Maurícia
The best bakery in Matosinhos, on Rua de Brito Capelo — Tiago's pick. Come for the croissants: they are what its regulars name ahead of the cakes, the pastries and the pastel de nata put together. It opens at 7h, seven days a week, and breakfast comes to somewhere between 1 and 5 €.
- From Beach Family House
- 4 min walk · 2 min driveon Rua Brito Capelo in Matosinhos
- Best for
- Breakfast, and the croissants — open at 7h, seven days a week
- Worth knowing
- You pay at the counter on the way out rather than at the table, and one regular's only complaint is that at busy moments this takes a minute. The room has a handful of tables and fills at breakfast, so it is a stop rather than a place to sit out a morning. It closes at 19h every day, so it is not an evening option.
Tiago's pick for the best bakery in Matosinhos, on Rua de Brito Capelo — the long street that runs the length of the town.
Come for the croissants
They are the thing. Regulars name the croissants ahead of the cakes, the pastries and the pastel de nata put together, and one of them puts the whole place in a line: um dos melhores locais para pequeno almoço e lanche. One of the best places for breakfast, and for the late-afternoon snack the Portuguese take seriously enough to have a word for.
It is a family pastelaria, not a café to settle into
A counter, a few tables, and a family behind it. It fills at breakfast. You pay at the counter on the way out rather than at the table, which one regular notes can take a moment when the queue is deep.
It opens at 7h every day of the week and 8h on Sunday, which makes it the one place on this hub you can rely on before anything else in town is awake. Breakfast is 1–5 €.
Sources
- The host's own recommendationsTiago Martins · Beach Family House · 2026 · Told to us directly, 8 September 2026
The recommendation on this page is his, first-hand, from eating here as a resident rather than as a visitor — which is the only basis on which this hub recommends a restaurant at all. What he vouches for is the food and whether he goes back. He is not a critic, has not eaten the whole menu, and everything else on this page — hours, prices, what other people order — is sourced separately and marked.
- Maurícia · Google Business Profile · 2026
The business's own listing, read 8 September 2026, and the source for the hours and the price band. Its reviewers mention croissants 80 times, ahead of the doces and the confeitaria, and a pastel de nata; it opens 7h–19h Monday to Saturday and 8h–19h on Sunday, at 1–5 € a head. Hours and prices are what the business publishes about itself; the dish tallies are Google's count of how many reviewers mentioned a thing, which is evidence of what people order, not of whether it is good. The star rating is not cited.
Curated by Tiago Martins · Last updated 12 September 2026