I ordered combo #1 from Churrasco of St Clair. When I got home, I found the chicken to be dry and flavorless. read more

Churrasco of St Clair - Quarter chicken - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Excellent customer service when I called to place my order. The food was ready when we picked it up and the chicken was excellent

I've ordered the family combos from here a few times. I prefer the BBQ chicken over the grilled chicken (which I found a bit dry) *Note, if you want grilled chicken in the combo, you have to order in advance. The french fries are so good. I think they're double fried, which make them crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. They do not hold up well for leftovers though. The rice and potatoes were okay. The potatoes were kind of bland. I prefer the rice over the potatoes. It would be nice if there was a creamy sauce with the potatoes or something, but I know the rice and potato combo is quite traditional. My boyfriend loves the sauce, but it's a bit spicy for me. The soup that comes in the combo is friggin' delicious fresh homemade chicken soup. The buns are good, the salad is pretty basic. You do get a lot of food for the price, and is a very affordable family meal. I LOVE suckling pig. In the Philippines we call it lechon. You can order it from here, but you have to order the whole pig. Unfortunately, way too much for my family to eat, but I'd love to try one time. The location is very small, and you often have to wait, so I would order in advance whenever possible. They have some individual lunch combos which I'd like to go back to try. Very good prices on those. read more

Garbage overcooked ( burnt chicken) dry chicken, this place used to be good years ago. Shame is close to home. Clueless kid at the counter should not have served this disgusting food, I Should I have checked before I came home Last time at this place wasted $32 for old food. read more

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This is a good, inexpensive option for the area! I just had the takeout with some family and everyone enjoyed the chicken. It was a bit on the drier side but the sauce and potatoes make up for that, plus the price really can't be beaten, especially in an area that tends to be a bit pricier. Dinner for 4 was under $40, and that included 2 whole chickens a large potato and medium rice. Sometimes fast food like McDonald's is more expensive than that and you'll get a lot less food! Overall a good, inexpensive option for the area but I've certainly had better Portuguese style chicken. read more

I love the BBQ (ie. Rotisserie) chicken here! So juicy and a ton a flavour. Hot sauce is amazing, not too spicy more just flavourful. Caesar salad- really delicious with real bacon and a homemade sauce. potatoes- outstanding! Taste like they maybe have been cooked directly in chicken fat. The regular garden salad is pretty bad, an their grilled chicken is quite dry, I'd stay away. I recommend getting a Portuguese bun with your meal, really fresh. We come here almost once a week just for this chicken. For almost the same price as a loblaws Chicken ($11) why would you ever go anywhere else? read more

Churrasco of St Clair - BBQ chicken. Cut up for consumption. - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Had one of the chicken combos. I found it dry and flavourless. Not worth it. Wouldn't recommend.

Previously, I was in Mississauga hoping to get some Portuguese chicken at my fav restaurant brassas chirassco near the west end of Mississauga but learned they do not open on Mondays :( feeling a little disappointed. I went on my way on the bus to my friends place who lives Bathurst and St Clair. I pulled out my smartphone went on yelp to find something to eat in the area and behold "The Churrasco of St Clair" perfect it being a walking distance from the subway station. Went in ordered the 1/4 chicken dinner and a pineapple sumol soda to drown it down... Total cost under $10. Now down to the meal, came with a bed of fluffy rice and a nice portion of potatoes. Chicken was delicious and the potatoes were amazing. The plus side of this place is the rice and potatoes were not as greasy as the other churrasco's I have been to in the Gta, which is a plus for me! Didn't try their hot sauce as I am not a fan of spicy foods and sauces. I'll definitely come to this place again for my Portuguese chicken cravings. read more

Churrasco of St Clair - Quarter chicken meal - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

We were coming from Casa Loma and were hankering for some roast chicken for dinner. This was close by and located close to a streetcar stop on the Saint Claire line. Owner was friendly and noticed we were from out of town. He set up a table for us in front (it was sweltering inside) and we ordered a family meal for the four of us - this included one large chicken, salad, potatoes, rice and more potatoes since they were out of salad. Good value for the price paid and there was considerable foot traffic from people walking by and ordering chicken for dinner at home. Important to note that this is probably different management than the one in St Lawrence's market. read more

I know this used to be one of the best in the city but seriously it's not up there anymore. Reviews from the earlier 90's adorn the wall like a faded beauty queen. We were unfortunate to be in the neighbourhood on Monday, I really wanted to go to the stockyards but they are closed on this day. It was so cold and we did get parking so we hiked it over to CofSC. The order: 2 half chickens on the grill w/potatoes rice, & fries 2 buns 2 pops $26 The chicken was overcooked and dry. Not hot to taste and small like a cornish hen. The rice was bland, tasted like dirty dish water. Potatoes were good in a mushy way. Fries well they are deep fried frozen jobs, only thing that was hot. If it wasn't for the smothering of hot sauce nothing would have had flavour. The place needs a good cleaning and the two prep "girls" in the back should watch their conversations while people are eating. read more

Very disappointing. Was on a short holiday visit back to Toronto, looking for some of the delicious chicken I used to get weekly when living in Little Portugal. This place had a big sign claiming "Best chicken in Toronto!" - should have been my first warning. Inside was dingy, but nothing unusual - until packing my half chicken dinner for takeout, when they gave me a thumble-sized container of piri piri sauce. That's supposed to be what the chicken is basted and cooked in, but figured it was a little sampler bonus. Wrong. Fortunately I opened the bag in the car, finding no cutlery, no napkins, and a very sad looking piece of chicken flanked by anemic rice and some greasy potatoes. Had to drive around the block, park again, and return to ask for extra sauce and eating tools. Thanks. Should have returned the meal too. Instead of its spicy and juicy namesake, this "churrasco" chicken was totally lacking in any flavour, clearly thrown on the rotisserie with no basting or spices - for too long at that, being totally dried out. Even when the sauce was added, it tasted like day-old baked chicken with some watered-down (and sugary?) Franks on top. Rice and potatoes were equally cheap quality with zero topping or flavour (though lots of grease). The latter tasted more boiled than roasted. The rice featured a few tired frozen peas, like little bits of healthy optimism floating in a sea of mediocrity. Won't be back. read more

Just had this last night. AWFUL!!! Portions of chicken very tiny, dry, tasteless. Hot sauce was more like BBQ sauce with Indian spices. BARF! And they don't even serve veggies as a side. read more

After reading reviews, I was really looking forward to trying this place out when we moved into our new neighbourhood. The end result really left me wanting more (literally) for the price. The chicken we had was not overly tasty, which is one thing. The other thing is the chicken we received had very little meat on some legs and thighs. Dry, tasteless, no meat. Mmm, you think a chicken place would get this right. The potatoes were actually a treat, although they weren't exactly cheap for a bag of taters. They were good snack food, but I'd hardly visit just to pick some of those up. I'd worry about that annoying the counter staff as well, because when I asked to pick up a couple of treats (like their apparently Loblaws bought tarts), they gave the expression it was trouble for them to serve those. This place isn't cheap either, so you're not saving anything going here over a chain like KFC. It seems like this place lives more on reputation of what it once was from folks living in the neighbourhood for a long time, than what it actually offers these days. Given the various offerings around Wychwood, I'd avoid this place and get take out from some place else. read more

For years I've heard of a magic land of chicken,where rivers of spicy sauce cascade over golden potato hills and valleys of fluffy rice. Sadly, I had thought this poultry El Dorado to be forever forbidden; it's a tiny joint with no seating and, so I believed, no delivery option to sate the hunger of the car-free. Thanks to a few well-positioned reviews on this very site I learned that Churrasco of St Clair does in fact deliver to my 'hood, and my days of soggy, flabby Swiss Chalet are behind me. So let's open up the takeout containers, shall we? We are two. We order dinner for four, for we are hungry and the star of the show is all lean protein and veg. The dinner comes with a large soup (good broth, tonnes short round pasta, and soft meat torn from the bone), salad (a bright garden salad that's faultless except for refrigerated, mealy winter tomato), rice and roast potatoes, portuguese buns and of course the bird itself. Three thimbles of peri-peri sauce accompany the lot. We anticipate leftovers. There are just some culinary truths that no matter how hard you try, you cannot avoid. One such truth is that crisply roasted chicken skin just doesn't travel well. It's well-seasoned and patches retain that delicious flaky-sticky saltiness, but much of the bird's dermis has gone limp and slack as it steams waiting to be eaten. The bird arrives cut into eight. It's a bit smaller than expected, and apparently very top-heavy. White meat and thighs are generously portioned, but drumsticks are tiny. I didn't know Dolly Parton raised chickens. The meat itself is tender and delicious. It has cooled since arrival, as we worked through our soups and salad. Piping hot, it would be crazy addictive. The sauce provides full-throated heat and smoky depth. I save the unused portions (my dining companion is spice-averse) and it paints every meal for the next day or two. Of the three forms of starch, the little roast potatoes are the best of the lot. I gravitate towards the most-cooked; golden and unctuous, they're a great foil for the chicken and a perfect contrast to the salad. The rice is pleasant but undermined by overcooked, superannuated peas. The bread finds new life in a Portuguese version of an egg mcmuffin the next morning. Fried egg, more peri peri sauce, bliss. Churrasco of St. Clair has long been on my local resto bucket list. I can cross it off, though I'll be keeping the delivery number on my refrigerator. P read more

