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| - It has been ages since I wrote a Yelp Review. Transitioning from California (where we experienced AMAZING food) back to our hometown of Calgary, I haven't been moved enough by any local restaurant to write a review - that is until I ate at Pampa (twice in one week - dinner and lunch). Service was exceptional (particularly our dinner-time server, Carlos from Columbia - we won't hold it against him that he wasn't from Brazil).
For dinner, we even used a Groupon Deal. Many of you who have used Groupon may understand the woes of it from time to time when service or quality of food isn't up to par. Well this was NOT the case with Pampa. Service from front door to our exit was excellent. Salad bar was great - even though hubby kept warning me not to eat too much salad and save enough room for the superstars of the evening - the various cuts of meats. Having eaten at different Brazilian steakhouses before, I can say that the cuts of meat were mouthwatering - particularly the House Special and the Lamb. Now you may be thinking, " But I hate Lamb!" - trust me, my friend, you will and shall change your mind. No gaminess in smell or taste - just flavourful and succulent.
I'm a fairly easy going gal and not difficult to please, but my hubby is picky about food - if he's going to pay a good amount for his meal, he wants it to be good quality and he wants to leave satisfied. He prefers a hole in the wall kind of a restaurant to fancy smanchy places where he needs a burger after he leaves. Needless to say, he raved about Pampa - something he rarely does about any restaurant.
Went back for lunch with a few friends a few days later and though the number of meats are obviously less, the experience was just as good.
Thank you Pampa! Keep it up and you will see us again...and again.
p.s. only suggestion - Pampa should use the wooden blocks which you turn over for GO or Stop, which are more visible than the paper discs they use. Still, no issue with waiters not being attentive.
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