Don't fill up on the Salad Bar. These are great words of wisdom that a friend gave to me many years ago before I went to the Fogo de Chao in Washington D.C. Good advice. I eat my salad after the meat.
Meat is the main reason to go to Fogo de Chao. And it was not disappointing. But, be sure to vocalize what you want. Tell the individual with the large sword of meat that you prefer yours Rare or medium rare or burnt. They will find that for you and bring it to you. Here it was no exception.
My one complaint was that we ordered a magnum of wine off of the wine list. After a few minutes, the waiter came over and said they were out of that magnum but here was another that was equally as good. I asked if the price was the same. No he answered. It was $50 more. I called over the manager, Ryan, to complain. Ryan admitted that they had been out of that bottle for over a week. He did not have an answer as to why they couldn't have printed up a new wine list with their laser printer. And Ryan was somewhat offended when I told him I felt like they were trying to up sell me the other bottle of wine when they didn't offer it to us at the price of the wine that they didn't have. That said, after Ryan and I discussed the matter we were able to work out an acceptable resolution. But really, in this day and age of computer inventory and laser printers, can't you have a wine list that is up to date?
That said, we had a great meal. Meat delivered the way we like it and a cool refreshing salad at the end. Perfect!
Thank you for a great dinner. We look forward to your new San Diego location.