Rodizio Grill

I was very excited to finally be trying Rodizio for the first time after passing by so many times, but after Friday night’s visit I’m wishing we had just passed on by. To say we were disappointed is an understatement.
The service left a lot to be desired. It took 5 minutes to be greeted by our main server, William, who undoubtedly memorized a script and in no way knew how to veer from it. He took our drink order and give us a marker to begin tableservice. We turned our marker green and proceeded to watch 3 meat servers stop at the tables in front and behind us, skipping our table entirely. Our server didn’t check on us during the meal, didn’t ask if we wanted a second round of cocktails or even dessert, and when we ready to pay our bill neither the server or manager were anywhere to be seen for almost 10 minutes.
We joked that we were wearing invisibility clokes and employees must not see us, it was almost comical how neglected we were treated.
The food wasn’t at all what I was hoping. I prefer medium-​rare to medium, and would ask for an inside slice but receive the outer well done pieces. But I can’t blame that on them, meat on skewers seldom affords me the option of medium-​rare unless it’s the last cut on the skewer. The flavors were nice, but the chicken options were overcooked for my taste.
Needless to say, we will not be returning to Rodizio Grill; back to Texas de Brazil from now on.

Absolutely amazing! First time here and I will definitely be back! Wide variety of sides and the meat is to die for. Perfectly cooked and tasted great! Tried the Sol Americana beer and it wasn’t that great. Also had Great Divide pale ale and that was good. Was wanting to try the Great Divide IPA but the tap was having issues and was pouring straight foam.

This restaurant is amazing! The chef cooks the food in the back and brings out hot fresh meat. He cuts a slice right in front of you. It’s never that busy but don’t let that fool you. The food is great and fresh!
The first time we came was during restaurant week and we loved it. We had to bring our friends the second time and we were the only group at the restaurant when we came. They put in fresh cheesy bread (I could live off of that bread!!!). The chef brought us our favorite cuts of meat our second round. It was wonderful!!!
I recommend going for lunch. You spend a little less but still get the great Rodizio experience. Everyone here is extremely nice and friendly and the service is great!

I would say this is my favorite Brazilian restaurant. The meat is amazing and I love the salad bar.

This is my favorite place to eat! Love the meat, the cheesy bread, and the drinks!

At $ 36 a plate, Rodizio Grill is an upscale Country Buffet. The serving staff are remarkably friendly, which is appreciated considering how busy they are. There are buffet tables with soups and breads and salad fixings, and then the servers walk around every five or ten minutes asking if you’d like a slice of meat (they bring different types on rotation). I won’t lie; the meat is delicious. There’s lamb, chicken, spicy chicken, tri tip, garlic steak, chicken hearts, etc. But for two of us to eat and have one cocktail each, it cost $ 100. It is quite literally just a buffet restaurant.

What do you want me to tell you? It’s a Brazilian restaurant that’s serves so much food until your stomach can’t take anymore. I have been before but failed to review the place.
They always start you off with these cinnamon banana things and these cheesy bread muffins. Those two items were amazing.
Here comes the protein lovers dream… chicken, chicken with bacon, chicken with bacon and Parmesan. Steak, tri tip, prime rib… it just keeps going and going.
I always laugh when they ask if I want dessert, you just stuffed me so full. Maybe you should start with dessert first.

Nice service, great food. Love the fact that they have guarana and served it right :)

Nice place. Located in the historic Ice house building in LODO. Went there to celebrate my birthday with family, make sure your hungry and try not to get full on the salad bar and pasta bar. The full meat and salad bar less drinks is $ 35.99 and without meat is roughly $ 22.99 I think, (who would go here and not eat meat?)
Kids under 12 are $ 9.99 !!
So they let you warm up with the salad bar and when your ready, game on !! You have, a 2 sided block basically that has a green side which signals the carvers you are ready to start sampling the various meats as well as poultry and sausages. When you want to take a break from the different carvers bringing different selections of tasty morsels of food you simply turn the block to the red side and the carvers will stop coming, until you turn the block over again. And when you surrender the battle to eat as much as you can you lay the block on its side as if you are waving the white flag.
Our service by our host was mediocre for being kind of a pricey place but the conversation and company I shared for my birthday meal made up for it.
If your looking for something different give Rodizio a try.

I have eaten at a good many Brazilian steakhouses in my day; however, this one may be the best.
We tried this establishment out after a wedding we attended in Denver and we were not disappointed. The place was packed by 6pm and stayed that way until after 8. The deal (meant and salad bar) was something like $ 35 per person and was worth it. I stayed away from the salad bar and focused solely on the meats. Everything they brought around was cooked to perfection and was not in short supply. Many Brazilian places skimp on the good meat and overload you with veggies and average meats but this place did not. They brought around the good stuff often and it was amazing.
Give this place a try if you are downtown and looking for a different dining experience. Brazilian is always fun but this place was awesome.
They have a valet out front and you can park for $ 8 if you have the ticket validated by the host/​hostess.

