We love coming here for some good comfort Portuguese food. The place is a little run down, it does…read moreneed a little upgrade but the food is phenomenal. Parking is also a struggle bc it's very limited at the parking lot across the street unless you're lucky and find something on the street. The waitresses are usually really sweet and they start remembering who you are and treat you like friends. It can get a bit loud if you choose to stay and eat in the bar are which is usually the more popular area for everyone to be in. But they do have the restaraunt side which is quieter and the tables can hold bigger parties. I will also say their bathrooms are very very tight, there's only 1 bathroom per gender and not always the cleanest.

Food was delicious, especially the octopus! Parking seemed difficult but when you look, there is a…read morelot across the street.

Very good churraskeira. Been there many times snd always satisgied. On Holiday , always a big…read morevariety and cakes and pastries for the different holiday Friendly snd cleaned. I do recommend it

Time for an update it seems!!! Always wonderful, flavorful and feeling like a home away from home…read more We stopped by on a Saturday for lunch and were pleasantly surprised with a great special of Dobrada! Not for the faint of heart it's a hearty pork and sausage stew type dish with white beans and carrots. Pork pieces are fresh from the hog with bones and cartilage for that umami flavor. Carrot soup, salad and a bifana (thin shaved cooked beef slices with Porto sauce kind of like a paprika beer sauce on a Portuguese roll) moda Porto sandwich and we were in heaven. Service is always great and the smell of the churrasqueria was the best.

This place is awesome. Easily some of the best (if not THE best) seafood in the greater Danbury…read morearea. The menu is a tad pricey, but as I always say, you get what you pay for. This restaurant has become one of my fast favorites. The services is top notch. Karen, is far and away the best server we have had at any local restaurant. She's wildly knowledgeable about all items on the menu and is a top-notch mixologist. And while I never frequented this space prior to its renovation, I understand that the upgrade is a massive one. I can say that the dining room and bar area are clean, pleasant, and very well conceived. If you haven't been here, seriously, try this spot out. Neither me nor anyone in my family have been served an item we don't absolutely love.

*under new management* Updating my review as there has been…read moresome changes. The place got a makeover! Which is very nice but I wish it had more of theme. It's just generic decor. It's not bad, just not memorable. The menu changed a lot too. It's much smaller but the prices went up! So keep that in mind. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the new menu. I ordered one of the steaks and didn't realize it would come like pictured. It was tasty, but the menu lacks detail. I had a few questions about other items too. All the food we got was good! Anyways, I wish them luck! But just be aware there's a lot of changes if you haven't been in a while.

The food atmosphere People…read more Atmosphere The building is clean. Beautiful for Weddings and events

Last month, on a Saturday, my husband and I were craving Portuguese food. Our all-time favorite…read morePortuguese restaurant, which was located in Waterbury, is now permanently closed. We decided to drive to Danbury for dinner after reviewing the Portuguese Cultural Center's menu online. We arrived shortly after 7 pm and were the only ones there. A few more people arrived later on. The place is very big and has no ambiance or charm whatsoever. It lacked the warm hospitality and welcoming staff we've always found at other Portuguese restaurants we've visited over the years. The food was good. As soon as we sat down, we were given a bowl of marinated olives - they were delicious- and Portuguese bread. I ordered "Bife a Portuguesa". My husband ordered some kind of cod fish. We both liked the food. The flan I ordered for dessert was acceptable but the caramel sauce was unusually watery and it had an overwhelming cinnamon flavor. The service was adequate. The place was very clean and spacious. We will go back, not because we loved it but because we like Portuguese cuisine.

