Antonio’s Authentic Portuguese Restaurant
“If you are a meat lover, try the Grilled Skirt steak and my husband's much loved the Rodizio, he can't get enough.”
“I had Turkey wrapped in bacon, pork wrapped in bacon and sirloin steak while I was flipped Green.”
“Got the paella Valenciana for 2 and the bbq chicken, and the fried calamari for apps.”
Antonio’s Authentic Portuguese Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
6 reviews
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The Quick: huge portions of delicious food over a long dinner; a fun different eating experience.
Favorite Dish: if a sauce could count as a dish, the award would go to the homemade hot sauce and steak salsa. Other mouth watering options: ribs and the sangria!
The details: my Italian mother described this meal as a "food orgie". The meal starts w olives and cheese they bring to the table. The appetizers on the menu look good but be warned- there is SO much delicious meat to be eaten. We ordered the meat platter for 3 which came with a good sized salad for the table, rice, beans, plantains, delicious homemade chips, and a huge platter of steak, chicken, turkey wrapped in bacon, ribs, onions, and more. It was SO much food. Let me repeat, SO much food. It was delicious and we get to enjoy it again tomorrow- what a treat.
The Service: sweetest waitress ever. Such a nice woman and very attentive. This restaurant is European style, meaning the meal is very long and the entrees took an hour to come out. If you're in a rush, this is not the place for you. If you're in the mood for a leisurely dinner over great sangria, I recommend.
The Damage: the huge meal platter for 3 with all the fixings was around $75. Considering we have lunch and possibly dinner for tomorrow as well I think it was a great deal. We will be returning!
Although this place is sort of a sit down spot, I have gotten take out from here a few times when I'm in the mood for something a little different. The service is great and the wait staff will always offer me a drink or fry up some chips while I wait. They package the food nicely and it travels well. The roasted chicken is really good. It's split, flattened, roasted on both sides and served quartered over rice, potato chips and served with steamed mixed vegetables and salad. Add a side of black beans and you easily have enough for two people. Sitting at the bar you can easily polish of a small pitcher of sangria, not because you'll be waiting long, but because it is that good. I gotta come here with the wife sometime, or bring the boys and strap on the feed bag but in the mean time, the take out has not disappointed. Check it out…
Found this place online – always looking for new places that serve rodizio style food. So far this is the best local place I have found. Really enjoyed, clean, and interesting foods. Loved the grilled mozzarella and more.
We will definitely be back for more… maybe tonight!
I'll start by saying that my complaint with Rodizio in general is the lack of variety. For the most part what I have found at these places is that it is just greasy meat after greasy meat after greasy meat…with little to no variation in flavor or appearance for that matter. This place falls into that category.
Rodizio is approx $35 pp and comes with salad, rice, black beans, fried plantains, and MEAT. The chorizo, bacon wrapped turkey, and chicken wings are all awesome. It's when you get to the beefs and porks that it actually gets redundant. Everything is marinated and cooked exactly the same. Why not prepare the different cuts of meat differently? Give the customer an experience similar to omakase from a sushi chef, as opposed to just sending a gauntlet of unidentifiable meat to the table.
It's more than enough food to warrant the price tag, and you will without a doubt leave stuffed, but it's just not that amazing.
**I will say that I have never had their roasted chicken, but every time I've been there it seems to be the best seller at neighboring tables. Maybe I need to quit the all-u-can-eat-meat thing and go for the Pollo**
What a GEM!! Carnivore heaven!!!
If one thinks that they have to go far away to get a great meal, they are sadly mistaken.
Craving Rodizio (the skewered BBQ meats) that Portuguese restaurants are known for, we came across Antonio's – SCORE!!! Actually make that home run!!
It was a Monday night, when all the other rodizio places are closed on LI and we wanted meat-fest! So we come across Antonio's that offers us meat-fest for $30.95 a person (cheaper then the others!)
Upon getting seated we place our order and wait for the meats to start coming. Since the rodizio is cooked to order and not just waiting for the next guest to arrive, we wait and had a terrific salad and olives and some homemade cheese and oil. YUM! We could tell this was the start of something magical. Out come the side dishes – the homemade potato chips, rice, beans and what's that, oh Fried Banana!! YUM!! Now onto the endless supply of meat – (in no real order, Turkey wrapped in bacon, sausage, baby back ribs, top sirloin steak, beef short ribs, pork wrapped in bacon, skirt steak, another steak, a homemade cheese log grilled, and they ended the night with grilled pineapple in a port wine reduction with cinnamon & sugar.
We were the only people in the restaurant that ordered the rodizio and the table next to us was envious and wished that they had ordered it. Service was terrific and we were able to get another order of the fried bananas because they were so delightful.
Trust me – if you have that craving to be an all-out carnivore, this is your place. I will gladly be returning soon with more family and friends – What a find!!!
My boyfriend wanted to give this Churrasequeria a try for their Rodizio. It was disappointing compared to similar restaurants in the area.
I had the grilled Tilapia. It was cooked well but had too much lime.
My boyfriend said the meat was just okay.
The restaurant was pretty empty so I felt like the waiters were hovering of us. Of course everyone likes attentive service, but at one point a group of the staff were just standing in a corner staring at us. I felt a little uncomfortable.
It's also pretty lame that they have a credit card minimum AND don't accept AMEX or Discover. Restaurants should make it easy for people to pay.