Zita’s Churrasqueira

My go to A la carte for grilled chicken. I like it so much I never tried anything else that they have!
Pros:
1. Great prices
2. Delicious chicken.
Cons:
1. Long wait times, it sometimes takes up to 30
Minutes because they are very popular.
2. Closes early; for whole days, and during holidays.
Its nice to be able to catch them while they’re open, but due to their short hours that doesn’t happen very often.

This is probably one of the best Portuguese chicken places in the city. They know what the’re doing here. Chicken has such a good taste and the potatoes are just delicious. Everything i’ve had there is great, i’d definitely recommend this one :)

It does not matter how good the food is, I want to be treated nicely first of all! The service is awful, and they are very rude. They treat their customers as if they are giving the food for free. The food is worse than ok. The grill is not charcoal like in some other churrasquiras. I will never go there again.

Good chicken and decent sides. I love their hot sauce but they never ever give enough. I bought a chicken tray for a party and had it pre ordered. I came on time and still had to wait 30 mins. I also over heard others trying to order chicken but they had ran out. This was at 630 pm on a Saturday. They’re grills were full and yet everyone was still waiting for their order. They need to organize their service big time.

0 star for horrible customers service, the owner «the guy» is super rude, he speaks English but if you go up to him, he just points at the girls working the counter as if he does not speak the language, but I heard him speaking in English with the customers. his daughter is also obnoxious, very rude and weird, the only person at this place nice and sweet I think her name is Zita –the owners wife.
I Just stopped going for their attitude, but the food was ok, and not bad at all, and they get really busy on Friday nights so they must be doing something right.
Note: they are also Halal now.
Tip:if you do end up here, ask for the BBQ chicken to well done, I found the chicken to be pink from the inside few times, & I did mention it, the owners daughter response was «it is always well done»
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Portuguese chicken… and these guys do it right! Whether you have it from the rotisserie (Espeto) or the grill (Na Brasa), both are excellent! Moist, flavourful, and always fresh. Great (traditional) sides as well.
Today I bought ½ chicken dinner for $ 11.99
see picture.

I would love to split this rating into 2 parts… the service and the food because one clearly stands out from the other. The people and service is fantastic. It’s run by a lovely couple who clearly has a talent for service and charm. They care about their place and their customers. I’d give them 5 stars!
The food is a bit hard to rate because you get decent value but to me, it was not the best meal. We ordered a full sized grilled chicken with 3 small sides (salad, round potatoes, and mixed vegetables). The chicken is supposed to feed a family and I don’t think it can. We’re a family of 3 and I think the 2 adults could have eaten the chicken ourselves. It is a bit on the smaller side. We did like how it was charred nicely and still moist inside. That was nicely cooked. The problem with the chicken was when we looked into the foil lined bag and noticed there was nearly ¼ cup of oil in the bottom. When we placed all the pieces of the chicken on a platter, more oil came off of it. I think we had another 2 tablespoon of oil come off. There was so much oil that it marred the flavour of the chicken and almost became inedible after the 4^th bite. It felt too heavy.
The sides are a mish mash of good value and unfortunate oily mess. The round potato were seasoned wonderfully and not super oily. They did give a lot for the small take out box so that is something to order. The salad was pretty dismal. We were given a little less than half a head of iceberg lettuce with maybe 3 olives, 4 slivers of red peppers, 1 tomato slice, and 1 cube of cucumber. Definitely not worth the money! The mixed vegetables was piled into the container and it was very flavourful. The unfortunate thing about them was that there was nearly another ¹⁄₃ cup of oil at the bottom of the styrofoam container. I wish that wasn’t the case!
Food is an unfortunate 2 star but the people and service itself deserves a 5. I hope they reduce the amount of oil used in their food and they’ll be a great local place to do take out on a weekly basis for my family. Till then, I’m still trying to find a good place for chicken take out.

I ordered the ½ lb chicken with rice and potato wedges and it was a very satisfying meal for $ 10!
You can dine in but this place seems more like a take-​out place anyway. The food is served in styrofoam containers which made it quite challenging to eat using the plastic utensils they provide. I kinda felt a little handicapped so ya, take-​out is preferred.
I highly recommend Zita’s Churrasqueira, even if I can’t pronounce it!