Brazilian Spices

I ordered 60$+ worth of food for delivery. The steak sandwich w cheese had 0 cheese, maybe 2oz? Of overcooked "steak". Small handful of fries. All for $20.95. Not pictured, I got the garlic shrimp. They were OK. Also, the chicharon de Pollo was too salty and overcooked. I emailed the manager regarding the steak sandwich and provided pictures but got no response. This place is a joke. Don't waste your money.

I ordered from here multiple times on Uber eats. The portions for the penne vodka with chicken were great then all of a sudden the portion was half of what it used to be. Even tho the food is delicious the price for this dish compared to the portion is not worth it. Now maybe in the restaurant it’s a better price but for people that cannot get to the location and prefer delivery it’s not fair to change the portion and keep the same price

This is a most lovely little restaurant. Stefanie & Melissa really took excellent care of us. The food is fantastic and bbq’ed right there. Excellent choice.

I used to love this restaurant and ordered from them many times. I’ve also been there with family and friends because the food was always delicious and the quality was excellent. Unfortunately, my last two delivery orders through Uber Eats have been a huge disappointment. The first time, I thought it was just a mistake the food was poorly packed, flavorless, and missing the salad that used to come with the meal. It was just dry rice, beans, and a few small pieces of meat. I gave them another chance today and ordered again for me and my son, but it was even worse. The “mixed platter for one,” which used to be generous enough for us to share, came with one very dry piece of chicken that was actually undercooked inside, one tiny piece of pork, a very small piece of churrasco, and a single sausage. They call this a churrasco platter, but it is nowhere near worth the $30 I paid. The chicken had no flavor, the rice was cold, and the beans were bland. I don’t know if this place is under new ownership or management, but the quality has gone down drastically. It’s really disappointing to see a restaurant with such a good reputation go downhill so quickly

Had a fantastic experience at Brazilian Spices. The restaurant had a charming, rustic atmosphere. The staff were warm and welcoming. Prices were reasonable considering the quality and presentation. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a relaxed place!

Ordered a mixed BBQ and received raw chicken and burnt picanha. (Ordered medium). Restaurant said if I didn’t eat the chicken they could’ve changed it ? They didn’t try to solve my problem. Don’t recommend

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Brazilian Spicy is our favorite place to go! We are always impressed with the service, especially from Renata — she is very pleasant and attentive with customers. The restaurant is very clean and has a warm, family-friendly atmosphere. Highly recommended!

Ordered BOGO on Uber eats . The portion size of actual meat is terrible. Looks like they took 1 meal & split it in half while filling the platter with rice. I recommend ferry st bbq never had this problem

We loved our meal here and think the other reviews were harsh. Stephanie was kind and helpful, our food took a moment but not long and was worth the wait. We enjoyed our cod plate and the sirloin sandwich. Would recommend.

I ordered 60$+ worth of food for delivery. The steak sandwich w cheese had 0 cheese, maybe 2oz? Of overcooked "steak". Small handful of fries. All for $20.95. Not pictured, I got the garlic shrimp. They were OK. Also, the chicharon de Pollo was too salty and overcooked. I emailed the manager regarding the steak sandwich and provided pictures but got no response. This place is a joke. Don't waste your money.

Had dinner there last night with the family . Place is clean , quiet Byob , service is not bad or great , food portions are okay - small compare to similar restaurants in the area. You do have to keep calling the waitress / waiter because staff is limited so they're busy either cooking or taking phone orders . Parking is definitely an issue but if you from the area you know where to park , even in the park . Overall , okay for small family dinner. The only dislike the price of the juice, which was $7.35 and lack of hot sauce .

There were some logistical issues (not great for an Uber Eats pickup/nearby park dining which I realize is a niche market). The worst was that the pork rib advertised in the mixed grill wasn't included - however, the chicken with bacon received in its place was worthwhile. It also included sausage, steak and a drumstick. Smaller than what you'd get from a similar combo in the Union City area, but flavorful. While imperfect, Brazilian Spices has its fleeting moments where the lighting is just right and the salt hits the smoke and fat at the ideal moment.

Leo was excellent waiter. Ordered chicken wrapped in bacon. Food is excellent! Can't wait to come back to try the Brigadeiro pizza with strawberries! Plan on coming back soon.

