Pretty solid restaurant when it comes to AYCE meat in the Boston area, with the main downside being that street parking can get difficult depending on the time of day. Still, it's quite the cute restaurant, with the dim lighting making it into quite the place for date nights and celebrations. As for the food, the meats were nice, juicy, and flavorful for the most part, but occasionally came out a little on the dry/well-done side for my taste. Of course, would like to give a shout-out for their picanha, as such cuts of meat are always welcome, and their fried cheese drizzled in honey kinda speaks for itself Anyway, would definitely recommend this spot for the experience, especially with how fun it is when the servers bring out a bunch of skewered meat and start slicing it right in front of you. Really gotta love the amount of control you get when they start dishing out the meats slice-by-slice, it's pretty darn satisfying I'm looking forward to coming back for more read more

Each dish that we tried had amazing flavor, the ambiance was welcoming, and the staff was absolutely wonderful. Highly recommended

Good Brazilian steakhouse, but I think they could do better. The meat was salty and repetitive and after a short time I couldn't tell you which was which. Call it good or bad at how often they came around, but it might have been too fast. Many times before I had even cut the previous piece, they were bringing more around. Once I turned my card to no more, got up to get some veggies and slow down and there was more meat when I got back! I think the experience would be improved with more distinctive meats and less interruptions. read more

Leaving a single star as the gratuity is a minimum of 18% (more on this shortly), not sure if it's because we were a party of 5. But nonetheless, the food was great, service was subpar. The entire waitstaff seemed to have disappeared for a bio break, or who knows what, with a skeleton crew left behind, and the restaurant was at 15-20% capacity. I mention this because we wrapped up our dinner fairly quickly and I had asked for cappuccino. I was sitting facing the area where they were made and noticed the lady making them as quickly requested, but not terribly busy. Nearly 15-20 minutes later, a different waiter comes out with a cappuccino apologizing because the machine was "broken". I asked him to return it as I no longer was in the mood for it having waited unnecessarily. Not sure why my waitress had disappeared, but I know if she (believe her name was Korina) had been present, I would have received my drink in a matter of minutes. Way to end what should have been a pleasant dinner. Not one to enjoy tipping for poor service, my intent was to leave a 5% tip, and I did. However, when I received the sms receipt, I was charged a minimum of 18%. If you're going to mandate gratuities in this manner, make sure the service is reasonable (not asking for much). Will be the last time I eat there... read more

Whenever I have friends or family visiting from out of town, Oliveira's is one of the top places I'd take them to. Love their AYCE experience for such a reason price for quality food! Most of their meats are top notch -- I usually get the same things (I personally don't usually get their sausage and chicken, but love their beef options). Their service is always quick and attentive and is full of kind people. Their salad bar has a variety of options ranging from fruits, fresh veggies, some meats, delicious cheesy bread, and more entree options. If you don't have the AYCE option, I love that they offer the option to pay by weight at the window they have by the salad bar. Their drinks are also delicious. I always get their fruity caipirinhas -- I love all of the flavors! Definitely will be visiting again~ read more

Food is ok, for a buffet style restaurant, nothing special, tasty and good variety of Brazilian dishes, sometimes the meat might be a little burned, staff in the meat department don't always understand English. Service is slow even after having a reservation, not always organized , recommended that you make a reservation to avoid the long wait. Ambiance is nice, background music loud but tolerant, too pricey for a buffet type restaurant. read more

Overall awesome experience, we'll definitely be coming back for another celebratory dinner! The meat cuts were juicy and had a huge selection (mainly beef, some pork and lamb). My favorites were the top and bottom sirloin and lamb chops. They also had a buffet style salad bar and cold/hot sides bar! Something for everyone to compliment all the delicious meat. The service was very fast and friendly, and the restaurant was high-energy and giving off fun vibes. read more

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Eu super recomendo esse restaurante. Sempre que posso, eu levo a família para almoçar. Na ultima visita, fomos atendido pela Marcia, qye nos atendeu com muito profissionalismo, cortesia e muita eficiência . read more

The place is a dark dingy, The buffet is a total mess, they don't even put a rag to it once in awhile, gross will never return.

