Espetus Churrascaria is a Brazilian steakhouse serving Rodizio style food. They focus on meats straight from the fire brought to your table continuously. You can stop the meat parade by flipping the table card to red. They have a salad and hot plate bar with lots of different options including asparagus, bean salad, eggplant, rice, beans, cod, and much more. Do not eat too much of this stuff otherwise you wonder have room for all the meat.
They have locations in San Francisco and San Mateo. We tried the brand new San Mateo location for dinner. It is all you can eat, with lunch going for $24.95 with 7 meat options. Dinner is $49.95 with 14 meat options. Kids are 50% off.

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Bar Area

Kitchen

Salad Bar

Decor, Vibe - Brand new interior with high ceilings, beautiful lights, and modern touches. Stylish bar and lounge area with separate menu. Families, couples, and lots of people in their 30’s and 40’s were dining when we were..

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Cocktail menu

Dessert Menu

After Dinner Drinks

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The cheese bread, fried plantains, and fried polenta were very good.

You are served 14 different items from the skewer; Pineapple, Shrimp, Sirlon, Lamb, Lamb chops, Sirloin with parmesan, Cubed Marinated Sirloin, Filet Mignon, Pork loin, Flank steak, Bacon wrapped chicken, chicken breast, and Ribs on a cart (You can ask for a rib). Many were cooked to medium - medium well.

The best items were:

Pineapple - lightly roasted, still juicy and a nice contrast to the meat.

Chicken Hearts - Tender and flavorful. Many tables avoided it and missed out!

Lamb - Slightly Gamey but tender and tasty.

Sirloin - Very Juicy and good flavor.

Filet Mignon - Very tender meat.

Caipirinha ($10) was a very good, well balanced drink with lots of fresh lime flavor. Not much punch though.

Mixed Berry Panna Cotta ($8.95) was a huge portion and tasted average. Not very delicate or smooth. Yes we were pretty full but someone has to test dessert.

Other Average Meat

Ask for the Rib

The service was above average then faded a little as the place got busy. Espetus Churrascaria is a fun place to dine at. It is one of those places that people need to visit at least once to try out the experience.
You will stuff yourself with lots of decent salad bar options as well as endless stream of meat. The quality of some meats was not high. As far coming back, that is a different story as prices are pretty high and I’ll remember a meat coma for a while. Vegetarians should avoid this place! Save money by coming for lunch.

Also at:
1686 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-552-8792
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The El Dorado Buffet is located in the El Dorado Casino, Downtown Reno. They have buffets for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend Champagne Brunch.
Decor, Vibe - Smaller location that other buffets, lots of different food stations. Lots of locals, tourists, gamblers, and non gamblers. Lots of families and couples.

Salads

Chicken Entree

Mexican Food

Sausage, Prime Rib Carving station

Ribs

Where do I start?

Dessert

The El Dorado Buffet has a lot of variety but not a lot of high quality items. They serve everything from seafood to prime rib to Mexican food to salads. Dessert variety was a little lacking. Buffets in Las Vegas are superior. Even buffets like Moonstar in the SF Bay Area are better.

We have tried several buffets in Reno including the ones at the Grand Sierra and Peppermill. They all serve food of about the same quality. Spend a couple minutes and join their player club to get the buffet for a lot less.

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The Lodge Buffet is located in the Grand Sierra Resort, Reno.  It was formerly known as the Reno Hilton.  They have buffets for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch. There was a very long wait to get into the buffet and it was mid week.

Decor, Vibe - Modern decor with lots of different food stations.  Lots of locals, tourists, gamblers, and non gamblers.  Lots of families and couples.

The Lodge Buffet has a lot of variety but not a lot of high quality items. They serve everything from seafood to prime rib to mexican food to salads. Dessert variety was a little lacking. Buffets in Las Vegas are superior.  Even buffets like Moonstar in the SF Bay Area are better.
We have tried several buffets in Reno including the ones at the El Dorado and Peppermill.  They all serve food of about the same quality. Spend a couple minutes and join their player club to get the buffet for a lot less.

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