Fogo de Chão Reviews 

For the first 30 minutes servers bypassed our table while serving guest on both sides of me. After receiving only a couple offerings the hostess asked to bring the bill.
This was not a power lunch with unlimited offerings. After 2 hours and almost $200, I got what amounted to a couple pieces of meat, no sides, and no service. Very disappointed.....

Amazing experience. Food is great and staff are friendly.

Me and my family travel often and eat at several different restaurants along our way. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that my experience at Fogo De CHÃO is the best I’ve ever had. The food speaks for itself, but the service and staff are amazing. They’re Friendly, professional, and extremely helpful. Especially my experience with Sir Divantino. I hope you all have the privilege of having him take care of you.

Afternoon lunch with my daughter service 10/10 waiters and service impeccable diffrent kinds of meat could not fault any off them salad bar everything you could think off hot sides defiantly go along you wont be disappointed i certainly will be back

Expensive and just very average,

Visited Liverpool restaurant yesterday, almost £50 tip added to bill, service was not even average, had to remind waiter about drinks order after waiting 25 mins, best cuts of meat are scarce, chips and mash arrived after we had eaten, chicken was dry - there really is nothing positive about our experience - definitely better available for the price, not a restaurant I would recommend

Wowwwww, took my wife for her birthday brunch. All I can say is amazing all those wonderful cuts of meat and the salad bar with prosciutto and star fruit, the waitress Libya was incredible!!!!!!!

Food was great service was excellent Emily was awesome great customers service

Terrible service. We had a reservation but still had to wait over 30 minutes. The reception staff had a rude and disrespectful attitude, which made the whole experience very unpleasant. Such a shame, because the meat itself was actually quite good.

This was my worst experience ever!

I made a reservation for 6:45 PM on April 30th, my birthday. I had a disabled friend from Seattle visiting me to celebrate at Fogo de Chão in Scottsdale. The flight and everything went well.

We took an Uber from the hotel to Fogo, and there was a huge line. Already 5 minutes after my reservation time, we finally spoke to the lady at the entrance. She checked me in and told us we had to wait a few minutes.

15 minutes later (my friend is disabled, and I was wearing high heels), I asked how much longer it would take to get a table. There were many people waiting, a pregnant lady, an elderly couple, etc. The answer was just a few more minutes.

Long story short, we asked again after 30 minutes of waiting, and again after 45 minutes. I then called an Uber. We left at 7:45 PM, exactly an hour after my birthday dinner should have started.

I assume I do not have to explain that this birthday celebration was not at all what was planned, what my friend was flying in for and we ended up searching for a place that does not close at 9 pm, so I did at least get a dinner.

My feet were hurting after standing an hour in high heels, my friend had really bad back pain and needed to take 4 Ibuprofen to get rid off, and the whole evening was totally messed up.

If you want a nice evening, a celebration, I cannot recommend this place at all.
Beware!

Kayley Garcia is so sweet and kind she is the best she always makes sure everything was perfect and she explained everything

I wasn’t going to write a review but I was really bummed by my experience and they should know. This was my second year coming to the downtown Portland, OR location for my birthday. The previous year was great. This year not so much. Our waitress had a bad attitude. And after I told her I had a reward for my birthday she passed us off to a new waiter without saying anything. No, my shift is over, I’m going on break, I’m passing you off to my colleague, nothing. So the new guy is decent. He comes to check on us periodically. Mind you it was my friend and I, and probably like 5 other tables. It looked pretty slow but it seemed like forever between time getting checked on. So I told the second waiter it was my birthday I got my free desert but forgot to give him my reward because I told the first waitress. So when he brought my bill I told him about the reward and he told me he couldn’t adjust the bill because he already rang it up. I’ve never been to a restaurant where the bill can’t be adjusted for a customer, with rewards. I was beyond pissed. My experience with the restaurant has been tarnished. I treat myself once a year, and it cost too much not to have enjoyed myself thoroughly. It really bummed me out and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I honestly don’t see myself going back ever.

Los Angeles santa monica is not a good restaurant. All was cold including the beef we ordered. Super rip off. I simply can't recommend the food. Bad quality. Sorry but I'm not going again

Isiah was amazing. Definitely enjoyed the whole experience, lovely service, prompt and accommodating. Will come again.

