The drinks are great here. Consistently well made. The food is good, flavorful, no complaints. We got the street corn appetizer - flavorful, overcooked, small size and small portions. Both of us got enchiladas - they were good. Not great, not bad, just good. Service is really hit or miss...even in the same visit. Party of 2, we were seated, got our drinks right away and ordered our appetizer. Appetizer came we ate, then the server told us we were being moved to the other end of the restaurant. Server was no where to be seen for a long time. She finally came back to take our order, we waited, drinks emptied, no server. Food came out and then we didn't see our server again for a long time. I had to flag her down when I finally saw her standing on the other side of the restaurant just so I could get my bill. They didn't even comp the appetizer for moving us across the restaurant after we'd already been seated and served. I get needing to shift customers sometimes but comping an app or a round of drinks is an easy way to keep the customer happy instead of putting out a paying guest. This similar level of service on our first visit. I will be hard pressed to come back based on how bad their customer service has been on both visits. read more

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Went to Cabana Grill for the first time for a girls night and had such a fun experience! When you first walk in, it looks like a small spot, but then you're led upstairs to a lively bar area with loud Spanish music and upbeat energy. The space is super cute and perfect for a night out. We stuck to appetizers this time. The food was pretty good overall, but I wish the ceviche had a little more flavor. The drinks, though, were amazing! Each one came out with gorgeous presentation and tasted just as good as they looked. The service was great too, the girls working there were really sweet and attentive. Great first visit and definitely will be a go to spot for nights out. read more

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It's for sure better looking than anything. We walked in and were told to go up stairs where two very confused servers went back and forth between a gentleman and us about where we could sit. They sat us and quickly rushed to get out our orders even though we had just sat down. We got our drinks and app and not much after that a server walked up and told us she was moving us. It was awkward and rather uncomfortable. I'm sorry but we got there and were told to sit there; it's really unprofessional and uncomfortable to move someone once the meal begins. The actual meal took far too long for a total of six enchiladas between the two of us. The drinks were decent but mine came out wrong. The food that was mediocre at best was a super small portion and came with nothing for $18. Bland, and dry is about all I can say about the actual enchiladas. Our server said the green sauce was hot, but I've had hotter ketchup. Even if we wanted to complain, good luck as the servers disappeared especially out of sight from the back corner booth; they moved us too. It wasn't until we pushed our plates to the other side of the table that our server came back. It wasn't really a great experience. The place is really small and kind of loud. Honestly, it's more of a spot for a drink and to go somewhere else for dinner. read more

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the food and service here was amazing we went for lunch and will 100% be back for dinner. The bar are doesn't open till 5pm but they let us peak upstairs and it is beautifully decorated totally ig worthy. #lunch #datenight #willflyforfood #eastboston #Fusion #drinks #photoopp read more

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The service was great the girls were so cute and fun!! Drinks were beyond expectations and the presentation was on point. Servers were accommodating and fast. Atmosphere was cozy but fun, going back for sure!! read more

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The drinks felt like the main attraction. Very beautiful inside but I think the food portions can be a tad larger. Still very delicious! Service was great! read more

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One of the worse Latin food I have ever tried for sec I thought La Hacienda had the title but it is definitely Cabana Grill. Whoever is giving 2+ stars has no taste in Latin food and whoever giving 5 stars they just simply crazy cause food was horrible and extremely salty. Also their website is a scam they have different (lower) prices but once you pay there whole other price. I do not recommend them at all. No coman aquí es un fraude la comida es muy mala y salada definitivamente tiene que haber un cambio en la cocina! read more

Parking Parking is available but limited, it's East Boston Service All staff were nice and welcoming. Restaurant is right when you walk in and the lounge is upstairs - staff guided me on how to get to my table Bathroom One bathroom available, if you go in a group or it's busy, there may be a wait Food Appetizers and drinks were delicious! Highly recommend read more

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Obsessed with this place and the amazing drinks you have to try the espresso martini it's out of this world and worth the trip there just for that. The service is 5 stars they made sure I was taken care of the whole time and also brought chips out with my beverage can't say enough good things about this place! read more

Cabana Grill - Salvadoran Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

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4.5, friendly service and great value. The creamy espresso martini is probably the best in Boston and that's a BIG claim!