I had to make an account on Yelp just to come and write this review, thats how bad it was. This place disguises itself as some up-scale establishment while trying to pack as many cheap options into the dining experience as possible. Plastic plates, bottled soda cans, limited section of bone-dry food in the buffet section. I had one bite of everything and pushed it all to the side of my plate. Hair in the food, off-tasting and over-salted meat, and a ridiculous price point for the quality of the food. Ive eaten all around Somerville and Boston and this is probably the worst food quality I've encountered. If you see Tiktok's telling you to come here, don't trust it. If you want to come here anyway, don't do the buffet like me and just do the pay by weight option and wear sweatpants like everyone else that was there. The restaurant was empty on a Friday night when we went and they sat us next to the one other family who had a crying baby, thanks. read more

I went to the Somerville location for the first-time last week. We sat in the outside area where the closed in seating was. We decided on the buffet, and it was great! They had a variety of foods to choose from including rice and beans to different meats and salad options. They had a walk-up window where you are able to choose from various meats. I went with lamb, steak and chicken wrapped in bacon. After you compile your plate, they weigh it for the price, and they give you a card. You can help yourself to as many plates as you like they just adjust the price using the card. My food was tasty, and all of the employees were warm and friendly. For dessert, we decided on the tiramisu. All and all pleasant experience and would return back! read more

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Oliveir's Steak House is my top choice for Brazilian food in the Boston area. The hot/salad bar offers the best deal with fair prices and always fresh, traditional Brazilian recipes. They also serve a variety of juices, many of which are made with real fruit. The waitresses are friendly, although they could be faster and more attentive. The quality of the meat surpasses that of other standard steak houses, but I dislike the amount of waste - they often serve way larger portions than requested. I go there as often as once a month, despite these issues, because overall it's a good experience. read more

Portions were big and the food was so good. The atmosphere was welcoming. Place was very clean

Staff was very friendly Salad bar had a great variety of fresh foods Hot bar had flavorful food, especially rice and beef Great variety of cuts of meat Family and kid friendly environment Outdoor seating Small parking lot and street parking Overall wonderful experience read more

Absolutely amazing concept - love how you can load up on as much food as you want, take it to go & enjoy!! Highly recommend coming here, the steak is out of this world and cooked to perfect!! read more

I love the service here and I love the meats that they bring to the table. Specially the grilled pineapple. The only downfall is. I wish the buffet had better pleasing food options. read more

The food was good here. They have 2 options to do buffet or pay by pound. We did buffet style. They don't have a lot of options with the veggies and carbs. However the meats are a la cart. The servers keep coming so you get your money worth. No social distancing in here. They put people on top of each other. You have to buy drinks and dessert separately. They don't come part of the buffet package. The dessert part of the package is just fruits. I give it 3 due to lack of options and they didn't follow social distancing read more

Oliveira's Steak House - Steak time - Brazilian Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Food is good, service not at all... I have a party of 6 people... I arrived a few minutes early to make sure we had a table ready.... But they won't let me seat at the table until at least another guest arrives...WTF?? What's the point of reserve the table.... The hostess was not helpful or friendly at all... very disappointed. read more

Great food and drinks. Favorite Brazilian steakhouse in the Boston Area. Make sure to order by the pound unless you can eat 4 lbs of food.

The best place in Boston! Great service with friends! William, Dani, Glenda, Julio and Evandro! read more

Oliveira's Steak House - Brazilian Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Service is Terrible. Servers expect to get 20% tips. But it's funny servers were standing together and chat while we ran out of water, then ready to order dessert and should ask another server. I hope the MANAGEMENT will read this feedback. Customers who need to scale their food and eat in should not to stay in line to only one open register with other people who take out. Meat got cold as there were 5 people in front with take outs. Food overall is delicious and cake was super fresh and amazing. read more

would give zero stars but that's not an option. terrible costumer service. waited an hour just to not be able to eat. just made a yelp account approximately 2 minutes ago just to write this review. read more

I recently discovered Oliveiras Steak House in Somerville and fell in love with the food. Mainly for the meats, they are wonderful, the Brazilian barbecue is the best in the world. I had already been to other Brazilian steakhouses, but for me this is the best, because the meats arrive very quickly on the table and the flavor is excellent, juicy and at the exact temperature I like. read more

Oliveira's Steak House - Steak and cheese and bottom Sirloin! The best! - Brazilian Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Amazing food and service, location is great. I had a table outside and the weather was cozy! Friendly staff and the experience for sire is something I wanna have again. If you're looking for a place to enjoy with your family and also enjoy a great meal you should come to Oliveiras! read more

