Service and food is excellent! I had my birthday celebration with my family for dinner, the server was very warm and accommodating debriefing about the menu how the meat were going to be serve and so on. I like the concept of delivering the fresh from the grill meat and giving everyone small portion, I thought this is smart as we have room to try different styles taste of Brazilian bbq without feeling getting full. I will definitely to go back to this place for special celebration. read more

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Wow !! What a hidden gem. Went for lunch and extremely excited about the food , atmosphere and service that we received. !! Oh my ! Good !epic ! Hot ,tasty ,well seasoned and plenty of sides etc to go with the delicious meat I will definitely be booking there for upcoming family celebrations. read more

Best all you can eat for meat lovers. All cuts of meat was done to perfection and well seasoned. The meat were very tender and definitely high grade meat. Even the salad options were fresh and well presented. Sufficient salad options to select from, not just the standard green salads from some all you can eat places. Salads were even a must include in your meal. But for carnivores, this place will not disappoint. Service was so friendly, from the waitress to the meat servers. I will definitely return to repeat our experience when I come in town again. Thank you Gaucho. read more

Awesome place for corporate meetings . Meat selection is just amazing and beer and wine are great for work events

Dined here with family. The food was just ok. I was expecting more but it's an eat all you can. I didn't think that they were only serving filet mignon. Lol The reason I chose this over the other Brazilian restos was the availability of chicken hearts. They were good and well-seasoned. The beef cuts were a bit salty especially the rib eye. This wouldn't be the first Brazilian resto to oversalt. The pineapples weren't grilled which was a bummer. They didn't have a salad/side dish buffet. Instead, they added side dishes to the menu and you order off of that. They also didn't have the sweet bananas typical of rodizio style places. The table setting had tiny plates. I'm sure it's intended to prevent people from getting too much food but all you have to do is ask for the bigger plates. I think it is a bit ridiculous to set small plates knowing that this is an eat all you can. Any guest paying 68 cad for dinner would need a bigger plate. That should be a given. Finally, we got the tres amigos for dessert. The churro and flan were really delicious. I was a bit disappointed by everything else thus the 3 stars. Would I recommend this resto? Not for 68 per person. read more

Best food ! So good! Expensive but good for once in a while ! Overall great experience read more

WORST EXPERIENCE EVER We have had the worst customer service experience in our lives. We were a group of doctors and pharmacists who chose to dine there. Once we stepped in, the server met us at the entrance with no single word of welcome... but with unexplained gloomy face and loud voice asking us..DO YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS HERE?... DO YOU KNOW HOW IT COSTS TO DINE HERE?... We just ignored that strange attitude and answered that some of us were there before. As we just sat down, one of us asked the same server about something in the menu... to our astonishment...all of a sudden and without any warning...the server replied in a loud harsh voice...NO NO NO...YOU ARE AGGRESSIVE... All of us were stunned that we are dealt with with such arrogance...and supremacy.... Of course all of us were very upset with the insults..and asked to speak to the supervisor...and asked him for another server to serve us.... Again that supervisor was as bad as the server and told us ...HE IS THE ONLY SERVER HERE..AND YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE... OR WE WILL CALL THE POLICE...We asked to speak to a manager..but the reply was thar....no manager is here!!! AGAIN our only explanation to this unexplained aggression and supremacy was DISCRIMINATION ... as one of us was a lady wearing HIJAB. AS WE HAVE HAD THE WORST DINING EXPERIENCE OF OUR LIVES....WE WILL NEVER GO TO THAT PLACE AGAIN AND NEVER RECOMMEND IT TO OUR FRIENDS. read more

I have been to many similar restaurants! The food here is the best, the taste is amazing and the price is very good! Service read more

Gaucho Brazilian Barbecue - I have been to many similar restaurants! The food here is the best, the taste is amazing and the price is very good! Service - Brazilian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Sooooo much food! All the meats were amazing! The pineapple cucumber mint salad was the perfect palate cleanser between all the meats. The pão de queijo was the perfect starter. And the Pudim de Leite...put me right over the edge. I had to call for a wheelbarrow to load me into my car! read more

