Espetus Churrascaria
(510) 629-4044
1686 Market St
(at Gough Street)
San Francisco,
CA
94102
37.7734
-122.4216
Neighborhoods: Northeast, Civic Center
Reviews & Ratings for Espetus Churrascaria
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Awesome!
by a12i17e
March 26, 2009
If you love meat, this is the place for you. All of the meat, chicken, pork, lamb, and shrimp selections were tender, juicy, and had the right amount of seasoning (the shrimp especially). The salad bar had a nice selection of veggies and beans and includes salmon. They also have a long list of desserts (didn't really care for the the Tres Leches cake though). As previously mentioned, our bill was astronomical as well. It's $49.50 per person for dinner. Thank god they didn't charge for my 6 year old.
- Pros: Excellent service, great selection of meats & poultry.
- Cons: Double P's-Price&Parking
Reminded me of being in Rio! Great atmosphere, and customer service
by steve2472
July 06, 2008
The food tasted great, it was seasoned great, and the service was fantastic. The first time I ever had gone to a Churrascaria was 15 years ago in Rio -- the food and experience was awesome! Espetus brought me back there. I strongly recommend taking family and friends.
- Pros: Service, and food quality, and taste
- Cons: Can't think of one at this time
Exelent food whit great smiles
by Weldera
June 04, 2008
As a Brazilian, I have being to several "Churrascarias" before. In Brazil and in few cities of America. What I want when I come to a "rodizio" it`s a good variety of tropical Brazilian salads and some of it`s unique culinary dishes and all the tender and juicy at it`s flavor meat, good meat. How about a friendly, welcome whit a great smile in an ambiance of happiness. After a long day at work or a long weak, I, for sure, can find that at Espetus. Delicious food that worth every penny.
- Pros: delicious food
- Cons: parking
Excellent food, but a little pricey.
by Ian2008
May 21, 2008
I love "churrasco"! This is the place in San Francisco to try the real " churrascaria rodizio", the way it's called in Brazil. The service is very good, but I think it's a little expensive if you take your whole family. My bill was astronomic...
- Pros: Food & Service
- Cons: Price!
GOOD FOOD, BUT $159 FOR WATER??!!!
by elisa_sullivan
December 07, 2007
Just came back from a holiday lunch with 35 coworkers at Espetus. I collected $31 including tax and tip from everyone. The staff had told me over the phone that drinks were extra ($4-$6 is what they said) so I figured we would just have water. They asked if we'd like sparking or still water so we asked for still water. HUGE mistake. Because I neglected to say JUST PLAIN TAP WATER, the bill arrived with a charge of $159.39 for bottled WATER. I suppose I should have asked how much for water, but I had no idea it would be almost $5 each for WATER!! C'mon people!! You're charging $23.95 for a lunch buffet (Double that for dinner)! Could you at least include the WATER or warn me that you charge $7 a bottle!!!???
- Pros: Good Food
- Cons: Too Expensive
MEAT BUFFET IN YO FACE!!! by gus r. at InsiderPages
Contributor
December 05, 2007
I am a carnivore of a man, so even though the service can be a bit rude i would go back. The servers walk around with their nose's in the air. Luckily the server that got us our drink was over the top nice it evened everything out.
company party by M H. at InsiderPages
Contributor
November 26, 2007
the managers took all admins to Espetus last year. very tasty. too much meat for someone like me who doesn't eat a lot of it. the parmesan chicken was off the hook. all the salads and sides at the buffet bar were really good. i don't know that i would pay to eat there on my own. it was much more appreciated because the bosses paid for it.
Expensive but amusing by Brandon K. at InsiderPages
Contributor
October 12, 2007
Really this is a situation of a great concept with spotty execution. It is pretty expensive just for the meat. While it's all you can eat, you'd need to really eat a LOT of meat for it to balance out.
Since there are so many different types and cuts some of the quality suffers. The flank steak was excellent, but the other stuff was just ok.
Wine list is pretty clearly price-driven.
The swords are cool.
Lots of meat, hostile service & ridiculous prices by Jason K. at InsiderPages
Contributor
October 11, 2007
I guess if you have a fat wallet and want to impress someone (and you eat loads of meat), this might be a good place to go. Personally, I was insulted by the $20 table water fee and the $20 per bottle corkage. It's not like it's a cheap feed in the first place. To top it off, the staff gave us a lot of attitude.
Don't be Late
by lovelylady1
August 26, 2007
We called to say that we were running late for our 7:00 p.m reservation on a Friday, August 10th as BART was running behind. We were told no problem. We arrived at 7:10 p.m., and we waited 25 minutes. I asked why were we waiting so long to be seated. The hostess said that we were 20 minutes late and they had given our table away. I said we most certainly were not 20 minutes late, that we had arrived at 7:10 p.m; in addition, we had called and were told it was no problem. Clearly my face must have spoken the anger I was starting to feel at the treatment because the manager came over and apologized but the damage was done. He bought drinks for my party of 3 and we were seated a few minutes later. As we had never been there before, we were uncertain how it worked. We asked a waiter what the process was and he explained it to us. Seems like that is something the air head hostesses could have done while we waited to be seated. We went to the salad bar and it was so so not much that really grabbed me. The meats and seafood were good but it certainly was not that much different than a normal buffet. The prices that I had seen on Open Table's website were clearly from a long ago time and our bill was 150.00 including tax. Way too over priced and pompous for my taste but my guests from DC enjoyed it and it was for them that I went. I personally will never return. The Bay Area is blessed with too many good restaurants to deal with one that gives a bad first impression!
- Pros: Lots of meat if that's your thing, close to BART-civic center
- Cons: pompous attitude from hostesses, OVER PRICED, no parking, noisy