Oliveira's Steak House - Brazilian Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

My daughter is doing a keto diet and so she needs lots and lots of meat. Brazilian to the rescue. Service here was excellent and the gauchos brought us lots of tasty stuff including sirloin and skirt steak and sausages and more. All of it delicious and cooked the way we liked it. There is also a decent sized buffet line with the sides you might like with your meal, including rices and beans and salads and veggies. I had a few pieces of sushi which were nothing particularly creative (salmon nigiri and california rolls) but were good. I loved the fresh beets and the big fresh mozzarella cheese too. Good service from our waitress who kept drinks refilled and cleared dirty plates promptly. read more

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I've been coming going here for years and although the place has grown tremendously the staff, service and quality of food hasn't suffered at all. From the wall of wines to the salad bar, the place is really well put together. Great place to entertain large groups or to take your first date too. Family friendly and great for all ages. read more

Another great restaurant with large selection of grilled meats and salad bar. You can pay a set price or pay by the pound which is what my party did. We did not have the waiters carve the meats at our table but went up to the grill station ourselves and ordered what we wanted. After filling your plate you have it weighed and return to your table. Better deal if your not a big eater and i'm definitely not one anymore but still like to sample everything in small portions. The service is great, waitresses constantly ask how we are doing and all very friendly. Location is a little bit out of the way if you live in the city but still worth the drive. I will be back sooner than later. read more

Fui duas vezes no Oliveiras e é simplesmente o melhor restaurante brasileiro que já comi em todo o EUA. Buffet farto, muitas variedades, bebidas, carnes e atendimento impecavel! Fui atendida pela Carol, super atenciosa e preocupada com o cliente. Super recomendo!!!! read more

I've walked by Oliveria's many times the last few years but on a whim went inside with my partner, and I regret not visiting sooner. Oliveria's is a Brazilian Steakhouse, and you will definitely get all the meat you want during your visit. My partner and I chose the all you can eat dinner option which was $44 dollars. They do have a "by the pound" option but it adds an extra step of having to get your meat weighed and I don't recommend it unless if you are trying to be budget conscious. The highlights for me were the sirloin steak and surprisingly the grilled pineapple. They sear the pineapple and add cinnamon to it, and it was a delicious treat. read more

Obrigada Danielle! Muito simpática! Nos atendeu com muito carinho e atenção. Deus te abençoe! read more

Great food Clean atmosphere very contemporary For Brazilian food I totally recommend this place. This will be my fourth time going there. read more

This place is great! Delicious meat, fresh buffet options, clean and great service. I have been here twice and it is consistently very good. If you want some of the best Brazilian BBQ around with great service...go here! Will be back! read more

I really like how often the meats came around. I actually had to turn my little token over to no more please so I can peacefully enjoy my meal. Other than that, the food was okay but not that memorable. some of the meats were quite salty and dried, but a few were decent too. As for the sides I much rather prefer fogo de chaos instead. However the thing that really boggle my experience was the fact that they added a "service/gratituty" charge of 18% even for just two people. Funny how they have a paper sign at the buffet area saying an 18% gratuity charge will be automatically added to the bill and then you when the bill comes, the 18% is reworded as a service charge. Our waitress had her portable card machine and took my bf card right there and then by our table and handle him the machine to complete the transaction. And omg the way they set up their credit card machine is so shady, it automatically sets a 20% tip that you cannot "skip" like on a clover. Instead you gotta do custom, erase the value there and actually input 00.00 if you didn't want to tip. That's the only way to continue to complete the transaction. Honestly, service from our waitress was practically non-existent. read more

Great food and kind staff, but be mindful with what you want. It's a self service buffet, but if you dine in you're expected to tip 20%. There's an all you can eat option as well, but it's expensive to a point where 95% of the time you're better off serving yourself. read more

Eu sempre venho nesse restaurante e sempre sou bem atendida pela ELI, obrigado pelo ótimo atendimento

BEWARE, BEWARE. I have been going here for more than 10 years. Today I went and they are automatically adding 18% gratuity. To bring drinks to the table. Hello!! Not fair to the consumer. The owner wants the customers to pay for the employees. I'm calling bullshit. You have every right to have the manager remove the automatic tip and add your own based on the service you receive. 1. Non Disclosure of prices by the pound. 2. They are monitoring how much meat you have on your plate to charge you more per pound. 3. Non-Disclosure of 18% gratuity- for a buffet!!' 4. Waiter said the tip is for the back of the house...yikes... Employer should pay for your back of the house! read more