I've ordered here a couple of times, and it keeps getting worse. If you order online, and leave a note or click the utensils button, they will do the complete opposite. If you ask to add more of something they remove it entirely. The service is worse then your standards applebee, which is disappointing since most of the food is delicious. My favorite item is the "Stroganoff" which is very close to the traditional taste. But, sadly the service is just so bad that it ruins the experience and the joy of eating good food. If you do dine in, something to note is they all speak Portuguese and not all employees speak english.

Horrible service and gave us chicken after we asked no chicken..7 dollars for a sour lemonade really , guy was more attentive to his girlfriend behind counter , then us..also they automattically take 20 percent tip wow honestly without saying so horrible service and take 20 percent

Ordered just chicken hearts $12 on Uber we haf a gift code came out to $18...now I shop seabra chicken hearts are very very inexpensive per pound. I get a partially filled pint container. Also they didn't send the yucca flour that's supposed to come with it. I asked temp of rare as you can see way over done dried out. This place used to be 5 star not anymore smh

This food was AWFUL. The steak was well done and tasted like rubber. The chicken was undercooked. Fries were soggy with absolutely NO FLAVOR. This was literally the worst food ive ever had. Im so disappointed I wasted my money.

I had ordered the mix from this restaurant. They were able to resolve any concerns in a timely manner.

French fry's not even cooked , pork chops with out any seasoning, chicken wings raw and I ordered chicken salad not potato salad 50 dollars with a nice tip WASTED !!!

the food was horrible , tasted awful ordered chicken that was uncooked and some pork ribs that tasted like rubber , the rice was so moist and mooshy.....whoever has made the food had no consideration of how much the quantity should be paid almost $60 for 4 drumsticks and 4 1 piece ribs this place should not be opened or really consider the service that should be provided along with the food

Stopped here the other day. I enjoyed the meal. Not busy at all. However as we were dining more people showed up. Very good service, food was good. They even let us take food home which was surprising. We would've ordered more of the Rodizio lol. The meat was good quality all around and the sides were good. Also the price was good. Hamburger with egg and cheese was good. The decor inside is not as vibrant as other Rodizio places I've been to. However overall I enjoyed my meal.

Food is not like it used to be. I ordered the mixed meat plate and was disappointed. Beef was tough. Asked for black beans for red and they were just meh. The other meat was not memorable. Doubt I will return, ever.

The service really declined here. Just some examples of our visit: We came after the lunch rush on a Sunday and the waitress kept forgetting everything. We brought 3 wines, she opened and brought back one and left the other 2 at the bar. We were 6 people, she brought 2 wine glasses, we asked for 4 more. She brings 3.... We ask for water glasses 4 glasses were brought to the table. She sits down at the bar to have a meal while she is still serving us. And the list goes on. The food was good as always, though it took very long to come out. The front and back of the house needs retraining in the sense of urgency in the food business or the restaurant will not last.

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Beef was DISGUSTING. Took one bite and had to throw it out. No seasoning. Beef tasted like it belonged in the garbage. Worst food ever

I have been ordering from them for the past few years. Food is good and the delivery is great! once's they send us the wrong food and right away after calling them they send the correct one. I order at least once a week The delivery is always fast and great customer service

We ordered pork ribs with a traditional bean dish (feijão tropeiro), and it was spoiled, the delivery was timely but it was missing our soda. We waited for hours for the soda to be delivered and to return the spoiled food, when I called to complain about it they were already closed, so we filmed it. The next day we called to share the disgusting news, instead of apologizing for it, a hostile woman recognized the food was spoiled (it was drooling eww) she tried to convince me that the video was made 4 hours after the food arrived and the spoilage happened in that period, she forgot to realize that the food was untouched, why didn't we eat it in the first place?! It was stinky and we knew right away it was spoiled. I don't recommend this place. Food was disgusting and I cannot trust a place that doesn't acknowledge a problem and try to fix it.

This food is not good. the quantity is lacking for a 19 dollar plate I got a dish filled with rice and a couple peices of chicken and one thin piece of steak (mostly fat). the chicken was not cooked and the sausage looked liked it still needed to be killed. this food is gross and the people working there are incompetent. GO TO ANY OTHER BBQ OR STEAKHOUSE BC THIS ONE IS NOT IT.

Dont even waste your time. We went their today and ordered the bbq platter for 2. Meat was dry. I mean so dry. They literally made it earlier in a day and reheated the meat on the grill. On top of it we ordered 3 cans of soda. CANS!!!! They charges us $12.00 for 3 cans of soda. What a rip off. We asked for bread. They said they didn't have any. Asked for coffee. They said coffee maker was broken!!! What a waste of time. Definitely never coming back. Save your money and go somewhere else.

