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| - Guys night out, what better way to do it than an all you can eat meat fest. Our group of 7 made reservations for 7pm on Saturday night to help send off a good friend before he gets married in a couple of weeks.
I had only been to the Yonge and Eglington location before and upon entering this newer Financial meets Entertainment district location I was wow'd from the moment we walked in. 2-3 floors of seating, a design that melds the pretentiousness of the area with some modern Brazilian design elements (that and some cool lighting). It was a far cry from the more humble location to the city's north.
The grooms brother/best man called weeks in advance and asked to make sure we had sufficient room for as many as 15, but due to some last minute cancellations changed the reservation to 7 people, far easier to manage from the restaurants stand point but still a sizable booking considering the full rodizio service comes in at $50 a pop.
The issue out the gate is they tried to cram our party of 7 into a corner table that only seated 6. Even if we could have squeezed one extra person on it, it wouldn't have been a very comfortable experience for anyone at the table. We rejected the table on principle and common sense. This then forced us to have to wait 45 minutes for another table, and with no where to go (as all bar seats are taken up by diners) we felt jilted to say the least.
We flagged someone who appeared to be a floor manager and complained about how a 7pm reso could be so badly messed up. She did her best to compensate us by offering to pay for a round of shots which was nice, but when you're hungry and watching everyone else eat, booze isn't going to help, it's only going to make you more hungry...and it did.
Once we were finally seated, the feasting could properly begin. I think they knew we were all a little miffed thus far so they must have made sure to hit us with every possible meat possible, we were getting steak and chicken and lamb back to back to back so often that some of us had to take a time out. I will have to agree with Calvin S's review as I did notice a wider more flavorful selection than was offered at the other location.
Once we'd been fed a few rounds, tensions eased while bellies expanded and we ended up getting along with our server much better, even joking here and there.
The shows were great, while dining we got to see two different Brazilian dances and an aerial acrobat hanging like a chandelier above the curved staircase. Pretty fancy if you ask me.
I decided as well to sample their cocktails and while the old fashioned was passible, a little heavy on the brown sugar, the Sangria was more spirit forward than wine forward than I would have liked. However, given the location, they put forth a valiant effort.
I'll knock off 1 star for the rough start and 0.5 star for the cocktails as they weren't bad, just in need of some tweaking and land on a 3.5 over all for this review. Would I be back, definitely. The pageantry and meat selection alone are totally worth the experience.
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