Barbacoa

OK, we thought we got there early but it turns out we had an hour and a half wait right after they opened up the first thing on Saturday morning. Lima was helpful. We love the cocktails in the lounge. The food and service was incredible. I loved the salad bar, I actually loved everything that I ate. I wish I would’ve worn expanding pants and had a hollow leg cause I could’ve eaten everything that I wanted. I WOULD RECOMMEND

OMG… First time in São Paulo, Brazil, and I think this is officially the most steak and meat I’ve eaten in my entire life! It’s absolutely insane in the best way possible. Honestly, I’m totally overwhelmed by this monstrosity of a buffet. It’s like a full-blown meat fest! 😂 I probably downed at least three Coke Zeros just to help wash it all down. Brazil… you’ve won my heart! The food was perfect juicy, flavorful, and nonstop. Highly recommend this place to any of my friends planning to visit São Paulo. No question… I’ll definitely be coming back for round two next time!

It is always a delight eat at Barbacoa. Always perfect meat, amazing salad buffet and exceptional service. We go there for years and Jefferson is always amazingly cordial and friendly! If you are in São Paulo should go! Worth every bite!

I have nothing bad to say about our experience here. The food is delicious, the service is exceptional, and the salad bar is much better than most Rodízios. The meat is amazing and high quality. It is definitely one of the more expensive churrascarias.

Our first night in SP and we arrived here around 630PM without reservations. We were given a ticket and asked to wait in the waiting room (full bar). They gave us some snacks while we waited and we were seated in about 30 minutes. The men with the meat skewers were great but spoke no English except our primary server who made sure we got everything we wanted. Strong suggestion is to get some items from the salad bar to break up the bites of meat one after another. I loved the vinegar pickled onions to help balance out the savory meat. I wish I knew what each cut was, but they were all excellently seasoned.

Yeah, the wait was long (2hrs), but the food and service were awesome! Even though we're tourists, the staff was super welcoming and looked after us, making sure we had everything we needed and even suggesting some things to try.

Absolutely amazing food and service. This is the best place to get the Brazilian style steak house. The caviar covered fillet is fun! The lamb was some of the best that I have had. Check this place out! There was a long wait but it was totally worth it!

Best Brazilian rodizio ive been to. No competition. Food was incredible, service was great, and everyone was nice. Be aware to get there before 7 or so because there aren’t reservations and this place is super popular among locals so it fills up really quick and the waiting line get super long (hours). They do have a bar/lounge for waiting where they bring snacks and drinks so it’s not too bad.

Best Authentic Brazilian restaurant in Sao Paulo and possibly in Brazil. The restaurant is beautifully decorated and the ambiance is very welcoming. The food variety both on the carving station and the buffet exceeds anything I have ever seen. A true special culinary experience. It is amazing what a $5 tip can do to the hostess to speed up getting a table at the busiest time of the day. We were told two hours wait, I slipped a $5 bill to the hostess and within 5-10 minutes we got our table. This location is a must for anyone both local and tourists.

I have been to all of the top churrascarias in São Paulo and this is the best by far. There's others that are good but this one is great. Barbacoa has the best variety of steaks, salads, as well the best service. They don't take reservations and open at 7pm. As you arrive they take note of how many are in your party and assign you a number. At 7 pm they start calling out numbers and seat many people quickly as the restaurant is large and has many tables. Right at this time there is a line for the salad bar but it dissipates quickly. I enjoyed by dinner so much that I was busy eating and forgot to take pictures! I'm going back to Barbacoa tomorrow and will try to add pictures here.