I always order food from here , and the same kid of food, and usually can feed 4 or more people. Now I order again and didn't have enough for even 2 people, I call them to talk about it , and they come with atitude, saying was always like that, they liar in your face . I'll never going to call this place again is a waste money.

A friend was here before so he invited me for lunch at 12pm. We were the only guests sitting at a table in the dinning room with two other customers by the bar and two waitresses. The menu that was offered to us was surprisingly expensive for lunch, it had the cheapest entrée price at $14.95 and the rest was in $20s, $30, $40s and up to high $50s. We decide to go with the mixed BBQ meat selection for two for $28.95. It included rice, beans, French fries, 2 sodas and 2 desserts. The waitress was accommodating to us by subbing out the rice, French fries and soda's for a plate of salad and a plate of steamed vegetables instead, we were on a no carob diet. I felt the BBQ meat selection itself was not made to order and just heated up for us, so it did not taste fresh of the grill, juicy or flavorful and was not very hot which was very disappointing, there was no wow factor for this Brazilian mixed BBQ. We were the only table dinning in for lunch and the waitress never stopped by after dropping off our food to ask if we wanted anything else or if everything was ok because she was too busy entertaining the two Brazilian men around her age at the bar. Even when she was preparing our desserts and placing the Flan and some whip cream on the plate she was in full back and forth conversation with them as she was handling our food. It seemed like she had all the time in the world to chat up the guys at the bar but we just stopped in for a quick lunch. It really disturbs me when staff members handle my food which is in front of them while having a conversation with others. Overall the experience of the food and service was a let down and I don't see myself returning, I hope the staff can learn from this review and change their ways when dealing with customers and their food.

This has been the "Go To" spot for my family of 5 for several years. We have always thought the food was great and the portions were good. We ordered take out Mixed Meat last week and the pork was literally rock hard, I had to throw it away. I called the restaurant and the woman who took the order thanked me for letting her know... If I would've received a sincere apology I would've been satisfied. I still thought the rest of the meat was good but I'm turned off by this experience and will likely find another "Go To" spot in the area because the meat isn't consistent perhaps due to different cooks.

I used to order from here a lot a few years back. However the last few times I've ordered, I have been very disappointed. We got the rodizio for 2 which is a bunch mixed meats with rice, beans, salad, and a vinagrette salsa. I was asked how I wanted the meat. I said medium rare, then specified that I like it red. My meat came medium to medium well. The pork and chicken were shoe leather, truly inedible. The meat was salty and dry. I give them three stars because sometimes you get a decent order. Sadly, this is going to be my last time ordering here. maybe you can go and hopefully ENJOY???

This is a good place to go for some Brazilian Rodizio. I love this place!! The food is great, priced right, good dining area for groups and the staff is friendly. The whole chicken platters are good and can feed an entire family(portions wise). The platters come with chicken, rice and fries. The pichana is awesome (this is why we keep coming here lol). Great grilling steak and I believe they season it only with sea salt.

Great food! They just close too early! They close at 9:30pm but you have to place order to pick up at least 15-20 minutes prior to closing. Never had a chance to dine-in, but take out is very good!! Cool place to eat when eating healthy food! The cost is much higher than Newark but overall the food is awesome! If you want your food done a specific way it's better if you speak Portuguese fyi

Being from WI I have never had Rodizio before. This place is amazing! The food is great and they don't skimp on the portions at all. The staff was phenomenal! Definitely a must visit every time I am in the area! This is one of those little gems that you find and keep coming back to 20years later!!

The BBQ is great, but anything else aside from that is debatable, I bought a spaghetti with meatballs and it looked like a soup when I got it, and the meatballs had a dark strange dark color when opened, I couldn't keep eating and had to throw it out. Very disappointed.

Im extremely frustrated I've been here several time over few years. Always thought I was getting top of the line service. I'm gonna list all the cons of my experience today 8/30/19. 1. Waitress acting like I'm speaking a foreign language as she didn't understand English. 2. My appetizer came back cold. I ask for fresh food they came back with the food reheated. I'm am extremely Disgusted. I ordered a mix place for two extremely over cooked and dry. Then table service was like a pair of 12yrd minded woman. I will never go back and I'm sry I would never support this business just because I felt like my table was being outcasted. I hate to say it but maybe cause we are dark skin Hispanics I don't know but the focus was on online orders and not dine in. I'm gonna take these left overs and feed the homeless.

