I'm not really sure what rating to give this place. We had a 5pm reservation on Saturday and showed up right when they opened. From the outside, you can see that the old restaurant sign was painted over poorly. This already put a bad taste in my mouth because it looks like they are too cheap to get better signage. There was also cracks in the stucco.
Walked inside and was immediately greeted by the hostess (co-owner). She walked us to a table and explained that we serve ourselves with the salad and then the meats will be brought over to our table shortly. The salad bar, in my opinion was unacceptable. There was not much to chose from and even the tomatoes were not ripe. I didn't even see mashed potatoes. Compared to Fogo de Chao, this salad bar is a 1 and they are a 10. A few minutes later, a guy dressed in a cowboy outfit, brought over garlic bread on a skewer for us. The bread was delicious. Soon after that the meats started to come. I thought the meat was delicious. My wife asked for meat well done and he said that he will cook it longer for her. However, she waited a long time for him to bring back out the longer cooked meat. I asked him several times how much meat will he bring out that we haven't seen yet and the guy didn't understand me.
I was surprised that the lights in the restaurant were off. Due to health code laws, all lights have to be on in a place that serves food. If the health department would inspect this place, they would be hit. I understand that the restaurant is trying to save money on electric but lights have to be lit.
Finally when we got our bill, we were charged the tax on the Groupon that we used plus try were trying to charge us a ridiculous gratuity. I didn't give the suggested gratuity amount but something less.
I would return to place on the taste of the meats but I don't like eating at a place that appears cheap from the signage, no lighting, and the inflated gratuity charges. I don't know if I would return here or pay the extra money and go to Fogo de Chao where is a consistent perfect dining experience.