Fenicia Restaurant & Cafe

Fenicia, where have you gone? Are you closed for good — or are you just relocating? I’m sad because your grilled salmon is my favorite thing and I haven’t had it for weeks :(

Their food is really good and delivery is quick. Try the Bobo De Camaro, it’s a shrimp stew and the sauce is delicious!

Last night, my boyfriend and I were stuck in our hotel rooms at the Doubletree hotel and struggling to find a place that would deliver us some decent, filling food at good price (most of the hotel food after 5pm is more than $ 15). We were lucky we found Fenicia. We still have no idea what the restaurant itself is really like, but we enjoyed the food we ordered:
— #14. Muqueca de Peixe: Stewed fish with Yucca Flour ($ 14)
— #20. Tilapia Frita: Fried Tilapia Filet ($ 10)
— Pudim de Leite: Brazillian-​Style Flan ($ 3)
SERVICE:
Note, if you’re ordering from the website, it’s a very hard-​to-​read and outdated menu. It was our first time eating Brazilian food, so I can’t tell you how authentic or great it was for that. But the people we talked to over the phone were super-​patient, fluent (about the food, in Portuguese & in English), and even enthusiastic when describing and clarifying for us their menu and food options.
FOOD:
Portions were huge! Plenty of vegetables throughout as promised. Stew was not as spicy as I’d have liked, but they provided plenty of hot sauce packets to compensate for that. We’re still eating the leftovers now. They were out of normal flan but they had a chocolate flan, which we enjoyed just the same.
OVERALL:
I wish I could go back and try the restaurant itself, but unfortunately I don’t think I will likely be staying or returning to Newark anytime soon. Maybe if you’re reading this, you might give the restaurant a try yourself and write your own review? Looking forward to that!