Fogo De Chao

FOGO DE CHAO

8250 Westheimer Rd.

Houston, Texas

You should really skip a meal or two before you visit Fogo-De-Chao, especially if you want to have the opportunity to sample everything that is offered and get the full effect of the restaurant.

If you have never dined at a Brazilian themed restaurant, then you owe it to yourself to try this place. I can almost guarantee that you will return for a second visit. As with most Brazilian themed restaurants, the ambiance is part of the experience. There are more than a handful of employees who bring out large skewers of many different types of meat prepared in several different ways. You are prepared ahead of time by one of the hosts and given a cardboard disc which is red on one side and green on the other. If you have the red side turned up, they will not bother you, while if the green side is exposed the Gauchos who present the food will stop at your table and offer the food to you which they expertly slice off of the skewers with very sharp carving knives.

One of the most impressive things about this establishment is the salad bar, which they obviously spend a lot of time and effort making it very attractive. You have to be careful not to “Over-do” it at the salad bar or you won’t have room to sample all of the fine food. Once you are sufficiently full, the host will again appear at your table and attempt to get you to try their signature desert, which is a papaya blended ice cream that they will assure you has magical properties that will break down the meat in your digestive system.

The service is exceptional and the food is great. All in all, Fogo-De-Chao is a wonderful dining experience not to be missed. The price is a little steep, especially at night, but it is well worth it. My wife loves this place and I have taken quite a few clients with me to enjoy this dining experience.

This one gets a 9.2 on a scale of 1 to 10.