Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steakhouse - San Diego, California

S T.

Everything was was fairly delicious, their cold bar and hot bar foods were interesting.

Honestly though, if you were to get your money's worth, don't even bother with the sides if you can help it.

Now grab a little bit of starch in case the meats are too salty, which I don't think any of them were.

You can taste the meat flavor which is nice.

Went right towards the end of the lunch special, but I guess on a Thursday afternoon, it wasn't too busy, so service was pretty good.

The guy who brings the meats around was probably the highlight of the service, super kind, and always willing to give more meat.

Sadly I got too many sides, and got to full too quick. 🥲

Go hungry, it's like Korean BBQ(Yakiniku) but served table side.

So all you can eat meats.

Come hungry. Now again, I'm sure the meat run around will be a lot less frequent if the place is busier, but probably not by much.

Ordered the lunch buffet thing, all the meats were great, the sausage has a good flavor, the meats had good meat flavor. Lol lots of fat if you like that.

Anyways interesting experience.

Price, very high if you don't eat what you paid for. 😝 Nice staff though, which always is a huge plus!

11JJXD

The meat was spectacular; although the salad bar was a bit lacking. For the price you’d expect there to be crab but Atleast the baked salmon was good. The experience was very nice and the ambiance was great but not good for photos. It’s a cool way to try some meats and the time in-between getting food is not as long as I’d thought! It’s quick and easy to get your food.

The customer service is spectacular, even when you think you can’t eat anymore and someone comes by with some meat you haven’t tried they’ll nudge you to try just a tiny piece. Very friendly and hard working people.

Sydney N.

We came for the Friday lunch special. It was $27.95 this included 5 different cuts of meat plus the whole hot and cold bar. All of the meats were delicious, but my personal favorite was the picanha. The staff was very friendly and helpful.

Wing C.

A really great place to experience something different. The salad bar is so fresh and full of flavor. You'll enjoy a meat extravaganza where the servers will come to your table with meat on skewers. They will then carve a piece for you to eat. They served many different cuts of Brazilian Beef, but my best was the ribeye. When drank with some red wine, it was like heaven. I couldn't resist the lobster to finish off the meal. For what you get the price is very reasonable and the setting is very nice. You really need to come to this place if you're visiting the Gaslamp area.

T S.

We ate a late lunch here. It took about 10 minutes for our service to begin, thus the 4 star rating.

The servers were professional.

There were over a dozen selections of meats that were brought to select from, and the pineapple was fabulous.

There is a hot and cold buffet bar, and cheese rolls are brought to the table.

They were exceptional in service with a food allergy and a cook personally showed us what items on the buffet bars had the food item in the dishes or not.

Parking - The server said we could get our parking stamped for free if we parked caddy corner across the street. We did not know this beforehand. It cost us $30.00 to park two blocks away.

This Brazilian restaurant was similar but not nearly as authentic to the Brazilian BBQ restaurant we dined at in Brasil.

The O.

Amazing anniversary dinner. Delicious steak and great options of salads, we had plenty good food. I highly recommend this place. The area can be a little rough at night.
We spend 160$ for all you can eat steak and seafood for two.

Nazzy

The service here is incredible. The blueberry mojitos drew us in and they were so worth it!! one of the best mojitos we ever had, Thanks Fidel!
They also treated us to cheesy bread balls to snack on and they blew our minds!! Super cheesy on the inside. Can’t wait to come back with a bigger appetite to try the mains.

Broncho D.

I went for dinner and I was not disappointed. Started off with salad and seafood bar. I had some shrimp and salmon. Then came the meats...

My pictures don’t do the meats justice. They were super delicious. The portions are generous. If you want to make it through all they offer, ask for smaller portions and try to keep track of which meats you enjoy. Remember to pace yourself. It’s a marathon, not a race when eating here.

I will definitely come here again. Great waitress and waiters. My drink was always refilled promptly. Good servers. They cut portions to my liking. Definitely recommend.