Costa Verde BBQ & Portuguese Grill is a popular neighborhood Portuguese churrasqueira. Think traditional Portuguese food like BBQ chicken, fish fillet, picanha, ribs, cod, camarao a casa, chicharron, potatoes, rice, salad, sandwiches and desserts. We go there for fast short-order rotisserie grilled chicken takeout. The restaurant section becomes too busy during lunch and dinner times. Languages spoken by the staff are Portuguese, English and Spanish. This setup functions mainly for takeaway but if you prefer eating inside there's a separate menu which you order from your waitress. read more

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There's parking both on the street and behind the restaurant. We came on a Saturday around lunch and the wait was about 40 minutes. Just a heads up there's no seating while waiting, and it's cash only. The first time I came here, I got the medium 1/2 chicken meal with a natas, plus a striploin on the side. Everything was really good and honestly worth the drive. The second visit wasn't as smooth. I ordered the Bife à Casa and expected regular fries because I saw them in someone's Google review, but it actually comes with fried potato rounds instead. I called to clarify in case I got the wrong dish, and they confirmed that's how it's served. In the end, the potatoes paired well with the steak, so I wasn't upset about it. What did disappoint me was that they forgot the gravy that was supposed to come on the side. When I mentioned it, they acknowledged it should've been included and said I could mention the issue next time for a possible discount. Service also felt a bit disorganized during this visit. My steak took a while, which I can understand, but another customer's chicken sandwich was missed completely and she had to wait an extra 10 minutes after already being told it would be quick. The sandwich was sitting on the service counter for a while, and it only got resolved after she followed up again herself. Food is still solid overall, especially the chicken and steak, but service consistency could definitely improve. read more

Costa Verde BBQ Chicken - AAA Striploin "Bife a Casa" - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

went there today for lunch/dinner it was extremely noisy so many people working so many people eating. The lady who weighed us was very cold, not friendly. Yes the food is Portuguese. Not so bad tasting bread was stale and I didn't leave a tip only because it's cash only and that to me is wrong. Inconvenience to the customer. read more

Costa Verde BBQ Chicken - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Have you tried a coconut cake before? Are you looking for a unique dessert? This was my first time to try it and I must say I was convinced! I used to try their other menu before and the taste remains the same, so yummy! Foods from this restaurant were fairly priced and come in huge portions! The service was fast when I ordered it and the ambiance is welcoming and they are organized when doing the order. Featured Coconut Cake Parisienne Potatoes Pulled Pork Sandwich Meat Lasagna Grilled Chicken 2764 Keele St, Toronto, ON read more

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paid $18 for 1/2 chickin with potato's and salad . barely any chicken mostly bones and gave me like 8 potato balls , the salad was mostly onion , cucumber and tomato hardly and lettuce . i actually ate all and left hungry . so sad they charge so much and give so little read more

Went to restaurant for takeout - about 4:30pm. I ordered a whole chicken, med potatoes, small veggies. I believe this had to be the smallest whole chicken I've ever received. Just a little bigger than Quale. When ordering, I wanted moist - the girl at the counter, and a cook said to get the rotisserie vs grilled. It was totally dried out. Disgusting - almost inedible. But flavour was OK. Potatoes were good. Veggies - seemed frozen, without flavour. If you order takeout chicken - inspect what they give you before you pay! They will give the worst product for Takeout. Never go back again read more

Family Combo 2 - 5/5 Served with Chicken, Rice and Potatoes. Great value and portion. Tasty and standard Portuguese style chicken, rice and potatoes. This family combo is a great price and value. Got peri peri and Bbq sauce on the side and was a great meal. Steamed Vegetables - 1/5 Terrible Vegetables. Were overcooked and had no seasoning or flavour. Tasted like the standard frozen vegetable melodies from walmart however they were cooked terribly and had a freezer burn taste! read more

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I don't generally operate out of this part of town, but I happened to be meeting someone in the area for a kijiji purchase. Being someone who loves to eat, I naturally scouted what the good food options are in the area. I'm in the area anyway, might as well. I ended up choosing Costa Verde as my dinner option. I went in just before 5pm and the place already had a buzz with people lining up for takeout and patrons dining in the restaurant. Quickly you can tell he place is a local favourite. You can directly see what's going on in the kitchen in the order area. Right away you sense the energy and the Portuguese flair of the cooking and service staff. At the counter, I was really contemplating getting the ox tail or the chicken. I went with the safer bet - chicken won out. So I ended up ordering the half chicken combo with potatoes and vegetable. The chicken was flavoured to perfection. The impressive part about the chicken is the skin. The skin has an appropriate slight crunchiness to it that all fresh bbq chicken should have. The chicken also had just enough burnt taste to it which is what authentic barbecue is all about. This is all happening while the chicken itself remain moist. Portions in general for both chicken and sides are good. I look forward to be in the area again and try other menu items at Costa Verde. Both the oxtail and the fish look really really good! read more