We had opportunity to eat at the Rodizio Grill in Downtown Denver prior to the Denver University hockey match at Coors Field. We are very familiar with the concept of Brazilian Rodizios and the types of meat and service with the gauchos. The restaurant is located in a historic building and had lots of space. We had a 15 minute wait and went to sit at the bar. I typically do not drink but asked the bartender what drink is sweet and refreshing. She recommended the Rockies Limeade which had Rodizio Limeade and Barcadi Limon and a splash of raspberry liqueur. YUM! My husband got the traditional Brazilian Caipirinha. Rather than her make it before us, she poured from a container of pre-​made. Disappointed you did not get to see the mulling of the sugar and lime. Not the best Caipirinha ever had…
Their salad bar was nice but was missing the fresh shrimp and salmon that I am accustom to at our Cowboy Brazilian Steakhouse of Columbia, SC and Hilton Head, SC. They have similar things but not the variety we are accustom to. Liked the ceviche. As for the meat and their preparation, I hate to compare but the quality of meat cut was lower grade. It was BACON fest time and many items came out with bacon. Not a fan of bacon on everything… I know it keeps meat moist but don’t over cook and it will be moist. They kept bringing the lower cut and cheaper meats. We had been eating 30 + minutes before we ever saw any steaks. (Bacon wrapped ham, pork parmesan, garlic steak, Picanha, pork belly served with lime, bacon wrapped steak, chicken hearts, and center cut steak, beef tender.) After eating 1 hour into meal, my husband asked do you have lamb. They brought out boneless leg. The meat was not cooked to temperature and was over cooked. Asked if they served ribs. Answer was no. Overall we were disappointed in the quality of the meat and lack of prime cut meats. They did not have rib eye or filet. They closest to that was top sirloin.
My biggest complaint was they sat us in the back and we were sitting next to people on the bench area. I know they do this to maximize the travel of gauchos and servers, but when you have an empty restaurant, we should have been given an option if that was okay. Sitting under the watchful eye of others a conversation is out.
Probably the best part of the meal was when the waiter recommended Rabanoda for our dessert. It is warm cinnamon pastry with a creamy center, served with vanilla ice cream and laced with caramel sauce. I will definitely recommend to our local restaurant they ought to consider this on the menu.
The prices are okay for what is offered. Just wish it had been a better quality.

Came back here for another shot at redemption. It was a lot better than previous visit. The chicken hearts and some of the meats were still over cooked but definitely not as bad as last time. The service here is great though. We had a slight incident with my son’s water glass. It had a crack, but we caught it before he was able to take a drink from it. The waitress took care of it and brought a new one to us.
All in all, the visit was better than last. But the quality of food still needs to get better like before.

Ate here tonight and enjoyed the top sirloin, beef tenderloin, mozzarella salad, and the bacon au gratin potatoes. Our server was great… I think her name was Patricia, she was a red head and mentioned that she was Irish. Listen to her and get the guava on your cheesecake!
My only complaint would be that the manager was disappointing. He came to our table to check if everything was going well and if we needed anything. We asked for an order of the bread/​cheese balls that they bring when you get seated. He said he would bring some out but never did. In my opinion, if a manager is going to go table to table and ask if anything is needed then he should follow through. I didn’t get his name but he looked Hispanic and had black spiked hair. Please up your customer service game, Mr. Manager. You even came to our table a second time and never remembered.

BAM it was good!!! We went on New Year’s Eve (probably a bad idea cuz it was PACKED), and we chilled at the bar while we waited for our reservation time. The bartenders were slammed, and it took about 10 min to get drinks, but no biggie. Once we got seated, the food started rollin’ in, and boy was it delicious. I know it’s totally something a woman would say (but guess, what I’m a lady!), but the salad bar was kind of stellar. I couldn’t help myself, and before I knew it my entire plate was full just from the salad bar. Once the meat came around, I stuffed myself too.:) The garlic beef and AMAZING! The only thing I didn’t like was the chicken hearts… yikes, but that’s just a preference, not anything to do with them. I definitely would go back, and watch that salad bar! It’s about $ 40/​person to do the unlimited salad bar and meats, so pricey but not nauseating.

Now I love me some Brazilian steakhouse, and Rodizio grill is very good. I do think I prefer Fogo de Chão. Overall food was fresher with better selection at Fogo.
Especially the pan de queso, which admittedly is the primary reason I go to Brazilian steakhouses! A delicious soft chewy roll made of tapioca and grated cheese.
They were slightly overcooked at Rodizio Grill and got hard after sitting there for five minutes.
The best fare of the evening was the barbecue ribs and Parmesan chicken.
Since Denver has both restaurants, I would recommend spending your money at these slightly expensive night outs at Fogo.
BUT Rodizio has Groupon’s…so it all works out!

