A must go to spot when I am in Framingham! I got the buffet, they constantly have new foods out…read moreeveryday which I love. This picture did not include my steak I got on top. Seasoned wonderfully. The service is quick and easy and the people are so kind. I love that you can go in and out with a to go box or get your food and sit down and enjoy. Always plenty of seating and very clean. I have not seen there soups the past few times I have been there, but if they are out I recommend! There so yummy and come with bread and scallions.

The cold dishes were unique and flavorful, offering a great start to the meal. The grilled meats…read morewere tender and juicy overall, though occasionally I got a piece from the edges that was a bit dry. Personally, highly recommend the sausage, and it was especially delicious.

This is such a cute place set inside of an old train station. Love the decor and wood work. Food…read moreis great never ending meat coming by! Drinks were great desserts were delish. Service was fantastic they even asked if there was a specific meat we preferred.

I finally stopped in here on a whim after having driven by the train station many times. The inside…read moreof the restaurant is incredibly unique, it has an intimate ambience and has many train-related decorations. It even has a fireplace which I imagine is a cozy addition in the winter. If you're lucky, you might even hear the commuter rail rush by during your meal. The service at the restaurant is great with the servers being incredibly attentive. To start us off, we were given a bowl of cheese bread - these were addictive and super tasty! I had to control myself and turn down the offer of another round because I didn't want to get too full on bread alone. As for the meat, servers make rounds around the dining room with various grilled meats that they cut off for you right at the table. They come by every few minutes so you will never be left waiting long. My personal favorite was the top sirloin! I do wish there were some more exotic options, such as chicken gizzards / hearts as I've had at other Brazilian restaurants. The buffet area had some good dishes. I appreciated the salad section and side dishes to help offset the heaviness of the meat. I do wish that the buffet area was larger and had more variety, but overall I was happy with my food. I did feel that the restaurant was a bit expensive and was a little disappointed to see that there were no free dessert offerings included in the buffet price. I would come back but only for truly special occasions as it was pricer than other AYCE places I've been.

Mama's Bakery is a cozy Brazilian restaurant and bakery serving up a variety of pizzas (savory and…read moresweet), burgers, hot dogs, pasta plates, salads, cooler drinks, chilled desserts, and homemade baked goods including the bread for the sandwiches & burgers. The place is order and pay at the counter and there are a few booths inside for eating in. I stopped in here for pizza takeout recently and wanted to have something different than the traditional pizza kind. I went with the 10" Portuguese Pizza ($14) which sounded interesting and it was hot & ready in about 25 minutes after placing the order. The pizza was loaded with lots of different toppings including tomato sauce, ham, tomato, peppers, sausage, corn, green olives, bacon, eggs, onion, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese on top of a soft light crust, mayonnaise dipping cup on the side. I enjoyed one slice of pizza on the spot and it was very filling and heavy to eat. I ended up eating this pizza over the next couple days, reheating a slice at a time in the oven.

Tasty pizza and breads. Everything looks and tastes fresh. Staff is friendly though language is…read moretricky. Many of their products feature meat, which I don't eat, so I can't comment on those, but their stuffed crust cheese pizza is loved by our family.

"There's one thing I'm certain of Return, I will, to old…read moreBrazil" (Frank Sinatra) I've been to a few Brazilian steakhouses over the years, but I'm not really sure I've ever been to a full-blown real deal Brazilian restaurant before we had lunch at Boteco do Manolo yesterday. I say "real deal Brazilian" because the restaurant chain has 12 locations in Brazil, concentrated in Rio de Janeiro shopping centers. The Framingham location is one of the seven located in the U.S. Our server was a young man from Brazil, and since it was our first visit, he spent a lot of time going through their large menu. The restaurant serves family style portions (which are quite large), regular sized portions, appetizers, meat/chicken/seafood entrees, pasta and rice dishes, and a lunch menu. We both went to the lunch menu and ordered a special at $19.90 each. I went with the Peixe Grelhado (Grilled Mahi-Mahi Filet in a caper-butter sauce) served with a mountain of mixed vegetables, white rice and black beans. Seriously, that was a lot of food and much too much for a lunch, so half of it sits in my refrigerator as we speak. There were bottles of olive oil, olive oil with hot peppers, and Tabasco on the table, plus packets of mayonnaise. Those hot peppers nestled in the oil caught my eye, so I cautiously sprinkled some on my plate, and I was glad I was so cautious because it was damned hot (but yummy). My wife ordered the Frango Com Salada (Grilled Chicken Breast with salad) served with white rice, pico de gallo, and black beans. After we ordered, Alex came back to our table and said the lettuce intended for the salad didn't pass his inspection, so he offered us a different side order. We ordered French Fries instead. My fish and my wife's chicken were excellent. They were good-sized portions that were well seasoned and well cooked. My rice and beans were very good and that big pile of vegetables really went well with that volcanic pepper oil. Club soda was a very reasonable $2, so our big lunch ran $42 before tip with plenty of leftovers. If you're ever in the mood to enjoy, or try Brazilian food, travel to Framingham if you can't make it to Rio de Janeiro!

