Churrasquiera Europa

Food is good yet a bit greasy. They do have the best mussels in tomato sauce! The service is snail slow so expect to wait for your meal and check..

Love this place! You can’t tell by walking past this place from the outside, since it looks like a regular Joe Schmoe bar but the food is ridiculously delicious. The décor of the restaurant is nothing special but when you look at the menu choices, you can’t go wrong with any of the meat or seafood dishes. They all come with salad and a rice/​potato veggie dish for the table to share. I highly recommend the sangria. This is a hidden gem that is worth every penny.

Slowest service ever, good wasn’t even that could. Couldn’t even get the bill done right then had to wait longer

Bad neighborhood, loud music, no service at all. I don’t even know why this place exists in the first place. Don’t lower your standard by coming here.

I don’t even want to give one star. Our people of four sat in and there was no water no menu, not even attentions for us. We don’t speak Spanish so you arrogant waiters don’t serve us? That’s definition of rudeness and arrogance! Worst native restaurant ever! Fellow foreigners see this and never bother come again! Special zero star for that fat half bald male waiter. You don’t wanna serve us you dare tell us that? Leave us sitting there with no water no menu? What kind of discriminating cheese is in your bald head?

Seriously love the food here! The staff does tale their time getting and checking on you. Take years to get the check but omg the food is worth it! Mom always get the skirt steak and shrimp and I love anything with chicken and shrimp! The seafood rice is ALWAYS ordered for parties.
Only one tiny issue, which Im sure Im not alone in since various cousins and friends agree with me. Theres a staff member there that gives off an uncomfortable feel, never caused problems but does seem a little creepy. He hit on me and my mom! Mot the funny haha way, and on cousins and friends. Not a dating place for you mister. We do try to avoid him whenever we go.
Overall LOVE this place, the food and the drink!

reviews are spot on. service is slow and brisk. that i can deal with but one thing that i cannot is ordering steak & shrimp and getting dirty shrimp! how can you not take the time to devein the shrimp? they did take it back and i got the steak on the stone instead w 3 sauces. it was the same cut without sauce. fatty and tough. i had a second chance and should have went with a nice stuffed fish or something but i jumped back in the steak scene. bad idea.
ill try it for the lunch buffet but other than that. no way.
Europa — clean your shrimp. disgraciad!

This is a dive bar with overpriced food that just happens to offer a bargain lunch buffet.
The value is great. The meats were pretty good for such a place. The seafood was crap– that small, tasteless, Chinese farm «sea“food.
The service was worse than bad. They outright had no concern for their customers. I regret leaving a tip now that I think about it because they had horrible attitudes.
I heard people talking about the hard parking. I got lucky.

I’ve come to this place a few times now. This is totally your local bar that also serves food. Locals love to catch the game here and have a couple of drinks. Although they do have about 7 tables and a private room you can reserve in the back. (there was a birthday party there last time I went)
The food is definitely why this place keeps the locals coming back. The staff are nice and down to earth. Don’t come here if you are in a rush. The service and food take a bit to cook. The food is Brazilian/​Portuguese and tasty! It’s your typical brazilian style steak, the steak on the stone is always tasty and you can cook it how you like on the stone. The dishes always come with mounds of rice, fried potato scalloped, and veggies (carrot and peas)
The prices are reasonable.

Generous portions overall and a great Paella. Lunch buffet during the week has been good so far for a fast eat, and it’s only 9 $. Service is moderate but you get much more then what you are looking for at the end of your experience.
I highly recommend!

Went to lunch with a friend, we heard the buffet at lunch was very good. There were some dishes that were good and others no so much. The salmon was very bony but the ribs were moist and perfectly seasoned. The paella had chunks of lobster that were very over cooked. The other items on the buffet didn’t look that appealing. The flan was dark and more firm than I am accustomed to. The café con leche was spot on !!
The staff were very nice. The ambiance and décor were drab and dreary. The overall experience was not so good. I know others have had a brute time of it. Perhaps we went on a super slow day. I don’t know but it wasn’t a satisfying meal only a satisfying time with my friend.

If you’re a fan of good service then this isn’t the place for you. If you’re a fan of an attentive waiter this isn’t the place for you. After repeating my order four times the waiter failed to bring my appetizer. When I asked again for it he responded that they didn’t have it on the menu. I found this to be quite funny since when I placed my order he said «very good» and recommended it. I ordered red beans and he served black. When I asked, again, for red he said they didn’t have it. At the end of our communist meal we asked for him to prepare a take home bag for us. He then brought over a container and left us to wrap everything ourselves.
This is a great stop for a truck driver. Not good for a date or anyone who likes eating in an establishment above McDonalds.
Avoid avoid avoid!

