Wine Quay Bar, Porto

The photos on this page were taken during a session at the Wine Quay Bar, during a short stay in Porto, back in 2017. It was an extended session mainly because we really liked the bar, but also because Polly had badly twisted her ankle earlier that day (which was only just recovering from being badly twisted in Essen, Germany a few weeks earlier). We had more than two bottles of wine (I can’t remember how many, that’s the problem with alcohol) and lots of excellent food. We spent well over a hundred Euros, but we were there for over four hours as I remember.

We went there on my sister Alison’s recommendation. She came across it during a visit to Porto a year or so earlier. She was impressed because they helped her choose her wines. They helped us as well; we found this very useful for finding interesting Portuguese wines, red of course.

We were lucky as we were able to sit outside using the wall as a table. The views were excellent. We spent hours watching people wandering up and down the quay side, below us. Watching the boats on the river. Eating lots of food to soak up the alcohol.

When we ordered our first snack it came with a water pistol. This really confused us, why? Well, there are lots of seagulls around and they swoop in to steal your food. The water pistol is to scare them away. While we were sitting there a seagul swooped in and grabbed some food from the hand of someone sitting right next to us. She said one second she had to some food in her hand, the next second it had vanished!

It seems the Wine Quay has two rooms and an apartment to let, a bit noisy for me. But it looks like an excellent place to stay if you like being near the action.

The photo on my previous posts shows the quayside from the bridge.