Royal Restaurant Cafe
296 N Front St, New Bedford, MA 02746
About Royal Restaurant Cafe - steak house in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Customer Review Summary
Royal Restaurant Cafe is highly praised for its delicious Portuguese-style dry rub ribs and consistent quality. The catering options, including trays of rice, potatoes, meat, chicken, and fish filets, are favorites among customers. While some dishes, like the Picanha, receive high marks, some others, including the Surf and Turf and Shimo Mozambique, can be hit or miss regarding cooking and flavor. Staff are described as friendly and attentive, although service can be slow when busy. Patrons appreciate the generous portions and reasonable prices, with highlights being the grilled chicken, kale soup, calamari, and flan. Overall, the ambiance is welcoming, and many customers express a desire to return.
Key Features
Service options
- Takeout
- Dine-in
Highlights
- Fast service
- Great coffee
- Great wine list
- Sports
Popular for
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Solo dining
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
Offerings
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Coffee
- Comfort food
- Hard liquor
- Healthy options
- Quick bite
- Small plates
- Wine
Dining options
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Catering
- Dessert
- Seating
Amenities
- Bar onsite
- Restroom
Atmosphere
- Casual
- Cozy
Crowd
- Groups
Planning
- Accepts reservations
Payments
- Credit cards
- Debit cards
- NFC mobile payments
Children
- Good for kids
- High chairs
- Kids' menu
Parking
- Free parking lot
- Free street parking
Customer Reviews
Rating Distribution
Tim Gago
Stopped in for some of the Best Portuguese style dry rub ribs you can buy in the area. Still absolutely delicious and one of my favorites. I've had it many times and its always consistent. Try it and see for yourself. They also do great job catering orders with trays of rice, potatoes, meat, chicken, and fish filets being some of my favorites. Most recently went with the chicken and rib combo for two. Comes with rice and fries.
Logan (PlasmaXL)
Good Experience! Staff were very friendly although they seemed understaffed and swamped with orders, food took a while, the Picanha was great, but the Surf and Turf was noticbly overcooked and the Shimo Mozambique was kinda bland, the homemade chips were really good also.
Julie Conceicao
The Royal NEVER disappoints... Always leave full and happy!! Our waitress Veronica was super sweet and attentive and Bartender Debbie makes some great drinks! Definitely a place to visit when you're in the city!
DR. Drip
Great grilled chicken breast and kale soup. The goat is very good as well so many flavors. Check them out you will like it.
Dayan Siri
Awesome food and great service. Loved the soup, calamari, flan and friend fish with rice and fries.
Margaret M.
Everyone knows everyone there. The waitress was extremely friendly.The food was a tad bit salty and it took a while to come out but the food portions are huge and the prices aren't bad at all. Lovely place.
Lisa Afifi
Very good light dinner. Hubby had Portuguese soup and I had spicy chicken wings. Both receiving great reviews from us. Service was terrific, fast and with a smile. Will be coming back and recommending.
Tabi Sprague
Had a wonderful night there. The food is always delicious and the server is so sweet and nice. Thank you 😊
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