I have had Rodizio in the past before (years ago). From what I can recall, it was a fun, lively place to dine at; tons of exotic meats and unlimited sides and salad bar. Thus, I was quite excited when my boyfriend brought us a Groupon deal: dinner for two with a bottle of wine. Now I don’t know if over the years I have refined my tastebuds or that I simply just became more picky with my food. Nevertheless, this trip to Rodizio is not what I had recalled.
There is still unlimited sides and salad bar. However, the salad bar seems pretty limited and not fresh. The Brazilian cheesy bread was also a let down. I love Brazilian cheesy bread so it was quite a sad moment to find the bread over-​baked and not as chewy as it should be. The fried plantains were still as delicious as I recall. As for the meats, they were well seasoned and we were pretty lucky to get good cuts from the selection. However, the variety of meats was lacking. My only conclusion I can draw from this that it must be because it was a Tuesday and the exotic meats are probably reserved for the weekends.
Yes, this experience did not match with my prior experience. However, I still had a great time. It was a little shy of great food, but I had good company and our server and the gauchos were amazing!!!

Meat, meat, and more meat! I came here to celebrate with some friend and we were not disappointed. Even though we had about 20 people at our table, there was never a shortage of food. We started out with soft cheesy breads and a huge salad bar.
I really liked the sausage and the top sirloin. The pork was pretty dry though, but maybe it was just the piece I tried. Make sure you try the chicken hearts! It’s a small savory ball of goodness. Overall I think we had a choice of about 5 types of meat.
We went for lunch, so the dinner menu may have more types of meat.

This was my first time at Rodizio Grill, for Father’s Day brunch. It seems the place was short staffed, because there was a wait even with a few tables going unfilled. But we were sat soon enough after our reservation.
I have been to Fogo many times in different cities — and the system at Rodizio is the same. There were items on the bar I haven’t seen anywhere else, and having quail eggs was a nice touch. Plus there was a full brunch buffet — and I was in the mood for eggs and bacon.
However, the whole point of going to a Brazilian steakhouse is for the gauchos passing meat, mainly beef. Since I care about that, I was disappointed. There were many times the gauchos weren’t even on the floor. Other times my greenlit table was passed by a fully laden gaucho with no explanation. And while roasted pineapple and roasted tomatoes are nice — I saw more gauchos passing them than anything else. (Better margins, right?)
At Fogo, if you get absorbed in a conversation while your green coaster is on — you will find a mound of meat to greet your eyes within a matter of minutes, even during the dinner rush. Here, I began to question the wisdom of paying so much money for a few slices of meat and breakfast food.

My Friend had a Groupon and Invited me. It had been a while since Ive been to one.
We showed up with no Reservation. Epic Fail on his part. But it was only a 10 minute wait.
We did the usual, light fare on the salad bar, and then bring on the meat.
And Boy Howdy do they. The service from the guys who come around was spot on.
Fresh delicious succulent meat, and the pineapple slices. And the Friend plantains.
And the cheesy muffins. Our first serving was hard as a rock.
But the 2^nd serving was warm and fresh out the oven.
I know im not a fan of Chicken Hearts now.
But everything else, from the Tri Tip, to the Garlic beef. The Chicken and the Pork. So moist and delicious.
And they had me at Dessert. The Lime pie was airy and delicious.
Our Server could of been a bit better but she had alot of tables. Her Service wasnt bad just could of been a little more attention based to the paying customers.
I definitely left full, and woke up the next day with a Meat Hangover. Yes it is a thing.
Happy Eating.

I bought a Groupon for Rodizio grill and came here on a Monday night around 8pm. When we checked in with the counter, they said that the wait would be 1 — 1.5 hours. My boyfriend and I put down our name and phone number and went next door to get a milkshake and kill time. Within 15 minutes, we get a text telling us that our table was ready. My boyfriend and I ended up chugging our drinks and heading back to the restaurant. A more accurate and realistic estimated wait time would have been nice.
We were seated and the server came to explain to us the way the restaurant worked, gave us some cheese bread and fried plantains. I enjoyed the cheese bread and really liked the texture. Then the meat fest began. Of all the slices of meat I tried, I only liked the tri-​tip. They had meats like sweet and spicy chicken (this was not good at all), fish, and some others, but all of them tasted pretty average.
I felt like 40 dollars per person for this meal was too much especially the food was really average. Another thing to note is that drinks and desserts are separate and not included from the buffet.