Is this a boteco, a small casual bar with petiscos? No. But it's the best Brazilian restaurant in…read moreFramingham with excellent petiscos on the menu as well as a huge selection of larger plates. The steak, featuring picanha, of course, is delicious; however, this is not a churrascaria, so don't expect to be visited tableside by mountains of meat. We ordered primarily the petiscos and they were just like what you would get at those city bars. This atmosphere is more of a huge flashy restaurant with attentive service and gringos in the minority. Still, it can get crowded and noisy. Don't miss the frango a passarinho (fried chicken crispy yet NOT breaded), and the many combos including picanha, sausage, etc. Add the yuca fries and savor the side of fluffy farofa. Turns out this is a chain with a couple places here, at the Cape and Framingham, but a dozen in Brazil. Yet "pretty, pretty, pretty good!"

DINNERS BEWARE I…read morehave eaten here three times. This was the fourth visit. Every single time I have announced, "I have a food allergy and can only have meat. Is the meat made with anything besides meat? Any seasonings? Any oils of any kind?" And every time I've been told, "No, just meat, nothing else", by more than one employee. And every time, I noticed the pork, specifically, tasted garlicky. But out of trust of what I was told and hunger, I always ate it. And to be fair, meat is delicious. It's obvious why the restaurant is so popular. But that's not the point at all. The point is I asked about seasonings again this time, like always. And this time the guy cutting the meat did say that there's garlic... "ON EVERYTHING". So I specifically asked, "How could that be? I was told every single time I've eaten here that the meat doesn't have anything besides meat." The meat cutter and someone else who I guess is a supervisor clarified for me that , "Yes, everything is seasoned with at least garlic and furthermore, it's all basted in SOYBEAN OIL." Holy crap, that's not even kind of serious, that's EXTREMELY serious. Someone with bad enough of an allergy could have an anaphylactic reaction and DIE. Anyway, I expressed my frustration as politely as I could that they need to be more careful, politely turned away my plate of food and went back to my table to wait for my cousin to finish eating. A couple of minutes later the manager came over and asked me about the situation so I told her the story and she apologized. She was very kind and accommodating, letting me know if I call ahead next time they can prepare food for me the way I want, with just meat and nothing else. That's very nice. During the conversation she made me aware that there were a couple of the dishes that absolutely just had meat and salt and NOTHING ELSE, EVER. To be fair, it wasn't forced on me. I just said, "If that's ACTUALLY the case, then I would just order and eat those two options and I'd be okay with that." She assured me that it was the case and that it was JUST meat, so I trusted it and agreed. Big mistake. I get my plate of meat and go back to my seat and start eating. Immediately, I can taste garlic and seasoning and I find what is unmistakably a caraway seed among other herb bits crusted on the meat. SERIOUSLY?! AFTER ALL THAT? I bring it to the attention of the supervisor and she's just like , "Oh really?" And apologizes. And then we left. Good riddance. Look, everyone. The point of this VERY NEGATIVE review is not out of spite. The last thing I would want to do is hurt a business of genuinely nice, hard working people who are making a living feeding people. But the reality is THEY COULD HURT SOMEBODY OR WORSE with their negligence. I'd like to add that I understand that in a place like this there is likely a language barrier much of the time. That's fine but that's completely not acceptable for food service, not in America, anyway. Employees should be trained about food safety standards and allergy concerns, no matter what. To be clear and fair, I love Brazilian people and culture. That's why we we were eating there. It's not a knock on them or any one group of people. But there are standards here for a reason. Now I'm leaving upset with a low-grade pressure headache, a tight throat, and mild nausea from ingesting what is luckily just a few bites of seed oil and who knows what kinds of seasoning. Every time I've eaten here previously, I felt off afterwards in a similar way. It's definitely not just from a food coma. This NEVER happens to me. I eat only meat until I'm stuffed every single day. And I feel great. I always trusted their word and assumed it was something else causing me to feel that way, and didn't make the connection with their food. I'm writing this review 3 hours later and I still feel sick as described. This review is a warning to others. They DESERVE any negative scrutiny it brings their business. Maybe next time they will be more careful. DINERS BEWARE.

