churrasco restaurant ALEGRIA shinjuku — Restaurant in Tokyo

Scam. Don't get fooled by the high scores, they thoroughly request customers for them and they don't reflect the reality of what you get. First time here, and certainly the last. Save your bucks for real food and real meat, don't go there. First, their beef meat is disgusting. Full of fat, not savory at all. You may have more pleasure chewing tyre rubber. They mostly serve you the cheap meat i.e. pork and chicken and too rarely with their tasteless beef. Even when they do so, it's full of fat -check picture of all the fat I took away from what I've been served in a 2-hour course. They take ages between rounds so they can leave you still starving at the end of your course. Then the drink scam. They appeal you with a reasonable price and once you've reserved and you're seated they force you to buy one of their super expensive drinks. No matter how much you tell them you don't want their drink, they still force you to pay for it even though nothing of this scam rule is written on their ad at the entrance. Oh and bread is virtually unexisting -smaller than a ping pong ball is the only bread you get, and you have to beg for condiments like pepper and their disgusting sugary mustard for the staff to eventually bring them to your table because they always forget...

Very small place. It feels crowded even if it's not. The meat is fine, just fine. Not bad, of course, but they promise a Brazilian churrasco experience, and the taste and seasoning is a little off(I was born and raised in Brazil). They served curry, it was a bit disappointing cuz we didn't have curry in São Paulo. I believe it's an asian dish, correct me if wrong. What we have there is a bean stew kinda thing. They don't have a buffet like other churrasco places, therefore it's a little cheaper. But it left me wondering if I should pay a little more for the buffet, which I enjoyed. My plate was empty very often, which didn't happen at other churrasco restaurants. Overall, I don't think I'll be going...

We made our reservation about two hours before we came, and it was too busy for a Saturday evening. You should probably fast before going, or at least have eight hours of no solids in your belly. It was smart to go slow like most of the reviews said, if you’re ready to go all out and treat yourself to many delicious textures and flavors. We had a wonderful experience and all of the staff were in great spirits! Friendly and very welcoming! We had our baby in stroller, so there is room for one if you are a parent considering bringing little one who can’t quite sit up...