Port Cafe

This place is the bomb… or better stated it was hit by a bomb! Upon entering on a 3 degree Saturday night, our first reaction was to turn around and leave… couldn’t be the same place the Unilocal reviews referred to… well we stayed… found a table and looked around at the lack of ambiance and the bar crowd whooping it up over the games on tv. This is a local Portugese Bar that serves food as an after thought. Had to keep coats on due to heat not being on. was ice cold in there!
Ordered two Stella Beers on tap. Tasted them and they were skunky spoiled taste. Sent them back and got Bud Lite… better but not much.
For appys we ordered Sautéed Shrimp in garlic butter sauce. was good with lots of sauce to dip bread. Also got Caesars salad. crunchy lettuce drenched in sauce… could have been prepared better!
For mains we went with Prime Rib for Bonnie and the special Mixed Seafood in garlic sauce over pasta for me. When they brought out the Prime Rib it looked like a rib steak on the bone… tasted more like steak then PR. The Portuguese chips on the plate were saturated with oil and not good to eat. My combo seafood was also ok… had tiny mussels, scallops the size of a pencil eraser. A few clams and several shrimp… pasta and sauce were good.
Nothing was outstanding or even really good. A real killer was the price of a glass of soda $ 3.50…honest!
I appreciate a dive bar but this place really surprised us… should have followed first instinct and turned around and left…

this was a nice neigborhood find. If you’re looking for atmosphere, this is not the place to go, however, the food is delicious and very reasonably priced. Had grilled salmon, a special of the day. It was great. Came with mixed veggies and potatoes, I opted for a salad instead of the potatoes. Lots of food, good price. Really enjoyed my meal. Service was not great but not too bad. All the people who worked there were very, very nice.

Port Café is a hidden gem! Can’t believe we just found out about this place. Someone we know told my mom and I about Port Café. It’s basically a Portuguese sports bar that serves a wide variety of dishes. The portions are enormous.
Ordered a half size bottle of red Portuguese wine. I’m not a huge red wine drinker, but this wine was pretty good. It was $ 12 for a half sized bottle, which we got about 3 glasses from! We then started off our meal with the grilled shrimp in lemon butter sauce. The shrimp were awesome! It was $ 8.95 and came with 6 decent sized shrimp. For our entrees, my mom had a piece of grilled salmon with grilled veggies (broccoli & carrots) and she loved her fish! I ordered the shell steak medium rare with veggies as well. My steak was AWESOME and cooked perfectly! Both entrees also came with boiled potatoes, but they were able to substitute side salads instead! My entrée came to $ 17 for a steak! The prices are very reasonable for the portion sizes and quality of the food.
So glad we found this new hidden gem! Cant wait to go back again! One thing to mention is the service is a bit slow… but worth the wait. I saw some people having the linguini with clams dish and it looked excellent. Definitely something I’ll need to try next time.

Good food, service lacking. Waited over one hour for food to come out. There were two tables, six and two people plus unknown, if any, orders from the bar. I even mentioned that I didn’t want paella, because it would take over 20 minutes. That should have been a clue to the waitress. Also, we only had one menu between my wife and I. This was ackward especially because we were in a new place. We questioned the waitress with real surprise while we were passing the single menu back and forth to look at the different items. «The only menu?» It took about 10 – 15 minutes when she finally realized and said she thought we were asking about a menu with specials. Duh! They did respond with a free bottle of wine. Thank you.

The food is always great. Monkfish stew is my favorite. My husband loves their homemade potato chips and mussels in garlic sauce. Their service is a but slow but the wait is worth it. The waitresses not as friendly as the ones a few years ago.

Oh my god. The food here is so bomb. This is a hidden gem that deserves your money. The food is cheap for what you get and it’s right in Garden City Park. I walked here with my family a couple days before Xmas, and since the restaurant was mostly empty, we got espressos on the house. All the stars :) quick caveat– slow service because everything is prepared fresh. Don’t make plans later.

Place is so amazing. The food tastes really good when I eat it. I like to put the food in my mouth because it’s really yum yum in my fuckin stomach.

The food at this place is great. I have been eating there for years and I’ve never had a complaint about the food. The place is a little hole in the wall but the food is to die for. Always try to order from the daily specials. The fish is always excellent. I would recomend the shrimp in garlic or mustard sauce. Also the steaks with mushroom sauce are awesome. This place is also really cheap. The only downside is that the food takes a little long sometimes and the service is not so good. But the food is definitely worth. Please everyone try this place. It’s great!