This review is just for the hot food being sold as I've not bothered with their groceries considering what is available in the area within a quarter mile. Like anything in hot hold for a while, everything gets significantly overcooked. So I tried it at various times to see if there was any difference. Not really. Everything is just overcooked. So maybe it's the style or it's the classic little family business that reheats everything to avoid waste. Of all the items I've tried so far, I can only say that the okra was the one item that surprised me. Everything else didn't make much of an impression but the okra was a Tyson uppercut in flavor. So maybe I'll just be back for that and ignore the several times I showed up early and food already pulled and "closed" for the night. read more

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Absolutely loved my experience at Alex's Kitchen. It's a neighborhood Brazilian market with a buffet! The food was delicious and had a comforting, homey touch that's hard to find. Everything I tried tasted fresh and warm, and the staff were friendly, adding to the familial atmosphere. This time I ate before my camera, therefore I'll have to update my review with pictures later. However, I liked the ribs, the beef and potatoes, as well as the rice, beans and sweet plantains. Similar to other Brazilian restaurants, they charge per pound. Be careful not to over fill your container! I've been guilty of doing it before. The prices were reasonable for the quality and variety offered. They had a good selection that catered to different tastes and preferences. It's also super convenient for days when you need to grab a quick meal and you want something more wholesome than fast-food. Overall, it was a pleasant experience and I'll definitely come back. Obrigado! read more

$11.99 a pound is way too much. They need to bring their prices down. The food was also all dried out.

This is definitely a convenience store first, restaurant second kinda place. The dining experience is a bit confusing, but the food was solid and the employees were helpful to figure it out. Decent price. 19/30 read more

Fantastic lunch buffet at a reasonable price. Meats, vegetables, and carbs. Limited seating but whether you get a table or not definitely worth the trip. read more

Oh my gosh, I love this place! The food is always so good and delicious. My husband and I have ordered take out from here about 4-5 times already and each time, it has been great. The food is always good and they give a lot of food: lot of rice, lot of meat, beans, etc. You can tell the food is made fresh too and not pre-made or microwaved like at other places. Our favorite dishes are the ones with steak/beef...pretty much you can't go wrong with any of those dishes with steak/beef. The pork/chicken dishes are not bad either, but my favorite has always been steak/beef dishes and the plantains. A side of plantains is definitely recommended. Service is awesome too! You can order online and write specific comments/requests re your order of you like. People that work there are very friendly too. When my husband and I went there to get food, the woman who I think is the owner gave us free canned drinks that she wanted us to try and said they are drinks from Brazil. It was pretty good. She always asked us if we need help bringing the food because we order a lot. Hehe Do not be discouraged as the place is very small and looks likes "a hole in the wall." Recommended for take-out! Overall, very good quality food, great service, and definitely recommended! One of my favorite restaurants in the area. read more

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Without Yelp leading me here, I definitely would have never stopped by this part of Watertown and found this literal tiny little hole in a wall. Homey Brazilian food is the way to describe it, lots of options that I have no idea what they are, and huge portions for the price. Given that they cook all the meats etc to order, it does take a while to get the food, probably 15-20 min for ours. Unless you're set on dining in, I would probably call ahead for take out next time. SABOR DE MINAS: A mixed grilled plate essentially. Beef, chicken, sausage served with the traditional feijao tropeiro mix, plains and fries. The chorizo like sausage and the chicken were the best proteins. I'm not a huge bean fan, so the feijao tropeiro wasn't my favorite part. The fries are surprisingly good though. BIFE A CAVALO: Thin grilled beef that is served with an egg and feijao tropeiro. The beef is really what turned me off to this dish a bit. It was probably just way too overcooked and tough for me. Overall, a good stop for some Brazilian food. I do want to come back and try other things on the menu such as the stroganoff that everyone raves about. read more

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This is my first visit to Alex's.. I had the lunch buffet, which was a nice mix of meat dishes, salads and other Brazilian specialties. The food was incredibly fresh and delicious. I do love Brazilian food, so I am a little biased. But I would make the case there is something for everyone at this place. There aren't many tables, so if there isn't a table for you you'll need to take your food with you. But believe me when I say the food here really is very high-quality. And the guys that work there and make the food are all from Brazil. One neat thing is they have a TV that is playing Brazilian news and sports. We watched the highlights from the soccer which was a nice way to pass the time. read more

