Toma La

You must get the piri piri chicken, spicy! Love it, excellent fries too!!! Best Portuguese food around. The bacalhau a bras is good too! Must get a Pasteis De Nata for desert!!! Excellent authentic food!

Awesome, just awesome. Steak sandwich, mmmmmm. Whole chicken, mmmmmm. Rice & potato balls, that’s right mmmmmmmm.

$ 18 for a half chicken diner and drink. at that price the bird should have been great. it was ok. Not the worst I have had but not even close to the brickyard in brampton.

I like this Portuguese restaurant a lot.
The lunch sandwich are so good, and the roasted chicken are fresh and juicy.
Portuguese peri peri sauce fits perfectly with the chicken.
Don’t forget the portuguese tart to end up a perfect meal.

Driving Upper James looking for a unique stop and came across Toma-​La.
I had the X-​tudo, a chicken cutlet with ham, cheese, fried onions and peppers topped with a fried egg. It’s served on a fresh Portuguese bun that I saw then bring in from their bakery, made me happy to know it wasn’t frozen or from yesterday.
The food was good, seems most people do the chicken which is what I’ll be going for next visit with some rice.
The place smells amazing, uses a real charcoal grill and has a selection of European candy and beverages. They also feature custard tarts (Natas).
The only downfall is really their service is slow. The reason it’s slow is because they talk to everyone and take their time with the dishes which is nice but I wouldn’t stop here for a very quick lunch.
Overall, I wish them luck and will be back for fire grilled Portuguese chicken.
Mobark

Tonight was my 3^rd visit at Toma la. It has a clean and appealing interior and is touted as a Portuguese pit stop.
I’ve had the Chicken, on another visit I had the Steak and this evening the Bacalhou. In my opinion the Portuguese are know for their excellent chicken and fish dishes, especially the many variations of Bacalhou (cod). The chicken was good. It’s cooked on an indoor charcoal BBQ. It was tender and flavorful.
I should have known better than to order a steak on my second visit. Even by fast food standards it was average at best. Not tough but definitely grey and chewy. A 2 beverage meal. One isn’t enough to wash it down.
Tonight I ordered the Bacalhou a‘ Lagareiro for take– out with the vegetables in olive oil. They said it would be 20 minutes but it took 40. No big deal but when I got home I found the center of the fish was raw. Not under cooked, raw, inedible. I could have tossed it in a frying pan and cooked it myself but I threw out. If I felt like cooking I would have bought the ingredients at the Fortinos supermarket in the same plaza and made Bacalhou a Bras (not on Toma la’s menu). It’s easy and I could have prepared it in less than 40 minutes.
I don’t think I will go back to Toma la.