Last night I got a bbq chicken right off the rod just as it finished cooking, awesome! Was also impressed that the staff managed the line up so that when people came in they knew how long they'd have to wait for a chicken (rather than telling them when they got to the front of the line. I also had the grilled chicken once but prefer barbecue although I will try the grilled again at some point. read more

3-1/2 would have been ideal, but 4 stars might have been possible if they didn't regularly run out of grilled chicken. The BBQ is fine and all, but the grilled is so much better it's a wonder that they offer 2 kinds at all. That being said, I've been going here for years. The little potatoes are really to die for, but unfortunately for my family they are not vegetarian friendly. The Portuguese corn bread is also really good, and saves from having to travel to kensington to the bakery. Pick up extra hot sauce, they never give you enough. And if you really have to get the grilled - then call ahead to reserve. read more

I remember the first time I ordered from here - 6 yrs ago when we first moved into the neighbourhood. And it was good. And it is still good. And every time I nom I always think, why do I ever bother with Swiss Chalet? (Especially when it is sooo much closer to home. [After I finish reviewing all my neighbourhood haunts you will probably be able to triangulate my exact home location.]) Like Julianna B. I prefer the rotisserie over the grilled chicken. The combo sizes are generous and best part is that it still tastes great reheated the next day. The sauce is tasty and is available by the jar. Still haven't figured out how to exactly replicate the churrasco chicken at home, but the sauce sure helps! read more

As you pass by this restaurant, you cant help but be drawn in by the wonderful aroma of BBQ chicken. Having grown up with Nando's as a part of my weekly diet, i felt compelled to find the best portuguese chicken this city has to offer. Churrasco of St Clair has a reputation of being one of the best portuguese chicken take out joints in the city, and that's what i plan to elaborate on. After going in with some really high expectations of this place, i can vauge that the grilled chicken here is off the hook! It was flavourful, crispy on the outside, and nice and tender on the inside. The hot sauce was good...not nandos good but definitely a great addition to your meal! While there isnt much (if any) real seating here, there are some really nice parks close by to grab some take out and make a mini picnic. My only real pet peave with this place was that the rice kinda sucked...and for me, that sorta killed half the experience of being able to really enjoy the chicken. Being a brown kid, the rice/roti (some sort of bread) component makes up half the meal with any meat n veggies...n that's why this place wasnt really for me. The potatoes were pretty good but i wouldnt go on to brag about them. If i lived in the area, i could definitely see myself grabbing just the chicken from here on a regular. If you do go, dont forget to get some custard tarts for dessert...no diggity...no doubt! read more

This little hole-in-the-wall is another neighbourhood institution. You regularly see fire trucks or police cars pulled up, and a line of burly guys coming out with bags of chicken. I'm a Churrasco of St. Clair heretic, which is to say that I prefer the rotisserie to the grilled (shields head and looks around nervously). I find the grilled too greasy for my tastes. The little potatoes are terribly good, and the dressing they give out for their salads is deliciously salty. The caesar comes with big salty chunks of bacon, too. My husband loves the spicy sauce passionately. Their pre-wrapped chicken sandwiches are okay, but suffer from comparison with the ones done by the churrasco place in the south St. Lawrence market. The Churrasco of St. Clair ones have big hunks of chicken the sauce can't moisten sufficiently, and I've found pieces of cartiledge, which grosses me out hugely. They've started doing fries which are entirely edible, if not anything I'd skip the little potatoes for. NB: it's warm in the winter and brain-meltingly hot in the summer. I look at the cooks working over the grills in what must be 35+ heat and wonder how they survive the day. read more

