Portuguese Bakery

Super friendly stuff and delicious food Highly recommend this place

Disappointed -- I came Saturday afternoon, and asked if the egg tarts were freshly baked from today, and it was an emphatic YES! But when I tasted them leaving the store, the curst was not crispy, was soft, and clearly not from today. They were still ok, but don't try to pass off a day old pastry for a fresh baked one. Just tell me it's day old. At least then I would have come back for a fresh one, and probably written a much better review. I didn't taste the bread so I can't comment on that.

Fresh bakery items are delicious, I tried a sandwich and some falafel and they were great also! Very friendly and have offered me free samples multiple times.

Recently tried out the ice cream, ashta with pistachio, delicious, i would definitely recommend it.

A warning to the Portuguese in Ottawa. The positive reviews of the "egg tarts" are coming from mangia cakes. The natas are frozen, rubbery, and overly sweet to compensate. If you're a pork chop looking for the classic flakey custard delight, you're going to be greatly disappointed. The staff are nice and I'm sure the falafels are great but I don't think there is anything Portuguese about "Portuguese Bakery."

A hidden gem in Ottawa. The falafel, almond croissants and such are always fresh and amazing. Fresh buns and loafs. It’s a genuine mom and pop style bakery.

Now also known as SYRIAN KITCHEN (says on their new business cards). Based on what I have overheard and read, this place is now owned and operated by Syrian families, employing some recent refugees. They have retained the Portuguese name and products from working with the previous co-owner. This is currently the only place you can get Syrian falafel in town. They gave me and my partner each a sample falafel to try - the falafels were flavourful, crispy on the outside and moist inside. I liked it much better than a lot of other falafels in town!!! $0.65 each if you were to buy. Looks like they are made to order, or the pre-made ones are within the hour and fresh. We tried the Syrian falafel wrap ($6) and Beef steak sandwich ($7) and both were delicious. Don't expect the food to come super fast like other shawarma-type places because they don't have an assembly line. For the beef steak sandwich, they sauteed mushrooms and onions along with the beef on their grill until caramelized, which took a while, but it tasted so homey and fresh. Beef was a little tough but the flavour was good. We got a bunch of natas (Portuguese egg tarts) and they were really good. $1.75 each. We also got a bunch of kibbehs (beef croquettes) - which I have just reheated and am eating right now on Day #2 - and they are flavourful and still juicy inside even after reheating. 5/5 would buy again. And of course we got extra Syrian falafels to go....because they're so good and we eat them like cookies. Lovely people, homey food at very reasonable prices. Cannot wait to come back again. Minus 1 star because service is slow and for the lack of ambiance/space if you want to dine in.

Best middle eastern food in town. Family owned restaurant you won’t regret it. Try their cherry beef and you’ll be back every week! Thank you Rami and the Addas family for the amazing derive