My first visit to Sao Paulo was made great by having an incredible meal here. This place is a veritable temple primarily for second-hand vegetarians (those that consume vegetables by devouring the animals that ate them first haha). This house of barbecued/grilled meat is impressive but requires some strategy if you want to get your proper money's worth. My advice is to not get sidetracked by the cozy little bar where they have some great adult beverages. I love a stiff drink as much as the next person but when faced with a mountain of meat once you get to your table, I would shun the empty calories and space of mere liquids. Also, this place really doesn't get busy until after 8pm. The advantage of going early is that you will have much of the place to yourself so there is very attentive service and no jockeying for position at the salad bar or trying to flag down the server with your favorite cut of meat who is stuck in a rut serving all the tables on the other side of the dining room. On the other hand, I noticed that a couple of great things came off the grill as we were lifting our fat as*es out of our chairs getting ready to leave. This choice to leave turned out to be a premature ejection from our table as the juiciest cut of brisket that had not been available yet that evening passed right by me on my way out the door. Sunk cost and opportunity lost! I think my perfect time to start dinner would be around 7:30pm to take advantage of lower crowds and best variety on offer! Finally, resist the temptation of the beautiful salad bar with all of your willpower. It is seriously like a black hole with strong gravitational pull. It is eye-catching and there are some really unique, interesting and delicious items on offer. But, like the flame to the moth, there is a price to pay for your curiosity. Almost everything there has a lower price point than the strolling barbacoa you have yet to experience. So enter the salad bar zone with caution, pace yourself and sample lightly if you must because the best is yet to come and you will feel like a moron if you are too full of chlorophyll while the rest of your table is dying from the meat sweats. The table service is like a self-generated magic show controlled by a 2-sided disc at your setting. Display the red side and absolutely nothing will happen. The servers will avoid you like the Plague. However, turn it over and display green and they will be on you like flies on a garbage pile as they carry around various types of grilled animal proteins and sides. Once full go to defcon red and wallow in your job well done. I had no room for anything else but others at my table swore by the papaya cream and cassis dessert that looked suspiciously like a Midwest church lady jello whipped topping. This delicious, over the top spot is a classic Brazilian BBQ spot if you are looking for that experience and price is not a concern. I think the only ones that will not find happiness here are the chickens and steers.

Food was great, salad bar is divine! If going on Sunday plan on going early; I went for lunch at around 3:00pm and was sat at 6 pm. If you are going for going for dinner and planning on eating at 8 go around 6ish for dinner because the wait line is long. Best in the city.

Food was ok sirloin cap was really and otherwise its ok. Service is great takes patiences busy, ambiance bit loud. That was expected close counter. Very festive. I didnt get to try the steak cover of garlic, saw that in one of the influencer. Was hoping the Brazilian steak house in Brazil will have a distinct uniqueness comparing to other country. Didn't wow me.

5/5 salad bar 2/5 meats Salad bar was amazing but not the star of the show considering it's a Brazilian steakhouse. The actual meat were often dry or extremely salty. It wasn't better than the ones I've had in the states. Pork and lamb were better than beef cuts. Deserts were delicious (but are extra on top of the buffet price)

Amazing churasca in Sao Paolo. And the price were awesome too! Strong drinks, a lot of choices and great staff. Will definitely keep coming back

One of the better steakhouses in Brazil. I love this churrascaría. Been coming here for years.

To my gringo friends, in Brazil this is a steakhouse. To the rest of the world this is a Brazilian steakhouse. And coming from a guy who has lived in 15 of the 50 (plus 3 countries) this one is the best I have ever been to. I'm in SP a few times a year and am disappointed when I do not get to visit here. The proteins are excellent and the staff is exceptional. I mean exceptional. The atmosphere is loud and fun - like any great steakhouse. As a well traveled guy, this is my overall favorite steakhouse on the planet.

The meat was divine and worth the 2.5 hour wait. They do serve you free appetizers and you can order drinks while you wait so that makes it tolerable. The salad bar was meh, but it's not at all about the salad bar. The various cuts are all well seasoned and cooked perfectly. It was my first time in São Paulo and I'll definitely be going back.

This place is terrible. It was a party of four that was told to "just come in, no reservations needed." We showed up at 6:45 pm and the wait was foretold to be 45 minutes. We waited about two hours and there was at least ten names ahead of us! Terrible customer service, which was worse than your usual "slow/bad Brazilian customer service." Needless to say, we left Barbacoa and drove to Fogo De Chao for an outstanding meal with great service. Will never consider Barbacoa again.

Very disorganized. I went there at 8pm on a Thursday night in early December. The place was packed and they don't do a good job managing demand and wait time. You put your name down and the host tells you about 90 minutes wait. When you check 60 minutes later, only 1 party has been seated during that time land she doesn't know how much longer it will take for your table to be ready. We left and went to Fogo de Chao.

Our party had a great experience at Barbacoa. Both the steak and salad bar were outstanding! We certainly appreciated the great service too. Definitely will be back...

