Went there today, the food was marginal at best. The service was terrible. Had to ask for things constantly and they make a face as if they are doing you a favor. Head to Newark for better food and service. read more

Whent there last night. My wife had the Surf & Turf the Lobster Tail had a bad smell to it the Steak was not prepared properly as ordered. The Rice and the Broccoli were Cold. When she complained to the waiter he said it was Frozen and did ofer her a replacement. He gave her Shrimp instead. She requested the Shrimp with no spices it came in Garlic sauce. (It was good I ate them). My Steak on a Hot Stone was great. My Broccoli was also cold but I warmed it up on the hot stone. Service was not good. We had to ask for water twice and was at room tempature no ice. We had to ask three times for the check. read more

I usually go here for the drinks because they are nice and strong. The food is pretty good to me. I usually get the garlic shrimp and chicken meal and its seasoned to my liking. I've had better, but its close to home so once in a while I go because its convenient. I will get take out and have a drink by the bar while I wait. This is a better place to go with a group. read more

Passed by Lagar and decided to go in there one day. Went in around 5:30 PM. On the patio there were only 2 tables occupied and the rest were empty. We got seated on the patio and waited about 5 minutes for the waiter to come but there was no one there. We instead asked where our waiter was? A young guy mentioned let me go grab her. Our lovely waiter arrived. She was super clueless about what was good on the menu just like us. We ordered two drinks and an order calamari as an appetizer. She left to get us the drinks and in 2 minutes we had the calamari on our table being served by the same young guy as prior. She later return with our drinks. Drinks were small but they were AMAZING!!! The calamari was really good as well and tasted very fresh. She didnt even ask if we were ready to order. But stood there clueless without a mask. We told her we were ready. We ordered sirloin steak with french fries, and rice and beans, and my wife ordered Pan seared veal in a marinara sauce served whit white rice with fried potatoes. That was the end of our waiter. NEVER SAW HERE AGAIN. The entrees were so bad. NO FLAVOR at all. They were just cooked without salt and pepper. I had to ask the young guy for ketchup to have my fries with since it was not provided on the table. No one came to ask how our food was, or to check on us. When we decided to pay we called the same young guy to thank him for his service and tipped him instead because he deserved it. we handed him the credit card and he told us if our waiter told us that the internet was broken and we shook our head and responded we were not made aware of that. luckily we had cash. We paid and left. This was our first time and last time we will ever spend go to this place. My best advice is to save your money and go elsewhere. Food is blah, Service is the worst, no credit card, and no management on the property. read more

My husband, my two daughters and I came to eat here for outdoor dining. The appetizer and my daughters buttered pasta was good everything else was horrible. My daughter ordered chicken tenders that were still completely raw. My husband and I ordered picanha with rice and fries. We asked for medium and received it well done and medium rare. But I have to say the service was actually very good but the food wasn't good at all! They need a new cook! read more

Used a Groupon to venture here again and it did not disappoint. Sometimes when using a Groupon certain restaurants treat you differently and less friendly however it was not the case here. Again food was amazing, you cannot go wrong with the Bitoque or Bife a Portuguesa (bigger version of Bitoque with ham on top). The sauce is sooooo finger licking good!! It's official when it comes to a Bitoque, this place is my favorite! Can't wait to return on another cheat day! read more

I had my 30th birthday party there as well as two other events and a couple referrals. I called to reserve the date for my 35th birthday and scheduled a day and time to meet with the manager only to find out when i get there they crossed my name out to reserve a bigger party that would bring in more money. The new manger was unapologetic and rude. I asked numerous times to speak with the owner as he is who I planned my previous parties with and all I got from the new manager was lies and excuses. After numerous attempts to speak with Nash (the owner) I finally gave up. After this experience they have lost a loyal customer. read more

There are a few times in life when a meal is so expertly crafted and planned, that it is nothing short of genius. Last night was not one of those nights. As a native Portuguese speaker raised in such an environment, I do not know which was worse, the food or the service. The steak I ordered arrived burned to a crisp when I ordered it medium-rare, and with more fat than meat. The only thing that was barely edible was the rice, which also tasted odd and old. The service was sub-par, the waiter was careless and seemed offended when I said that I would not be taking the rest of the food home. Save your money, because this place was not worth it. read more

it was better when it was don Antionios. I asked for a picadillo and it had french fires in instead if cubes potatoes. The do not make yellow rice any longer and give a white rice you can make at home. Sangia is good. the place looks nice bit the food is not. read more