Alex's kitchen is a small, humble, hole-in-the-wall Brazilian restaurant. While we were the only ones who sitting down to eat here, we observed plenty of people picking up to-go orders at 9pm on a Friday night. We ordered the Churrasco na Tábua: sizzling steak, chicken, and sausage, served with fries, salad, beans and rice. Huge portion, enough for two. We also ordered a side of the Feijao Tropeira: yucca with bacon and egg. The flan was REALLY good, thick texture and fragrant milk flavoring. We really enjoyed our meal here; they really know how to handle my meats, and I would most definitely hit up this place again if I come back to the area. read more

Just tried it today, and let me tell you... Alex's Kitchen is fantastic! Ordered online via foodler and picked it up when I specified. I don't just hand out 5-star reviews on Yelp either, BUT Alex's exceeded all expectations. Recommend Yuca/Plantains app. Exactly what I wanted. I got the Beef Stroganoff... Almost ate all of it in one sitting. Mind you portions are huge too! Came with a large portion of rice and these awesome shoestring potato chips. My wife got the beef Brazil dish with veggies. Also very good sauce and nicely cooked meat. Again... Huge portions with lots of rice and potatoes. Definitely food for 3 meals on both entrees. Recommend 100%. Will definitely be ordering again read more

Got food poisoning twice from here. Never had I gotten sick like I did after eating their food. First time I didn't know from where I got sick, only speculated. The second time I ordered from them and got sick a few hours later, then I knew it was them. The food was old tasting and stale. Looking at the reviews I can see I was not the only one to get sick. I hope the health department takes a look at them, give food poising to the wrong person and they could die. read more

I love Alex's kitchen! Their Brazilian food is savory and delicious. The portions are insane. I usually eat for at least two days. Sabor de Minos is a fave. So is Bife a Cavalo. Can't speak to the soups or salads because I have not tried them. read more

I drove up to Alex's and still didn't see it until I got out of the car. Super small with BIG portions. $7.99 per lb self serve buffet. Be careful. I grabbed a takeout box that turned into just over $22 worth of food. Granted it will not go to waste. Just pace yourself if you do the buffet. Everything looked yummy but I could of used some help on deciphering what meat and veggies were in each container. (Hint hint to Alex to help the non Brazilian customers.) If you like meat when you immediately walk in the door check out Alex's Kitchen. read more

I wish I found this place sooner! But with a name like Alex's, we never realized it as Brazilian food until about a year ago. We get take out about once a month here and it always hits the spot. My husband is a die hard feijoada fan and he savors every single bite of smoky deliciousness. For anyone who has not had feijoada, I would warn that there will be small bones here and there as it's a typical "leftovers/cheap meat cuts" dish. I've tried many dishes, but I come back to the moqueca the most. I'm pretty sure there's a whole fish (or maybe more) in one order. As everyone else has mentioned, the portion sizes are not to be fooled with. They are beyond generous! You can easily have 2-3 meals from each order. We always cook extra rice (although ours is never as tasty). I'm not that well versed on Brazilian, but I'm hoping to try my way thru their menu in the coming year. It's just so hard to deviate when the staples are SO good. read more

Incredibly easy to miss, this Brazilian counter, take-out, delivery place serves terrific food. The X-Tudo (burger with all the trimmings) may be the best in the Watertown, Cambridge, Belmont area. read more

This place have good food, but customer service is terrible, I called to place a order Alex the owner was the one answered my call, he told can you please hold, I said yes I been in holding waiting for 17 minutes than he just hang out on me. So my order was pick up order so I decided to go there anyway, when I get I asked him hey Alex you can't do this with your customers you put me on hold for 17 minutes and than hang off the call on me? Here is answer sorry I was too busy. I just said ok! read more