This casual Brazilian place serves traditional and tasty food by the pound. You grab a plate, fill…read moreit up with the buffet items of your choice, and they weigh it for you. The amount you are charged is based on the total weight of the food. The grilled chicken hearts are a classic that I keep going back for. The desserts are sold separately, and my family's favorite is the bolo Romeu e Julieta (guava paste and cream cheese cake).

Pro: wheelchair accessible to the entrance and bathroom is great! Parking is available, and I…read moreimagine a person in a wheelchair will be able to park and go into the store to order food, etc. Cons: I am Deaf, and I ordered my drip coffee with extra half & half in written English. Whipped cream on it if they have it. The staff didn't tell me they didn't have whipped cream and handed me a coffee with drips. I opened it and saw there was no half & half in it, and then I saw the coffee table, so I assumed there was half and half. I walked to the table and found out that there was no half & half. There was honey, milk, and almond milk, but no half-and-half. So I went up to the counter again and waited on the long line for asking where is half & half. Ridiculous customer service, especially with Deaf people.

Located near MetroWest Medical Center, I decided to grab breakfast here while waiting for a…read morepatient. It is in an odd location near the DPW, but the inside is cute and likely designed by a fan of the Magnolia network. There is seating for about 24 people, max, but the breakfast menu has basic eggs, breakfast meats, home fries, etc. The double breakfast has 2 eggs, 2 tiny sausages, 2 strips of bacon, home fries and toast. Everything was good - no complaints with food or service. One really odd thing, though. Is there are no prices posted anywhere. Menus are blank, wall signage is blank, the website doesn't list prices, etc. I had no idea how much my breakfast was going to cost, and couldn't make decisions about what to order based on price. My breakfast, with a black coffee, was about $14.75. Overall, a nice spot if you're in the neighborhood, but certainly not a destination-type place.

Service very welcoming and friendly Food was incredible…read moregood! We had fried fish and ribeye I'll def be back.

Great food. Having diner and drinks what a delight. Good prices. The plates were generousread more

Wake up juice , Brazilian. Style. Yum Stoped my this bread…read morehaven in Framingham - too bad I quit bread. Coffee is energizing & sweet.

Rude service, dirty location, was sick for days after eating here. I would absolutely never go here…read moreagain and strongly recommend avoiding it at all cost.

Placed to go order online on Sunday @7:47pm when it says it is open until 1am...After 1.5 hrs of…read morewaiting I called the customer service Eat24 (what a joke) and they tell me the restaurant is closed and she is sorry, tells she's is gonna issue me a refund and hangs up.... Now it is 9:24pm and I have no food....GREAT SERVICE! Shaking my head

Visited for first time in quite a while hoping to find something different. It was ok but we went…read moreon a night they stopped the "Rodizio" at 5pm. We had a Churrasco mixed meat plate. The steak was dry and tasteless, the chicken was good and the sausage ok although they had no mustard. The rice was dry and the beans tasteless. The plantains while charred were pretty good and saved the dinner but All and all disappointing The house beer was a bargain and the flan generous and good The fried chicken was all bones and about ready to be served to animals. They replaced it thankfully . Other sausage dinners were also very ordinary. I would not be in a hurry to go back and if so will make sure they are offering Rodizio. Ps Music hadn't started but they seemed to have a cover for that.

It really doesn't get better than this. The hot buffet had an amazing selection of dishes from the…read moretraditional rice, beans, fried yucca with a lot of surprises like their fried pork, and even chicken Marsala. Then there were the wonderful cold potato salad and chicken salads and of course the bbq churasco meats, which were unbelievable. The place also has a beautiful design and caters to dine in or take out. I'm so happy you folks stayed in business all these years! Obrigado!

First timer here. I was helped through the process. Would…read moreyou like the all you can eat buffet for $19.90 or the by the pound option. Since I don't have a big appetite I choose the 1lb option for $11.90. The serving stations were well cared for. Everything was neat and clean. Hot food was hot, salad bar was chilled. Quiet ambiance at lunch. Lots of large screens showing sports or music videos. FYI: I couldn't finish my 1lb. I enjoyed my plate of chicken cutlet with a creamy sauce, steak bbq, roasted vegetables and penne pasta. I enjoyed my glass of Pinot Grigio