I was in the area and noticed the good reviews on Unilocal so I thought I’d give them a try. When I walked in, I didn’t know if I had to seat myself or if i was going to be seated. After making eye contact with the only waiter in the joint and nothing being said, I just sat myself.
I noticed everyone who entered the place was walking over to their buffet. I don’t do buffets so I just waited for a menu which took a while to receive. The service here really lacks and I was regretting coming here.
All negative vibes immediately disappeared when the food arrived. I ordered the churrassco and shrimp for one. The churrassco was buried underneath a mound of shrimp. The steak was cooked as requested (medium rare) and was full of flavor. It came with yellow rice, Portuguese potatoes, and veggies. The food here is awesome. The starter bread was outstanding as well but is overshadowed by the main course.
If it weren’t for the lackluster service, I would’ve given this place 5 stars.

The buffet was delicous yet the food was not heated properly at all places and some places of the buffet extremely hot so hot leaving the utensils to grab the food to hot to touch.
I asked for a serradura which i was told is like the tiramisu which is not like it at all
It was basicly whipped cream with crumbled crackers on top.

This is definitely a Jersey City Gem!
I found this place on Unilocal as I had just left a comedy club and there was few to no places open that weren’t diners.
It had good reviews so we decided to see what it was about. When we pulled up we were more than skeptical as the location leave much to desire.
The ambiance is kind of eclectic, its a bar and restaurant but looks kinda like a diner, bottom line, its not a fancy place. We were seated a a table a brought some menus. Thats where it got interesting. I was surprised to see such affordable prices on Portuguese food, which is famous for their portions. At that point I thought they were gonna compromise on quality.
When the food came out; what a treat! Everything was great! They serve complementary salad, veery tasty bread and the food was great. We ordered skirt steak (13.95) and garlic shrimp (15.95). It come with Portuguese potatoes, yellow rice and veggies.
I will be back soon!

Just ordered the paella for for new years eve, it was amazing! Recently went to eat there and had the steak on the hot stone, it came with a hot sauce, garlic sauce, and green sauce for dipping, not only that but the meal csme with a whole plates of yellow rice, vegetables, and sliced potatoe chips… it was so good… i paid 25 $ with tip included. A bang for your buck with the great portions!

Service not so well, shrimp scampi not so good, why my sister would order it is beyond me! Lol but either case the three stars is mainly for the steak on the stone!!!
It comes with three different sauces honestly me and my sister added all three in one and it was delish! I’ve had steak on the stone before at other Portuguese restaurants this was definitely was one of the best, the portions are very big so do share when you walk in here!
so we all shared our meals (which grew my hate for the shrimp scampi) my mothers favorite meal was the bread but I really can’t blame her it was quite appetizing. My two sisters ate everything! paella was mediocre it was enough for about 10 people. There was four us we all ate it after we were done it’s like we didn’t make a dent.
I will def go back for the steak on the stone but will pass on anything else

I was very happy with my dinner seafood linguini with red sauce $ 17.95. No it wasn’t the best pasta, was a bit overcooked and sauce was little bit runny (with some cheese it wasn’t a problem) they did forget the calamari :(, Manager did offer me a complimentary glass of wine.
My friends had shrimp with saffron rice and crab dinner. We loved both dishes!
It would’ve been 5 stars only if the pasta was al dente!!! Awesome place I wish they had one by me.

Thank you Unilocal for showing us this place while searching for Portuguese food.
Ordered the steak on hot stone and clams with green sauce. The steak is $ 18 and it was delicious and huge! The clams were pretty good. It was enough to feed two people.
We will be coming back to try the paella!

I had jury duty for few days in the courthouse nearby. So fortunately got a chance to try out this excellent choice for lunch :-) For lunch they have a pretty nice lunch buffet for under $ 10. This is basically a bar with tables where services are more on the minimal side.
But for lunch its definitely not a big deal as I was by myself and didn’t mind just sit at the bar stool. The food was pretty good although I didn’t feel a lot of Brazilian food choices. Their best selection in my opinion was the Paella where the lobsters and clams were pretty fresh. Other selections felt more like an American buffet with chicken wings and ribs and fries and onion rings. Nothing too special but for the few good items I think it was worth the price.
Definitely try their flan as well, really nice portions and delicious. I think most of the reviews are for their entrees, for lunch buffets its a 4 star for sure. Unfortunately I don’t come to the area often but if I do would definitely consider this place again.