The Acores Family Restaurant — Restaurant in Fall River

Where do I begin. I've been chasing good Portuguese steak my whole life (43 years). You find a good place, go there frequently for years and then it closes down and have to find another one. My view of a good Portuguese restaurant is based on their steak plate. But, not all Portuguese steaks are the same. For me, it needs to be pounded steak, with a great flavored sauce, fries, garlic, and hot peppers. After my last favorite place in Fall River closed down, I tried a few places over the past few years, and none were what I crave. I started to try places based on the pictures people shared of their steak plates and came across this place. OMG, it was exactly what I had been missing. The sauce was so flavorful. The steak was huge, tender, but still pounded like I like (I know there is a joke in there, but please focus on the food, lol). If you like thicker steak, they will do that as well. You can get fries and rice, or just fries like I like. My mom has always loved Shrimp Mozambique. She also has had a hard time finding that flavor that she loves. Either the sauce is bland or too lemony. She loves that rich garlic butter sauce, and once again, this place hits the spot. So if your taste buds are like mine, and you are looking for that authentic Portuguese steak plate with a flavorful sauce to dip your fries in, THIS IS YOUR PLACE. I will be a faithful patron for as long as...

Experience was poor. Sat at bar with my brother which was very dingy and old. Dining room was sitting tables that waitresses couldn’t get to so got up and went to sit at bar. The bartender had no experience (put 3 beans in my White Russian after I told him how to make it) but he was very very nice. He was using the pourers that measure shots incorrectly leading to a lesser amount of alcohol. We watched this and commented to put more because his pour was wrong (I’ve been a bartender for 20 yrs.) He didn’t but I’m not sure if he understood. My brother changed the size of his glass to small due to too much soda for a diabetic. The bartender changed to smaller glass. My brothers statement, talking about the vodka in the smaller glass, said “it even looks embarrassing in the smaller glass. We spoke to each other, not loud. The owner who was behind bar doing something and turned around and said “ you think this place is embarrassing? Why don’t you go eat somewhere else!” We tried to explain we were talking about the vodka in with no luck he just repeated same thing. I looked at my brother and I said “let’s go.” We left with some woman yelling at us “get out if you’re embarrassed with this place. Needless to say I will not be returning to that restaurant again unless someone teaches...

(Sept 27, 2025) Ordered the thick steak with fried eggs, rice and skipped the fries ~$22+. (Not including other people's) Everything was wrong and bad. Firstly, they had no bread(didn't care much about this, but figured I'd mention it) Then the plate came and it had the wrong order on it. When I got the right order, the steak that was ordered "medium" was extremely well done, I could barely get a fork through it. I tried a couple bites from different areas of the steak but it was so hard it was inedible. I didn't eat anything besides the fried eggs and the waiter didn't even care to ask/talk to me.

When another person asked about the iced tea, he said it was unsweet tea. Came out to be iced tea in a can with plenty of sugar in it.. So they drank it because it was too difficult to get ahold of the waiter.

The waiter kept running away and I didn't get a chance to say anything about my steak plate. When he came for the bill, he was on the other side of the table, and ran away after delivering it and picking it up.

We will never go back unless I'm refunded at least a meal/cash(as we paid in cash), lost a group of...