This place used to be good. They have remodeled the inside to look nice but the food quality has gotten worse. The "churrasco" (mixed meats) often comes warm and tastes like it was cooked hours before and reheated when ordered. This has happened several times. Such a shame.

Amazing restaurant, best bbq in NJ! Great price and delicious! We'll back soon for try other dishes.

As I sit here there are 2 very pretty Brazilian women waitresses. I am eagerly awaiting my BBQ Chicken with rice and beans I'm having Pineapple Sumol . They do not have a alcohol license but they are BYOB.. I already know what I'm having for desert, it Is right in front of me staring right at me almost yelling for me to get it. I will top it off with espresso . I'll take a couple pictures for you and give a detailed view of the flavor!!! Not the most aesthetically pleasing dining area but the food on a scale of 1-5 for flavor 4,3. I definitely give this Brazillian Spices Restaurant a THUMBS UP! . Try this place you won't be disappointed. I'll be back. The Only reason this place did not get 5 stars is because of the decor not the food!

We were trying to figure out what delivery to order for a rainy day. Choice well made!!! We ordered the churrasco and got a huge amount of delicious food. The meats (steak, chicken, rib and sausage) were perfectly flavored accompanied with rice, deliciously awesome beans and fries (they did forget the salad, but I really didn't care after seeing all the delicious food that they send!!!) Everything was tasty!!! I will definitely order from this place again!!! Great value and super yummy food, friendly delivery person. Thanks guys!! FYI, I upload a pic of my order, food taste as good as is looks (or better)

Don't get me wrong, the food is great. However, the service is atrocious. It is so poor, that I created this yelp account while I wait for my food. Ordered at 3:17... it is 5:06 and my food is still not ready.

Nomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom... Oh, sorry ... I should type words and not just what I was doing pretty much within 30 minutes of my friend and I visiting Brazilian Spices. So many good local places in the sleepy working-class suburb of Kearny - and so little time (and money). However, this place is worth it if you get their churrasco/rodizio meal, which we did (for two). We visited a packed restaurant with the drool-inducing scent of smoked meats hanging heavily in the air. If you're an English speaker with little to no Portuguese under your tongue ... just point (as we did at times with our server). The yucca and bacon were awesome, served with molho de alho (I believe), and the smoked meats were heavenly both to our nostrils and our taste buds. The steak portion, however, was overcooked, but overlooked because the spices were dead-on (and at that point, we wuz hongree). My friend was expecting a buffet, which probably is regular for Newark-based restaurants; but this is a sit-down service joint with really hardworking cooks and friendly female servers who could understand pointing when our horrid attempts at speaking Portuguese failed. Because of the toughness of the one type of meat Brazilian restaurants should excel at, and because we waited about 20 minutes to get just the appetizer, I'm giving this place one star lower than my stomach's memory will allow. But as another local gem that packs in a lot of flavor in a small space, Brazilian Spices is worth another visit!

Their food is always solid. Sometimes they'll make a mistake with the food but who doesn't these days? They do very well at making their meals fit your needs, and everything tastes homemade

Unfortunately like most of Brazilian Restaurants they offer a steak cut on the menu, but they serve something of lower quality! I order a lot from this place, usually food is good, but they are expensive compared to other Brazilian and Portuguese restaurants around, so you should expect a higher quality food. Today I ordered a Bitoque (Portuguese Style steak), as per menu a "Shell Steak", well I got something else but not a Shell steak, dry, over cooked and didn't look fresh. If I wasn't so hungry I would send back right away. The sauce I a little salty but was good and made the taste a lot better. The fresh squeezed orange juice is aways great!

Ordered calamari it was delicious. Ate Bacalho a bras which was delicious. Atmosphere was relaxing, waitresses were very polite and sweet. I had Serra dura for dessert and it was outstanding. I would definitely come back to this place to eat

If you are looking for bbq like boa vista in kearny ave or picnic. Their dried bbq chicken is nowhere near bbq chicken with white rice really?? Hard flavorless , im sorry but u guys need to go around and try some real food and get some ideas im not trying to offend anyone but this is what this platform is for