Pros: Very good Portugese Chicken Cons: Navigating out of the parking area is tough. Part 2 of my Portugese Chicken adventure brought me here. St Matthew's was my first spot and it pretty much set the gold standard. I lucked out when I first came here because I accidentally made a turn at the intersection. Turns out that's the better way to go as it leads you to the back entrance where there's a bigger parking lot. The front entrance only has a couple of spots and is adjacent to Keele which does not make it easy to get it or out. Stick with the back entrance for this place. The back entrance seems to also be the take out entrance. As soon as you walk in, you're basically met with the take out line as you walk in. The line moves pretty quickly so you're in and out in no time. I ordered two whole grilled chickens and was out of there in less than 5 minutes. The chicken was very good. Very flavourful and dry at all. It's not as good as St. Matthew's, but it's up there. At $12 a chicken, it's the cheapest one I have found to date. Again, this chicken passes the mother in law test as well so yay!! My only gripe is getting out of here can be a bit of a headache. It's right by a major intersection so if you're going against traffic coming out, it can be quite a task to get out of there. Costa Verde is great place to get your Portugese Chicken fix. It's not my fav, but you can't go wrong coming here as well. read more

Costa Verde BBQ Chicken - a plate of grilled chicken - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I have been here several times now and each time I get the same thing - the seafood rice, which is basically their version of paella. Man, I like this dish! First of all, it tastes great. But almost as important, is the price - $15, including tax. What a deal! Sure, they use frozen seafood, but $15! And the seafood is large and plentiful - shrimp, clams, mussels, squid, fake crab, scallops, all piled in with some chorizo and flavoured rice. Did I mention it only costs $15? One day I'll try the rotisserie chicken which smells awesome, but in the meantime, i'm filling up on the rice! read more

Costa Verde BBQ Chicken - Seafood rice to go - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

This is now the third time me and my family have ordered from here. And they STILL GOT THE ORDER WRONG. Like how do I call you to make sure there are specific things, NOT ONLY DO YOU WRITE IT DOWN, but still get the order wrong. Then I get told that there is nothing you can do about it but give me credit?!!!. How about you guys get it right the first time. read more

Costa Verde BBQ Chicken - No Sauce and plain - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

They wear no mask in their restaurant. But has signs everywhere saying wear mask before entering. They are rude and not nice at all. Wish I could could give this place zero stars. Improve your heath and safety services! read more

Portions are massive. Had the grilled pork platter. Enough for THREE meals. I could not believe the size of the portion - the waiter told me that these are "Portuguese portions". Regardless, way too much food. Cut back on the portions and adjust the price-point! Pork was not bad, seasoning ok, background taste of piri-piri (and I am from South Africa so I know my piri-piri). It could have been more generously seasoned in my opinion. But for me the most difficult obstacle to truly enjoying this meal was the COPIOUS and I mean COPIOUS amount of oil ... Expensive. Too massive a portion. And I like my food drier, i.e. not too much oil. And, before I forget, it was a very hot day outside ... AND NO AIR CONDITIONING! Hello?! For the price you charge for entrees, turn on the a/c! read more

Walked into this location not knowing what to expect. I remember the old location on eglinton west which was conveniently located by my high school and walking over there and enjoying some potato balls and chicken. All those feelings hit me back- as soon as I found this spot. Except even better. Eglinton west location is essentially a take out hole in the wall. This location had dining area and a massive open kitchen with a big team of grill-masters working hard to keep the masses fed. On top of that- the PRICES are ridiculously low! $10 a whole chicken peri peri style. SIGN ME UP!! Tender char burnt chicken with hot sauce. Was done perfectly- its up there with nando's maybe better if they had additional sauces. Bife a Casa- steak with an egg on top. Take out - 15 minutes later it was still tender and chewy. Magical grill they have there. One of these pictures are my left overs that I brought to the office with my the next day. VALUE- TASTE- SERVICE. Costa Verda covers all aspects. Ou I think I like it! read more