Food **** Service *** Ambiance * (Out of 5) I've had the privilege of going here for over a decade and still love it however hadn't visited it in a while. First: Their potatoes are little pieces of gold. They're the potatoe version of timbits - only better. Second: Hot Sauce. Probably the best hot sauce at any Churrasqueira in the city. Sadly it's not cheap Third (and final): Dark meat only! It's all good, but the white meat is clearly a far second place. Enjoy! PS. If you are in the area, remember there is also the Stockyards (BBQ), World Class Baker's (amazing almond croissants), and Alberts (Jamaican) all within a stone's throw! read more

If you are looking for the best rotisserie chicken in Toronto, then you've come to the right place. Delicious, perfectly cooked every time, and some of the best spicy sauce in town. Also, don't forget their potatoes. So good. read more

The chicken! The potatoes! The sauce!!! OMG the sauce is incredible. Definitely going to get take-away from here again soon.

I often buy food for takeout in these tiny place of St. Claire. I love the Portuguese chicken!! (Rotisserie). It's usually cut into 8 pcs with rice and potatoes are good in a mushy way. They give you good portions. Their sauce is very tasty. The area is small and there are only 2 tables for dine-in. read more

The charcoal chicken is potentially the best chicken I've had had in the city, the perfect combination of Smokey flavours and moisture. The roast potatoes aren't too bad either, great spot! read more

Had Churrasco way back when I was at Oakwood CI. After many years later, I decided to take my family there. I always had rotisserie and stuck with it again. The smell when you enter the place is great. Still smells like it did 15 years ago. Service was pleasant and quick. The chicken was good, tender and moist, however the flavour was not as I remembered it. I felt it was lacking something. The roasted potatoes (also something I love) was good but again, something lacking in the flavour. Perhaps my tastebuds are used to the salty Swiss Chalet or Costco's Rotisserie chicken, but I found the taste a little bland. Would I go again, if the craving for rotisserie chicken is there, and there is no costco nearby....sure. read more

Best chicken place in the city! The soup is fantastic for those winter days and it's great to cure a cold! It's my go to soup when I am sick and need to recover quick and have no energy to prepare food myself! I love this place! The potatoes are so delicious they will leave you wanting more! read more

The charcoal chicken is amazing! They make their own hot sauce that has a really unique taste and combines amazingly with their chicken. The owner is the nicest guy you will meet and extremely friendly and inviting. The rice and potatoes are full of flavor. BBQ chicken is also very flavorful. We usually get from here 2 or 3 times a month. It's great!! Highly recommend. read more

This is the first review I've ever written and it's intended to protect the innocent. I cannot believe what some others are writing about how good this place is... I visited with my elderly mother who had to use the facilities while I waited in line for some take-out. They were reluctant to permit use of the toilet but we convinced the staff she's old and needed to go. She was directed to the basement. I was waiting in the car with the chicken when she returned. My mother refused to eat ANYTHING from the order. She said that while going downstairs to the toilet, her hand encountered a deep coating of filth and grease on the handrail. The whole rail was like that. Then, in the washroom, the light revealed such abomination and stink as to induce vomiting. Why the inspectors have not closed this place down defeats reason. This experience has caused us to discover a new, better cuisine at Dupont BBQ on Dupont near Symington. Better chicken, more selections and much lower prices! read more

The best ribs in town. We didn't even go for the chicken! But the ribs were amazzzzinnnggg. The signature hot sauce they give u is amazing and something that you will want again and again. The place as such a home feeling and the staff are so friendly. I love everything about this place and it makes me smile every time i'm in there. Something under rated but could possibly be just as good as the ribs. The potatoes. Wow they almost didn't even make it home when I came in for take out. Dip those in the hot sauce and you will melt. The ribs are so meaty and so tasty. I just can't recommend this place enough. Nothing negative to say! read more

Sure it used to be better and is now over shadowed by its popular neighbour Stockyards; but stockyards only sells its chicken 3 days a week and doesn't have the awesome piri-piri sauce. read more

I used to love this place. Then it went downhill around the end of 2008. I stopped going here because the chicken was overcooked and dry, and the potatoes were often undercooked. By fluke, I tried Churrasco again at a friends house recently and was surprised at how good it was. I wend back last night and had another great experience. IMO Churrasco is back, and so am I. read more

Tonight we bought a family dinner of: 1 whole chicken, medium fry and a coleslaw. Chicken was good. Coleslaw was $2.75 and 1/2 cup of coleslaw was all that was in the round styrofoam cup. I called to talk to the manager and he argued that they give 8 oz or 1 full cup of coleslaw. I told him I measured the coleslaw and it was 1/2 cup not a full cup. He argued some more. Didn't apologize or anything positive. BEWARE if you get coleslaw .. you get ripped off! read more