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most amazing food and the guys are fantastic. kristin was the perfect hostess. Everything was more than expected

Absolutely incredible prompt service and the food was fantastic! Great decor as well !! read more

Gaucho Brazilian Barbecue - Brazilian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Very nice place! Went for my birthday a few days ago and had a great experience The variety is great, and the helpings plentiful. The Parmesan beef and the pineapple were our favourites. read more

Fantastic Brazilian BBQ. Smaller than the other ones but service and food is top notch. Parking is plentiful with parkade for overflow. The salad bar has plenty of selection and there is rice and some deep fried food. The staff continue to cut and provide speedy service and ample meat. Deserts are delicious and great coffee selection. The atmosphere is lively and very comfortable chairs. Pricing is decent for both lunch and dinner. Overall it's a must try for Brazilian BBQ in Calgary and is best one on Macleod trail. read more

Great place for lunch!! Fantastic meet and service is even the best. Wowwww you should try it!!!

I would sell my soul to the Gods of Zulu for the meat on sticks that Gaucho produces from it's magical kitchen. For years I prayed that one place would satisfy my lust for tasty protein and then Mr. Gaucho is like, "I gotchu fam!" then dipped his thumb in grease and smeared it across my forehead treating me like baby Simba from the first Lion King. Tears are streaming down my face just thinking about this place. If you are a bbq fan, get yourself to gaucho and stuff your face with meat. read more

I just came here for V-Day and my oh my was it amazing! The most amazing food at this restaurant was this grilled pineapple with a drizzled glaze of warm syrup and cinnamon. It was the most incredible thing i've ever tasted. The meats were amazing! Tender, amazing taste, everything was amazing! The service was beyond phenomenal too. The waitress was very professional and well informed. She came by our table every 5-10 minutes to check up on us. Service: ***** Grilled pineapple: *************** Food:**** read more

Food was very good! Service was very attentive and the ambiance was inviting. Price sucked!

So good. Got take out a few weeks ago because it's been on my list to try for a long time! It was absolutely fantastic and I'm so glad they're offering take out during covid. Order online from their website and a 20% discount if you pick up. So worth it!!! read more

It was my second time here at Gaucho's and I have to say, it is still delicious. BBQ-ed on giant skewers, Gaucho's really hits the spot if you are craving that good ole Alberta beef. I've been to other rodizio restaurants before (such as Copacabana in Toronto and Bolero in Calgary) so needless to say, this was not my first Brazilian rodeo. Included in the dinner price ($40 per person) is Top Sirloin, Rump Steak, Parmesan beef, Spicy Steak, Chicken Wings, Sausages, Lamb, Chicken Wrapped Bacon, pork ribs ... etc My favourite was the lamb which was good because it didn't have a really strong gamey taste that is commonly associated with cooking lamb. There was also some nice crispy basa fish at the buffet bar which was really tasty. One star deducted for the lack of grilled pineapple served skewer style (though it IS on their dessert menu at an additional $8). If I am in town again, I would want to also try their Brazilian mate (pronounced: Mah-tay) which is a loose tea that is consumed from a coconut-looking cup and a metal straw with holes at the bottom. read more

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Fantastic Brazilian Barbecue all the different meats they bring out are amazing! From beef , chicken , pork and lamb all the meat they bring out is tasty! it is very easy to fill up fast just on the side dishes they have but make sure to save room for the barbecue stuff ! read more

