Vegan
Delivery
Take-out
Bakery
Catering
Breakfast
Portugese

Vegan bakery and cafe. Serves a large selection of pastries, cakes, and baked goods. Has savory foods like toasts, cachorro, "duck" rice, moelas de cogumelo, and francesinha. Delivers throughout Portugal and to Spain. Reported open May 2024. Open Tue-Sat 12:00-23:00.


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129 Reviews

First Review by AnaMineiro

BigEv

Points +33

Vegan
09 May 2025

Desquish!

Lovely staff who explained the menu and gave us a free doughnut! Traditional dish Francesinha was delicious as well as the starters!

Pros: Francesinha, The Staff, All the food!

arminda

Points +66

Vegan
09 May 2025

Espaço guloso

Dos pratos que experimentei, burgers, Francesinha, batatas rotas e pastelaria, estava tudo muito bom. O difícil é resistir. Espaço acolhedor e bem decorado.

Pros: Comida saborosa (batata frita maravilhosa!), Quantidade generosa, Simpatia e atenção dos e das funcionarias

Cons: Uma única vez, serviram o hambúrguer frio.

emiana

Points +882

Vegan
08 May 2025

Phenomenal

Friends recommended we stop here and they were so right. So friendly, cute interior and off the charts Portuguese food. We had the francesina, tofu com broa (tofu with seaweed breadcrumbs) and the cachorrinho de casa (starter). And some pasteis de nata and a dounut to take home. All 10/10

CathyRitchie

Points +220

Vegan
25 Apr 2025

Superb

Consistently good food, welcoming and attentive service, good portions, gluten free options, and fair prices. What more could you ask for?
The Francesinha with Chick’n is a favourite (though not available gluten-free, unfortunately) and the cheesecake is possibly the best we have tasted.

Kim-Mi

Points +20

Non Veg
19 Apr 2025

Sehr lecker

Gutes preis leistungs Verhältnis.
Nettes Personal.
Chilliges Ambiente.

Updated from previous review on 2025-04-19

Las Strawberry

Points +160

Vegan
10 Apr 2025

This is THE BEST PADOCA

Restaurant and bakery with really excellent food. This is the original PADOCA. The one in Porto only turned vegan after people started asking for vegan food, because of this one. Lots of locals eat here, whereby the one in Porto gets mainly tourists.

Pros: Delicious food , Lovely place , Great choice

Cons: People confuse it with the less good Porto Padoca

pistol_pete

Points +391

Vegan
05 Apr 2025

Incredible Food

We got the Padini de “Chouriço” starter to share, then for mains had the Francesinha da Casa and the Burrito n’Pork. Everything was absolutely delicious, but the Francesinha was mind blowing. The sauce was just amazing. If you want to eat a vegan Francesinha in Portugal this is the best one, hands down.

Pros: Amazing food, Friendly staff, Best Francesinha in Portugal

mmagallon

Points +604

Vegan
01 Apr 2025

Very tasty

They had a menu of the day for 8,5€ which was amazing (see pictures). The cheesecake was also fantastic! The staff super nice and helpful.

2LoucosNoMundo

Points +22

Vegan
29 Mar 2025

O novo standart na gastronomia Portuguesa

Chegámos ao Padoca Vegan e deparamo-nos com um novo visual, e o resultado não poderia ser melhor. O espaço está mais moderno e aconchegante, com um ambiente que convida a relaxar e a desfrutar da experiência gastronómica. A renovação trouxe um toque mais sofisticado, tornando o restaurante ainda mais agradável para qualquer ocasião.

A qualidade da comida continua a evoluir e a superar expectativas. O cuidado na preparação dos pratos é evidente, e o empratamento está ainda mais elaborado, com uma apresentação sólida que valoriza cada prato. A consistência e a dedicação à melhoria contínua fazem do Padoca Vegan, na minha opinião, o melhor restaurante vegan em Portugal.

E não posso deixar de mencionar o cinnamon roll – simplesmente o melhor que já comi! Uma explosão de sabor que vale cada visita ao restaurante.

O staff também merece destaque: acolhedor, simpático e atencioso composto por uma equipa jovem e dinâmica .O atendimento torna a experiência ainda mais especial, garantindo que cada cliente se sinta bem recebido.

Seja para um almoço casual ou uma refeição especial, o Padoca Vegan vale qualquer deslocação. Uma referência incontestável da gastronomia vegan em Portugal.

P.S. Estávamos tão distraídos com a comida que nem tirámos foto.

CláudioPorto

Points +46

Vegan
06 Mar 2025

Um espaço maravilhoso

Gosto de tudo na Padoca em Gaia. A comida, e agora com novos menus ao jantar, o espaço sofreu obras e está ainda mais aconchegante, e o staff é muito bom. É o espaço vegan que mais frequento no Grande Porto. Muito bom tb para jantares de grupo. Recomendo mesmo muito.

Pros: Comida , Staff, Espaço

ErickMarinho

Points +133

Vegan
06 Feb 2025

Perfect

Perfect perfect perfeito e perfect e mais um pouco de perfect

Updated from previous review on 2025-02-06

Pros: Perfect , Perfect , Perfect

PCCunha

Points +81

Vegetarian
12 Jan 2025

O que não adorar neste restaurante

Simplesmente não consigo dizer coisas más deste restaurante. Desde a comida ao pessoal que dá a cara pelo serviço, tudo impecável!

Cayetana

Points +1628

Vegan
08 Jan 2025

El queso y la bollería de 10

Todo lo que comimos estaba rico y los precios era muy razonables. Pero si tengo que destacar algo es el queso cheddar fundido que echan a varios platos y que está super conseguido. Además, la bollería está riquisima. #Veganuary

Pros: cocina y especialmente la bolleria, se puede entrar con perro

NelsonSantos

Points +16

Vegan
31 Dec 2024

Best vegan restaurant

This is by far the best vegan restaurant I've ever been. I live abroad and, fortunately, I have several vegan restaurants near where I live but none like this.