This is roughly equivalent to a Brazilian diner. A good analog to this place would be El Tipico in Paterson, comfort food for the homesick, especially if you happen to be from the Paran state of Brasil. The posters on the walls eschew the usual Rio de Janeiro references and studiously ignore anything not from the southern provinces. You'll see Foz de Iguau posters and parks from Ponto Grosso. You'll also see an open dining layout with as many tables as the Kearny Fire chief will allow, a long counter, the mandatory grill and rotisserie, and a front door you aren't allowed to use to enter. So you go in the side door and... ... eventually you are seated and ignored for a good five to ten minutes while they figure out if you're from their region, their country, or their planet. My Wife was from the region, so that probably offset my other-worldly categorization. The food was good, but overpriced. There, the one-liner. Mais? Fine. They had very good grilled chicken and the rice was pretty good, maybe even really good. The garlic chicken was deep-fried goodness in the form of, oh, let's call them garlic knots only with chicken instead of bread. Friggin' awesome is the appropriate phrase. I mentioned to The Wife that if I served these instead of Buffalo Wings at a football game I'd be hailed a genius. The picadinho de porco de camarao -- I'm skipping proper accent marks and circumflexes to save my sanity and yours -- is pork asses and elbows with onions, peppers, etc. and overall very good, if you're okay with not eating some of the sketchier pork components. The shrimp was just fine. The onions and peppers were good, not overdone. Everything was salty except for the French Fries, which were unsalted and good. The black beans were excellent, but not enough beans and too much black sauce. Conversely, the brown/red/orange/whatever beans (yes, two bowls of beans) weren't very good but had some token pork scraps and beans in there. They were trying, I'll give them that. Your guarana choices number three: some off-brand that's probably "The Guarana" of wherever the owners originate; Antarctica brand, which probably what most of you drink; and the best version, bottled right in Kearny, Brazilia Guarana. We had two. It was right. The bill was slightly under $60 for three entrees, an appetizer (mandioca com bacon, a 100% verifiable hit), two cans of guarana, and unusually American service, i.e. we got the check pretty quickly. It's a good place. If it were closer to our home or the kids' school, maybe we'd go more often. However, for a little more travel, we could be in Newark eating at the Brazilia Grill, and that's a five-star joint. Recommended, but perhaps not as a destination in itself -C

The food here is good. The rodizio is favorite. The wait staff is really nice. Highly recommend to anyone looking for some great authentic brazilian food. Ordering take out here takes forever though and many times they get the order wrong. No alcohol here so not a favorite to go eat in.

I've been ordering take out from here since it first opened its doors on Schuyler Ave back in 2005. Back then they had an amazing selection and the quality of the meats and food was above par. The last time i ordered from here was about two years ago and the portions were half of what used to be, the prices were about 15% higher then what they were and the quality went down hill. I wouldn't recommend this place only because of the very small portions and over cooked meats. I rather drive down to Newark and pick up from Brasilia Grill.

Visited 10/26/17. I was planning to give this place a 5 Star rating until towards the end of my visit when all changed. The food and portions are 5 Star indeed. But what took away 3 stars from this visit was when I asked the server for a small can of Brisk Iced Tea and a bill for it since I already paid for my meal earlier, the small cans you could buy at any store for fifty cents or less, and she handed me a bill for a Brisk Iced Tea for $3.50 + $0.24tax = $3.74. Now I have absolutely no problem paying for what I want but what I have a problem with is the unethical practice of price gouging. The large meal I paid for earlier was only $18.12 and I left a good tip on it. So going from a large meal costing reasonably low at $18.12 to a small can of iced tea at an outrageous $3.74 raises red flags.

This place was a dump a few years ago and now the new owner cleaned it up, created a cozy atmosphere and serves good large portions of food. BYO is a plus. Order the all you can eat rodizio !!!!!

Amazing restaurant. Great food! Great service! Best restaurant in NJ.

Since new owner took over last year, this place keeps getting better and better. Fresh food, clean, updated decor, and good service. BYOB a plus!

Wait is ridiculous. They told me my food will be done for pick up in about a hour. Waited over three hours and when I called the lady gives you a attitude when you ask about your order. The wait is long especially for holidays. There was a guy in front of me that waited 3 1/2 hours he wasn't a happy camper.

My friend had ordered take away from Brazilian Spices earlier in the day and offered to share it with me. The order was the Bife Acebolado (steak with onions), Salgadinos Sortidos (little croquettes), and black beans. The steak and croquettes were reheated in a pan, and we made a side of fresh white basmati rice. The food was as tasty as if I was sitting in the restaurant and just had my order served! We kept talking about how delicious the queso croquette was, as it had the right mix of cheese and spices. I will certainly dine in soon as I want to get the full brazilian experience.