Santana’s Plaza Café

My friend introduced me to this place a while back to show me the acai bowl because she loved it so much, so I decided to give it a shot and I couldn’t have been more satisfied! This bowl is so delicious along with their burgers. They’re usually packed but it’s a nice friendly vibe. Great place to just relax with friends!

I looooooove this place. Yes, it can get very crowded, but the energy and food there are so awesome that you don’t mind. I looooove to go to Santana’s on Saturdays, order some coffee and breakfast, and just hang out for like an hour. Always filled with families, and everybody knows everybody. I have never tried anything but their pastries and breakfasts, but I’ve never had any problem with the quality of their food. Their ingredients are fresh (I love their eggs and home fries and they cook the bacon just right), and the breakfast isn’t greasy or small, and the pastries are yummy. This restaurant is definitely a great place to go to for a great tasting meal, but it’s also a great place to connect with your community no matter what walk of life you come from.

This is my go-​to Brazilian place for breakfast. Huge selection, awesome staff, and very authentic! Some of the highlights are:
— Freshest orange juice you will ever taste.
— Freshly made pastel (get the plain cheese pastel)
— Huge portions
— Perfectly balanced breakfast sandwiches (ham, egg, cheese on «french bread»)
I’ll keep returning.

Great food and huge, I mean huge portions. I never had anything I didn’t like. Everything is really good and the Shakes and Acai bowl are amazing.

Wow, what an incredible restaurant!
The last time we were in the Everett area we decided to stop in at this Brazilian café to grab some for after a long day of shopping. This restaurant although small and pack was incredible!
The food here is beyond words and we ended up stuffing our faces with a few different items. My wife had a X-​Bacon burger while some other family tried their Prato do Dia. Everything was perfect and we walked out with leftovers.
In the end, if you want a good meal then stop here. I find it hard to believe that you will be dissapointed with the experience.

Some of the best stuff I have ever eaten. Coffee and the food was all great. Service was great… What can I say great great great. A must go if your are around

Holy cow the hype is not hype at all its reality. Everything is unbelievable. The sandwich I got was great the bread could not have been any fresher in the cappuccino was phenomenal and I haven’t tried the chocolate mess that I’ve gotten. But. Everything has been absolutely phenomenal

Their Açai bowl is phenomenal! The large bowl is enough for 2 or 3. I took some home.
Delicious treats, coffee, and fresh orange juice, too. I went 3 days in a row while I was in Boston for a week!

Get the X-​Santana when in the area. Its a Cheeseburger on Steroids. You get a piece of hamburger, a piece of steak, ham, chicken, egg, bacon, corn, and the kitchen sink.

I just moved to Everett and tried this place because all of the great reviews. I must say, the food lived up to the hype. The service was great. The food was great. The place was clean and there was so much choice and variety.
Yes yes yes all the way.

The favorite restaurant of the local Brazilian community. Fresh food in very happy atmosphere.

The staff/​owners are very friendly, this place is open 6am-​midnight and their prices are very reasonable. The BBQ bacon burger is wicked awesome and they have HUGE portions!!! They have great selection of pastries, I usually point at the pastry or food I want to try. I would recommend prato do dia (plate of the day) its rice, beans, french fries, fried bananas, salad or eggs with your choice of meat… all for $ 10! This place is always packed but theres a reason why. Definitely coming back!
Love this place!

Let me put it this way:
If I was on death row and they asked me what I would pick for my last meal, I would request literally anything from Santana’s.
If there is a restaurant in Heaven, it’s Santana’s.
If I had my tastebuds removed, I’d still eat food from Santana’s.
The only competition for my mom’s cooking is Santana’s.
If Santana’s was located in Brasil, it would still be a top restaurant.
On a serious note: Santana’s is wicked clean, food is good, customer service is five star, management and owners are wonderful. The people behind the counter DO speak English, so don’t go in there expecting them not to or that will be the impression you get from them. You know a Brasilian place is good when It’s always packed with Brasilians.

Went here at night, looking for a snack with my husband. They have many great looking pastries in the case. I picked one out that had a lot of custard in the middle. My husband picked a hot dog in dough that also had chicken and cream cheese. It seemed like an odd choice but he said it was great and was very impressed. My pastry was also fantastic. Can’t wait to go back :)

Great service, a majority of the cliental and staff are brasilians but they made me feel comfortable and welcome, great food and they bring it right to you!