Amazing steak house in Brighton. Attentive waitress and amazing tableside service of cut skewered meats. The buffet was incredible with sooooo many choices. Can't speak highly enough of the experience.

Meat was okay, but not so careful with getting your clothes dirty.

Brea, CA.
This restaurant has zero regard for customer health or safety. A few hours after eating here, I became violently ill with food poisoning. Management put on a fake display of concern and asked me to email them, which I did immediately. They then completely ignored me. No response. No follow-up. No accountability. Their silence speaks volumes. Ignoring food poisoning complaints is dangerous, irresponsible, and unacceptable. I will never return, and I strongly warn others to think twice before eating here.

If you like hot greasy meat being dropped on your clothes, if some fake overpriced wive is your style, if you do not mind having horrible service, but being asked every 3 minutes “Is everything is OK?” in a tone that tells you “I do not care about your wants and needs here, so do not dare to actually ask me something” - you are in luck and have found a perfect place to waste your time and money.

I would like to formally commend JR for the outstanding service he consistently provides at Fogo de Chão. He attended our table throughout the evening, and his service was truly exceptional. Having been served by JR on previous visits, his professionalism, attentiveness, and consistency continue to stand out.

We observed JR moving seamlessly from table to table, ensuring every guest felt welcomed and well cared for, always with poise and a genuine smile. Before we departed, he thoughtfully asked if there was anything else we might enjoy. When I mentioned cheese with honey, he immediately arranged for the gaucho to bring it to our table—an excellent example of his attention to detail and commitment to guest satisfaction.

Our Christmas Eve dinner was made even more memorable by both the service and the food. I ordered the salmon cooked medium rare, and it was prepared perfectly—delicious and expertly done. The salad bar, while consistent, offers all the essentials and is always fresh and well maintained.

We dine at this location at least three times a week and have never been disappointed. The consistency in service and quality is commendable, and JR’s dedication truly enhances the dining experience.

Thank you, JR, for your exceptional service and for making every visit so enjoyable.

I was looking forward to bringing my family to Fogo de Chao for my birthday on November 19. We had reservations at 6:30 and restaurant was full of patrons and I believe they were understaffed and their servers had zero experience waiting on people. We were 4 people that ordered the market place bar and the churasco. My wife ordered Fish and shrimp. The fish was dry and the shrimp was absolutely frozen, no taste . She left it all. We waited for the meat to arrive, 10-15 minutes, when they came there were left over on the skewers. At one point one sausage was cut up into 3 pieces! the same raw undercooked meat was paraded around 3 times. Thank goodness for the market place. We filled up with lentil soup and salad. We spent 500 for this. The steak is better at golden corral. Don’t waste your money on this location. I always had great meals at Rodizio and Texas de Brazil. I was recently in Orlando and that Fogo de Chao was run well. Management in Nashville has reached out to me promising gift certificates to make things right and give them another shot. I still have yet to receive them. Also my daughter left her purse , spoke to manager and he said it would be there the next day. When she showed up they couldn’t care less about helping her. She had to make a scene in order to get it back. If I were the owners of Fogo de Chao I would get competent management from another location to retrain them. Their only saving grace is that their in Nashville and It’s all transient business. I live in Franklin and will not return. I have photos and videos of this awful experience.

Unprofessional Experience

We came to Fogo for a friend’s birthday celebration and were extremely disappointed by the service and attitude of the staff. We were seated for over an hour before anyone came by with meat. When we asked for medium-well, we waited another 20 minutes — still nothing.

I eventually called the manager over to explain that we had been waiting for an hour and a half with no food being served. Her response was shockingly unprofessional — the very first thing she said was, “Well, maybe because you asked for halal or kosher meat.” I was stunned. We had never made such a request, and when I asked why she would assume that, she glanced at my friend wearing a hijab and said, “Oh, I just assumed.”

That kind of assumption and stereotyping is completely unacceptable. Not only was the service terrible, but the manager’s comment was incredibly rude, disrespectful, and discriminatory. We left feeling insulted and deeply disappointed.

I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone who expects respectful service or basic professionalism.