Best Rodizio experience! Hands down. From the salad bar to the drinks, to variety of meat. Great staff.
Joshua
The restaurant shouldn't allow reservations before closing I felt rushed and didn't feel I got my moneys worth
Diane
I have been there multiple times and they never disappoint!! Had a wonderful meal with excellent service! Can't recommend it enough!!!
Jeff
Fantastic service, great upbeat environment... even from those not serving us and just passing by.... Food was great quality served perfectly, can't say enough how much we enjoyed the experience, thank you Alma Gaucha!!!
Mary
We keep coming back to this place. It's a very unique experience and everyone is very nice and welcoming. The food is delicious and the drinks are great
Vivian
Extremely expensive for the reduced choice of options, specially at the salad bar. Also, the only option is the rodizio? No menu? Nahhh
Joe Alva
Great food and service. Can’t wait for next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Timi Babič
Best Brazilian restaurant I've been to. Delicious food. I especially loved the side dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Aline Rodrigues
I want to start this review by saying I wouldn’t even give one star if I had the option because this experience deserves much less. David the waiter who served my table, has already been an issue in the past, but this year was far worse. We paid for 3 hours of open bar for our year-end celebration, and guess how many drinks I managed to have? Just 2 drinks in 3 hours. Unfortunately, David clearly didn’t like me and refused to bring me drinks, while serving others without any issues. This was a frustrating and humiliating experience, and I will never set foot in this restaurant again! I also recommend that people avoid paying for the open bar because it’s not worth it.
Service: 1
Luis Marcial
Amazing. Service, food and drinks. I was here for my wife's birthday and we loved it. George and all the servers were very attentive and nice. Thank you guys.
If you like to overeat (mostly) quality meats, this is your spot. Fantastic items - filet mignon wrapped in bacon, lamb, chicken thigh, pork ribs, and cheese with honey. Disappointing items - most of the steak selections. Service was immaculate and helps that most of the servers were easy on the eyes :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheese with Honey
David Cerutti
I go to this place 2-3 times per week for lunch. I work nearby and my company does a lunch stipend with one of the office catering apps. Rather than spend $22 on bland, wilted things in lots of packaging that various chains have figured out how to price for maximum profits, I take a short stroll down the street to Alma Gaucha and get the salad bar, or sometimes (depending on how busy it is) the full service with whatever meats they're bringing around. My company is very generous to let me expense these lunches at the rate of the daily stipend, and with Alma Gaucha weekday salad bar running about $22 before tax and tip are applied, I've struck gold! The weekday lunch (with or without the full Brazilian steakhouse experience) is priced lower than weekend lunch or similar service at dinner due to low traffic--there may or may not be a conference on at the convention center across the street, which will add to lunch traffic, but in order to have any business at lunch (and since they're going to spend the afternoon getting ready for the dinner crowd) they need to put out a fresh salad bar and then sell it at a discount. I go for the deal, but also knowing that my lunch there, rather than arriving at my office in mounds of paper waste, is preventing food from going to waste.
I fill up my plate with lots of broccoli, asparagus, beets, tabuleh salad, sliced melons, specialty cheeses, and prosciutto, smoked trout, perhaps some of the beef carpaccio. The servers are very attentive. Whenever there is a new one, I make sure to impress on them that I only ask for the cheese bread and maybe one or two of the yucca coquettes--I don't have room for the other sides they might bring! The meats they serve are fabulous.
It's a physics problem to decide when to go depending on how well done you want the meat to be. The gaucho chefs are experts at using the rotisserie, but the serving format means that lunch around 12:15 or 12:30 is best, when most of the items won't have cooked through as much. Later in the hour the meat may develop more of a char, or dry a bit, but the staff are very good at what they do and I'm grateful that they are willing to serve such a volatile lunch crowd. Every few months, the naval officers training school in the seaport has its graduation, and as part of that week the trainees get a lunch at Alma Gaucha. Those days, the meat is fabulous because the rotisseries are going full tilt, and every night at dinner the place is packed, so I'd imagine that the results are much more consistent then.
The staff has also been very receptive to my comments about the salad bar, and after a couple of changes earlier this year all of my favorites items have been of high, consistent quality ever since. I think that the staff dines as the afternoon goes on, so I think that enough of the salad bar and even the meats are consumed that it ends up being on par with any other restaurant. The staff know me by name, and I'm trying to keep up with all of them--I saw a review up at the top singling out Jefferson, and he's a great guy. Perhaps a little quiet, walks a little slower than others, but he's efficient and I know I'm in good hands if he's working the tables. The others staff are cheerful and attentive, and I just hope that the business continues to thrive. Those lunches are something to look forward to when I go to work--possibly the healthiest single choice I've made in 2023 and 2024.
:chef's kiss:
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rita D.
Our family had a terrific time celebrating a birthday at Alma Gaucha yesterday. Our server, Jordano, was terrific! He went above and beyond making sure when we were enjoying our lunch. From the hostess to the Gauchos, everyone was friendly, attentive and professional. The atmosphere was great and the food was delicious. Hand down this place is now one of our favorite restaurants.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tito Jackson
Brilliant Brazillian Barbeque. Food is amazing. Service is very helpful and you can eat until you burst!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cindy Wang
I ordered medium rare picanha but it turned out to be well done. It was difficult to chew. Couldn't send it back since it was a carryout order.
****** The restaurant reached out afterward and kindly offered to make amends. Unfortunately, as it was a business trip, I do not have plans to return to the area.
Best Rodizio experience! Hands down. From the salad bar to the drinks, to variety of meat. Great staff.
The restaurant shouldn't allow reservations before closing I felt rushed and didn't feel I got my moneys worth
I have been there multiple times and they never disappoint!! Had a wonderful meal with excellent service! Can't recommend it enough!!!
Fantastic service, great upbeat environment... even from those not serving us and just passing by.... Food was great quality served perfectly, can't say enough how much we enjoyed the experience, thank you Alma Gaucha!!!
We keep coming back to this place. It's a very unique experience and everyone is very nice and welcoming. The food is delicious and the drinks are great
Extremely expensive for the reduced choice of options, specially at the salad bar. Also, the only option is the rodizio? No menu? Nahhh
Great food and service. Can’t wait for next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Brazilian restaurant I've been to. Delicious food. I especially loved the side dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I want to start this review by saying I wouldn’t even give one star if I had the option because this experience deserves much less. David the waiter who served my table, has already been an issue in the past, but this year was far worse. We paid for 3 hours of open bar for our year-end celebration, and guess how many drinks I managed to have? Just 2 drinks in 3 hours. Unfortunately, David clearly didn’t like me and refused to bring me drinks, while serving others without any issues. This was a frustrating and humiliating experience, and I will never set foot in this restaurant again! I also recommend that people avoid paying for the open bar because it’s not worth it.
Service: 1
Amazing. Service, food and drinks.
I was here for my wife's birthday and we loved it. George and all the servers were very attentive and nice.
Thank you guys.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Side Dishes
Restaurantji Recommends
If you like to overeat (mostly) quality meats, this is your spot.
Fantastic items - filet mignon wrapped in bacon, lamb, chicken thigh, pork ribs, and cheese with honey. Disappointing items - most of the steak selections. Service was immaculate and helps that most of the servers were easy on the eyes :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheese with Honey
I go to this place 2-3 times per week for lunch. I work nearby and my company does a lunch stipend with one of the office catering apps. Rather than spend $22 on bland, wilted things in lots of packaging that various chains have figured out how to price for maximum profits, I take a short stroll down the street to Alma Gaucha and get the salad bar, or sometimes (depending on how busy it is) the full service with whatever meats they're bringing around. My company is very generous to let me expense these lunches at the rate of the daily stipend, and with Alma Gaucha weekday salad bar running about $22 before tax and tip are applied, I've struck gold! The weekday lunch (with or without the full Brazilian steakhouse experience) is priced lower than weekend lunch or similar service at dinner due to low traffic--there may or may not be a conference on at the convention center across the street, which will add to lunch traffic, but in order to have any business at lunch (and since they're going to spend the afternoon getting ready for the dinner crowd) they need to put out a fresh salad bar and then sell it at a discount. I go for the deal, but also knowing that my lunch there, rather than arriving at my office in mounds of paper waste, is preventing food from going to waste.
I fill up my plate with lots of broccoli, asparagus, beets, tabuleh salad, sliced melons, specialty cheeses, and prosciutto, smoked trout, perhaps some of the beef carpaccio. The servers are very attentive. Whenever there is a new one, I make sure to impress on them that I only ask for the cheese bread and maybe one or two of the yucca coquettes--I don't have room for the other sides they might bring! The meats they serve are fabulous.
It's a physics problem to decide when to go depending on how well done you want the meat to be. The gaucho chefs are experts at using the rotisserie, but the serving format means that lunch around 12:15 or 12:30 is best, when most of the items won't have cooked through as much. Later in the hour the meat may develop more of a char, or dry a bit, but the staff are very good at what they do and I'm grateful that they are willing to serve such a volatile lunch crowd. Every few months, the naval officers training school in the seaport has its graduation, and as part of that week the trainees get a lunch at Alma Gaucha. Those days, the meat is fabulous because the rotisseries are going full tilt, and every night at dinner the place is packed, so I'd imagine that the results are much more consistent then.
The staff has also been very receptive to my comments about the salad bar, and after a couple of changes earlier this year all of my favorites items have been of high, consistent quality ever since. I think that the staff dines as the afternoon goes on, so I think that enough of the salad bar and even the meats are consumed that it ends up being on par with any other restaurant. The staff know me by name, and I'm trying to keep up with all of them--I saw a review up at the top singling out Jefferson, and he's a great guy. Perhaps a little quiet, walks a little slower than others, but he's efficient and I know I'm in good hands if he's working the tables. The others staff are cheerful and attentive, and I just hope that the business continues to thrive. Those lunches are something to look forward to when I go to work--possibly the healthiest single choice I've made in 2023 and 2024.
:chef's kiss:
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our family had a terrific time celebrating a birthday at Alma Gaucha yesterday. Our server, Jordano, was terrific! He went above and beyond making sure when we were enjoying our lunch. From the hostess to the Gauchos, everyone was friendly, attentive and professional. The atmosphere was great and the food was delicious. Hand down this place is now one of our favorite restaurants.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brilliant Brazillian Barbeque. Food is amazing. Service is very helpful and you can eat until you burst!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I ordered medium rare picanha but it turned out to be well done. It was difficult to chew. Couldn't send it back since it was a carryout order.
******
The restaurant reached out afterward and kindly offered to make amends. Unfortunately, as it was a business trip, I do not have plans to return to the area.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
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