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Salad bar was plentiful with a large variety of salad, veggies, cheeses, and salami/salmon options. Main meat course was a little bit lacking - most beef options are very salty. Seems like they offered garlic steak the most which was actually pretty tasty. Filet mignon came once and and was only available cooked Medium so it was kind of dry. I did not try the lamb (I’m not a fan of lamb) but others at the table said it was good. Accidentally got the mineral water ($8) instead of tap water which bummed me out.

On Thanksgiving, you would expect things to be a little chaotic, but we arrived early enough to beat the cascade of people that followed. The buffet had numerous delicacies, and the meat skewers were cooked to perfection. We were not hurried, in spite of the growing crowd at the reception area, which made for a wonderful experience. The staff was cordial and attentive. I would highly recommend this venue for any occasion.

Food delicious as usual, one server and manager faithfully checking on our needs. Our main server tended to overlook our needs (refilling drinks or side dishes). I know tips are important but do not neglect smaller tables. Every customer should be treated with prompt and excellent service. I work as a waitress part time so I know that every customer is important because that’s what businesses thrive on. Anyways, thank you I enjoyed Thanksgiving at Irvine location. It was pricey and besides the service, all was satisfying.

I love fogo de chao. The lamb came out a little more gamey than i remembered but it was still good. the service was great but servers with the meat would miss us sometimes (i was at a large table where they visited one end of the table and my husband and i were at the other end). They would check in with the people at the front of the table but then either we would miss them as we didn't realize they approached our table, or we would be looking at them to acknowledge us and they would just walk away lol. It WAS Thanksgiving and we still ate to our hearts content. My picky kids were happy as well. It seemed they were a little slow in bringing out the pao de queijo but again, it was a holiday and i'm sure they were doing everything they could to bring it over to us. We eventually received it for the whole table and brought more when we asked. Overall the experience was great. Despite how crowded it was, the noise level was fine. The sweet potato casserole was YUM but wasn't a fan of the stuffing.. it tasted too much like grainy box mix that wasn't mixed in well enough. IDK what the soup was but it was yuuuummmm.