TheRustyJohnson L.
Yelp
So I've written about how my go to used to be Texas De Brazil. That is until the last time on my birthday in August of 2024. I went into detail of the service failures and then how their corporate office compounded the bad experience. I said that if I am going to spend my money, I want to know it is somewhere that appreciates my business.
My wife went to Chima shortly after my birthday, with a bunch of her friends for a girls group. She came home raving about it and said I was probably going to like it.
Her birthday rolled around at the end of September and that's where she wanted to go.
What a great place! From the moment you walk in off the street you see the welcoming courtyard that is like a little oasis. With the right weather, it looks to be a great place to hang out. They have an outside bar that was closed the night we went, but again, the weather has to right.
You walk in and there is a nice little bar to the right and a wine room to the left of that. you round the corner past the host stand and you see the nice sized salad bar. It had plenty of great options, but I tend to just get a few pieces of cheese and focus on the meats.
Anyway, we were sat quickly, greeted immediately, water right away, bread, polenta, mashed potatoes boom, right there.
Server came over did his thing and my wife ordered her drink and I got my usual diet coke.
turned the cards over and it was game on. They came right away, never had to wait, they had great selections. More than other Brazilian restaurants we've been too. It was nice to see salmon being offered. The regular little bacon wrapped filets were expected, what wasn't expected was the full size 8 oz filets they also offer you a cut of. Then the ribeye, that was amazing. Forget that you don't usually see ribeye on the list of options, this was incredibly tender. Like really surprisingly tender. To the point where I had to show my wife.
They have a roasted pineapple which was good and some grilled brazilian cheese of some type.
Every meat was cooked perfectly, no over cooked pieces the entire time. Everything was well seasoned. I can't say enough good things about the restaurant.
I'll say this, the one positive of the service failures of Texas De Brazil, was that it got me to try other options and find my new favorite.
Hands down the best option around.
Service, great
Food, great
Atmosphere, great
Manager, great (I love when they do a sincere table visit and not a "everything good" as they hit and run)
Price, reasonable for the quality you're getting
Selection, great.
Not a bad thing to say.