Rotisserie Charcos

The food can be good if you wait about 15 minutes until there’s even any service and another 30 minutes to get your food. Absolutely no service at all. Not recommended for people in a hurry.

The chicken is amazing and they have a lot of salad choices. The portions are big so it can do for two lunches for someone with my apetite!
Edit: used to love the place but last time I went I was sick all night so… can’t go anymore. But that’s once in 4 time, it might’ve been something else…

Fantastic chicken and excellent salads, a great place to go between classes.

I had the quarter chicken and it was quite enjoyable. I would go again for that genuine bbq taste.

This place is located a block or two away from the art museum, so why not come here for some Portuguese chicken? The food here is really good. Musts tries are their Portuguese half chicken, the chicken breast, and their sandwiches. The Portuguese half chicken is served with a spicy Piri Piri sauce, which really brought out the flavor of the chicken. Fresh and very delicious. Plus, it comes with two sides. Try it with the rice, hummus, side salad, or even a chickpea salad. Despite the lack of air condition, the atmosphere is quite nice. Service is fine. Décor, basic and clean. A great place to go to get a quick bite of Portuguese inspired cooking.

If you’re in Montréal and you craving chicken, this is the place for you! One of my top faves in downtown!
Delicious food! Went there once and now im hooked! From the burgers to the chicken wings all the way to the fries. everything is fingerlicking good! Definitely a must try place!

Charcos serves tasty, well-​seasoned chicken, sides and fries at a fair price. You can’t beat the quarter leg platter, spicy, with two sides for $ 8. They’re busy so be clear on what you want or you may be surprised. They’ll serve it to go if you’re in a hurry. Well worth trying!

I tried Charcos thanks to one of their Facebook promos. Had a half chicken meal with 2 sides, fries and hummus.
Chicken is tasty, well cooked and seasoned well with some of their red sauce with a hint of spiciness. Fries were typical of other places, homestyle, thick cut.
Their hummus is delicious although I’m not sure why that is offered as a side as I wasn’t sure how to eat it. I ended dipping my fries or pieces of chicken in it but I’m usually used to eating it with bread.
Everything is reasonably priced. For ten bucks, you’ll get a fair amount of food.
Service was slow and a bit awkward. When entering, you’re not sure where to order and once your place your order, you’re sitting at the table waiting for your food to be called, not knowing when to pay. Ends up I got to pay after eating my meal and hanging there for a good hour.
I was there on Saturday around 8pm and it was not busy. If it is hectic, I would imagine the service being even slower so you can’t really go in and walk out with your food to go.
The place looks nice and clean, marbled tables and counter top, including the bathroom. There are a couple tv screens. Free wifi. A good location to hang out, they also serve coffee, smoothies and desserts.

Good portuguese chicken, fast service and affordable price makes this restaurant a excellent choice. Instead of going to a fast food just take a look at this restaurant, for the same price you’ll have a great meal ! I tried a couple of portuguese restaurant and the Piri piri sauce of Charcos are these best i’ve taste, they surely made it from the real Piri piri pepper and a friend of mine told me so !
Pour du bon poulet portugais à prix abordable c’est ici qu’il faut aller, à 2 pas de l’université Concordia, à la place de manger du fast-​food pourquoi né pas manger du poulet portugais ! La sauce à base de piment piri piri est la meilleure que j’ai goutée à Montréal et un amis m’a dis que cette sauce est vraiment faite avec le fameux piment portugais !

Affordable combos-​grilled chicken or a sandwich with 2 sides close to the Concordia downtown campus for around 8 bucks. The chicken is always good but the sides often lack luster (mashed potatoes from a box?). Speedy service and convenient location.

Meh, I really want to give this place a better review, but I have had a couple bad experiences at the place.
One of those was that they screwed up my order completely. I order a chicken sandwich with spicy sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, and onions and gave my name. After I paid and started to bite into my sandwich I got a dose of mayonnaise, olives and corn… I was pretty surprised to say the least!
Also, the service takes a really long time to get anything. When the line is long don’t bother ordering if you are in a rush.
One saving grace, the natas are really good.

Attentive service, cheap, and finally a Portuguese chicken rotisserie in the heart of downtown that is almost on par with its greatest competitor, Romados.
If you’re not starving, you can simply enjoy a delicious chicken sandwich with your choice of fillings. If you’ve got a bigger appetite then the quarter, half, or full chicken with a choice of 2 sides will be sure to satisfy your needs. They’re fries are also pretty damn good!
Charcos is an up and coming place, it just opened earlier this year but has the potential of working wonders with a little bit of fine tuning.

In my previous review, I made the argument for Charcos in how they avoided the dreaded «drama plate». I ordered something interesting and it managed to taste great without any sort of micro-​management.
Alas, I must step down a few paces from my previous praise, because the drama has creeped back in. What used to be gourmet chicken on a budget is now a roll of the dice.
The confidence from my first visit seems gone. Employees seem confused; not sure whether to charge up front or when the food is done. Or what goes on a particular sandwich. The wait time has doubled. The «wraps» sometimes use burger buns instead of pitas. The fries sometimes come without that seasoning that worked so well. It’s like a roll of the dice with your twenty dollar bill on the line.
Where is that Charcos we were first enthralled with? I hope it comes back soon, because I’m not sure it’s worth being burned a third or fourth time by something on the production line.