Costa Verde BBQ Chicken - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Stumbled onto this little restaurant on my way to Humber River Hospital. This place has more parking in the backside of the restaurant. Apparently this place closes up once a year sometime around August. There are two ways to order here, you could go to the take out area and wait in line, or wait to be seated at a table. We decided on eating in and ordered the full rack of ribs with 2 sides of potatoes and rice for $25+tax, and a half chicken with 2 sides of coleslaw and fries for 11+tax. Our server got our order wrong and thought we ordered a half rack of ribs, but that was corrected later, no big deal as we took it home. This place is unbelievably hot inside. There is no ventilation! No A/C! It was too uncomfortable trying to enjoy a meal here. The chicken was great (though a bit on the dry side), it had a lot of flavour and the fries were so good! Crispy good. If I were to come back, I would just order take out. The ribs are nothing to really write home about, and even overpriced imo. I would just come here for their chicken. Also this place is cash only. Boo hoo. read more

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Came in for lunch. Ordered 5 meals, 4 drinks and small olives, cost us $72. Lots of choices at the hot table. Pick one main and two sides. The "bife a Casa" is a skirt steak with fries and a fried egg. It was a good cut of steak and could of used some salt/pepper on it, but otherwise was good. Kids got the fried fish, they really enjoyed it. Husband got the codfish, but he said it was too mushy. The "favas" (beans) were really good and tender. Rice was good too. Good seating area but I really didn't like eating in a tin take out container with plastic utensils. Real plates and cutlery would be a HUGE improvement. The place was clean and the service was quick and friendly. read more

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Ive ordered a few times thru skip the dishes and they keep getting my order wrong. People there need to read the orders placed. Twice i got the wrong items and today i was missing a whole meal! read more

I haven't ever dined in, but there is a huge hot food counter to choose from for takeout. We live nearby so this is always a good option for a quick hot meal that is fairly inexpensive. There is always plenty of staff working so your order is taken quickly and you're out the door within minutes. The location has a nightmare parking lot, so I would suggest you park in the back and walk out front. read more

Costa Verde BBQ Chicken - Chicken rice and potato plate for $10 taxes in - Portuguese Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

This is the best Portuguese chicken in the city. I would highly recommend it to anyone! The staff is friendly with fast service. Super delicious!!!!!!! The interior of the restaurant is nice and new - they have multiple big screen tvs should you want to dine in. They do only accept cash so make sure to bring some - if not, there is an atm next door and inside. read more

I've been to this restaurant before it was really good , but today I ordered the lasagna and it was disappointing to say the least . Literally looks like they just put it in the microwave and gave it to me . So sauce whatsoever , there's a block of cheese in the corner .... literally a block . Just no taste . Hope they can get this right next time. read more

This place is as impossible to park as it is to make a choice on what to eat. Once you enter you are greeted with rows of rotisserie chicken (like a Swiss Chalet commercial) and neatly tiled pieces of meat and fish on the grill. There are literally tons of stuff being grilled right before your eyes and makes you wonder who is eating all that until you hit the line and realized apparently there are lots. Everything looked fantastic and I wish I could try them all but of course I had to go with the Portuguese staple of a whole roasted chicken. This stuff is pretty tender and the flavours are decent. I can't say it's the best I've had but it's pretty darn good. I love the hot sauce and I make sure the chicken is well lathered with it. I do wish the chicken was a bit more flavourful though and it lacked that pronounced charred taste that makes it special (no, no burnt but more like a charcoal grill kinda taste). Probably because it wasn't grilled over charcoals like it is traditionally. I am interested in heading back to try other stuff but I would say 3 stars is fair for now. Stop by if you are hungry because $9 gets you an entire chicken. read more

Giving 4 stars because the food is good, customer service is alright depending who serves you. My mother called asked to speak to someone in Spanish and spoke to two different women, one was very nice. The other was super rude & was using very unprofessional language (in Spanish) to the point where it is very rude. read more

I went to pick up a bbq chicken on Monday, asked for well done and the inside of the chicken was still pink not properly done.

VERY good food! Never, ever disappointed. Cons: Cash only. They close early. read more

I buy a whole grilled chicken from here with a side of potatoes and rice about once a month from here. It's pretty good. I've also tried their BBQ chicken sandwich which was also good. read more

Excellent food and great price They delivered to deHavilland aircraft. We usually order every week. Imagine the cook when he sees an order for 500 lunch specials. read more

Amazing food great service and friendly staff what more could u ask for!! My husband and I just found out new favourite chicken place!

