Bacalhau Grill

This is a wonderful find on our run to the San Jose area. Specializing in Portuguese and Brazilian cuisine, the food is delicious and most reasonable.Not only an eatery, there's also a market. Sadly, we weren't able to go through it. Save that for next visit. The restaurant is very comfortable and quite busy. Our friends (who are in the know) say it's more of a small Brazilian bistro; no matter, the food and the service are the attraction. Both top rate.Plenty of tables but most are already occupied. The large screen in the background is showing a Portuguese Euro Cup match.The host and staff were fantastic. The whole experience very rememberable. I really hope we make it back!

I haven't been here since pre covid and lot has change. I was craving for the Bacalhau dish and was disappointed. For some reason it didn't taste the same as I remembered as well as the rice all was too dry. I was also sad that black beans and the cheese puff bread was only available on weekends. We also ordered the picanha special they had going but lack flavor and was dried even ordering it med rare. Plus side they remodeled and place looks nice. Service was at minimal ordered and got serve and never came back to check on us. Had to flag them to get water. They were nice but don't expect service. It was not busy only three tables of patron. I didn't even bother to take any pictures of the dishes. I gave two star for remodel and the appetizer dish fried fish ball was ok.

Unique Portuguese/Brazilian mini market and grill! Just keep an eye out on their hours since they close earlier than dinner time! One side is the market and there's plenty of seating on the other side. We came a little bit before they were closing, but the staff were helpful and friendly. Though keep in mind, things do sell out too. We got the: 1) Portuguese Sandwich: -This has eggs, beef, what I think is a slab of thick bacon, sauce, and fries. -Fries are thin cut and nicely crispy. -Sandwich is a bit dry, even with the sauce included inside, but there's condiments on the table for you to remedy that with. They don't skimp out on the meat at the very least. -Sizeable meal for a person or you can share it. 2) Gomes de sa Codfish: -This is shredded and cooked codfish with salt, onion, and garlic. -It's served with white rice and a side of salad with vinaigrette. -Despite the name, the codfish wasn't salty at all! 3) Chicken Empanada: -This was a cute pyramidal chicken empanada. -I've never had one like this before. -Nice crispy outside with a bit of a chewy texture and the chicken inside was nicely seasoned. -Not too salty, it's ground/shredded up and mixed with whatever sauce or seasoning they use. -Easy snack food to eat. It might just me not being used to the cuisine or must my tastebuds in general but all of the meats (even the filling) and the rice, were a bit too dry for me so additional sauce needed to be added, but I felt that this affected the saltiness/flavor of the dish much more than what's originally intended. Overall not bad, but I'm wondering if something else on the menu might have been a better match for me or if it's just end of the day, closing up quality.

I've always loved bacalhau, which was actually introduced me by my fiancé's Italian side of the family during the 7 fishes Christmas Eve meal. The funny thing was that I was one of the few people who loved salted cod (baccalà in Italian), so it ended up being a staple dish for future Christmases just for me. I didn't realize this until later that bacalhau was a traditional Portuguese dish, so I wanted to find a restaurant where I could have it anytime. In addition to bacalhau, I specifically was looking for some place I could find Brigadeiro. I went to Bacalhau Grill based on a recommendation from my friend, who is Brazilian. What's also cool about this restaurant is that it's attached to a market with Brazilian and Portuguese products. Customer service was excellent. The employee who helped us was very patient and explained everything to us. The food was fantastic, and not only did I find Brigadeiro but I also found other interesting traditional desserts that I can't wait to try for next time! My fiancé and I got a lunch plate each. His had a beef and potato stew, cup of rice, fries, side salad, and a drink. I ordered the traditional bacalhau dish, which came with a cup of rice, salad, and side of Portuguese Feijoada. Everything was so flavorful and tasty. Our server even offered us small samples, which left us wanting more and great reasons for coming back.

This is a rare restaurant and market in the south bay, serving Brazilian and Portuguese food in a casual setting, consisting of a store selling candy, wine, frozen meats, and other goods, and an eatery with plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. The food menu at the restaurant does not include the English translation, so we struggled a bit when deciding what to order. But the grubhub/doordash menu online has the English translation, so we used that to help us order at the counter for takeout. We got three Pastels/large-sized empanada-like snacks (pizza, beef and cheese, nutella), Rump Steak dish, Bacalhau de Natas (codfish with cream), and a bottle of the Tongue Twister douro red wine. Everything was super tasty, even if they weren't our first choices on the menu (they were out of a lot of items when we visited around 3pm on Sunday, including the nutella and strawberry combo pastels, the grilled bacalhau, tilapia dishes, fried rabbit, and more). It worked out, cuz we absolutely loved the aforementioned items we ended up getting, that codfish dish particularly leaves me craving more. Service was friendly, and the wait time was reasonable. And there's a dedicated parking lot next to the restaurant and market. By the way, the hours listed online are inaccurate. The restaurant closes at 4pm almost every day of the week (I confirmed this with an employee over the phone), which is pretty early IMO and not really ideal for dinner.

Excellent environment and very good service. 100% Brazilian foodI loved it and recommend it a lot

Ordered the creamy cod and 8 pastel de natas (only $1.95 each). Very good and the restaurant was clean.

Not fancy but the food was good with really friendly servers. I would return when in the area.

This is an awesome Portuguese/brazilian spot!We are costumers from a long time ago and they are always surprising us with new delicious dishes! Now they have pizza ! And I am so happy that I can really eat an authentic Brazilian Pizza in the Bay Area! They have the stuffed crust option, and we eat the bacon catupiry cheese one, and guess what? We are addicted to it now!I'm definitely coming back soon !All the staff is very kind and helpfull, the environment is super cozy!Thank you so much

A cool place to get Brazilian and Portuguese food/snacks. Service was polite and helped me decide what to get. Right off the bat, everyone who came in spoke Portuguese. Some of the staff do not speak english but that didn't stop the ordering process.I got the Portuguese beef and it was amazing. The frits were crispy and light. The beef and egg were cooked nicely paired with a delicious sauce. Definitely ordering it again.I got a cheese with heart of palm empanada. Wasn't expecting it to be so large. It is delicious and I never tried heart of palm before--would say it's like jack fruit if anyone was wondering too.