Amazing! The meat was amazing plentiful. With multiple drinks the total was about $60 per person US dollars. The salad bar was great as well. I tried not to get full of the salad bar but it was very tempting.

Whats not to like about endless meat! There were definitely some that were better than others but overall the quality was excellent. A great Brazil experience! Even tried chicken hearts which were interesting but not for me.

I've been to Barbacoa twice now and I must be honest: the first time I was here my experience exceeded expectations, however, my second visit was a MAJOR let-down, hence I'm giving this place 3 stars. Nothing is more frustrating than when you go to a fancy restaurant expecting to have your every whim catered to because you're paying for that type of experience and then multiple things go wrong and you don't get what you want. First of all, they didn't have beans at dinner, only at lunch... super frustrating. I don't understand how they can have beans for lunch but not dinner. Secondly, it took almost thirty minutes for me to get some basic white rice to accompany my meal. By the time they brought the rice over, I was already almost full (I had to eat meat and pão de queijo by itself). I asked for some lemonade with sugar and it was almost like I hadn't asked for sugar at all because they didn't add any to the juice nor did they provide me with a spoon so that I could mix some in myself. Lastly, their most egregious mistake was giving me a cocada that was cold. The dessert description says its ao forno (from the oven) and to my understanding that means that I should have received a dessert that was at the very least lukewarm. Because of all of these missteps, I am taking off two stars. A restaurant with this price tag should have wayyy better service.

The best churrascaria of São Paulo. I am a meat lover myself and I wanted to take my husband to experience the environment and taste the meat in a Brazilian steakhouse aka churrascaria. We were taken to Barbacoa and I have only good things to say from the ambiance, the quality and variaty of meat , salad buffet and friendly staff , everything was top notch

My new favorite in the Rio area. I've been to Fogo de Chao, the usual (but good) spot for tourists, plus some other places - I like this one best so far. Great, not too intrusive service, a buffet with everything you can wish for and good meats carried to your table. As a side note, we looked at the wine menu and I found a Nederburg Winemasters Reserve Pinotage. An excellent wine that fits the meats very well and you will be blown away by the price. The entire table took pictures of the label because they were impressed by the wine. Good doesn't need to be expensive... I'll be back next time I'm in town.

Before coming here to try the food, I read the following on their web site: "When the caravels of Columbus braved oceans and reached the then New World were received by Arawak Indians with a gastronomic custom still unknown by Europeans. Meat pieces were baked in a wood grate placed over a fire, with all gathered around the fire, outdoor. It was a time not only of food, but a great social meeting that crossed the Atlantic and conquered the world. 'Barbacoa' was the name of the grate - a word that originated the term English barbecue." Over and the above the fact that the above is pretty good ad copy (even after running through Google Translate), the concept sounding intriguing! Never having encountered Barbacoa before, I came here with a friend for dinner. The atmosphere is upscale and inviting; the venue is finely furnished, and the service is impeccable. The meat is served rodizio style; patrons pay a fixed price (preço fixo) and the servers bring samples of food to each patron several times throughout the meal, until the patrons signal that they've had enough. The meat here is very good, especially the picanha. There are also various cuts of chicken, lamb, sausage, chicken hearts, and at least four or five different cuts of beef. There's a very elaborate salad bar as well. The servers were attentive and helpful. Most of them had more English than I have Portuguese, but unfortunately that isn't saying very much ;-) About the only complaint I have is the lack of draft beer; my friend was craving it in a big way, but he had to go without. We made due with a Malbec from their wine list; while they were out of the one that was "featured", we chose another Mendoza Malbec instead, and it paired with our Carnivore's feast quite nicely. Tip: Barbacoa has a number of dessert options, but these aren't included in the rodzio pricing. Bottom line: While this isn't an inexpensive place to have dinner, if you love good meat and have an appetite that's difficult to slake, I recommend Barbacoa highly.

Almost every time I visit São Paulo I have dinner here. Each time different experience. The food quality specially the meat is always good. The service varies from time to another. Sometimes is excellent and very warm, another time is extremely rude and awkward ! However, I recommend this place for the quality of meat and their salad buffet.

