Red Rooster Portuguese BBQ

This bbq place is really nice. We had chicken breast and pork loin slices. Both dishes were really awesome. The only thing less than perfect was that the pork was kind of hard to chew. And, potato sides are sooooooo good! Definitely coming back for potatoes!

Good chicken, average fries, poor rice, average salad, great sauce. Once again service was terrible. So much attitude. Order in advance, then make you wait long without an apology.
Don’t like the way they charge an extra $ 5 for sauce, when I purchase $ 80 of chicken.
Attitude stinks.

Red Rooster, definitely a great place to get some Chicken! Could you guess!!! I stepped in with one thing, and only one thing in mind. A whole Chicken. I glance at the menu board and I have to make a hard decision between Rotisserie Chicken or Grilled Chicken. Sure enough there was no hard decision because they always run out of Rotisserie Chicken, so it must be the bomb. With my luck they ran out of Rotisserie Chicken that one night. My mind still on a while chicken, so I got a whole Grilled Chicken. It was pretty good but I was still disappointed about the Rotisserie Chicken sell out (86). I know I’m gonna go at an earlier time to get the Rotisserie Chicken.
My friend got the Chicken Noodle Soup. She said it was not very good and it was probably because there were two containers of the soup and all of the Chicken was batched in the one container while the initial container barely had any chicken and she was not impressed. I didn’t really expect a good soup, but I did expect good Chicken, which satisfied my craving. One disappointing thing was there was no sauce or hot sauce that came with the Chicken. Most places have a sauce with their chicken but it was an additional charge. Oh well, still good Chicken. JimStar Out!

I was at the medical centre and was starving, and since theres only 2 food options in the plaza I decided to try here. Nice and close.
I ordered at the counter and sat down. My food was ready and brought to me within 4 minutes which probably means it was ready from before and sitting there. But whatever. Id also ordered grilled chicken, & shed given me the half chicken combo.
Very good portioning, ceaser sauce for my salad was put on my table so i could pour myself
Which i appreciate because nobody understands how much i love my extra dressing.
Was pretty good chicken. Not complaining. & I was full, means a happy me.

Good chicken and great value but.
Slow service when you take out. The house sauce is out of control. You get one ounce with a whole chicken dinner.
Typically unorganized when you get there.
If you can deal with the mess, the food is good.

Always a good time, been coming to this place for years and never had a problem. I was lucky enough to experience the days where the sauce was free! But the food is still good without.

Came in here to grab some dinner to go tonight and really wish I didn’t. I got the pork loin combo with rice and potatoes and chicken soup. The quality of the food was way below what it should be.
First off the rice and potatoes were the same type that you can bulk buy at any supermarket hot counter. Nothing Special. The pork loin itself was so tough I could not bite through it. (My boot is more tender than that meat they served me.) Yet they try to claim on their website «best meat in town.» Yeah right don’t kid yourselves. Even with a steak knife it was hard to cut and it ended up in the trash.
The soup was just broth and noodles with a couple very small chunks of chicken in it. It sad to say but across the parking lot is a Tim Hortons that has much better soup and that stuff gets shipped to the stores frozen.
The only good thing about this place was the woman that served me was very polite and nice to deal with.
This one place I would not go back to.

The best plate you can order here and fall in love with is the Chicken Breast Combo with their famous hot sauce (it’s not really spicy but the flavour is really good on the chicken) a garden salad (amazing dressing) and Parisienne Potatoes.
Personally, I don’t like their rice because it taste bland and dry. You’re better off with the salad, potatoes, or fries !
Cheers xoxo

Been to this restaurant once and didn’t like it at all. I had to wait a long time before I could place my order because the waitress was hanging around in the back kitchen. The food took a long time to be ready and when I finally get my food, the chicken was dry and tasteless.

I would have rated this restaurant a 4 BEFORE they started charging you (absurdly)for their sauce. Never have I had to pay for sauce at any Portuguese or other restaurant. Are they going to start charging for the ketchup and salad dressing too??? Their chicken breast combo is good but way overpriced. I’ll take my business elsewhere.

We often come to this restaurant — best Portuguese sauce you can get. Today these guys were super under-​staffed, there was a huge rush of people and only one server. I felt so bad for her.
When the food came out, my soup was cold. The chicken was way over cooked, it was basically a piece of dust. Our rice was so undercooked, it was practically raw.
We have been coming here for so many years with no complaints, this was a very disappointing visit.

The food here is unreal. The chicken is dry. The fries and the potatoes are on point. I love eating here its an absolute pleasure.

I’ve never been to a restaurant (especially Portuguese) where you have to pay EXTRA for sauce. I bought a chicken breast combo, a whole chicken, and a few sides. That didn’t even come with sauce. $ 5 for a container that was barely enough for my combo, let alone a whole chicken. «Waitresses» were super rude too. Never going back.

My sister an I have been coming to this place for a very long time and I am surprised I have yet to write a review. The chicken is always delicious, and the fries are fresh cut and delicious. The house salad dressing is to die for. Every dish I have had is great! Their «hot» sauce is also delicious, my only complaint is that they make you pay for it now.
We have been coming for a very long time and will continue to do so!