I love this place. Good food, prices, beautiful Brasileiras happy to help you order in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. What more can you ask for? I like their smoothies, acai bowls, their burgers/​sandwiches are great, and their plates-​of-​the-​day. The prato do dia come with whatever kinda of grilled animal you want, rice, beans, salad, a fistful of fries, fried plantains… I think that’s it. All for $ 10 and you get two big servings out of it.

Totally loving this place! Came in the third time this week! The bread is different from American bakery and it’s very good. Their shakes are made of real fruit and I love the mango one very much. Food is amazing too. Tried the Brazilian burger and it’s very tasty too!

This place is always packed with Brazilians night and day. Even 10:30pm families, couples, young and old, all of them gather here for good food. Could be slightly crowded and loud. Most servers behind counter speak very little English or none.
I usually just point at the pastry or food I want to try/​order. That would work.
Love love love this place.

Best Acai — Best Prices!
I am an avid Santana’s fan! They have a huge selection of foods and offer breakfast, lunch and dinner. They also carry a full assortment of delicious desserts. They give you huge servings at extremely reasonable prices. My favorite thing that they serve is the acai bowl. It’s really hard to find good acai outside of Brazil but this place is the best by far. You can customize your order any way you like it and they consistently deliver a good bowl.
On top of all that, I really like the people who own/​work at Santana’s. I go in there often enough that I’ve gotten to know some of them and they are always friendly and happy to see me return.

Wow!
You gotta try this place!!! The only way it could be more perfect is if it were open 24hrs! Although, 5am — Midnight isn’t bad.
Having moved up from NJ, I’d seen my fair share of top-​notch diners, and aside from some lacking hours, and slightly smaller dinner menu, this place can easily compete with all of them.
I stumbled on to this place when I decided to hunt for Chinese food on foot. At first glance, I thought it was a bakery; rows of fresh bread by the window, pastries under the glass to the right of the register, cakes and pies under the glass next to the left and people sitting at tables with cups of coffee. I look up to take note of the name, and noticed it said café so I decided to go in.
Upon entering Santana’s I was surprised to see an extensive menu nicely laid out above the register. It was spaciously laid out with with brand new furnishings, and very clean, without a single fingerprint on the glass showcases or refrigerators.
I recognized a lot of the food options from Latin cuisine (fried plantains, flan, empanadas etc.) but the large Brazilian sandwich collection clued me in that I should expect different.
At the counter, I was greeted with what I could only guess was Portuguese, then Spanish, then the cashier switched out so that my order could be taken in English. I played it safe to start with, getting the flan, and a chicken burrito.
Upon getting home I was shocked to see that my burrito actually came with fries and a salad for only $ 6.50!!! WTF? how is this possible, even the food trucks at work aren’t this cheap! Moreover, the chicken was seasoned in this yellow sauce that made it task amazing! Aside from it’s enormous size, it really seemed more like a seasoned chicken wrap than a burrito.
I went back the next day and almost ordered the burrito again, but decided to try something else. The chicken Brazilian sandwich sounded interesting, and since the fries that came with the burrito were so tasty, decided to order them again as well.
When I got to the register, the transition from Portuguese to English was much faster, probably because I opened with a bit more English. There was a bit of confusion when I tried to order «a side fries» as had not realized that this sandwich also included fries or salad (it’s not listed as such on the menu, and apparently they had just given me a half side of each because I didn’t specify when ordering the burrito).
When my sandwich came out it was shockingly HUGE, I didn’t see the fine print that «Brazilian sandwiches» had Ham, Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, corn, potato sticks and peas ON TOP of the sandwich as standard practice! Further, all this wasn’t stuffed in your wimpy Mc Donald’s sized bulky roll, but a large French roll! I couldn’t believe I just spent $ 6.25 on a lunch I couldn’t even finish.
Later trips would cement this place as a frequent go to since their ~$ 3 breakfast sandwiches are served on these same large French rolls, and it seems impossible to find something on the menu that great tasting and fresh.
Since then, I’ve brought many friends, all who instantly became green with envy, one even began traveling from Arlington to Everett on a weekly basis just to eat at Santana’s.
Warnings to first time visitors should be aware: Sometimes the place gets packed with take-​out orders and the line can be a bit long, but manageable. However, once your order is in, its usually in front of you in less than 10 minutes. Also, this restaurant is clearly caters best to Everett’s Brazilian population. If you don’t speak Portuguese, you’ll naturally feel like a bit of an outsider once you open your mouth. Nevertheless, the wait staff are extremely friendly multilingual and try hard to accommodate everyone.