The experience overall was ok. Nothing overwhelming typical Churrascaria restaurant with Ann overinflated price. Seemed to be a lot of staff but they lacked the service. Had to ask twice for things to get what we wanted. The food was good nothing out of the ordinary. The buffet was good again no more or less than any other restaurant of this type. It is definitely a one time try.

Excellent place, friendly staff for someone who doesn't speak fluent Portuguese, and the food was absolutely delicious... Tip: check out their HUGE carving cheese...

Took an American friend here for dinner. Boy, was it good! The salad bar is fresh and delicious, as well as the little basket of breads and pastels, but don't fill up on these! The meat is where it's at. Great selection of different cuts of beef, some lamb, and a rather bold skewer of rosemary-flavored chicken hearts. Also one of the best creme de papaya in town. Good cocktails and big wine list. If you're looking for an awesome Brazilian churrasco experience, this is it!

A good Brazilian BBQ choice. Service was not exactly up to part but meat quality was great! The meats were cooked perfect!

I have been to quite a few Brazilian steakhouses in my time (mostly in the US). Churrascaria Plataforma (NY), Fogo de Chao (NY & ATL), Porcao (Rio) and each one left me disappointed. Under-seasoned meat, limp salad options and sushi usually was well past its prime. Barbacoa was the best of the bunch by a long shot. We got there around 2pm on Saturday and the restaurant was packed and we had to wait about 45 minutes for a table. After the long wait (totally worth it) we were seated and the feast began. I started with the salad buffet and tried a few different types of salad, a few pieces of smoked and salmon sashimi, some sort of caviar and a variety of cheeses. All of these were extremely fresh and tasted of high quality. I especially liked the variety of chili oils they had up there which I thought was a great accompaniment to some of the drier cuts of meat. Now on to what we all came here for: the Meat. The Rib eye here was borderline amazing. Succulent, fatty and well seasoned, it's the stuff dreams are made of. I would come back here and just eat rib-eye if that was an option. I probably had about 3 servings and the cuts were very generous. I also enjoyed the flank steak and some of the rib offerings. I would say they serve too much meat here than the latter, because a lot of the time when I just wanted a small piece to try the server would cut off a giant chunk of meat. Not exactly a problem for most people, just my point of view. Overall, Barbacoa was a great experience and if you are visiting São Paulo a definite must try.

Now that fogo de chao has declined a bit after going public, Barbacoa is my choice for churrascaria. Walking distance from my hotel. Went on january after not traveling to sao paulo in three years. Head waiter sat me and told my waiter I want two waters, one coke and grilled mozarella. Now that is good service! Have been there maybe fifty times and will visit each trip to sao paulo at least once, probably more.

If you want Rodizio in Sao Paulo, this is in my opinion the best place to go. I've been to all the usual suspects (Plataforma, Fogo de Chão and Porcão) and Barbacoa beats them all with no margin for discussion. Huge selection of meats, huge selection of salads, super attentive waiters and great drinks. The price was also ok considering what you normally pay in those places (slightly less than R$100). If you wanna beat the crowd and don't wanna wait, go early. After 1pm or so it starts getting crowded.

This Is my favorite Brazilian Steakhouse in São Paulo!! The salad bar is amazing!!, but who wants to eat salad in a place where the meats are wonderful!!!

OMG. So good. Quality of meats is amazing. Service is great. R$120 reals per person. There is a little chip that you flip when you want more meat dishes!

Great rodizio & churrascaria-anywhere that will bring you a giant skewer of chicken hearts gets street cred in my book! I really enjoyed it, the salad bar is great too! My only complaint is that we were with a rather large group and I felt rushed for a lot of the meal. They also refused to help us split checks at the end...

Classical Rodizio place with a good standing. Desserts and beverage is on top of the flat fee

I have been here are two occasions over the last year and I have thoroughly enjoyed the food, service and experience on both occasions. The meal is around R$ 100 a per person and is all you can eat. There is a huge salad/cold foods bars with everything from greens, to smoked meats, sushi and fruits. In addition to this, you have the waiters coming around with various cuts of meat. I would rate this as one of the best churrascarias in the city and would recommend it to anyone looking for a higher end churrascaria.

Best Churrascaria in town! The salad buffet itself is worth the visit, but the steaks, hmmmm the steaks.

Excellent service,the meat,one of the best I tried in Sao Paulo!!!and the best Habanero pepper