Asado Argentine Grill — Restaurant in Parsippany-Troy Hills

We stopped at Tino's BBQ and Grill sort of by accident - we were dropping my parents off at the airport in Newark and needed to stop somewhere for lunch after a week in the Poconos (with pretty disappointing food). We stopped in Parsippany but no one was down with Indian food so we tried this place out.

The seating is awkward and the printed menu is pretty American fare. Skip the printed menu. Gaze upon the dry erase board hung over the counter and only order off this. It is your Mecca to good food!

We started off with a few bowls of chicken and sausage gumbo soup, and it was delicious. Seriously rivals the gumbo I got down in New Orleans at Zydeco's. I ate it all, there was nothing left.

I ordered a beef empanada, another family member ordered a pork empanada. The empanadas came out early and we're served with the most delicious red sauce. I asked the owner what it was and he just told me it was "empanada sauce made from hot sauce". I dipped it in my beef empanada (delicious) although I was told the pork one was not as moist.

The main course was also delicious. I got the Febras (peppers and pork with yellow rice and fries) and others got the pork cubes and shrimp (can't recall the actual name, sorry!) and the kids chicken strips, as well as a few empanadas.

The kid's chicken strips were, I kid you not, the best looking child chicken strips I have ever seen or sampled. They allso came with yellow rice.

The Febras was delicious, and I drizzled the empanada sauce all over it and ate the entire thing (minus the giant portion of fries - they were whatever, but just filler compared to the real star of the show).

The pork cubes and shrimp came with a sauce that pooled on the bottom of the plate, the pork was a tad bit touch but still good.

Overall, it was some of the best food we had on our week long trip. Skip the American fare, order off the...

Based off of the reviews on yelp, I have been searching for Portuguese BBQ similar to the ones in Newark that are a bit more logistically convenient. The two that came up in my search were Tinos and Portugalo BBQ in East Hanover. Since trying Portugalo, I wanted to give Tinos a try as well. I went in on my way home from work on Monday and ordered a whole chicken since I do not eat beef or pork. When I got home I was disappointed to realize upon opening the tray, I was given ribs instead with less than 2-3 pieces of chicken. I called and the woman who answered told me to either bring it back or call the following day when the owner is there to see what he can do as I did not want to drive 15 minutes back there and another 15 back home after just getting back from work. I ended up just not having dinner. I called today as I was told to do and spoke to Manny, the manager who was extremely rude and unapologetic to the mistake and blamed me for not bringing the food back that night. After my interaction with him, I asked for the owner to call me back. Tino himself called me back that evening with basically the same response as the manager. I’m appalled that this business can treat customers this way and instead of acknowledging the mistake and correcting it, he pretty much sounded as though he could care less about my experience at his establishment. I will never be giving Tinos another try because of this unfortunate experience and will not be recommending their appalling behavior. Portugalo will be my go to for my Portuguese BBQ fix...

Don't trust the 5 star reviews - I was fooled because I was on the road looking for anything. Now looking back in retrospect, i see that the 5 star reviews are anonymous. Normally I'll leave a place alone but because they did that, and I don't want anyone else to fall into this trap, here's my take.

It is in a strip mall next to a Domino's and a dosa place (which my colleague assures me is also terrible).

Owner is nice enough. But there was no one there except one guy chatting with the owner, who looked at me funny.

Menu had some salads, chicken, ribs. It is not a bbq specialty place though, despite the sign. I ordered a mozzarella captures and some baby back ribs, figuring it was safe.

This place served me tough mozzarella and tomatoes with pickled peppers from a supermarket can (that I could barely eat, they were so disgusting). Well, I thought, it is a rib place.

The ribs came, not in a rack, but in a cut -apart pile. A special style, I thought..

I took a bite. They were were dry and greasy. I was sad. The best part of the meal was the sautéed vegetables.

All for 30! I'm pretty insensitive to piece but I felt bad paying for this meal. And was afraid I might get...