Pains me to do it but it's got to be done. Very few places fall from grace as fast as this one. Use to be great for ordering out from. Now it has totally changed. They have this buffet that sits outside for hours. If you call in an order they just walk to the buffet and take half or more of the food from there. Such a disappointing bife a cavalo last time we got this, the beef was clearly lukewarm and stale made many hours or days before. We also saw the guy taking 95% of our two orders from the dry cold buffet - the rice the beans the stale sausage and the salad all while charging twice the price of the buffet items. So so disappointing, why do that to your loyal customers. Makes you feel bad in your stomach to see a place sink so hard like this. Will not return unless it changes. read more

While the food was decent, the service was horrible. Placed an order for pick up and was told 20-30 minutes. Ok, no biggie. Food wasn't ready for another HOUR after the time he stated. Even better, they forgot to give us half the order. Luckily it was discovered before we were far from the store. (And the rice was soggy) Will not be going back there anytime soon. read more

My husband and I live right around the corner and we're always excited to try new restaurants in the area. Alex's kitchen is a very cozy little nook that produces the absolute BEST Brazilian food you've ever had. We've ordered food for pick-up three times. The first two times we thought "Omg, this is delicious." The third time, we realized that they had tweaked the recipes just slightly, and to our delight we realized "Holy crap, it's EVEN BETTER!" Try the yuca and fried plantains (a must!) My husband most recently ordered Churrasco Brazuca Picanha (medium rare) and it was amazing - cooked to perfection and served with ridiculously good fries. I always get the same thing - Frango no Bafo - and it's the absolute best chicken stew with vegetables and rice. Perfect seasonings and totally reasonable prices, this place really is an amazing hidden gem! read more

The beef stroganoff is to die for. Comes with white rice potato sticks. It's enough for two people. Out of this world. This place isn't too fancy and not too many seats but the chef knows how to cook. When I ordered this lady could not speak two words of English. I managed a bit with my broken Spanish to place an order for takeout. I can't use enough adjectives for heaven with this food. So glad I went read more

This is the best Brazilian takeout in the Boston Area! The portions are huge and the food is well prepared and tastes great! These guys know what they are doing! I had the picanha and the tilapia in two separated occasions and both were cooked to perfection! And the staff is very friendly also. Haven't tried their website, but seems pretty cool! read more

This place sucks!!!!! Esse lugar e lixo Order food for a take out 30 minutes ago Girl forgot to put food in another 30 minutes Just suck i dont want to explain read more

Nice restaurant good staff clealn and organize good food l m stop by There 4 times a week read more

Chicken Stroganoff, Beef Stroganoff and Beef Brazil... Amazing tastes, with rice, potato sticks and beans. You'll be in heaven whether you sit in at one of the 8 seats or take it to go and enjoy it in your car. The staff all pitches in and educates you on the menu if you're a non Portuguese male that is bred to eat non ethnic food. I'll go out of my way to find this Watertown haunt again and again. If you live around the corner, you've found heaven. read more

I live around the corner and this place is a godsend for guys like me that hate to cook. The food is excellent and the service from Marge and Alex is great! The prices are reasonable and the portion sizes are gigantic (I usually make it into two meals). I'd recommend the Stroganoff for the Brazillian food. They also have a killer Steak and Cheese sandwich made with freshly shaved steak. Definitely worth visiting! read more

Came to this place bases on Yelp reviews. Such a hidden gem if you don't know the place. My wife took a plate of mixed grilled meats and sausage. Especially the chicken was really tasty and juicy. My stroganoff was creamy and delicious. And if Guarana is your preferred soft drink, they have it :) Will definitely come back. read more

When they say hole in the wall, they are not kidding. Had a hard time figuring out the entrance because it's actually just a hole (door) in wall. But the food at the dinner a la carte serving was all great, though there aren't signs telling you what things are so I'm not entirely sure what I ate, other than that it was delicious and satisfying. Good mix of tender meats and vegetables. It's not a buffet - you pay for the weighed food on your plate - and you can also order from the menu. The burger my husband got was gigantic. They also have a nice selection of juices from the fridge. read more

Great Food!!! The real taste of Brazilian food!! We highly recommended this restaurant for others ! read more

