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| - Well, I am surprised that I am reviewing this restaurant with three stars, based on everything I heard about it....
My first experience with Brazilian BBQ was in Dallas Texas on a business trip, and I was absolutely blown away by the coolness of the experience, and the quality and variety of meats.
Brazilian BBQ is a neat experience no matter where you have it. You have an indicator on the table that tells the servers to keep bringing you meat. When you are full or need a breather, you flip it over to alert the server not to put anything else under your nose. It is a very cool concept indeed.
For some time now, it was on my list to try the Brazilian BBQ restaurants here, and Gaucho I had heard the most raves about, so on a blistery day on July, I saught out to see what all the hype was about, and also to relive my extremely positive Texas experience.
Well.......
In my opinion, what was working:
- Ambiance was cool and rugged
- Salad bar was fantastic
- The parmesan beef was to DIE for
- Second on my to-die-for list was the garlic beef
- Price was reasonable. $35 for all you can eat per person is a bargain in this city.
In my opinion, what was not working:
- Other than the two outstanding meats listed above, the rest were either okay, or overcooked
- Chicken was dry. Sausages were dry.
- Waiter was tough to nail down to pay and leave. The restaurant was busy, but not packed, so I don't think my expectations were out of line.
This restaurant is a hit with most people, so I am not sure if the few overdone meat pieces was an off day, or whether I was comparing it to my previous experience in the states where everything was a "mind-blowing OMG" whenever they came around. However, the only two pieces of meat that were juicy and flavorful by my standards were the two above in my list. The chicken wings and sausages were dry. The rest was okay (the rest though.... was 11 additional different flavors of meat), It was meat.... :)
If a group was going back there for a party or an experience, I would go. For the "experience" I would recommend it, and for the price. However, if someone was looking for a quality meat experience, I would share what is above. They are going to be blown away by a few pieces, and will likely fill up on the rest. I will give it an A-OK based on my past experience. However, I recognize due to the uniqueness why it is getting 5 stars everywhere.
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