BLIND Restaurant
Recommended Restaurant by MICHELIN GUIDE, 2024
Feel-Touch-Taste: The chef refines the food, while our guests enrich the senses
Inaugurated in 2020, BLIND is a tribute to writer José Saramago’s “Blindness” and an invitation to take a journey that goes beyond the palate. In BLIND, we interpret gastronomy as an experience that involves emotions, memories, and all the senses.








BLIND Emotions
A new and evolving kitchen
We offer our BLIND EMOTIONS tasting menu with 10 or 12 moments, an ever-changing culinary experience full of surprises created by Chef Vitor Matos, which intrigues all by the remarkable and unforgettable staging at the time of tasting.
Don’t be surprised if you are blindfolded in the middle of the meal or if sounds and smells arise at the time of tasting. The menu is never revealed – Close your eyes and embark on a journey of flavors, where emotions and senses will be put to the test.
Our Chefs
In BLIND everything is part of a great staging!

CONSULTING CHEF:
VITOR MATOS
Throughout his almost 20-year career, the Chef awarded with 3 MICHELIN stars has won several distinctions as a cook, including the titles of Chef of the Year 2003 (Edições do Gosto), Chef of the Year 2013 (Awards WINE Magazine), Best Chef in Portugal 2014 (Arco Atlântico Gastro Awards) and the Prix Chefs de l’Avenir 2011 from (Académie Internacional de Gastronomie, Paris).

EXECUTIVE CHEF / RESIDENT CHEF:
RITA MAGRO
Since 2020, the Coimbra-born chef has been leading the kitchen at BLIND alongside Chef Vitor Matos, the restaurant’s Master and Consulting Chef. A Kitchen Management and Production graduate from the Coimbra School of Hospitality and Tourism, Rita Magro has a rich background in prestigious restaurants. At BLIND, she maintains the excellence of the fine dining experience at Torel Palace Porto and was awarded the “Young Chef Award of the Year” by the MICHELIN Guide in 2024.
Opening Hours and Contacts
Breakfast:
7:30 am – 11:00 am
BLIND Emotions Menu – Dinner Service:
From Tuesday to Saturday, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm