First time here. Nice decor, bright and clean. Our waiter Bruno was excellent. Fried calamari was cooked perfectly. We all had Octopus and Shrimp Kebabs (special). Very good and good portions. We enjoyed everything and will return! read more

Primavera Pub: Where flavor, price, authenticity, and portion sizes all meet. My go to order is the shrimp Vicente, with the broccoli, and roasted potatoes with the extra sauce. So delicious. read more

My first Portuguese restaurant. The place is small, but they made it work. There is a bar in the center, which everybody trying to get a seat there. I can picture, this is what a European local restaurants look like. I didn't know what I want or what to order. But I just got the Seafood appetizer and ask for a side of rice. The seafood dish comes with a mix of shrimp, clams, and octopus. Over all it was an okay experience. read more

Primavera Pub - Seafood appetizer with a side of rice. - Portuguese Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

This is one of the greatest hidden gems in Central Connecticut. All homemade authentic Portuguese dishes always delicious. Just opened a bigger updated version a few months ago and it's beautiful inside. Had a Cobb salad today and it's ridiculous. read more

Primavera Pub - Cobb salad with shrimp - Portuguese Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

OMG. Can you say Authentic? Im not posting any pictures of the food I had because all the existing pictures are accurate depictions. What you see is what you get and that is a lot of great qualty and fresh food at very affordable prices. This "hole in the wall" and "miss it if you drive by too fast" is a "Must Stop" for anyone in search of a fine meal. Quaint, authentic, comfortable family style cafe with Portugese tv and soccer and the murmur of people speaking Portugese adds to the ambience. I can honestly say, eating here was one of the finest meals I have had in CT. If anyone eats here and isnt completely satisfied, well they are just not happy people. This place is a thumbs up from me! Soon to move i to their new space (about two weeks and today is 3/26/2019) will probably be even better. Do yourself a favor and try this place out! read more

Wonderful food and atmosphere, big bar area is welcoming, good service also. Had a lunch that could have been dinner size, octopus and rice, and 3 flavorful shrimp on top. Very tender, chopped octopus and flavorful rice at a reasonable price. With a portugese house wine, delicious! read more

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Lovely taste of Lisbon in the Hartford area. I was taken there by Portuguese friends and it did not disappoint.

This is one of our absolute favorite places to come for dinner. It's not pretentious it's just homemade delicious food that brings you back to when you ate your ethnic grandmothers food. I didn't say Portuguese grandmothers food cause my grandmother was from Italy and this food still reminded me of it. I think it's because it's so authentic and fresh and just perfect. Seriously go there, eat anything on the menu or off of it and I guarantee you'll understand what I mean. read more

Primavera Pub - Delicious snapper - Portuguese Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

This is my first time trying Portuguese food. Omg I was blown away! This place is a hidden gem. Too be honest this is some of the best food I've had in ct in years.I ordered the seafood mix it comes with calamari shrimp, and clams. The flavor was out of this world! Also the customer service was phenomenal. If you haven't tried this place what are you waiting for!!! read more

Top notch steak and seafood for a very fair price. Not many places you can get a steak or seafood dinner and a mug of wine for under $25

This is my favorite Portuguese restaurant hands down straight up the very best. The soups and main dishes are superb, close your eyes and enjoy your visit to Portugal without jet lag. Any main course can be order as an appetizer which is great if you wish to share a variety of dishes with friends. I have been coming here for 15 years, that should tell you something. read more

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My boyfriend is Portuguese and never had the cultures food before but this restaurant makes me want to try more of it!! Had a delicious shrimp dish and it tasted so authentic, real mom and pop feel to the place and food! Good choice of Portuguese wine, I went with the vino verde which is a delicious slightly sour sweet wine kind of like drinking a sour patch kid. The rolls are to die for and recommend finishing your meal with their espresso, delicious! read more

1.) Just to warm you up: I had to give this place a comparison from the other Portuguese restaurant I went to. I wanted to see what all the hype was about from my Portuguese friends. 2.) What your eyes may see: Wow. A small spot, so it can get packed REALLY quick! It looks rather dim and a little dirty, kinda reminding me of a Greek family pizza restaurant. This place got rated "B" under the sanitation grade. Didn't seem to have much staff on, so you saw the waitress doing both the bar tending and the serving. 3.) Food: My friend and I ordered cod cakes as an appetizer, steak sandwich, and a fish dish. They served us a bread basket with butter in packets. I got to see another woman grab from the bar an oil and vinegar rack to bring to her table. The cod cakes were yummy, I never had cod cakes before. It tasted like potatoes mashed in with cod fish then fried. The steak sandwich was great. In between two loaves of Portuguese bread, the meat was pretty tender. My fish plate was okay. I ordered a Portuguese ale, that was mighty fine especially when I took sample sips out of the glass. It's amazing what specific glassware can do for a beer's taste. 4.) Service: The waitress was pretty sweet. Not much to complain about. Food was served in a decent manner. 5.) Impressions: It was rated "B" but that didn't bother me much. I think it was the cramped, dim, dingy look that got me saying it was OK. Everything on my table was good except for my fish plate. Would I come back here? I guess yes, but that would be in my lower list of priorities. I think I need to try more plates to become a believer. read more

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My wife and I made a trip here about a month ago on a Saturday afternoon. We didn't realize that you had to be either Portuguese, a soccer fan (the TV set was blaring a South American Match) and/or a local with a grimace and unpleasant disposition to be attended to. The waitress gave us the classic blow off by waiting on a couple who arrived five minutes after us first. The comedy really kicked in when the "chef" or cook came out and told his friends that the stove wasn't working. I go to classy Portuguese places all over New England (Fall River up through Boston) and I'll spread the word about your rudeness and pathetic atmosphere! The joke is on you as you food might have been great but the barriers to taste weren't worth the effort. read more

Love coming here! It's an authentic no frills place but you can tell they know what they are doing. At any given time there's always locals and regulars around so you know it's good. It can get busy at times so you might have to wait for a table, but it's definitely worth it. Everything I have ever ordered or tried has been fantastic. Maybe a little saltier than I am used to but the flavors are great. On my last visit I got the special which was goat. It was fall off the bone tender and came with broccoli rabe and potatoes on the side. Everything for the most part is pretty simple, but it's comfort food at its best. Pair that with a glass of wine and you've got yourself a great meal. Even my mom's omelette was huge and insanely good! read more

Primavera Pub - Cabrito (goat special) - Portuguese Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Just love the food here. It's amazing it taste just like I'm back home in Portugal! I will definitely keep coming here the wait is the only thing; it takes a long time to sit down but I understand it's because the food just tastes so good! read more

Primavera Pub - Vegetable soup - Portuguese Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Primavera pub has the best Caldo Verde soup around ! The steak sandwiches are also super delicious. The new place looks amazing. I've only done take out but cannot wait to go back and sit at their beautiful bar! read more

Wouldn't recommended. I came in from out of town with my mother in law and the food was just terrible with zero flavor I got the steak and shrimp combo. The place was near close almost empty and the floors were a mess sat by the kitchen and the door was open and the floor was an absolutely disgusting coming from a Restaurant background if I was a inspector I would have closed them immediately. read more

Amazing Portuguese cuisine from apps to main course and desert. They get busy and the wait is usually a hour or so . They only take reservations on groups of 6 or more read more

Been coming for years and since they moved into the new building, we can actually get a seat every time we go. The food is always great to amazing. My wife loves the seafood options which are always huge and amazingly priced. I'm not a seafood eater, but she definitely is, and tends to mix it up each time. They also have specials daily that include a fish or whatever is fresh. I stick to the beef or pork options that are usually grilled, especially the espitada mixta, which is a skewer of beef, pork, and chorizo grilled to perfection and well seasoned. Meals come with two sides that also makes the $12-$20 price ranges great value. Drinks are also very well priced. The food is authentic, classic, and simple but also special at the same time. You could sit at the bar like we normally do to feel relaxed and comfy but also come for a special occasion and sit in the dining room, order the same meal, and feel fancy. I highly recommend trying this place. read more

If I could give it 0 stars, I would. Our lunch was over 2.5 hours and that's just the beginning. Service was slow to start, they weren't that busy. Our apps took almost an hour to come out. Between getting seated and finally getting our apps, we were never asked for a refill on our drinks or an update to when our food will actually come out. Once the apps, clams in garlic wine sauce which were actually the best item we ate, came out, we asked for hot sauce and shrimp sauce (which never came). Our lunch, grilled cod and steak finally came out 2 hours after sit down. The steak dish was good. The fish was over "grilled" more like fried to be honest. There were bones in the fish which was not mentioned on the menu or by the waitress. The sides that came with the fish were dry fries and under cooked rice. Needless to say, we won't go back and I don't recommend this restaurant. read more

Pretty good food overall. Staff is very friendly and professional. My only issue was the bones in the fish.

They recently updated their restaurant. Moved completely to a building behind the original. Beautiful. Well decorated and spacious. The food is delicious. Came here for father days buffet and today again with their new menu. I had the bitoque primavera (steak with ham & egg) which was divine. Come early though! Although the addition of so many tables, place fills up quick!! read more

It's a hole in the way, but make no mistake, some of the best Portuguese food that I have had so far (We were in Lisbon and Porto last year). The cod cake were fried to golden brown and cooled before serving. It's not greasy or too salty like some variations that I had in Portugal. The fried quail were amazing. Deep fried to perfection and drizzled with onion and mustard sauce. The wild boar chop was cooked just right, the meat was tender and the gravy was so delicious. The creme brûlée was great, not too sweet with the caramelized sugar done right before serving. Flan has a little too much liquor in it which made it a little bitter. read more

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Really great Portuguese restaurant. The food was exceptional and the staff was very nice. I had the shrimp in white wine and garlic sauce - delicious! Husband had the daily special, octopus and it was amazing. Decor is dated and feels more like a diners, drive in and dives adventure but the food is worth it! read more

Primavera Pub - Portuguese Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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Primavera used to be good they definitely went down hill, the food is flavorless , used to be better when the original owner had it . it's not the same as it once was . definitely over rated. read more

Waited over an hour and half for our entree . Asked to see the manager and he never made any attempt to visit our table . No apology

This place is jam packed for a reason. Great Portuguese food at a reasonable price. Seafood is wonderful and fresh. Enjoy!

5PM on a Friday and the place is practically empty. No problem finding a table. We haven't been here in a while and forgot how wonderful the good was. Basic Portuguese fair I had sea bass, not on the men's so you have to ask, and pasta primavera. The price was extremely reasonable. The sea bass came with 6 shrimps, 3 clams and a small bit sufficient amount of sea bass. The first clam was tender but the other two were tough. The pasta tasted great and was probably homemade. By the time we left at 6:00 PM there were no empty tables left. The place doesn't look like much from the outside and inside there is a long bar. read more

Primavera Pub - Pasta primavera - Portuguese Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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Right on the Hartford / Newington border. This is a real Portuguese place, not Brazilian. I am frequently the only non- Portuguese person in the joint. FANTASTIC food. Simple fresh grilled seafood. Large portions. Bargain prices. Nice people. You are here for the food, not the ambiance. Dumpy place in a hideous little strip. read more

This is a tiny place, sandwiched in with a liquor store on a road most people don't consider for food or shopping. Still, I think it's worth a visit. No frills Portuguese food that caters to a mostly Portuguese crowd. Very friendly people there. Started with a plate of delicious grilled linguica sausage. There was real char-grilled flavor to the well-seasoned discs of sliced sausage. Very nice! My dinner was a steak and egg - a traditional Portuguese presentation - and was served with sides of fried potatoes and rice with vegetables. You won't go hungry here. Others at the table were pleased with their dinners. Among the more memorable that I sampled from them was an order of grilled octopus. Again, as with the sausage, there was a true char-grilled flavor there that was absolutely delicious. I would order that next time. Pork and clams was also nice and, again, very traditional. The clams were tasty and the pork nicely seasoned. The one issue here was that both seemed to have spent very little time cooking together, which is what lends special flavor to the dish, in my opinion. Desserts are limited, but the flan was pleasant. They offer a bar and have both Portuguese beer and my favorite, green wine (vinho verde), which I consider the ultimate summer beverage. The room is small and crowded. Nothing special to look at, or I might have gone up a star. This place is not haute cuisine, but it's good, reasonable, friendly and easy. Not much more you can ask for. read more

This was our first time here. We ordered the grilled seafood and whole grilled snapper. First impressions were good! Overall, it was very salty, so if you have an issue with salt, I'd be cautious and make sure your server knows. The food was very flavorful and the waitress was helpful when we told her about our gluten allergies. The broccoli rabe was really good and so was the rice. We both REALLY liked the shrimp. If we could do it again, we'd order something different than the snapper, which was pretty fishy tasting....and probably get something else with more shrimp. I got flan for dessert, which was small but delish. The ambiance is that of a corner neighborhood pup and is definitely casual. We are here because of recommendations from friends and coworkers and will be coming back. For a full, delicious seafood dinner, you absolutely can't beat the price!!!! read more

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Love this local Portuguese restaurant/bar/banquet hall. I've had plenty of lunches, dinners, and events here (and catered as well). My dad and vôvô/Vóvó go every weekend. The service is always phenomenal, and the food is die to for. For entrees, we get any of the sandwiches, the primavera mix, picadinho, or febras de porco. Desserts are delicious and ending every meal with a Bica (always full!). caldo verde soup is my favorite app as well! read more

Terrific food every time! I have eaten there multiple times, tried many dishes and have never been disappointed!

Our family comes here's regularly. Good food and good prices. They give you quality items and will provide you with items outside of the menu. Very good seafood if that's your thing. read more

Primavera Pub - Portuguese Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Although It might not be as spacious as one would like, it makes up for in taste... Great atmosphere from the soccer games on tv to the small bar. Waitress are nice and the wait is not long. Ordered the Picadihno, a dinner which consists of pork, steak & shrimp served with chopped potatoes and rice. The food tasted great along with a glass of wine, i enjoyed the Portuguese food restaurant. Recommend Primavera to anyone who would like a quick taste of Portugal. read more

Primavera Pub - Picadinho! - Portuguese Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

This restaurant has been a staple in the Portuguese community in Hartford, CT. It was always a small hole in the wall type restaurant but recently they were able to purchase a larger building in the rear property of the original location. The new building is beautiful so far but still missing signage on building and entrance but hopefully they will put some up soon. Also Im not a big fan of the party room as it is used for regular dining if there is no party but walls make you feel enclosed. I would have just went with an open concept but it is what it is. Now lets get to the food! I recently had a small party style buffet here and I must say everything was great with the exception of the rice which im not a big fan off, but everything else was really good from primavera mix to chicken. The original owner was regarded as one of the best Portuguese cooks in the area but since he retired this place has been up and down. But it looks like there back on track just need to perfect the service portion and the wait times. Hopefully they continue on an uphill trend as good Portuguese restaurants in CT are far hard to find these days forcing us to drive to Mass or Rhode Island to enjoy great food but this place can keep us local if they manage it right. read more

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You would never try this place by driving by but a friend highly recomended it and I am so glad he did. the food has so much flavor. we started with the soup and it was great. had the atetjana or pork with clams and every body else had the bif a casa. the kids had chicken fingers and we ended the meal with desert(cant remember the name but was perfect. read more

I have been to this restaurant plenty of times but last night was just awful. The service was so slow I had to keep asking for water and waiter never came around. I ordered the shrimp and calamari mix and it was so awful the shrimp was rubbery and had no flavor the calamari were huge slices and rubbery I couldn't eat any of my food . My friends steak was like shoe leather and her garlic shrimp was rubbery and over cooked. I was so disappointed and will never go back. read more

Absolutely love Primavera. I have been going here for years, at least 2x a month, and never disappointed. There brand new larger space allows for more space and shorter waits. If you have never been, you are missing out. read more