"Restaurant Week in Madison a great success again! \nI obviously went to Samba for their $25 special which included full gaucho service with the salad & appetizer bar. It was excellent.\n\nOur service started a little rough, and after sitting at our table waiting for someone to come around to us, I had to ask a server walking by to send a waiter our way. \nAfter we got the ball rolling with that...it was straight up go time! Food, meat, and more meat!\nI loved all the meat, but my favorite was the pineapple. It was glazed in Cinnamon and warmed. Fantastic. \nKind of a funny story about the pineapple....everyone at my table was like, pineapple--- I'll pass! But I took full advantage of it and tried a piece. After I let it slip how great it was, everyone at the table asked for some. A perfect desert (without buying desert)! \n\nNot sure if I could afford to try this place on a random day of the week. This is a special kind of occasion type of restaurant. \nI would only take a date here if you know that you both have large appetites and your OK with that.\nOverall, a solid 4. It was a fun night with Samba."^^ . "2013-01-28T00:00:00"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "4"^^ . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . .