Mateus Bar Restaurant - Jamaica Ave

First time I meet good people that day Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Traditional, fair prices and friendly staff Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Portuguese Sausage

I’ve been to Mateus many times and I would say that the food is always great and the service is pretty good. I chose to come here for my birthday with my family and all was going well. Now I never seen any bugs besides flies going around (the door is normally open during the day, so they just fly in), but I never seen a cockroach here. I know being in NY, we’re bound to have a few roaches but this roach kept coming back. Every time I tried to scare it away or kill it, it just would run away and come back. I feel like as a customer I shouldn’t be trying to go all Hulk smash on a roach. It does concern me that a roach is out and about trying to get into my food (it did managed to get to my drink). It makes me wonder if there’s a large group of them lurking around. Unfortunately I didn’t take a picture of my food because I just felt turned off by the whole roach thing. Nonetheless everyone else enjoyed themselves and had a fun time.

Went with a large party and they really gave great service. The menu was quite extensive. I enjoyed the chicken and shrimp paella and look forward to going again to try other things on the menu. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 4 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5