Aldeia is a one-of-a-kind experience. It's hidden inside the Portuguese Cultural Center, a building…read morethat seems equal parts municipal office and YMCA. As Dana mentioned, when you walk in the building, you will need to turn left and walk past the lively bar (where there will likely be a round football game on TV), before you arrive at Aldeia. Far more subdued than its neighbor on our weekend visit, with well spaced tables draped with white tablecloths, the overall effect is of eating at your avó's after Sunday mass, when important company has been invited over: homey, but special occasiony. Aldeia features simple, straightforward Portuguese standards. There are a lot of grilled options and seafood options, a whole section for bacalhau preparations. (Menu here: https://www.portugueseculturalcenter.org/restaurantmenu) For those who are unused to the practice in Portugal and many other parts of Europe, be aware that there is a couvert -- bread and olives brought out automatically at the start of the meal, for which there is an extra charge. You can refuse it as we did at first. (I hate when our littles fill up on bread and butter and eat nothing else during the meal.) But when the appetizers we ordered (e.g. chouriço) came without the described bread, we relented and asked for the couvert. I was mildly irked at being strong armed into oredering it at first, but those slightly spicy black olives were good enough that I couldn't stay mad for long. We shared a few appetizers: - Chouriço assado - chouriço flambe ("chouriço served on fire with bread") -- Flames are always a hit with the littles and they enjoyed the fat, snappy-skinned, smokey sausage, broiled to taste. The chouriço was chunkier than many commercial versions, conceivably house made. (We've had similar from Erika Nakamura and Jocelyn Guest.) - Frango à passarinho ("fried chicken") -- Undersalted by our standards, not noticeably seasoned, but the chicken was admirably moist, quickly fried at high heat. We are more accustomed to the Brazilian version of this dish and missed the accompaniment of lime and cilantro. - Caldo verde -- a version where a small amount of potato or other starch had been completely pureed into the soup with a small amount of kale and a few bits of chopped chouriço. This was a little too much like Knorr's for my tastes. I personally prefer versions where potato and kale have a less wimpy presence. - Salada de polvo ("octopus, onions, peppers and herbs") -- I am a sucker for this dish (no pun intended) and loved the roughly chopped versions I had at humble seaside cafes in the Azores especially. This version was a elevated version with finely minced onions and peppers, a good amount of olive oil, and delicate slivers of slippery-skinned polvo playing hide and seek in this suspension. - Robalo escalado (grelhado, alho e azeite, vegetais e batatas cozidas) -- The fish was on the smaller side, but fresh and impeccably grilled. Vegetables -- a few broccoli florets, batons of carrot, and potatoes -- were served boiled. It's not my favorite treatment, but they were made far more palatable with the dressing of minced garlic still pale from a quick sautee in oil. - Frango grelhado ("grilled chicken, rice and fries OR small salad and vegetables of the season") -- The Pardner's good angel didn't stand a chance against the prospect of rice AND fries, but sadly, when I tasted it, the rice was a bit hard and the fries soggy, undersalted, and -- oh cardinal sin! -- not served with ketchup. :) The chicken preparation again demonstrated some admirable culinary skills: it was wonderfully moist despite being sliced thin and grilled. But again, the preparation was underseasoned and undersalted for our personal tastes. Another note on authenticity: The service is very....... relaxed, as it is in the Azores and the homeland. We were the only diners in the establishment for some time, but there were long, long lags in service. I have to speculate that our server may have been working the bar room as well given how hard it was to flag him down. (He was quite nice whenever we succeeded in doing so.) It's a shame that I'm an impatient New Yorker. I try to relax into the wait, but I'm not sure I can entirely embrace that in this lifetime.

Food , the service and the friendly ambiance Clean, the food…read moreis tasty and cooked to perfection And everyone makes you feel that we are part of the family Thank you Aldeia

Really not clean , really loud. You have to shovel the snow out the ground after it falls. There's…read moreonly street parking and way too many cars on the road. I can't drive to get to school and work in the morning.

I haven't been so impressed by a restaurant for a long time! We went in on a whim looking for…read moreBrazilian/Portugese in Bridgeport and was immediately greeted by a friendly server. The a la carte menu is in Portugese and it looks like most patrons eating there do speak the language so it's probably authentic? The buffet had an assortment of delicacies and you can pick and choose whatever you want (priced per plate, not totally sure the full pricing structure but the small to go box was $10 and I think the medium was $14?), so we got to try some tasty pork bean stew with bacon & tripe, ribs, etc. Regret not trying the chicken dishes too as they look great. Staff was friendly, welcoming and very helpful when we asked what was in each dish. Would most definitely come back again!

Portions are generous and excellent presentation y flavor. Service was also very good and the…read moreambiance made an amazing impression and a great experience

Best food ever!!! Ambiance was so clean and the service its grate also... I really recommend this…read moreplace

Favorite place to eat in all of CT. This is a casual Brazilian deli where you pick your own food…read morefrom a salad and hot bar and request meat from the meat carving station afterwards. This is an extremely popular blue collar spot in Danbury that became really special to me as a undergrad student and has remained an amazing place. The Pao de queijo is amazing with the right balance of chewiness with a nice crust on the outside. Picanha and beef ribs are also outstanding-- the ribs are incredibly rich, tender and flavorful. The beans are also seasoned to perfection. Hot bar is also really nice and overall you can make a really satisfying, personalized meal for yourself at a reasonable cost. I recommend coming before 9 PM because they start running out of stuff and hot bar looks rough at night. Also definitely give the complimentary spicy peppers in oil a try-- super spicy but delicious.

There is always a long line. But that's because they're that good. Is the line worth it. YES!!…read more The steak is great. We always take it home. My tip: order rare, so when it gets home it isn't overcooked. We have ordered delivery but the steak comes overcooked so it's better to actually go there. Also, when you order via door dash they don't give options for the pork and pineapple. If you haven't, give this place a try. Worth it.