memorable experience in Porto, Blind is an absolute must.

Deserves 4.25 stars. The Atmosphere, Service/Staff, and presentation of the food was all exceptional. Truly a beautiful dining experience. The flavor ranged from good to excellent depending on the dish (we did 12 tastings). The additional programming to help trigger senses was cute and a fun change of pace to a typical meal, but I don't think it had a meaningful impact on the overall dining experience. Here's why 4 (4.25) and not 5 stars. (1) Our tastings were very seafood heavy (half of the tastings). We like seafood, but that much of it left us both with a rather fishy aftertaste in our mouths that lingered into the following dishes and was difficult to cleanse. Portugal is obviously known for its seafood, but a slightly more balanced approach to the 12 'moments' would've done the overall meal and menu more justice - in our opinion (maybe 2 random, 4 seafood, 4 non seafood and 2 dessert). (2) The portions were a bit large (I know how ridiculous it is for someone to complain about that but hear me out), we did go with the 12 moments (FYI 10 is plenty for most people), so we set ourselves up to be full by the end, but we were both full by the 6th moment which made it difficult to really enjoy the second half of the meal. The second moment was a delicious bread dish but the bread portion was half a small loaf per person when half a big roll per person would've been sufficient. And (3), as mentioned already, the food ranged from good to excellent and I'd say the average dish was very good but at this price point I'd expect a slightly better average. It's also difficult to judge them fairly when there are so many exceptional restaurants in Porto that are far more affordable with comparable food flavors but don't match the experience. IF you're looking for a first class and unique dining experience, this is a great option. If you're mostly interested in great flavor at a reasonable price, this will probably leave you feeling dissatisfied because it is quite expensive...but if you're spending your money with the experience as a primary driver of your investment, it's worth it.

My boyfriend and I went to Blind for a birthday celebration and it didn't disappoint. The service was exceptional and the experience as a whole was very well done. We had the 10 course testing menu and the food was deliscious and inventive, one was no-meat and they accommodated really well. The only thing I'll say is that we wanted the 12 course, but due to having one restricted to no meat, this wasn't possible. However, we were so full after 10 courses, it wasn't a problem at all. I would really recommend going if you have a special occasion or just feel like treating yourself. I think it is well priced for what you get. The decor is also beautiful inside and out, the courtyard entrance and mini swimming pool is really cute.