I really like the product that red rooster offers. Their chicken is tasty, sides are great, and the sauce is second to none.
If I was writing this review in 2012, they would most likely get 4 – 5 stars from me. However as of late 2014/​early 2015, I have become more and more annoyed with this establishment.
For some reason they feel as though they are ‘holier than thou’ as if they are doing you a favour by selling you overpriced chicken. The general attitude of the young ladies that work there is a bit snobby for my taste. Also, a HUGE new disappointing aspect of red rooster is that now you have to pay for the sauce. I am paying nearly 15 dollars for a lunch there, please explain to me why I am not entitled to all the sauce my heart desires. Why do I have to pay an additional $ 3 – 5 dollars for sauce that used to be free? I understand the purpose of a business is to make money, but this is a bit far when you are charging such a premium for simple chicken and rice.
All in all, I really like the food, I just do not appreciate the greed and business practises.

Food is a little bland.
Ordered the other day for pick-​up. asked for a chicken dinner with rice and potatoes + sandwich. When I went to pick it up they only gave me the sandwich (with toppings I asked for not to be on). Asked where the chicken dinner was. they never took that order down.

We usually take to go but a few of us came to eat there. Place is small but who cares!!! We are there to EAT!
You can never go wrong with the chicken breast combo and that’s what we always have. I ordered mine with French fries and roasted potatoes, which I LOVE! The chicken breast is great and so is the hot sauce that I ordered with it (which now you have to pay extra for which is greedy of them but its worth it so whatever-that’s where they get one less star). It amazes me how these restaurants start to change things when they get busier, ex. change their portions and put prices on things they didn’t charge for before and increase prices. But, if it was my restaurant, perhaps I might do the same. Who knows?! It does cost them money to keep giving hot sauces for free so I guess its understandable.
If they should change/​modify anything, it should be their salad. Very blend and boring which is why I NEVER order it anymore.
Chicken wings, chicken breasts and any chicken you get there is Fantastic! French fries, rice and potatoes are yum as well.

The snotty service – they really don’t care if you come back or not – and the fact that they cannot seem to fill a take away order with any degree of accuracy takes away from the fact that the chicken is actually pretty good… even if they only give you a teaspoon of hot sauce to go with a whole chicken.
There are much better options around: restaurants that actually care about their customers and are interested in making sure you have an enjoyable experience.
(This was the location on Major Mac west of Keele Street.)

This is the newer of 2 locations in the medical building plaza just by the Vaughan/​Richmond Hill border. Being a new location, the décor/​washrooms/​general appearance of the place is new and clean.
Personally, 80% of my opinion of a restaurant is based on the food and the last 20% is the service and price. This place excels at the food quality. There isn’t a single item on the menu I don’t like. The sauce they have, rooster juice I call it, is incredible. As far as price and service, it’s average price and service is average at best. They get very busy during peak meal times so you can expect a wait. Honestly if you expect your food in 5 minutes, you are going to be disappointed.
All in all, a solid 3.5 stars (sometimes 4) from me!

I just came back from Red Rooster Portuguese BBQ and although my tummy tum tum is comfortable numb, and pleasantly plump, my mouth is still watering for more.
Having a health conscious friend back in town for a few days from Vancouver we were trying to figure out a spot to grab a quick bite that was filling, healthy and manageable for the wallet. After some consideration I decided I would introduce him to the wonders of Portuguese BBQ chicken.
…sluuurrrrppp!!! Sorry Every-​time I say «Portuguese BBQ chicken» I salivate again
Ahem — Moving on…
Red Rooster is located on the Richmond Hill/​Vaughan border on Major Mac just West of Bathurst. If you’re having difficulty finding it just look for the Medical building on the south side of Maj. Mac and its in the same plaza.
My friend and I entered with hearty appetites and driven by the portion size comments many of you Unilocalers eluded to I somehow knew we wouldn’t be disappointed. Here is what we had:
ME: ½ Chicken with 2 sides (I went for the potatoes and salad) w/​bottle of H2O
–Chicken was well cooked and seasoned by a Portuguese saint, while the potatoes were round little lumps of soft heavenly goodness. The salad was perfect for the health fanatic in me as fresh mixed greens, veggies and olives piled my plate (and the dressing was served in a bottle on the side)
HE: Grilled Chicken Breast with 2 sides (He had fries and salad) w/​bottle of H2O + and espresso.
–He got 2 – 3 perfectly cooked chicken breasts and he mentioned that the fries had some sort of delicious seasoning on them. Salad and Dressing (same as above).
The one X-​Factor this place has is the bottle of Piri Piri sauce. OH EM GEEEE!!! I wish I could swear in a review because I totally would — that is how good it is. What a flavour, What a spice. This SAWSE is…(that’s right) BAWSE. If it didn’t have a kick to it I’d probably take a swig straight from the bottle.
The only item my friend and I agreed that kept this place from achieving a 5^th star was the lunch time price. $ 14+tip for me and $ 18+tip for him. I can see myself paying that for dinner but Lunch should be closer to that $ 8-​$ 12 range. But again the portions are quite substantial so you are getting what you pay for I guess.
I shall return here again. Hungry! Won’t you come with?