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| - We decided to give this place a try. I've been to other Brazilian steakhouses in the city, and I had heard positive things about Mina's as well. On walking in, the staff are quite polite and friendly. The restaurant has a bit of a bistro atmosphere, not one of particularly fine dining, which was fine. It felt like a place for a nice bunch or for a first date. On sitting down, the service continued to be polite and usually quick. We opted for the buffet and the offerings were mostly salads and sides because the meats will be brought to your table. The sides were delicious, there really wasn't anything that I would specifically avoid. The meats were brought to the table. They had probably about 5-6 varieties of meats coming around. The types of meats honestly were just okay. The Italian sausage had a very "pork" flavour to it (not the good pork flavour, the more fleshy pork flavour). The chicken was good, but dry. The beef tasted very earthy, and the lamb tasted very rare. Not their fault, but I think the meat just wasn't the types that I would usually like, or maybe they just weren't cooked the way that I usually like. There weren't any sauces for them either, so you would typically eat the meats dry. They had some desserts in the buffet area, as well, which were delicious. You could order more items off the menu, but I think sticking to the buffet was more than enough.
In short, if I am downtown and looking for a good restaurant, I think I would come again. But if I had a choice of any of the Brazilian steakhouses I've had in the city so far, this would second on the list (Bolero's definitely still is my favourite in this category).
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