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Malagueta

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25-35 36th Ave., Queens, NY 11106
nr. Crescent St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
718-937-4821 Send to Phone

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$$$
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Reader Rating:
9.0 out of 10

3 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: Brazilian

Photo by Konstantin Sergeyev

Map Rate & Review

Hours

Tue-Thu, 4pm-10pm; Fri, 4pm-11pm; Sat, 1pm-11pm; Sun, 1pm-10pm; Mon, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

N, W at 36th Ave.

Prices

$15-$27

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Delivery
Good for Groups
Hot Spot
Lunch
Take-Out

Alcohol

Beer and Wine Only

Reservations

Recommended

Delivery Area

Astoria

Profile

If you've only experienced rodizio, that nonstop Brazilian barrage of grilled skewered meats, you'll be happily surprised by the refined elegance of this congenial restaurant's coconut-milk-and-palm-oil shrimp stew (moqueca de camarão); the tart, creamy passion-fruit mousse; and, on Saturdays, the feijoada, the national Brazilian clay-pot black-bean stew packed with pork, sausage, and fatty bacon and served with white rice, garlicky collard greens, farofa (crunchy fried cassava meal), and—in a seeming effort to cover all the major food groups—a few orange slices. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Recommended Dishes

Cocunut-milk-and-palm-oil shrimp stew, $15; acaraje, $7; quail with mashed potatoes, $15

Reader Ratings

9.0

"Highly Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10

Cozy & Authentic...but worth the wait?

TnE from 10605 | Posted on 3/29/08

Overall Reader Rating: 7 (Recommended)


Food:	7
Service:	5

Décor:	5

Value:	9

The food was authentic, and the atmosphere was comfortable and cozy. However, none of the food preparations were good enough to give us incentive to return. Also we found the service slow and impersonal. The two waiters would have benefited from...Read More

Simply Brilliant

usedari from New York | Posted on 10/24/06

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	10

Décor:	7

Value:	10

This restaurant is a gem in Long Island City. All the dishes are superb, full of flavor. I highly recommend the chicken breasts in white wine sauce, but the seafood is also wonderful. Everything is perfectly fresh, fragrant, just wonderful. The...Read More

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