I felt compelled to do an update for this one after my recent visit to Vegas and as a disclaimer this is for the service side of things only as the food once again spoke for itself.
So within our group we were celebrating 2 birthdays and a wedding anniversary which certainly created for a heck of an atmosphere (ambiance and we were given free deserts for each event which is always appreciated), but what the manager Ricardo did for our group was way beyond anything we imagined.
Halfway through dinner he came to check on our table (I'd like to think it had to do with me checking in and my previous 5 star rating on Yelp that got us what's coming up) ha-ha. He came over and asked us if we wanted to take a tour of the kitchen and we all looked at each other wide jawed about even getting the chance to do that, but none of us wanted to say no to that.
It was a once in a lifetime event let me tell you. All employees (which none of us knew) are executive chefs and the meat they bring out is specifically cooked by them as they are allotted to that particular meat preparation for the night. The meat itself cooks in roughly about 3-5 minutes only due to the extremely hot rotisserie oven they have so that definitely explains why the service is always a well oiled machine.
Being able to see Fogo behind the scenes was amazing and one experience I will never forget. However it did give me a new found appreciation (not that I didn't have it before) for the preparation and end result that is Fogo De Chao!