DO NOT SUPPORT THIS SHITTY ASS RESTAURANT. On Saturday September 23 I ordered from costa verde via the UberEATS app. We ordered the family combo and an extra side. When our meal arrived we noticed we were missing a side we paid extra for. I called costa verde and told them that they forgot to include part of my order and the man on the phone said "ok just grab it another time". I asked him if he could deliver and he responded in a condescending tone of voice "how am I supposed to do that?". I said I don't know but you messed up our order so call Uber or drive it over yourself. He said "no, you place another order and it will get delivered via uber". I asked to speak to the manager because clearly he wasn't being helpful and then he informs me that he is the manager. This man took NO ACCOUNTABILITY and had the audacity to tell me to order again?! He continues to blame uber and me, THE CUSTOMER. I tell him that I just want a refund and he refused to give me one and told me to call uber. I told him "why do I have to call them when it was YOUR mess up?". The least he could have done was call uber and ask them to refund on my behalf since he messed up! The manager goes on to HANG UP on me while I'm still talking! Wow. What kind of business are they running over there? I called uber who refunded me the whole order and took accountability for that stupid manager's behaviour and apologized for that child's manners. What kind of restaurant blames their courier service AND their customer for THEIR MISTAKE?! What a piss poor experience and shitty ass management. read more

So very disappointed. My daughter had placed an order a week before at this place. Since neither her nor her husband drive my husband and myself agreed to pick up the order for my little granddaughter's birthday. Upon arriving I was told there was no order and my daughter must have gone to another location, there are more but it's not like a Tim Hortons. Anyway all the workers gathered around and kept repeating the same thing. That she must have gone somewhere else since there was no order. There was one girl that was quite nice and trying to help but the rest of them were very condescending. I called my daughter and tried to get a description of the person who took her order but I kept getting dismissed. They told me that it didn't matter, they didn't have the order and if I wanted the food I'd have to reorder, pay and then wait about an hour for the food. I felt I had no choice because I didn't know of any other place close by and I didn't want my daughter stressed or my little granddaughters birthday to be spoiled. I placed the order and at the cash when the girl gave me the amount it was more expensive. She was clearly annoyed when I questioned it and the other girl tried to help by breaking down the cost. Chicken was $12.50 each which wasn't the price my daughter had been quoted so my husband piped in saying "sure they made a mistake on the price and conveniently lost the order". The girl on cash told us they had heard enough that they were trying to help so either we could place the order or leave. I told her that I appreciated the fact that they were trying to help but should also own up to their mistakes. A young gentleman in the back then piped in and said "you know what, I'm the owner and were not taking your order -you can leave - go leave now". This is the first time that anything like this has ever happened to me. Such disgusting and disrespectful behaviour. My daughter called later and was told that she was full of sh*t by I am assuming the same person. They were all young people and I hope that none of them treat their parents this way. Not sure if this is a franchise or family owned locations, as there is one on oak wood and another in the city of Vaughan but for me the name and anything or anyone associated with it has been tarnished. Silver lining was that when we left and drove along keele to find another place we found churrasqueira Estrela next to separate bakery. Didn't even know this place existed. Excellent service and food and only had to wait a few minutes. The owner even came out to help from the kitchen as more people were coming in so the wait wouldn't be long. They were super nice. I didn't tell them what had happened until after I had paid and gotten the food and the owner was so gracious - he said he didn't want to say anything because they all needed to make a living. Small place but impeccable service and great food. read more

BEWARE. Went into this location (Keele/Wilson) early evening on Saturday, March 3rd. Placed a HUGE order for my daughters birthday for Sunday, March 11th at 11.30am. The gentleman who took my order was superb and wrote down everything and relayed pricing to me and showed me all the tray sizes so I could choose what I needed. However, upon my parents trying to pick up our order on Sunday, March 11th at 11.30am, the restaurant claimed there was no order. They claimed I went to the wrong location and was "confused". They said there was no gentleman there that took my order. They proceeded to kick my parents out of the location, and I was worried I'd be hosting a party with no food. I politely called up the restaurant and asked to speak to the owner. He immediately knew who I was once I explained the situation, and proceeded to say I was, "full of sh*t, no one took your order" and upon giving a description of the worker who took my order, the owner hastily exclaimed he had no one that worked there meeting my description. I told him I'd be happy to come in and go over the surveillance cameras with him as proof that I went in the previous week. He then went maniacal, yelling "you think you're smart?! I'm smarter than you!" and hung up on me. I am honestly outraged. How someone can be so unprofessional, and blame the customer and proceed to swear at paying customers is alarming. Luckily we found another churasqueira attached to Seara bakery on the corner of Keele and Densley that was more than happy to take our order and did so with a huge smile and kind hearts. Costa Verde - you just lost a huge potential customer that will continue to tell her story to everyone and anyone because I've never been treated so disgustingly. AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS. read more