I've never been to a rodizio before, but I'll say it was an interesting experience. First of all, bring your appetite and a pretty large chunk of cash. This place will feed you until you're blue in the face with delicious, authentic Brazilian cuisine. It was quite different from anything I've experienced before, which made it fun and exciting. Right off the bat the chef came out with giant skewers of meat, deliciously cooked to perfection and sliced right onto our plate. And it didn't stop. We were continuously served the meat until we couldn't possibly force anymore into our bellies. Now, I'm not usually the biggest meat lover, but man was this stuff good! A cool thing about this place is that they actually recommend drinks that would fit appropriately with the meal. I didn't actually go for the drink they were selling, but that's because I was craving a good ol' beer! The service is great at this place and the food is fantastic. I would recommend this place for an interesting date night, or just a nice different meal with the fam. read more

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Dinner was delicious, from the salad bar to the desserts. They really make sure you get to try every type of meat they have on the menu (all 15!) And staff is really friendly. Needless to say that every meat was exquisitely cooked. One tip: go ready to eat the biggest meal of your week! read more

Gaucho Brazilian Barbecue - Tres amigos. Flan, churros with chocolate and dulce de leche sauce, and passion fruit mouse in chocolate shell. - Brazilian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

I was impressed by the flavour profiles, but disappointed by the meat, which by and large was cooked to well done. I prefer it a little more pink. I absolutely echo the statement regarding Parmesan beef. I'm not sure how authentic that is, but it's f*@^&ing delicious. Wish I wasn't sitting there with my boss... I wanted to have a caipriniha! read more

For me, this is the best higher end restaurant to go with your kids in Calgary. Every time we've gone and brought our little one's silicon plate and utensils, they took care of washing them and giving them back without us even asking! My only critique is not food related at all, and it's that there is no changing table in the men's room which forces my wife to change the diapers when baby needs it during our stay. Other than that, best restaurant in town! read more

Best Brazilian barbecue in town! Very delicious and fresh variety of salad buffet and the meats are all amazing. Meats are very juicy and scrumptious. We keep coming to this place and dont want to try any other! read more

I never write reviews but this place is probably the Best restaurant in Calgary!!! Great service,food amazing as always. The price reflects the quality nothing wrong with it. Great work and keep up the good job read more

They had a $20 lunch deal (original $25) when we came on a weekday. We were greeted right when we walked in and noticed only a few tables were occupied. We ordered the Guaraná ($4) as our beverages, and it gives off a taste of a Brazilian version of Ginger ale. Their salad bar had quite a few different options including some hot items. The meat doesn't come around your table until you visit the salad bar. There's some heavy items on the salad bar that can fill your stomach faster such as potato salad and their hot items. I avoided the extra carbs and stuck with just leafy greens. They had 2 different hot sauce at the salad bar and it goes well with every type of meat if you're looking for that kick of spice. During lunch time they offer 7 different meats and most of the meat came out flavourful. I would stay away from the brisket since it was quite dry. Our favourite would be the parmesan beef! Very flavourful and juicy! There was 2 barbecue chefs and one of them was very attentive, he noticed we were slowing down and asked us if there was anything specific we wanted. We asked for more parmesan beef and he did come back around getting us some more! Overall it was a great experience. Rodizio is more of a splurge meal and I would come again during their lunch deal or on special occasions read more

This place is so delicious and I love that the meat comes on swords it's so cool, they even have a salad bar with some good options, the set up in this restaurant is so welcoming and you feel like home read more

This place is a must see and do!!! If you ever get a chance go at lunch it's cheaper then dinner but still very worth it! read more

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This was my first time visiting a Brazilian restaurant. The staff explained the process to me in detail. The food selection was delicious. If I'm ever in this area again, I will gladly revisit. read more

Lunch. Ate too much meat which is sorta the point i guess. The meat was all cooked well. Service was good. read more

The food here is so good ! I took my wife for Valentines and it was $60 but it was worth it. It was our first time going and I would go back. The hostess was great and friendly, and our waiter was great also. Always making sure we had something to drink and asking about how everything was tasting. The food was again awesome. There was so much of it and everything from the salad bar to the meat was perfect. I ate so much I was in a food coma but it was worth it. All in all, its a great value for the price you pay and you should definitely eat here ! read more