we drive 1 hr and 20 minutes to try a new scenery something new. we had reservations for 930 they have absolutely no parking when looking for parking for 15 minutes. we went inside and a lady approaches up simply said we have no tables they are all full. and we proceeded to tell the women we have reservations she said "oh well you didn't make it on time".. and when we tried to explain to her the parking is insane and we aren't even from here she shrugged her shoulders and walked off. what a way to end our night for valentines day being treated like that. read more

Actually just crashed an El Salvadoran kids party with my friend. Passed by this place a couple of times already. Since it's close to the highway going to work. Haven't been here to dine in yet. Walked with my companions and we went upstairs to this private hall where they held the children's party. They had loud music blasting, drinks and food also and some programs with a clown for the kids. The hosts were so nice and very accommodating to us especially to me since she doesn't know me at all. The size of the area is pretty good for the amount of people they have. Got some couches at the back for the guests too so the parents kids were just chillin in there. read more

Surprisingly awesome restaurant. food is great. service very nice. I feel like we found an unknown treasure.

Second floor is amazing, food and drinks are delicious, great service, good price, good music. I'm definitely coming back 10/10

The hoot: just unbeatable value for a meat buffet. Period. The holler: for my going-away party 8 of us went to this restaurant, a modestly decent trek away from Cambridge. East Boston has the only good Latin-American food in the greater Boston area, so I figured this would be the place for a meat buffet! Like the other reviews here say, it's a big time winner. For $12, you get AYCE meat. And oh yeah, there's also a buffet of other stuff like veggies. Look at the photos for what they offer, it's all really good. Grapes, some lettuce, plantains, great scalloped potatoes. But the best part is the MEAT SKEWERS. Ok so it's not as much variety as a $50 place in Chicago, and they don't come around in a costume to bring you the meat. But they have skewers of beef, pork, chicken, bacon-wrapped chicken, and sausage. And the best part is because all the skewers are right there, you can ask for a more well done one, or a more rare one. And you get it! The guy working the meat window is cool, he's simple, he gives you what you want. The lady doing waitressing is laid back, but get her attention and times are good. The restaurant is usually empty I think, because almost everyone who eats from there gets take-out. We saw like 20 orders of take-out while we ate, but only maybe 5 others sit in. If you're not as aggressive an eater as me, you can also get food for $7/pound.... and for the girls, this might be better, and also why I'm ranking this place as a single $ since a large population can eat here for under $10. You gotta come here. Come for a post-soccer, rugby, football, w/e buffet. This place is definitely a winner. If I was still in Boston, I'd definitely come back at least twice a year. And of note, NEVER go to Midwest Grill on Cambridge street. That is a competing Brazilian-style meat buffet, except Midwest Grill is always dry and they drip grease everywhere. Come here instead, to Cabana Grill, and enjoy the nice park next to the Blue Line stop! read more

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This place sucks. Service is bad , an hour waiting for food. I do not recommend this place at all. Loud music and uncomfortable place to eat. read more

Our family went here as a last resort because the restaurant we wanted to go to was too full. We walked in and the restaurant was very dark and played loud music the whole time we were there. Reggaeton, rancheras, and other music. Seems kind of odd for a Sunday night to be playing the music so loud. Our server came over and took our drink order. I ordered passion fruit juice and a water. The others in the family that ordered sodas got them in a can with ice on the side. My juice tasted just like a store bought brand that I have had before. I was hoping for something more fresh. We waited for what seemed like quite a while for the server to come take our food order. I ordered the chicken quesadilla which was about $10. When the food came, I was satisfied with the portion and it also came with a small salad. The quesadilla had chicken, pinto beans (more like refried), and cheese. It was pretty tasty, especially for the price. We were all pretty pleased with our food but the service continued to go down hill. Our server came to pick up a few plates and we asked for boxes. She then continued to serve several other tables, including making their drinks. We then asked another server to bring the boxes and the check. After waiting what seemed like 10 minutes or more, they finally brought us boxes, the check, and we still had plates on our table. Overall, the food was ok, service was not good, and the environment was very loud. read more

This place was fantastic!! The food was delicious, the servers were incredible & very helpful, asking us a few times if we had any questions about the menu. We had pupusas (pork & cheese, and beans & cheese), the Dominican plate & the half order of beef ribs. The portions were huge, the food was cooked fresh to order and we left feeling stuffed. We will definitely go here again the next time we are in Boston! read more