Ordered takeout. Got the Brazil Express, Canjiquinha, and BLT Sub. The food took a very long time to prepare. The Brazil Express was tasty, with an unreasonably large amount of food that I made three meals out of -- and I eat a lot. I like to be adventurous with food now and then, and the Canjiquinha sounded interesting. But I found the texture to be super weird. Gringos beware... The BLT Sub was gross. It was like someone dumped an entire bottle of mayonnaise into it. I think this place can be a good option, but be careful about what you order. read more

This is a new Watertown neighborhood gem with five or six tables for casual dining. It is off the beaten path and is worth checking out. - Great quality - Competitive prices - Menu has a selection of vegetarian options - Menu is mix of Brazilian and american dishes ( Brazilian menu items are clearly explained) - Brazilian style sandwiches are a hearty meal. Had the X-Picanha Burger and it was absolutely delicious. Owner is really great with her guests read more

So the first time I had their food delivered it was good but took 1:15mins and the second time I ordered, I never got them. It has been 2 hours... still waiting!!! . Hopefully it'll show up in the next life. Called the restaurant no answer, eat24 tired...they couldn't reach as well. read more

Just had there Vegetarian plate an it was amazing and big Portions The Fried plantains were good . Collard greens were perfect. Sauteed veggies, fried yuca, plantains, and collard greens YUm YUM YUM I took it home so I could enjoy it with a angry orchard cider mmmmm Pissa . wicked I will come for here again and for recommend for all my friends for go here!! this plate also comes with White rice and beans . also carrots , broccoli . zucchini Its yummy check it out ! 20 billion Pimbahjimbahs rimbahs . Slide on down in a Loggintoboggin in a famous north east snow strom fahhhkin Bizzzaaadz dude . I built a tunnel guy read more

If you miss this hole in the wall, you're not really missing out on anything. The lady at the register gave me the illest stank face as i walked in to grab my to go order. She didn't understand that i was picking up, so the guy had to step in. Pretty bummed to say their food is no better than her attitude. We ordered an array of food and it was bland across the board. I will NOT be returning here. It's pretty pricey too, so I'd definitely save your money and go to the Brazilian place in Waltham on Newton St. Their food is always bomb.com! Super disappointed because this place had been on my bucket list for awhile read more

Alex's food is always delicious!! Always good and fresh Brazilian food! The Brazilian empanadas (pastel) are also good! But the guy on the phone could be nicer! read more

An unassuming place right next to a convenience store. If my friend didn't tell me about this place, I could see how one could easily walk past it. Had the frango no bafo - very very good. Chicken was so tender and the sauce was perfectly seasoned. Portions are generous and I had enough for lunch the next day! Had the plaintains and beans as well and it added a balanced sweetness to the rest of my savory dish. To top it off, service was excellent and staff was very friendly. read more

You can find the best of Brazilian Cuisine right there! I was looking for a brazilian restaurant to start ordering a while ago, find Alex's Kitchen was a gift. Awsome food. read more

We had food delivered and it was delicious. We had the Beef stroganoff, Frango Flor de Liz, and Fried Plantains. I was pleasantly surprised. It was perfect and arrived on time. Huge portions. What we ordered was enough for 4 people. Left overs! read more

I have traveled all over the country, and eaten at Brazilian restaurants from Miami to Seattle, and I can say with confidence that this is one of the top authentic Brazilian restaurants in the country. Certainly the top in New England. Alex is a master chef, who expertly recreates all of the subtle flavors of traditional comida Mineira. Don't let the lack of adornments in the dining area fool you, beauty here is served on a plate. read more

Taste + price + portion = 5 stars We Order the X-Galinha Burger (chicken), Brazil express with fish, and feijoada for 3 people. All were good, but feijoada was spectacular. I think we could eat the leftovers for two more meals. We will definitely order again. read more

So happy to have found this spot. Food is incredible and right around the corner. Reasonably priced meals and the hit bar always has great options in it. Just wish they were open later on Sundays. The plantains are great as well as the meats they cook. Have not gotten to try the sandwiches here yet. read more