Food was not authentic Portuguese/Spanish food. I had picadinho it was awful and we had chicken Francese for the kids. Even the kids said it tasted funny. They need to get a better cook...if you go their for the food find a new place. read more

I went there with my girlfriend for a nice dinner but was disappointed. The price was reasonable and the restaurant setting had a nice look to it but the service, though timely, was not friendly. The waiter barely smiled and was cold to say the least. In fact, the only smile I saw on him was when we left, leaving me to think he was happy we we were leaving. The food was ok but nothing spectacular. A very forgettable experience. read more

Came here for Father's Day with family for lunch . Ordered the Portuguese sausage and calamari for appetizers,didn't eat calamari but had the sausage and were good but family that ate calamari said it was over cooked . For main course I had the grilled snapper also very good but, because we waited a very long time for our meal I stuffed my self with bread and sausage so I only ate a small portion. Told the waiter please wrap up the rest to take home. Honestly the food is actually not that bad here BUT, service is absolutely HORRIBLE!!! My Brother ordered the veal and instead was served chicken!!! At first you can't tell because it was covered in sauce but, when he cut the meat it was obviously chicken . Being that we waited so long for the meals he decided to eat the chicken instead of waiting another hour and half for the veal . Waited a long time again for waiter to come to to bring the check. Waited again for some time for the leftovers which never came. Finally we gave up and decided to pay the bill and just leave . On our way out waiter Comes and says the cook threw our food in the garbage. Good grief people if you want to run your business this way and crap on your customers then You shouldn't be in business.. and by the way to have one waiter for an entire room is quite remarkable. Who ever manages this place should be FIRED!!! 3stars is only because the food is actually very tasty or else you would get a -1 star .. never coming back read more

If your not a regular don't go in. They don't appreciate new customers. Your the outcast who is lucky to be there. Alot. Of drunk out of. Control patrons roudy who don't appreciate new people. Very bad experience. Better off elsewhere. For sure. read more

I made a reservation for 10ppl at an outside table a week in advance. The day before the reservation I called and added 4 more. The day of, I arrive 10 minutes early and the maitre d' brisky stated that the table is not ready, it will be a few minutes later.....40 minutes later they offered an inside table. AN HOUR after our reservation we were seated. No offer for compensation. I asked will we get sangria for our trouble and was initially told no...that my reservation was for an indoor table....that we only waited 10 minutes....I believe it was because we were Black that they didn't rush to clear a party from the table even though they had finished eating. If it wasn't the pandemic we would have gone somewhere else....but where can you take a party of 14 to sit outside at dinnertime on a Saturday?! The worst treatment/wait ever...the food was good and the waitress nice but the whole wait with no explanation until I asked the 8th time about the table.....the manager never came out to apologize....very poor customer service....I believe it was because we were Black...we receive 2 pitchers of sangria...we should have gotten 4 and appetizers or the something!!! read more

The pork and clams (Portuguese Surf & Turf) was real good. Wash it down with a traditional Sagres and makes for a good pit stop. Unlimited olives (with pits like it should be) and bread. Ate at the bar with my people- lots of Portuguese language, hardworking people at the end of the day, and good food... read more

So, this past Saturday I hosted a party of 100 people at Lagar for my son's first birthday, and I just wanted to share my experience. From start to finish I have to say the service was AWFUL. I had my reservations about using Lagar to begin with, but my family knows the previous manager (Manny), and he assured us everything would be fine. When I went in to finalize everything for the party the week before I was surprised to find out that Manny is no longer there, and there is a new manager. Although I was anxious about the new manager, he also assured me everything would be great. The day of the party came, and our first course was a soup (caldo verde). The soup came out ONE HOUR after the start time (6:30pm). The soup was mostly flour, and had almost no collard greens in it. Another hour later the appetizers came out. One of my guests approached me and mentioned that there wasn't enough food on the table, and that she advised the waiter. The waiter then told my guest that on my contract it stated only two plates of each dish were to be put on each table. No where on my contract did it say that, and it was very unprofessional for a waiter to discuss "my contract" with a guest. They were putting the same amount of food on a table of twenty that they were putting on a table of eight. Then, TWO HOURS after the appetizers the main course finally comes out. Everything on the plate tasted as if it was reheated leftovers. The "paella" was nothing more than rice and a few shrimp here and there. The fact that I had guests come to tell me how bad the food was was embarrassing! I also forgot to mention that I asked the manager multiple times at our meeting if our guests would be able to ask for bottled beer at the table. He assured me the waiters would bring the bottled beer to the table. When we asked for beer, the waiter brought out beer in a pitcher. The manager tried to argue that my contract didn't include bottled beer. The manager also promised my mother in-law that he would have Avelda wine as a good portion of my family drinks it. They had not one bottle. Actually, one waiter at the end of the night told my mother in-law that they don't even carry that wine, and wasn't sure why the manager promised it. At the end of the party we complained to the manager, and the "best he could do" was not charge for the children. I only had four paying children, so that wasn't much help. Disappointed is an understatement, and I will NEVER host a party at Lagar again. -- at Lagar Restaurant. read more

The best sangria! The lemon chicken is my favorite. The staff is cool. The food is good and the portions are huge! Two thumbs up.

Great great great... the food and service is amazing prices are fair and you get a lot of food. The cuisine is a Portuguese cuisine that is true to its heritage, try the seafood or their signature steak on the stone, take a look at the wine collection... crazy choices. I would truly recommend this location, it is kid friendly and their staff is exceptional. Had a chance to talk to one of the managers and wow talking to him I felt the passion he had in the business, keep a look out the owner is usually there with his beautiful family eating and sit in the middle of everyone enjoying the atmosphere and the people around he will stop by your table to even just say hi and a warm thank you. Love it read more

This place is amazing! The service is excellent and the staff are incredibly friendly and always ready to serve. I eat Portuguese food every chance I get and when I am in the Union area I always make my way to O lagar. The bacalhau na broa is a must have! read more

Excellent Service, Great food, Waiter Miguel very polite and Professional. Always go there but Miguel makes it better. Thanks.

Had an amazing dinners. The stuffed lobster and and goat special was delicious! Balsamic calamari app special was super yummy! Definitely recommend! Sangria was great too!! read more

Food was cold, understaffed, no apologies and I'm not some miserable person who goes around wrecking restaurant ratings. Actually this is the first time I've ever reviewed anything. Terrible, don't go. New management is clueless. read more

Dropped in for appetizers and a drink. Neiborhood restaurant where everybody knows everyone. ...very relaxed. I had shrimp an garlic sauce with collard greens and my friend had a burger. Mine was delicious so was her burger which was just a little over done. I will come back again and try something else read more

They took our reservation and confirmed it even though they were closed for a private party. They told us we could go next door to the the bar if we wanted even though they don't serve food in the bar. Don't bother. read more

Was surprised it was good after reading all the reviews. Nice quiet dinner and food was good. Nothing to write home about but good!!

The food was delicious and in a generous amount, service was amazing. The manager - a young lady, was very attentive to all of us. We had the red Sangria, the best for the area. Super recommendable , this is a place with "good food & good time" combined. read more

If I could, I would give 0 stars. I never give reviews but I had to do for this one smh... expensive as if it were a 5 star restaurant, but poor service and poor quality food. Never returning as it was such a waste of money. read more

We started by having a few cocktail at the bar, the bartender was attentive and inviting to our group of 12. The drinks were made well and reasonably priced. We then say down in the dining room to have dinner. The food was presented amazingly and the flavors were spot on, the chef did amazing work and the service was great and there was never a time they weren't attentive. To finish off the evening, we ordered some deserts and it was all delicious! read more

The food was really good here. We had a groupon that we used and it was good. I wasnt a fan of the wheat bread but besides that our waitress was great including food. Will definately come again. The only other problem would be that we didnt know what entrance to come into. The have a lot of doors but no visual signs to guide you where to go read more

Ok I said I wouldn't come back but I did. This time my family and I ate in the dining room. Not only was the service bad again but so was the food. Bread basket is dry stale bread. Garlic Chicken resembled a frozen dinner. Waiter seemed to be annoyed to answer questions. Trust me if you want good Portuguese food go to Ironbound in Newark and avoid this disgusting place. read more

So disappointed after my recent visit - will never go there again. Not only do I agree with reviews about bad service/stale bread; however, they also charged us incorrectly. My husband pointed out that they charged us incorrectly based on the menu pricing; however, the waiter insisted that the price on the bill was correct and the menu pricing incorrect! What a horrible place all around. The food is not good at all - this is not the place to go if you want good Portuguese food. read more

I'm so frustrated with this restaurant. I attempted to make two different orders through door dash, once last night and once today for both orders to be cancelled with no explanation. I called and spoke to two individually rude people, just to find out why and was told it's because they don't have one of the items I ordered. First of all, if it isn't available it shouldn't be on the menu (my gut is telling me they just don't have an easy way to send this specific item...which I have received in the past). Second, I know for a fact door dash makes it easy for restaurant owners to update their door dash menu to say "sold out" AND to have door dash directly contact the person who placed the order if there is an issue or question (such as a sold out item so the customer can swap it for another item of the same price). I've experienced the same problem of a sold out item from other restaurants and door dash has kindly called me and asked if I would like to switch the item. I didn't receive a phone call either from door dash or from the restaurant and instead my entire order was cancelled. The rude individuals proceeded to lie to me and tell me they were unable to do anything except cancel the order. If a restaurant is that willing to cancel a $90 and $50 order respectively (the item they didn't have was $5) maybe they don't need to be on door dash. I can only imagine how willing they would be to provide you with a shitty experience in the restaurant in person as well. read more

Very bad service, the vendor doesn't care about customers, I went there with my Groupon and they have plenty empty tables, and they just don't want to redeem the coupon, we drove there for half an hour! It's unfair at all.Very bad. read more

Excellent all the way around will be coming here often will make it a regularPlace to come and have dinner. Prices were great, presentation was good service was good in the room is beautiful. There's plenty of parking which was nice and it's centrally located to the highway read more

I last visited this Restaurant when it was called Don Antonio's II. It was bad then, it's worst now. Ten minutes to get the waiter. The busboy took our wine order. Bread and olives another twenty minutes. They must have made the bread fresh. Forty-five minutes for the food. I had the fried flounder - it had no taste. No Seasoning at all. How hard is it to put salt and pepper on the fish. When I mentioned it to the waiter, he said "I know, they have done it to me" Waiter was overwhelmed as was the rest of the staff. I witnessed dishes go to the bar, only to be brought back to the main dining room where they started from. Busboy's bumping into waiters with food on them and the food dropping to the floor. I would not visit this restaurant again. At the end we found out that it was the same Chef as when it was Don Antonio's. No wonder it still sucks!!! read more

Food was OK. Bottom line, it is a bar, not a restaurant. They spent money sprucing it up, but spend no time maintaining the property.Sidewalks are overgrown and strewn with old cans and mini booze bottles. Cig butts all over. Send a guy out once a day to clean up for a couple hours! In all fairness, the pigs that use the VA hall across the street also add to the mess, but their property is maintained. The outside is usually a good indication of what goes on inside, and other reviews attest to it. The patrons frequenting the bar certainly don't care, mostly middle aged guys, lots of contractors. If you want to watch the soccer game and drink, maybe it's for you, but for a nice dinner with a date or family, look elsewhere. read more

Had lunch there over the weekend and had a great experience. The entrees were outstanding in quality, large in quantity and very reasonably priced. The house Portuguese wine by the glass was excellent. Home made Portuguese desert and espressos also very good. While the restaurant was not busy for lunch, the bar was full of Portuguese locals who were drinking, eating and enjoying European soccer on TV (always a good sign). Recommended. read more

I don't know where to begin. Service terrible. Let me stop there before I use swear words. I ordered mussels in marinara and it was bland. I order a bacalhau a lagareiro (salted cod broiled in a hot olive oil) a dish I have enjoyed since a child. This was nasty to say the least. The cod fish was boiled then who knows what they did. The potatoes were raw. I would never return. I hope the owner Nash reads this. Terrible. read more

This restaurant looks sad, food was mediocre could've been better if I didn't have 3 different flies buzzing in my ear while I ate my food, just a complete fail. Never coming here again read more

lived in the area but first time here. food and service was very good!Miguel was very helpful and made an amazing sangria---thank you!! Will definitely come back! read more