Euskalduna Studio

Euskalduna Studio, in Porto's Bonfim district, is chef Vasco Coelho Santos's single-Michelin-star restaurant built around one nightly tasting menu served to a maximum of sixteen seats around an open kitchen counter. The menu blends Basque technique — reflected in the restaurant's name, which means 'Basque' — with Portuguese and broader European ingredients, changing seasonally with no fixed repertoire beyond the chef's current direction. Because seating wraps the open kitchen, the dining experience is chef-facing and conversational, with the cooking team plating and explaining dishes directly to guests rather than through table service alone. There is only one seating per night, four nights a week, which makes the format closer to a chef's counter than a conventional restaurant, and the size of the room means every seat has a close view of the kitchen's work. Given the single nightly sitting and the restaurant's growing reputation since earning its Michelin star, reservations must be made months in advance, and the studio publishes booking windows online rather than accepting walk-ins or short-notice calls.