As a fairly new Yelper, I wanted to mark my turf and review a place that seemed good but hadn't been reviewed by hundreds of other people. I chose Cabana Grill, and boy am I glad I did. People had said nice things about it on Yelp, and it seemed reasonable, if slightly out of the way. Let me encourage the throngs of Boston natives to travel en masse to Cabana Grill. This was one of those places where the atmosphere was EXACTLY how I wanted it to be. Clean, unpretentious, brazilian music playing on the flat screen TV. My friend and I certainly looked like out-of-towners (I think we were the only non Portuguese speakers in the restaurant--including the server), but c'est la vie. It felt nice to get out of the Allston community, where the bros can speak their own kind of unintelligible language. I went with my friend Mat. He looks like this: http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/24392_10150164082530648_505065647_12142991_1535598_n.jpg We wanted to get a month's worth of protein and sodium in one sitting. And that's exactly how that meal went down. They have a buffet of delicious sides--rice and beans, various stews and sauces,plantains, salad and the like. In the back of the restaurant stand the spis, each grilling a surfeit of delicious, succulent meats, tended to by a smiling grill master, only too happy to offer you heaping portions of meat. My friend Mat has the power to scare restaurant employees, worried he will single-handedly overturn their cost-profit ratio. But this guy was thrilled every time Mat came back for more Among the selections; Pork loin, pork sausage, chicken thighs, chicken wrapped in bacon, and two different cuts of steak. We slurped all this down with a cheap bottle of wine. Including the wine, I think we each paid about 20 bucks. The unlimited buffet is 11.99. All in all, this was one of the best meals I've had in a long time. I had to drink half a gallon of water to even out my body's salinity, but it was worth it. It felt great to go to a place a little off the beaten path, and to have such a satisfying experience. I haven't tried all the Churrascaria's in the Boston area. But this place, food wise, is just as good as Midwest Grill, and half the price. read more

I was visiting Boston this past weekend and I was looking for some Latin American cuisine. This place was a 15 minute cab ride from our hotel so we decided to give it a try. We were greeted by a nice lady then we chose our seats. We got up to the buffet and saw all the sides but the meats had to be carved by someone. Unfortunately, the carver was no place in sight. We waited for 5 minutes then finally asked the lady if she can find the carver. The pork tenderloin and the pork sausage was good, the beef was ok. After we finished our first plate, we went for seconds. Again, the carver was no where to be seen. So we waited and waited again, then asked the hostess to holler for him. The food would've been 4 stars by itself but the service was a solid 2 so I guess I would have to give it a 3. read more

This place is no longer a Brazilian spot, but the new owners have kept the name and sign outside. We liked this place a lot before, but we love this place now! The biggest change since the switch is the food, which is now primarily Salvadorian with a little Mexican, and Central/South American items also on the menu. The hostess/waitress has always been the same each time we go and she is incredibly nice. Same with the chef and the food really comes off as Salvadorian home cooking. Pupusas are incredible though my favorite dish is a sampler of sorts with steak, beans, rice, fried pork with crispy skin (so, so good!), and sausage. Be sure to get some curtido (a slightly spicy, vinegar and cabbage salad or "condiment" depending on your preference). Don't be afraid to ask questions either. My Puerto Rican and Mexican family members who we brought there had plenty and they were awesome... and even sent us some traditional salvadorian morsels to sample, on the house. (No fret, the folks there are bilingual and the menu is too.) This is our favorite go-to spot in Boston and we hope they are here to stay, unlike the Brazilian place the replaced. read more

Had to review this because we had such a terrible experience... Stopped here while in between flights at the airport and got treated like complete crap. I wanted to get a beer and it was a HUGE deal involving back and forth yelling between the lady in front and the angry looking loser working in the back. Worse still, the loser working in the back wouldn't offer me any of the meat. Basically had to stand there and wait while he played with himself. The waiter lady barely knew how to work the cash register. Avoid unless you are a local, I suspect you will get treated better then. read more

Meat paradise! Very friendly and very fresh. Who knew this was here? The owner says he's been there 9 years. Great variety on the Buffett. You can get all you can eat for $11.99 or by the pound at $5.99 (Buffett) or $6.99 (Buffett and rotisserie). Varieties of beef, pork, sausage and chicken. Rotisserie pineapple? Amazing. read more

Cabana Grill is no longer a Brazilian restaurant. It is a general Central American restaurant. Perhaps the general comment about the good prices did them in. read more

