PICANHA — Restaurant in San Luis Potosí

I had dinner here with friends. The restaurant is located a few blocks away from the historic downtown area and just off the Jardin de Tequisquiapan Park Plaza. There is limited street parking, but we found an inexpensive paid parking lot on the other side of the Plaza and enjoyed the beauty of the Plaza walking to the restaurant.

The restaurant is well decorated, classy yet semi rustic. They have multiple dining rooms and also outdoor patio dining.

The server got our drinks (most of us ordered limonada (excellent) and offered us either a soup of the day or the salad bar. I chose the salad bar.

The self serve, buffet-style salad bar was relatively small but had a reasonable selection of greens, tomato, asparagus, pasta salad, multiple potato salads, a few vegetables like beets and potatoes, corn, several garnishes, etc. I enjoyed the salad selections I made. The pão de queixo was small and inferior to what I've had in Brazil so I did not finish the one I took.

When you finish your soup or salad, they trade your plate for a cutting board... That's when you turn the sign on the table from res to green, and they start bringing the meats.

I enjoyed the meats served, especially the multiple flavors of chicken and pork loin and the filet mignon. They also had chistorra, linguiça, cow stomach (mata-hambre), chocolate chicken hearts and a few other exotic meats. I tried a chicken heart just out of curiosity (I'd never heard of that before) but didn't care for it. The picanha they brought was in very small pieces and only well done. The servers handed out only small slices at a time unless you asked. At the end they brought the cinnamon grilled pineapple which was very good.

I did enjoy three of the salsas they had on the table. My favorite was like chimichurri but made with jalapeños. The red salsa (chile morita) was excellent. There was another that had peanuts which was the only one I did not repeat.

The service was great, the restaurant was clean and pleasant. Overall, we enjoyed the meal, and I...

Long time without visiting La Picanha in SLP but this visit was not a great experience, we contacted the restaurant to make a reservation one week in advance, they took a day to confirm the reservation (no idea why they didn't even say sorry), once we got to the table they just happen to mention a new price for the buffet started that day and at exactly that time (our reservation was at 8 pm and the prices coincidentally changed at 8 pm) and when we asked about birthday discounts they said that there were new rules or something so whatever they had published was not longer applicable, the new rules made no sense so we decided to ignore the discount stuff, as we arrived early (8pm), there were maybe other two tables, we received good service but as time went by they forgot about our table, we asked for specific cuts but never arrived. The final blow, after asking for the check they gave us one that included a bunch of stuff we didn't ordered, I'm not sure if it was a honest mistake but with all things that happen before I kind of doubt it, I'm hesitant to give them...

Let's make it clear, the meat cuts are yummy!! The service is not slow and the waiters are nice. So far so good. However if you take kids and want to be served from the kids menu expect slow service. I think that's a bad idea because kids are always hungry first and can't stave off hunger as well as grown-ups. The place is pricey for México, so one would expect better service in that respect. As a parent, you want your kids to eat first, and that way you don't have to pay that much once they're full. And also kids are more chilled and let you enjoy your meal after they eat. The other reason for the four stars is that one of the meat cuts was served cold. Finally, you are expected to tip as part...