I had such an awesome day today and I topped it off with the BEST chicken I have ever had in my life! Be careful i fyou get their special hot sauce... it has a bit of a bite to it. And who needs french fries when you can have the little portuguese potatoes!mmmmm, yummy. no seatingn only takeout read more

The food itself is pretty good, I've tried better churrasqueiras in Toronto though. I usually order through JustEat. When I did so yesterday, I did not receive the potatoes the menu stated were included with the combos. When I called in to complain, the man advised me that the JustEat menu was incorrect, the owner had told them to fix it but it hadn't been done so. Based on that, I am going to stop ordering from here. The prices remained the same yet the amount of food decreased? On top of that, it was rather unsettling that he blamed JustEat rather than honouring the menu displayed. Oh well. read more

I came here for lunch. I really like the food. Was thrown off today after i ordered my meal the owner or manager tells me to look at the menu before ordering tells me i always come in with attitude. I simply asked for a quarter chicken dinner and ended up walking out after the managers remarks to me. I will never be returning and after talking to my coworkers where i work how i went there for lunch and was disrespected by the manager they told me to go to a better and cleaner place. Since I'm taking the time to write this review i might aswell share with readers how the people who work here do not wear hair nets. Some of the owners family don't even wear shirts with sleeves and the people are extremely hairy and sweaty there's no ventilation in the restaurant. Also when you look inside through the glass you can see food rotting in the window from them not cleaning properly!!! The owners are rude brown people and I'm offended as i always came here during my lunch Atleast once a week and today when i ordered my food i actually d decided to leave it behind and not spend my money on such disrespectful people read more

Not what it use to be back in the day when my friend Roy and I would visit here back when he lived around the corner. Not as good but they still has good days. Once worthy of five stars now, just slightly better than most of this type of place on a good day. Sad when things that were so good change and not what they use to be. I give it 4 stars because although it is not what it use to be, it is still among the best for this style of chicken. If anyone knows of better Churrasco type place, please send me a note, I would love to try it. read more

As Dave Chapelle once said, "If you don't like chicken and watermelon, something's wrong with YOU". I have to agree about chicken. It's almost universally never bad. When grilled, it's so delicious. After years of eating those grilled chickens from grocery stores that brag about their chickens being air chilled, I had the fortune of being introduced to Portuguese style of cooking chicken. They use charcoal and add piri piri sauce. Usually it comes with rice and potatoes. After getting Portuguese chicken, I can never go back to grocery store chickens. The key difference is that I don't find Portuguese cooked chickens to be as dry. With grocery store chickens, the insides taste like rubber with no taste. You don't get this problem with Portuguese chicken at this restaurant for some reason. Every bite is deliciously seasoned. If the "original" taste is not enough for you, add some spicy sauce! I never thought I'd be impressed by a simple dish of grilled chicken + rice and potatoes. You can get a 1/2 chicken dinner combo for around $10 and this is a steal! They pack the box with rice and potatoes. Unless you're a manly big eater, I think you'll find it hard to finish one box. If you can't finish, do share with someone! read more

Horrible Sandwiches. Rush to Churrasco of St Clair if you enjoy soggy, cold chicken sandwiches, with all the topping you don't want, -gristle included at no extra charge. First thing you see when walking in is all the fresh, hot whole BBQ chickens being prepared before your eyes. Yum, I thought I was in the right place. But...I attempted to order a fresh, hot BBQ chicken sandwich on a whole wheat bun (silly me). No way. All they would sell me is a pre-made, refrigerated sandwich on white bun, with tomato and miracle whip. I said i didn't want a cold sandwich with tomato nor mayo. They said, " guess you're outa luck". I asked who all the fresh hot BBQ chickens were for then. They said they wouldn't make me a fresh sandwich. I asked why. They said, because there's three refrigerated sandwiches that they made already (...2 hours ago)." How f--ked up is all that? read more

We ordered three half chickens, two barbeque and one roasted. We asked if it was freshy cooked and were assured it was. It wasn't. The chicken was extremely dry and over cooked, even the dark meat was dry. This is the second time I've had their chicken in the last few months and the first experience was the same. You shouldn't need sauce to enjoy a meal. read more

This is my go-to chicken dinner when all else fails. The kids love the BBQ and we love the grilled. A key part of the Wychwood neighbourhood! read more