text: I went to Fogo de Chao last week during AZ Restaurant week with a couple of friends Unfortunately this place did not really rise much past mediocre read onnnFogo de Chao is a typical although nicely doneup Brazilian steakhouse establishment The building is grand and colored in nice deep earth tones It was a Saturday so it was packed but nonetheless we had reservations and were seated quickly once the whole party arrived Brazilian steakhouses are not really my thing but I have striven to be impartial on this review nnFirst the salad bar There is a nice selection of things here including fresh vegetables prosciutto and a giant parmesan that people hack into So on to the first two major demerits There was smoked salmon on offer but the particular slab on offer here was frozen At these prices just for the privilege to graze the salad bar but comes with the normally freeforall per person price this is a screwup that is not even close to being acceptable for a simple salad bar setup and of course the price compounds the level of disappointed that I reach I know that Americans are into big but the parmesan was puzzling given that this is a block of cheese that is either shaven or grated or enjoyed in deliciously rich chunks It was impossible to get a nice shaving out of this thing as there were no decent implements to get into the parmesan well nnSecond the meat service There was a nice meat selection and overall the meats were of good quality and quite tasty However I did notice that the cheaper cuts of meat were much more plentiful and forthcoming Our table actually had to actively ask for them to send over the lamb pork tenderloin and beef ribs We were also told that some of the cuts were unavailable The complimentary sides were delicious The cheese bread polenta and bananas were lovely nnDessert was just uninspiring boring prefabricated crap It was free so I cannot complain too much but in normal circumstances they are probably charging in the high to mid range for a thin crappy piece of what I think is anything but homemade cheesecake with an uninspiring combination of HFCS sugar red food coloring and a couple of strawberry seeds that was the sauce My friend had the chocolate mousse cake which was equally uninspiring and crappy I am not expecting a superstar dessert but at least make an honest attempt at quality nnThe booze is WAY overpriced for a Premium Caipirinha are you kidding And to boot one of the things that pisses me off to no end and results in major loss of critique points at high end restaurants BILL ERRORS We had a total of two cocktails and were billed for four Simply unacceptable We were not even brought a revised check before we handed over our credit cards for payment and what is worse not even an apology from the server regarding this whoops on the bill The only saving grace of that incident is that we were charged correctly in the endnnSo nnOverall C to C n Fogo de Chao has a lot of potential to be a great Churrascarian as it bills itself to be On this particular occasion it did not reallyn rise much past mediocre given some borderline egregious n failures in service and food quality Some plus points forn great interior design though nnFood B Big plus points for great meat Minus points for the n piss poor attempt if I can call it that at dessert and n frozen smoked salmon on the salad bar nnBooze C for a Caipirinha Give me a breaknnService C Service was overall good Near failure in service forn the bill error The only saving grace was their n responsiveness when we asked for something specific