Venturas Signature Restaurant

Great Birthday suprise!!

We had been meaning to visit this restaurant for a long time.

We were seated at a beautiful table near a real wood burning fireplace. The waitress was very friendly I think she was the daughter of the owner; the owner at one point came to greet us even though they were busy which I though was very nice.
Inside this restaurant was beautiful with the feel of the inside of an old boat, the decor was absolutely stunning with artifacts everywhere.

The menu was big with a lot of variety. We picked the mussels for an appetizer along with the Portuguese "chorizo" they were great very tasty especially the mussels. We then went with the Fruits of the Sea platters for our group.

Let me say OMG you will not leave hungry they were awesome!!!!and huge!!!!
It had 3 or 4 different types of fish, shrimp, calamari, rice, potatoes other stuff too but I can't remember all of it. We then ordered dessert; we were told that all the desserts are made in house which is impressive. I had the Custard from heaven which was awesome my husband chose the cheesecake and it was good too.

Overall it was a great birthday with good service, great food and great company. I would return and we recommend this restaurant.

My bf and I decided to come here for our anniversary, since we had been wanting to go for a long time. We were anticipating a great meal, great atmosphere, and great services, based on the "awards" that the restaurant had plastered on their front door.

Granted those awards were given almost four years ago, this restaurant is totally not deserving of them now!

The food was so overpriced, misrepresented and inedible. We ordered one of the specialty seafood platters for $40, since I am a GIANT seafood fan. I'm not the most picky eater, but I honestly couldn't eat half of garbage that was on my plate.

The calamari was totally burnt, the pieces of fish were overly fried and dry (I couldn't eat bite into it), the "crab" was imitation crab meat, and so on...
The mussels tasted alright, they were swathed in some kind of spicy tomato based sauce, but that was the only thing that I found half enjoyable.

This might have been forgiven, if the service was good. We had divided up the food between ourselves, before chowing down, and the waitress came up and just said, "i can tell you like the food!" and didn't wait for us to comment, before she rushed away.

We sat there for another 20 minutes, food virtually untouched, before the waitress came back (she was nowhere in sight before), and we tried to voice our dissatisfaction (which we both HATE doing, makes us feel incredibly guilty).

however, she went on to make all of these excuses, trying to justify the crappy food, saying that we should have told her we didn't like it when she came bythe first time (we hadn't even tried it then!), and generally lecturing us. I felt like she was kind of taking advantage of the fact that we were younger, and that somehow we would put up with that.

The only saving grace was that we didn't have to pay for any of it in the end.

Overall, I had really high expectations for this place; it ended up being the most disappointing experience.

the reviews here seem pretty varied, so it could have been a one time thing, but I know that I will not be going again, mainly because of the service.

I would recommend the portuguese restaurant across the street "Acclamation" instead of "Ventura's". Cleaner, friendlier staff, nice atmosphere, live music on somedays, and complimentary dishes sometimes!

Loved the menu it had lots of variety. The food was very fresh and you could tell there was alot of pride in what they served. We enjoyed everything we ordered! The waitress was also very nice with a huge smile, we will certainly return.

My hsband and I like to try different restaurants for dinner. We drove by this place before and thought that we would give it a try. We were extremely disappointed with the service, the food, and the prices. The steak was tough, the shrimp were overspiced, and the place was over priced.

Feels just like a typical portuguese restaurant in the old country! My family goes all the time and we love it, great food and service.

4 of us had a few appetizers and i found them to be bland and we decided to finish with the king platter. this platter was suitable for a peasant let alone a king. too dry and boring. no creativity. Typical place that trys to let the decor of the restaurant speak for the food. Don't waste your time!

we all had a great time, the food was excellent, the service was good too, they made us feel very at home. The restaurant is beautiful with alot of detail-the server told us it is family owned which is nice.The waitress was very friendly and talkative.We were recommend by family and friends and we enjoyed it very much and will be returning. Great JOB!!

I was really disappointed with the the quality of food for the price in such a beautiful restaurant. The pork was good, but not very special. The grilled haddock tasted awful, I can't even put my finger on what was wrong. But our server was really nice, and seemed eager for us to like it, so I didn't say anything. I tried to eat half of it, but there were bones in it too. I also wasn't sure if maybe my palate is not accustomed to portuguese food. The potatoes were and veg were very plain, so seasoning, bothe appeared to be boiled and steams respectively. I might try to eat here again, because the reviews are so varied, maybe we came on a bad day.

We go often and enjoy this restaurant very much, the owner makes us feel right at home. The food is fresh and reminds us of portugal. We bring friends all the time.

terrible service , waited forever, fish over done and too oily.It wasn't even busy, they were out of everything just not a good experience.