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Sardinha Rei Dos Frangos
Categories: Restaurants Portuguese Restaurants Barbeque Portuguese, Barbeque [Edit]
942 Bloor St WToronto, ON M6H 1L4
Neighbourhood: Dovercourt
(416) 537-2772
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 9 am - 9 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Price Range:
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$
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
18 reviews for Sardinha Rei Dos Frangos
18 reviews in English
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Review from Courtney B.
Pickering, ON
4/10/2012
Delicious, tasty, cheap, yummy! Yes, three adjectives describing the taste.
We always get chicken from here whenever I am visiting a friend who lives in the area. As the other reviewers have noted, definitely get the hot sauce. But we also always get the chicken oil. We are not 100% what this actually is, but we like it. -
Review from Brenn S.
5/2/2012 1 Check-in Here
Growing up, everyone I knew was aware and fond of the local "chicken place" not too far from home (Royce Dupont). Back then, we never referred to it as Portuguese BBQ nor churrasqueira. It was simply the "chicken place" that everyone loved to claim was "better than Swiss Chalet".
These-a-days, it seems that the churrasqueiras are growing in popularity, almost to a trendy level... and I don't get it.
Some beefs I have about Portuguese chicken restaurants and reasons I think they're popular:
1. Since when do they douse the chicken with Frank's Red Hot sauce? Don't get me wrong, I love the stuff, but I am convinced that this new trend of saucing-the-bird is in part responsible for their growing popularity. If you read any list of reviews on any churrasqueira, you'll see a good chunk of them will include statements like "oooh, you gotta try the hot sauce, it sooo addicting and yummy ;)". Have those people ever had a buffalo wing??? Also, it's "addictive", not "addicting".
2. Since when is cooking a spinning chicken in a convention (or even convection) oven considered BBQ? It's just roast chicken! And I can make it at home. How can they claim to be king of something that they don't even serve?
3. It's ridiculously cheap. I'm tired of following raving reviews to find sub-par food just because of the cost-for-quantity ratio. I must learn to pay attention to any place that has a review that says anything like "and you get two meals in one for only 6 dollars!" I'd rather pay double for a meal that is worth traveling for as opposed to paying a pittance for dry chicken, a heap of flavourless rice and 3 pounds of average potatoes. (I guess that last sentence was my review).
I was duped again by the lure of the cost-influenced reviews. Dang. -
Review from Kent P.
5/1/2012 1 Check-in Here
I like the chicken sandwiches here. Last night when they were closing and mopping up I slipped and fell on my ass pretty hard. Hurt...but I got a free sandwich. Pretty good deal.
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Review from Highlander I.
North York, ON
4/14/2012
Good food. Cheap. Plentiful. And less than $10 for chicken dinner. Excellent.
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
11/8/2011 2 photos
I was hungry when I was strolling along Bloor Street and I got more hungry when I walked by Sardinha Rei Dos Frangos and saw all the chicken roasting and cooking on the grill!
Looking at the menu through the window and I saw Quarter Leg ($3.10) and with enough change in my pocket, I knew what I were going to snack on.
Nice lady put my chicken in the bag and drowned it with hot sauce even before I have a chance to tell her I want to eat that here! So I was enjoying my chicken which was really tender and juicy (Yay! Dark Meat!!), watching people lining up for take out... Curiously, almost all of them were male!!
I smelled like Chicken after eating the chicken since Sardinha has open kitchen and I guess smelling like chicken was not too bad! -
Review from Natalie G.
Toronto, ON
2/21/2012
Very delicious food here! The chicken is delicious and always very moist, the hot sauce is to die for. I could put that tangy sauce on just about everything I eat!!! The potatoes are perfect and the rice is delicious too. This place is cheap and delicious. Great catering costs too! Also, fresh and delicious natas.
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Review from Chris P.
The food here is really good. Like, 4 stars good.
Unfortunately the slow service is keeping my review at a solid three stars. I came during the dinner rush and found the line to be about 5 people deep. I figured the line would move quickly as they had 5+ staff working in this small location. In reality the serving process was tedious as they only had one person serving customers.
By the time I got through the line it had grown to 8-10 people long and no one behind the counter seemed to care or offer to give the poor woman serving up dishes a hand. -
Review from Avi L.
Toronto, ON
2/16/2011
I used to like this place, with has pretty standard Portuguese fare. It's especially good for a family meal, which was why I came here. However after my last time here, which I will detail below I'm not coming back.
Went in on a Monday night. Please was busy, as usual. Two police getting their order. I was next in line. I was looked over by the older gentleman with blue eyes, who proceeded to ask the person behind me for his order. I looked at the guy behind me, who had 'jumped the line' and we shared a look - mine basically saying 'WTF', the other guy smiling oddly. I told him to 'go ahead'.