Ordered through GrubHub and were pleasantly surprised that the food came about 15 minutes earlier than they said it would. Pizza was nice and hot, toppings were well spaced, and the wings were tasty! Liked the boned wings better than the boneless. Not too spicy either. :) read more

Cabana Grill is the real deal. $11.99 for all you can eat weekday dinner. My boyfriend and I put away an entire spit of deliciously roasted rare beef, several chicken breasts, pork, and spicy sausages. We chased down our juicy meat feast with collard greens, plantains, chayote, a tomato and onion salsa, oxtail, pork ribs, and rice and peas from the buffet. Drinks and dessert (try the condensed milk pudding) cost extra. The real highlight, though, was the service. The wait staff was super friendly, and the waitress carving the meat went out of her way to make sure we had a good time. Can't recommend this hole-in-the-wall gem enough! read more

I love this place, I remember when they opened it used to be so calm and cozy so nice but now it has turn into something else too much noise if you want a place to eat in silent this is not it. The music is so laud and not to mention the drunk people that usually is there. I believe that for lunch there should not be music or annoying people at all but yet again drunk people is what keeps the business going i guess. Other than that I love the food and service! But I don't know if i should come back or just order takeout because I can't stand the noise and the feel of this place anymore read more

This place is AWESOME!!! I'm a flight attendant and work the Brazil flights. This place is so authentic and CHEAP!!! It's just like what you find in Sao Paulo...buffet style (very fresh, very flavorful). Forget those fancy Brazilian chain places that charge $50/person downtown. This place offers the same thing for less than $10 and it is some of the best home cooked food! read more

Looking for an inexpensive "home-cooked" meal? This is the place for you. I've lived in East Boston for a while now, and never realized this place existed. The selection is great, the atmosphere is quaint, and the service is wonderful. It's not that often that I walk out of a restaurant going "holy cow...that was awesome". The non-BBQ buffet: the selection is amazing: rice, pinto beans, potato salad, plantains, salad, pork, (and more); and a couple of dishes that changes by the day (look at their menu for that). Since we were there on a Tuesday night, they had fish and a chicken/okra stew. Everythin tasted fresh and the meat was nice and tender. The BBQ buffet: of course, this includes what's in the non-BBQ buffet, plus all the meat you can think of: sausage, beef, chicken, pork, etc. They are literally cooked on a real grill (aka with coals), which makes it all the better. And, of course, the meat is nice and tender. You just ask the chef which meat(s) you want and he cuts them up right there for you. Talk about service. The environment was very nice--it really had a homely feel. It's small, and since we were there around 4pm, no one else was there. As time went by, more people came. We could tell this was a "locals' spot because it seemed like everyone knew the staff and knew the whole system. It also seemed like they also have a lot of business from deliveries, too, since the phone kept ringing. The woman who was there was extremely nice to us To top it all off--it's inexpensive. As other reviews have mentioned, you can either buy the non-BBQ buffet for $5.99/lb, or the BBQ-buffet for $6.99/lb. If you're ambitious like we were, you can pay $11.99 for an all-you-can-eat-buffet! read more

Superb service. Food is phenomenal. Place is so clean and cozy. Serving is just right for the price with the amount of side salad in it, just perfect for our diet. read more

WOW! Searched for an authentic Brazilian BBQ on a whim; do you enjoy REALLY good food? Hit this place, you cannot miss!

Just ate here for the first time. Fantastic selection at buffet. Bbq was delicious. Fast friendly service. Excellent prices. If you like meat and you like to eat a lot this is the spot. read more

This is a cute little place that provides all the basics. I love brazilian barbeque. Half buffet, half rotisserie, you get good fresh food, always hot, always plentiful. Not one of those places that when you go in the food has been there forever and is all crusty and half gone. The staff is very very nice and helpful. They have a small bar downstairs as well. I have always been happy here. read more

Great food small place but worth it. Great staff. Authentic food. Delicious food. Best Latin food in the area. Highly recommended.

This place is a hidden gem in East Boston right by the airport, the food is amazing and the service is excellent. Very English friendly as well. The atmosphere is cozy and friendly. They even deliver, very cool! Highly recommend this great Brazilian BBQ! read more

Really good Brazilian Food, Atmosphere is great. Buffet is worth the price.

Friendly and good food! They catered our wedding and everyone loved it.