Restaurante Elemento em Porto

Excellent experience. Great food, great staff, great ambience. We do recommend

Expected so much more. Fabulous decor, fully booked, dynamic open kitchen— all the ingredients of a fabulous night out. Unfortunately only one of five dishes (the oxtail) was a big hit and one was a big disaster (the raw bonito), the latter being so fishy that there was NO WAY, despite the waiter’s reassurances, that it was fresh. Which brings me to the service; snarky from appetisers onwards, following the suggestion that the bonito had not just recently jumped from the ocean onto our plates. Also inattentive, as he placed our wine bottle far from the table and then neglected to pour it at all unless we were able to catch him. We had such fantastic foodie experiences with simply fabulous service in Porto… this was not one of them.

Simply terrific…from service to the food! It is one of the most memorable restaurants I have visited in Portugal and I could not forget about it even after a long time! I would definitely visit again if I am visiting Porto next time!

We ordered the degustation menu with wine pairing. All was delicious, well-balanced. All dishes, including the pre-desert and the desert were quite complex. The menu followed a smooth transition. I wondered if some contrast between the courses might have been beneficial to the whole experience…