Pros: Staff - extremely friendly and efficient , Food - well made, generous portions and delicious , Pastries - amazing pastries

Sofia.in.Wanderland

Points +2387

Vegan
24 Dec 2024

Yum yum

Really tasty comfort food! Friendly staff. Book ahead as it is really busy.

Updated from previous review on 2024-12-24

alejosilvass

Points +46

Vegan
28 Nov 2024

Phenomenal food in Gaia

I’ve been to Padoca multiple times in the past year and love it every time! The pastries are fresh and delicious and the main dishes are so unique and stand out from other vegan options around. Their françesinha is so unique and delicious I love it. Very highly recommend!

Pros: Great service, Fresh pastries, Delicious menu

Cons: Parking can be difficult

MirellaMarani

Points +114

Vegan
25 Nov 2024

The best Francesinha I ever had

I have tried several Francesinhas, but none were as good as this one. I highly recommend it! 😋😋😋

Bialys

Points +69

Vegetarian
28 Aug 2024

Genial sitio 100% vegano para comer francesinha

Comida vegana muy rica, la francesinha llena un montón y las quesadillas de chorizo muy ricas!:)
Fuimos a cenar y nos regalaron donuts que venden allí ya q es tamb panadería

Pros: Atención muy buena y en muchos idiomas , Comida muy rica , Nos regalaron donuts

PadocaVeganRestaurant

29 Aug 2024

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loucett

Points +32

Vegan
28 Aug 2024

Comida muy rica (francesinhas incluidas)

Nos han atendido en español y han sido muy agradables
Usan productos de heura y estaba todo muy rico

PadocaVeganRestaurant

29 Aug 2024

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Alakh

Points +26

Vegan
20 Aug 2024

So GOOD!!

Love this place!!! the Beef burger was the best!! (burges)

PadocaVeganRestaurant

29 Aug 2024

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LornaAspin

Points +383

Vegan
06 Aug 2024

Delicious lunch!

Absolutely delicious all vegan lunch in Porto!🌱😋🍔🍟🥪🥓 1st vegan bakery in Portugal! 🍰🧁🍫What a treat with lovely friends! 🤩😎👌

Pros: Fantastic burgers! 🍔🍟💚Franceschina! 🥪🍅🧀🌱, Delicious bakery! 🍰🥧🎂🍪🍩, Very Friendly staff! Great atmosphere 👌

APADOCA

16 Aug 2024

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29 Aug 2024

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HarrySangha

Points +151

Vegan
06 Aug 2024

Great coffe and pastries

We had a coffee break there and the pastries where amazing. The coffee was good as well, however pastries really stood out. Even for non-vegans it is still of the beter bakeries.
The staff is friendly and joyful.

Pros: Pastries are amazing, Coffee is good, Staff is good and friendly

PadocaVeganRestaurant

29 Aug 2024

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BearClaw97

Points +644

Vegan
27 Jul 2024

Padoca is a must-visit restaurant!

If you’re nearby VN Gaia, this is a mandatory trip. Everything on the menu is (vegan and) masterfully cooked/baked and delicious. Though a bit pricey to try everything, it’s so definitely worth it. I wish I lived next to it!

Pros: Fingerlicking baked goods, Great accessibility, Helpful staff

Cons: Moderately expensive

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29 Aug 2024

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KristijanJager

Points +657

Vegan
18 Jul 2024

Simple, great choice

Quite a few choices, also huge variety of vegan pastry

Pros: Friendly staff, Huge pastry choices

PadocaVeganRestaurant

29 Aug 2024

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maria.ines

Points +1431

Vegan
16 Jul 2024

Crazy pastry options including typical ones!

This place has many pastries quite close to "the real thing". Sadly, idk if its just because of the day i went, but the sweet ones were just donuts (a lot of variety in them tho) :(( was looking for a more different/typical option like in the photos here, wasnt worth going there on purpose.
Still, i recommend the "bola de berlim" donut, that has a typical very light and accurate portuguese ""egg cream""
The paçoca donut was too sweet for me
Highly recommend the coffee latte with whipped cream, it was super fluffly and velvety which is not very common to find vegan
Delicious oreo hit chocolate, thyre whipped cream is rly amazing
I do find it amazing tho that they have tradicional portuguese SALTY pastries!!! That i didnt try, but they looked great. Like bread with chorizo and "lanches", good for a on the go snack

updates:
top francesinha ive had, the chicken flavour was insane
biscoff dessert was very fluffy and creamy but i was just too full already xD

Updated from previous review on 2024-07-16

Pros: Unique options, Typical, Big variety

PadocaVeganRestaurant

29 Aug 2024

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ArchibaldTuttle

Points +24

Vegan
13 Jul 2024

Extraordinario

La comida, espectacular. Tomamos la francesinha (wow😄)y una burger de “pollo” y es imposible que estuviera mejor. Pero lo que más destacó fue la atención del staff, ante una noche con muchísima gente (mesas de 18 y 8), fueron súper profesionales, siempre con una sonrisa, con atención dedicada y profesional. Extraordinario.

Pros: Atención , Francesinha, Pastries

PadocaVeganRestaurant

29 Aug 2024

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MalteBrowa

Points +51

Vegetarian
13 Jul 2024

Stunning

The best burger I've ever eaten. Queer friendly, super friendly and informed staff.

Pros: Well informed staff, Good prices, Yummy food

PadocaVeganRestaurant

29 Aug 2024

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