I'd like to think of myself as a big fan of Brazilian Steakhouse. I'm a frequent visitor of Fogo De Chao, Copa Cobana, Brasa - so Rodeo was on my to try list.
If you've never been to a Brazilian Steakhouse before, Rodeo would be good enough, the concept of AYCE, different cuts of meat, marinated with different season, is fresh.
Any other Brazilian Steakhouse you go to, when they serve up the meat, the outside is nice and crispy (it's like the first, best bite of a steak, but every single bite), as they slice you a sliver, the meat underneath it is rare/raw. I'm not sure that Rodeo has their meat cooked the same way, because it's well done all the way through and definitely not crispy on the outside.
They didn't offer us any meat because we were apparently waiting for the sides (for 30 minutes) - only to find out that the sides were some tired rice, beans, and some sauce.
The first waiter that attempted to serve us meat cuts himself - spilled blood next to our kid. Other staff did not come to take care of the blood, we had to clean it up. Prolonged the wait another 20 minutes.
If you can take my word for it that the next 30 minutes has been consistently as poor as it started, without going into details, we stopped in the middle of service and asked for the manager. She was shocked because they've never had complaints before, makes us wait another 15 minutes, only to have the server asked if we wanted pineapple, when we asked for the bill. They gave us a 15% discount. Hmmm, no, we barely had a few bites. The manager asked us what we think we should pay - for 2 adult and a kid, barely touched anything, $50 was generous. As we attempt to pay, the chef came out and started swearing as us (though we had a child with us).
The one star (as oppose to none) was for the fact she called me because my man had left his new iPhone 5, i returned to retrieve it, attempting to be grateful for her not pocketing the phone, I said, well maybe it would had been better had we dined earlier and the meat were not as tried - she said it would be the same. Honest.
Save yourself the trouble, there's a reason why the restaurant was half empty on Saturday night. the 2 hour wait at Copa Cobana is worth it!!