Oh, my goodness...I've been to Gaucho a few times before and have enjoyed it thoroughly. My most recent visit was a pivotal moment...for me anyway! Let's just call this "Ode to Passion Fruit". Most of the time, the meaterrific deliciousness consumes my brain (and all of the space in my tummy) so dessert is usually out of the question. Ah, but the stars aligned and I had this feeling that this would be the time I would finally make it. Yes, yes, the meat was delicious. 11 different meats being circulated usually leaves nothing to be desired. However, this time I was craving something cool and creamy to finish my meal. Of course, I had already eaten some of the lovely sides ( the black beans, and the pineapple cucumber mint salad are my personal favourites) but something was still missing. You would think that after pork tenderloin, garlic steak, parmesan encrusted beef, beef ribs, lamb with mustard and mint, and beef ribs, that nothing could entice me. Wrong! The Mousse de Maracuja was the one thing that I couldn't stop thinking of. To the uninitiated, passion fruit is a tangy, seedy, gelatinous pulp from inside the tough rind. When prepared properly, it can be transformed into smoothies, cakes, and mousse, like the Mousse de Maracuja. The passion fruit coulis sits atop the mousse in a martini glass. You need to get your spoon into the mousse below, and as you lift it out it will have a thin veil of the passion fruit coulis. I am a huge passion fruit fan and have often been disappointed when the passion fruit itself is overloaded with sugar. In this case, it is not. The mousse is cool and creamy, the passion fruit is not overpowering and tastes just like fresh, sans seeds. Word to the wise - next time you are visiting Gaucho's, save some room for this amazing dessert! read more

Honestly, I tried this place with high hopes of from all my friends and family talking about how great Brazilian BBQ is. Its a good concept, but I found most of the meat dry, like it was sitting on the stick or bbq spit all day, and they go around allot with the cheap meats and by the time your full thats when they come out with the cuts that I like the most. I guess its just not for me read more

This place is a place after my food heart! Total quality, awesome service and all you can possibly eat. The servers will make sure of that let me tell you! Good thing I prepared for battle splitting a whole head of lettuce with Dan, thats all we ate the whole day before we came! Gaucho is quite popular. You need to book (via internet) well in advance. I booked it for a birthday party like a month before and even then it was tricky to find a time and day for a table of ten. Lucky for us it all worked out! The meal lived up to every expectation and then some! The salad bar was something to behold, not too many items and not overstocked (a true sign of quality) some really tasty veggies strawberry spinach salad, salsa and other stuff a cant remember! Also hot items like rice, beans and their was also a fish stew which I was very fond of. I didn't take too much because I wanted to save plenty of room for the meat! it was all really good! So then the meat came. The little two sided cow card(green and red) that signals the "gauchos" to come around with their meat offerings a carve it tableside. Skewered through meat swords everything was so good! Cooked to perfection and seasoned perfectly. I especially loved the beef ribs and the chicken hearts! Though i mean all the other meats were a close second! OH MAN! Now I am getting hungry just thinking about it.... In the heat of battle I started to loose my appetite, I am pretty sure I tried all the meats but man was it tough to do! The ONLY bad thing about gaucho was the dessert. I got this ice cream with grilled pineapple (the pineapple was dry and chewy) but you know what? I cant fault them a star for that! These guys just destroyed me in the best way possible! I tip my hat to them! The aftermath: the WHOLE party went to a house and we all fell into a meat coma... Gaucho sings a sweet lullaby though! but make no mistake it can make even the most hardcore of eaters fall to their knees and beg for mercy! I will be back! oh I will be back! check it ! read more

