text: Right from the get go here I am going to qualify my remarks by stating that has been a little while since I have been to this restaurant but if TRUE Portuguese food is what you crave then you are best to avoid this place like the plaguennIf however you have no experience with TRUE Portuguese cuisine then you may actually like this place There is nothing wrong with the food or the service it is just that this place is NOT the real deal when it comes to Portuguese restaurantsnnI discovered four glaring problems with this place First off when my wife who is from Fall River MA which is practically a part of the Azores and I arrived we were asked the one question never asked in a TRUE Portuguese restaurant which was Do you have a reservation When I advised that we did not we were told that we could not be accommodated but that we were free to sit and order at the bar which was fine by me This however brings us to the second problemnnWhen my entree came it appeared to look more like an appetizer than an entree Now those who know Portuguese cuisine know that you NEVER leave any TRUE Portuguese restaurant hungry At this place I left hungry onnThe third problem I discovered was that very few of the staff spoke Portuguese This is a major red flag for anyone who knows Portuguese food If the staff does not speak Portuguese then you are not eatin in a Portogee restaurantnnLastly and I know all my Portuguese brethern will back me up on this item this place is pricey The best reason to go to a Portuguese restaurant is that Portuguese people are notoriously parsimonious so prices in real Portuguese restaurants have to be cheap else Portuguese people will not patronizennThankfully the Portuguese diaspora has brought many a Benfica fan to Canada and there are a lot of Portuguese restaurants in Montreal Try any of the places on Boulevard St Laurent in the vicinity of Duluth for the best that Portugal has to offer and steer clear of this place