Gaucho Brazilian Barbecue - Calgary

Food was delicious, service was great. The salad bar was very fresh. Nice pace with the food...didn't feel like we were rushed at all.

While the service was great the food left something to be desired. The quality and variety of meats did not compare to what is offered at Bolero. We only counted about 7 different offerings that came to our table over 90 minutes. (8 if you include the chicken hearts) The beef offerings tasted like they were a cheap cut of meat. The sirloin steak was very rare. The bacon wrapped chicken was good however it was much more bacon than chicken. The wine list was quite small as well not much to choose from the glass, and only a handful of selections by the bottle. Dessert was tasty. Overall the next time we go Brazilian, we will go back to Bolero.

As always, the staff is warm friendly. We celebrated my son's 7th birthday and the restaurant was enjoyed by all generations.

We were party of 8, and were advised any table over six 6 have 18% gratuity added which was fine. Except the service was basically non-existent. We waited for menus and water then the waiter never came back to get our order until we had already been to the salad bar. We had other servers start to take our orders, then the waiter would come over and we'd have to repeat what we wanted. This was the same with our coffee order. As well, we advised at the beginning that we wanted separate bills. At the end of the meal, we spent ten minutes trying to locate the waiter, all other patrons had left. The food was great, but it was a gong show and I would think twice before returning. 18% doesn't equate to No Service!!

I had been to the old location and this was the first time at the new restaurant. The meat served at the table was delicious, the salad bar offerings were fresh and well prepared, and the staff were friendly and attentive. Regards, Wayne