Bring out your A-game eating skills. Gaucho's is not for the faint of stomach. We had a table for ten booked at 7:15 Saturday night. The night started innocently enough with a visit to the buffet. It included some veggies, rice, etc. With my eye on the servers walking around with the largest skewers of meat I've ever seen, I was careful not to fill my plate TOO full at the buffet table. I was remembering the list of 16 different meats that were hopefully going to make their way into my belly over the course of the meal. Every bit of that meal was delicious. Every piece of meat cooked in a tasty sauce or spice. The tastiest piece of meat was the beef and Parmesan, the most interesting thing I ate was chicken hearts. Many at the table commented that the chicken hearts were a similar texture to liver. I wouldn't know. They were definitely a big tougher than regular chicken meat, but tasty enough for me to eat four or five of them. After several rounds of meat, many of us were running out of room. It was time to loosen our belts (I was thinking that I should have worn something with an elastic waist band). I filled up as much of my reserves as I could but I'm pretty sure I didn't make it through more than about 10 different kinds of meat. When I finally called it quits, I was thinking about how I should have prepared better. If only I had started my stomach stretches a week earlier instead of the day of, I may have performed better than I did. At the very least, I came away full and satisfied with the food I had just ingested. I'll know better next time. read more

If you like rodizio, this is a happenin' place for Sunday brunch, now just $18 per adult (kids $16). The side dishes (fresh spinach, salmon salad, halibut, chicken souffle, Brazilian salsa, etc.) are of very high quality, and their frothy lemonade with a hint of lime was a pleasant surprise. I wish someone would update the address, because they're now on Macleod Trail across from Chinook and I can't check in from my mobile! read more

Not only does Brazil have one of the best Carnivals in the world and the hottest looking people, they serve it up really fine with their rodizios. I was so thrilled to discover a rodizio here in Calgary and specifically here at Gaucho's. Every Sunday you can indulge in an all you can eat lunch buffet for just $28 a person. This includes an all you can eat meat service at your table with an extensive salad bar. Let me recommend right off the bat the palm hearts, this delicacy is banned from being served in Columbia as the palm takes 17 to 18 years to mature so therefore it has become more rare, so this is a speciality really worth having here. The BBQ meat is cut up right before your eyes at your table by the chef, it is both succulent and tender, and in my opinion cooked to perfection. Try a nice vinaigrette sauce with your meat but I warn you to pace yourself, there is a never ending meat selection here. Today we accompanied our meat with an authentic Brazilian beverage of white wine and lime juice and ended our meal with a glorious helping of coconut ice cream and barbecued pineapple smothered in guava sauce. If my buffet description doesn't get you here then for sure this dessert will, doesn't this combination make you want to come and try it. The location is easy to get to as well; just off of Macleod trail. The management, staff and chef are indicative of Brazilian weather; warm and incredibly personable, I know you will enjoy your visit as much as I did mine. Beijos!! read more

Ok, being a Brazilian and a rodizio fan, I must say: this place is the real deal! I only get to go back home once a year, and Gaucho's is exactly like the Churrascarias back home: all you can eat meat, salad buffet and typical side dishes. As for the BBQ meat, my favourites are the Picanha (a must try, in my opinion), costela (ribs) and chicken heart. Make sure to let the waiters know if you like your meat well done. In Brazil is common to have it done a little on the raw side. PS.: All my canadian friends are grossed out by the thought of it, but I strongly encourage everybody to try the grilled chicken hearts. Tasty stuff, I guarantee! read more

Not going back. We went on Valentine's Day, made reservations a week in advance. We were told that there was a mandatory $65/person Valentines Day promotion - all you can eat with red velvet cake for desert and champagne - no problem, sounded great. Execution was far from expectations. The champagne was never served. There was 3 of us and only 2 deserts came out. We sat there and waited for the third person in our party to be served his cake... 10 minutes later the server came back and asked how the desert was, seeing the 2 deserts had been untouched, we said we were still waiting for the third desert! She informed us that the desert was only 1 per couple (the $65 wasn't per couple it was per PERSON). How can they justify this? The manager came to the table and told us it was a decision the owners made to save costs. Bad decision. For the insignificant cost of a small plate of desert, we won't be supporting a business that exploits it's customers to save a couple dollars. read more