I listened as the older man with blue eyes asked the guy who was now getting his order before me where he was from, telling him he looked Spanish; in Spanish. The guy told the old man he was Mexican. I might not look it, but I speak and understand Spanish. Because I'm just not Spanish looking enough I won't be coming back to this place any time soon. -
Review from Cristina A.
Toronto, ON
12/5/2011
Oh, Sardinah you make my heart happy! I'm so fortunate to have you so close to me... gotta try it ya'll! Don't forget the hot sauce!!!
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Review from Terry P.
9/25/2010
What can I say that hasn't already been said? This is a fantastic take-out joint. For $9 and change you can get a half chicken with a huge portion of rice and potatoes. Seriously, when they hand you the container you will wonder why it weighs so much! It makes two meals, and you will still have potatoes and/or rice left over.
The chicken is very tasty (get it spicy as long as you can handle a little bit of spice). Actually, it is all very tasty. Great value. -
Review from Catherine M.
ON
12/1/2008 1 photo
This is the place my neighbors told me to hit up on my first night in the neighborhood, and I've gone back more times than I can count in the past year. Sardinha is a lifesaver on those nights when you get off the subway and just want to pick up something for dinner that requires no work on your part, and head home.
For a single person, a half chicken is the perfect deal - for around 5 bucks you can have dinner tonight and one or two sandwiches for later (and if you're ambitious, you can use the carcass to make stock!). If you're looking for a more rounded meal (or are too lazy to make your own side dish) you can get a chicken dinner for under ten bucks that includes your choice of rice with veggies or potato balls (or both). They always have some inexpensive portugese pada style buns at the register for cheap.
Other delish dishes include fried fillet of sole, as well as a few other main dishes. I'll be honest though, I always get the chicken. When they ask, try saying yes to the hot sauce - live a little - you won't regret it. -
Review from Medhat S.
Toronto, ON
11/30/2008
I second everything Erin said, except that I've never like Swiss Chalet (sorry).
I'll just add the following:
- they'll swath your chicken with hot sauce if you ask them too
- I like the grilled chicken more than the rotisserie chicken (although it's dryer the next day - and yes, you'll probably have left overs)
- the little potato balls are great (okay, erin said that too. But it's especially true.) -
Review from Noel D.
3/15/2010
This place is very popular and seems to have people jammed into its little space every time I happen to walk by. When it first opened I was a vegetarian and we would order it from work now and again. I used to just get the rice and little potato balls, but they tasted like chicken! So it's certainly not a good veggie recommendation.
Now I eat meat again so I go all out and order the half chicken with rice and potatoes and I think it comes to less than 10 dollars? Not a bad deal and very filling. The rice is tasty. They have other things like lasagna but you're likely better off sticking with what they're known for. -
Review from Darian S.
12/1/2009
Great roast chicken. The potatoes were excellent, full of flavour and a perfect accompaniment to the chicken. Unbelievable prices. There was a line up at the counter the entire time we were eating there.
Definitely recommended. -
Review from Howard H.
4/21/2011
Decent roast chicken; Not the best in the city. Other dishes are greasy, cafeteria-like fare and not worth the bother. The chicken sandwich is actually a pretty good value - simple- fresh and tasty. As mentioned in other reviews, the service is uneven and punctuated by seemingly random acts of favoritism. It's almost better, well more democratic, when there's a crowd.
Listed in: Cheap Eats of Bloor West
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Review from K S.
11/27/2011
Their chicken is incredible. It's even worth stopping here if you need a pre-cooked chicken for a recipe - theirs are worlds better than the ones at Metro. As for the meals themselves, they're tasty and enormous, easily enough to feed two people (or one person twice).
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Review from Johnny L.
Toronto, ON
4/9/2010
Sardinha Rei Dos Frangos is truly the king of chicken! I've been to many churrasqueria joints in this town but none can compare to this place. I've met people here that travel from all over the city to get themselves some roasted birds and I can understand why. I hit it up last night after a characteristically tedious shopping trip to Ikea and, I gotta say, there's nothing like some roasted chicken to pick up my mood. Just walking into the place had me smiling. This place is spotless, the chicken is always fresh and you really can't beat the price. They were about to close so I bought whatever they had left: 3 legs and a container of potatoes and rice was all of 8 bucks. This has got to be one of the best deals in town. I couldn't fit it all into my hollow legs so I saved some chicken and rice to make a stir-fry today. Hail to the King!
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Review from Robin E.
Toronto, ON
5/18/2010
Went here once, had a chicken sandwich. It was roast chicken, lettuce, and mayo on a fresh Portuguese bun. Not sophisticated, but just what I was expecting. Abundant tasty chicken, reasonable price, and yes, cramped tables.
