Cafe do Brasil

01/20/07

Not worth your time or money

by xulee at Citysearch

LOCATION: Right in the heart of Market St with all the bums and drug-dealers. Don't dress up to get to this place unless you arrive via taxi. AMBIANCE: The restaurant was freezing cold. We requested for them to turn on the heater several time but the heater was apparently non-functional. The website boast live entertainment; there wasn't jack. The restaurant was pretty empty and for reasons I now understand. Despite the fact that the restaurant was pretty empty, they seated us very tight on our table. FOOD: We tried the Churrasco for $18.25 per person and it's all you can eat meats. You start out with salad at the bar. Selection is slim and unattractive. Then the cook come around with meat on a skewer. It was a lot of work on the customer's end to get a damn piece of meat. I don't know why another waiter did not assist in this procedure. The meat quality was poor. I can seriously cook better meat myself at home. SERVICE: They were attentive, but were never able to accommodate our requests. CONCLUSION: Our experience was quite disappointing to say the least.

• Pros: None, unfortunately
• Cons: Everything you can imagine

09/26/05

Sorry excuse for a restaurant

by esens at Citysearch

Saw the menu, wanted to try the bolinhas de bacalho as I had them before in Portugal.

What I got was lumpy, dry, starchy and overfried croquettes. Nothing like they should be. My date and I should have left there and then. Stuck it out, she ordered the bananas and rice and bean vegie plate.

Two fried regular bananas, not plantains, were served. The rice tasted like stale Uncle Bens and the beans were salty. I ordered the bacalho (codfish). It was dry, overcooked and gave me indigestion. There was really nothing good about this place. I spent $40 and got crappy rice and lame dishes. Service was ok. No ambience, floor is dirty. Place is in a sketchy neighborhood, which I wouldnt mind if food was good, but NO WAY!!!

Save your money and go elsewehere. This was THE WORST FOOD EXPERIENCE I have had in years in SF.

• Pros: nothing
• Cons: bad food, bad food, bad food

01/19/05

Let down....

by markmstevens at Citysearch

Have been meaning to try Brazilian food for a while and my expectations were not met at all.

The buffet that they provide is absolutely terrible - mashed potatoes, massively overcooked chicken dish etc. The grilled food was very basic and did not appear to be freshly cooked. The Tri-tip however was good.

Finally the ambience / lighting - well let's just say it's like having dinner in Burger King.....

• Pros: Fairly Cheap, Tri-tip
• Cons: , The Buffet, lighting