Went to his restaurant and the food was wonderful. The staff not so much though, and it felt minor until recently. On 3/22/2025 I went to have dinner with a friend, which was a Saturday night and the restaurant was very busy understandably. We reserved for a table for 20 minutes wait time, and when we were seated it took 20 + minutes to be served. Eventually we were never serviced. No server, no water or glasses, and no ticket starter for the buffet. It felt like we were invisible and completely disrespected as we tried calling on other servers to ask for help. There was a party of 10 who left, and the table they sat at was redone. We were still ignored. The table next to us seemed so alarmed as well, they even tried to call out for a server to start our order for drinks, etc. The worst experience I have ever had there. No thank you to the gift card. In this day and age, it felt like pure racism. read more

I did the all you can eat special for dinner and that was really fun. Only thing I noticed is that it seems like they mostly brought over steak and chicken and not as much of the sausage. Had an awesome time. read more

I asked my Brazilian coworker where they go for authentic Brazilian cuisine and their answer was "Oliveira's Steak House in Sommerville". I've been to a few Brazilian Steakhouses in Las Vegas, Orlando, NYC and it was an experience, but nothing none have had the desire to back to. Oliviera's is just different. The quality of their meat is fantastic, and you can tell when you cut into it. The way they slow cook it makes everything EXTREMELY JUICY, we'll get back to that later. You can do a weigh by plate or all you can eat for $50 a person. Usually for me and my wife; we pay about $60-$70 between food, drinks, and desserts. Personally I have never eaten enough to even get to $50, so we have always done the weigh by plate which basically means every time you fill up your plate; you weigh it, go back to your table, and pay at the end. You walk up through hot and cold buffet where they have beans and rice, stews, french fries, chicken lasagna, hot sides, cold side and then you get to the serving window where all the magic happens. There is a chalkboard with available meats and its a long list of types of sirloins, garlic meat, chicken, chicken hearts, lamb, sausages, grilled pineapple, brisket and everything that makes my mouth water. You can literally see everything just rotating and looking delicious. The person at the window works with you to get the meat you want and how you want it cooked. The garlic beef is amazing, the lamb is for sure, and the sirloin is sirloinlicious. And you HAVE to do the Flan; so creamy, sweet, and beautiful looking. If not flan, then do the coconut cake for all of its moist glory. The staff are all friendly and fairly efficient. We come here regularly and always bring guests who visit from out of town. We love Oliveira's, they love Oliveira's, and you will love Oliveira's too. read more

Driving by in Somerville on our way to our hotel, Oliveira caught my eye. After looking it up on Yelp, it was just what we wanted, MEAT! If you can, make a reservation, even if it's within a few hours. It will save you time and you won't have to wait at the crowded entrance area. The parking lot is small, but there is parking on this industrial street. The place is just packed with way too many tables and chairs, especially by the bar. Aisles are tight with inebriated people at the bar backing their butts against your table and backs of chairs. We watched a really tight table cycle 3 different parties because it was wedged by the bar and entrance to the kitchen. That was like setting up a table in Grand Central station. I was annoyed when a drunk guy toasting his friends put his beer next to me on our table, but our server was on the ball and quickly took it away. It seemed unsafe with all the hot meat, sharp knives and steel spits flying around the dining room. I have to give credit to the meat and table servers just getting around with no mishaps. You have the option of doing the sliced-at-your-table AYCE meat and/or the salad/buffet line with cooked food and BBQ meat by the pound. The setup of the buffet line is poor and doesn't flow, so you might have to wait behind people that can't decide on what to get if a large party comes in. There is a window past the salad to request your cuts of meat. We decided on the meat parade and after getting some salad, hot foods, we waited for the steak to flow. We weren't disappointed after we flipped our disk to green and endless amounts of sausage, chicken and beef sidled up to our table. Spicy pork sausage? Two, please. Top sirloin? Medium-rare and keep slicing. Bacon wrapped chicken? Sure. NY strip steak? Lay it on me. Beef short ribs? Give me all you got. Flank steak? I can squeeze in a couple of more slices. Before you know it, you're in a food coma, protein stupor. Can't even think about dessert at that point. Overall, we had a decent dinner here and for a churrascaria, it was reasonably priced, but the experience had much to be desired. read more

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