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Rodeo Brazilian Steakhouse Rodizio
Categories: Restaurants Steakhouses Restaurants Barbeque Restaurants Brazilian Steakhouses, Barbeque, Brazilian [Edit]
95 Danforth AveToronto, ON M4K 1N2
Neighbourhood: Riverdale
(416) 465-0969
- Hours:
Tue-Sun 5:30 pm - 10 pm
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
9 reviews for Rodeo Brazilian Steakhouse Rodizio
9 reviews in English
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Review from Daniel D.
1/3/2012
From 2006:
Really nice salad bar, and a pretty nice atmosphere the time my wife and I were there. Romantic setting, dark, red flowers, candles. The meat courses were satisfactory. I remember I kept going back for the salad bar though.
I didn't know much about the neighborhood surrounding the restaurant but I remember thinking it would be a cool place to live. -
Review from rinku s.
SCARBOROUGH, ON
First time there; my husband and I were pleasantly surprised. The restaurant itself is beautiful ; the food is great ( we loved the salad bar!) and the staff is very courteous and attentive. We missed the dancers however the band was good. A little pricey; nice place to celebrate an intimate occasion.
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Review from Ricardo M.
Toronto, ON
11/16/2011 1 Check-in Here
Now called rodeo.
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Review from Sharky L.
Toronto, ON
9/29/2010
The food was really good. They come around and serve you meat, the trick is to has small portions until you get a meat that you really like. The service was good as well and I like the performances. Ambiance was romantic.
You have to book ahead, the day I went it was really busy. Other than the price I would go back to this place often. -
Review from Ktimene G.
8/26/2009
I loved everything about this place, from the upstairs location, the candlelit stairs, the Brazilian jazz music, the smiling service. And no wonder Brazilians have all the sexy curves with this good food.
The restaurant works like this: order a drink (mojito, caipirinha, sangria, anyone?), then visit the salad bar, where you'll find these among the selection:
Pao de queso-- cheesy bread!!!! (gluten free, made from yucca flour)
Mango salad
Avocado salad (the most avocado i've seen in one bowl at one time)
Shrimp (very meaty-- yum!)
Mussels
Bocconcini and cherry tomatoes
Sauteed greens
Smoked salmon
Prosciutto (in case you're worried about getting enough protein later)
Next, the meats are served tablefront, sliced frrom skewers-- you indicate whether you want the servers to keep visiting you with green/red light cards on your table. They've got everything from veal to chicken legs to bacon wrapped turkey and pork sausage-- it's very hard to say "no" to the nice young men who visit every couple of minutes.
The most delightful part of the meal was the grilled pineapple desert, also served tablefront fresh off the skewer, rolled in cinammon...fragrant, sweet and light!
Obrigadaaaaaaaaaaaa!
PS. Great place for a date or a splurge-- worth it. -
Review from Daniel H.
2/12/2010
As a huge Brazilian steakhouse fan, I had big expectations for the Red Violin on my weekend trip to Toronto. Sorely disappointed... Anyone who has experienced a true Brazilian steakhouse like Fogo de Chao in the states will know that the Red Violin is just a poor imitation of one. The antipasto bar was small and the ingredients were not fresh. Most cuts of meat were terribly overcooked and of very poor quality. The selection of meat were small and the place just made up non-Brazilian cuts like "The Big Beef". I asked the server what cut of beef it was and he didn't know! The servers did not even ask how I liked my meat cooked! Most servers gave me dry overcooked meat and a couple gave very undercooked beef/lamb sashimi/carpaccio! One thing was consistent... All of the meat was way too salty.
Also, the servers clearly were not highly trained as they have at most churrascarias. Couple of the servers were cutting the meat with the point of the knife wavering dangerously close toward my eye.
I may be a bit harsh on the place, but if you are going to charge similar prices as the rodizio places in the states ($60 a person for dinner), you better give your customers quality at that level. I spent $240 dollars on the meal (with bottle of wine and a couple cocktails) and I felt I had been cheated at this sham of a restaurant.
I truly hope for the people of Toronto (and for my next trip to Toronto) that a true Brazilian steakhouse establishes itself in Toronto. -
Review from Lee O.
Toronto, ON
4/3/2011
We dined on a Thursday evening. We were the only people there until 8pm when two other tables arrived. The buffet table was delicious, lots of fresh salads, seafood was shrimps and mussels, and lots of cold cut meats and cheeses. The rodizio style meat was not high quality. The sausage, chicken wings, bacon wrapped turkey and bacon wrapped tenderloin were bad tasting. Two of the beef dishes did not taste like beef at all. The beef short ribs were excellent and so was one other beef dish. We asked to stop bringing meat and the server told us there was 10 more things to bring out so there could have very well been a lot more good tasting meat. I wish they would have just brought the good stuff out first instead of trying to fill you up with the low quality meat.
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Review from Danny J.
Toronto, ON
11/18/2009
Glad to hear the Red Violin has pulled up its socks. Have been twice, first time was intriguing and the salad bar was excellent, but things started to fall when the meat happened. Second time the salad bar was a shadow of its former self. I question whether the meat is cooked each day and not held over.
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Review from M S.
Toronto, ON
2/27/2010
I'm going to have to agree with Daniel H on this one. If you have had the US Brazilian steakhouse experience this will be Very disappointing. After my first "Fogo De Chao" http://www.fogodechao.com \ Texas De Brazil http://www.texasdebraz... experience (both Brazilian Chains) in the states, I had high hopes for the Red Violin in Toronto. Took my girlfriend (now wife) there and I came out extremely disappointed...but she came out super impressed. It is certainly an experience , but once you have done it up right in the states it is on the terrible side in comparison.
As Daniel mentioned, in the US when the carvers come to the table, you tell them your preferred doneness (Well Done, Medium, Rare and everything in between). They then carve off from different areas on the skewer to get you what you want. Not so at Red Violin, you get what you get.
The selection in the US Chains is a lot larger as well. Places like Red Violin don't have as many cuts of meat, and places like Copacabana has a lot of meats advertised but only serve some of them each night.
I do have to say that Red Violin had an amazing pineapple dessert. Skewer a whole pineapple (peeled of course), Roll it in Cinnamon Sugar, then put it over the flame. Crispy caramelized sugar on the outside, sweet warm pineapple on the inside. I've tried to replicate on the BBQ but you need to do it over the wood flames to get it right. It is amazing there.
So Red Violin was nice, but it's just no where near others out there.
Now there is hope. If you want to try something really close to the US chains there is a new Brazilian Steakhouse in Niagara Falls called Brasa. It's inside of the Hilton that is attached to Fallsview Casino. http://www.brasaniagar... Go there for sure if you haven't done Brazilian Steakhouse and want to try it out...and then hit the slots at the casino. This is a lot closer to what you get in the US and you will like the experience a lot more.
Hope this helps!!
