Reviews for PortuCale Restaurant & Bar in Newark, NJ
Oh.My.God. This place is amazing. The food is incredible, great portions for the price and the staff is so lovely and warm. This... is hands down our new favorite Portuguese spot??. Thank you PortuCale! Read more
Amazing Portuguese restaurant with a beautiful peaceful outdoor seating that has a wall fountain . I loved seating outside and... the food is amazing as well . Everything from the cute waiter who helped us with bringing out my girlfriend’s birthday cake tobringing us everything in perfect order and the food is delicious no matter what you get on the menu . Definitely a restaurantin Newark you want to try out and probably will want to come back too. The chicken and shrimp dinner with artichoke’ andmushrooms in a wine sauce is out of this world & they give you gigantic portions . I ate in my leftovers 3 x ! Also the fish isgood here too . I love the calamari & shrimp in garlic sauce. I use to only drink red sangria now this place had me at theirwhite sangria . Its excellent and perfect taste to it . Read more
Came to check in before heading out to the airport. The main front door doesn't work or better, it's locked with a piece of wood... and no sign saying to use the side door. If it wasn't for a customer eating inside and pointing it out to go around. We wouldhad broken the glass door from pulling it so hard.As for the service, could be better! The waiter didn't know a passion fruitjuice. We ended up having something else. Even after that he had a sour attitude. Meanwhile, he kept checking on his big tablenext to us where a bunch of patrons (men) kept talking loud and cursing out in Portuguese. Disrespectful while having womeneating there. As for the food, we had what they called Polvo à açoriana ????. That is new to me! Because I'm açoriana and iNEVER EVER had octopus with broccoli! It's not a vegetable that we grow or even care in the islands. The dish was tasty, couldhave a few more potato's, the octopus was tender but the outside could had been less slimy. The bread and olives were delicious!As for the service, there is more to wish for. His attitude was DO NOT CARE for these 2 people, didn't bothered checking on usor to offer another drink. Which it would had been ok. He still got a good tip bc the place was clean, the food wasn't that bad.Just his service was lacking! Read more
The seafood is excellent, as is the waiter service. The portions are generous and the menu is reasonably priced for the quality... of food that you get. If you love seafood this is the restaurant in Newark, New Jersey that you need to go to. Highly recommend! Read more
Come for the view. Avoid the terrible terrible food. The style is definitely rooted in the 1970s but that only works for the... view. The food is tasteless and bland although served with pomp and circumstance by the well trained waiters. Do not come hereto eat. You will be disappointed by defrosted food served barely warm and with zero flavour. My asparagus had been cooked for 2to 3 days and was served with two cold lumps of hollandaise. A great shame and a waste of an amazing space. Read more
The customer service is great. The food is good. The daily specials are great priced. I went at noon on a Wednesday and it was... super busy. I ordered two Appetizers and could not finish them. Great experience over all. Read more
I’m giving these guys 5 stars because I’ve never heard any waiter sing the Happy birthday song as passionate as this guy! We... had my cousin’s birthday here. The food tasted amazing. Service was great with little wait time for the food. They also hadamazing broa haha :) We had bacalhau, leitao, frango assado, steak, giant shrimp. All tasted amazing. My only regret is that wedidn’t have dessert from the place because we brought the birthday cake from an outside place. But these guys were nice enoughto hold it for us and bring it out in time with the candles. It wasn’t too noisy, so we were able to enjoy conversations andlaughters. Their indoor seating is nice and spacious with a few rooms to dine in. They also have plenty of outdoor dining space.They also have parking! Thank you so much for your hospitality and for making my cousin’s birthday so memorable. We all had agreat time. Read more
Everything was delicious! Staff was entertaining, professional, and knowledgeable about menu. Had yummy specials. Portions... were huge and came timely. We (4 of us) loved everything we ate. Each thing better than the next. Red sangria was tasty, too. Would definitely go back and would definitely recommend! Read more