Rio De Grill Brazilian Steakhouse — Restaurant in Charleston

My Valentine's Day was my Hubby Tony Vanoy, and I decided to surprise him. We arrived early because our day was planned out. We went in and not many people there but it was early. The waitress slash hostess greeted us and said in case you didnt see the sign we are Dinner All Day due to Valentine's. That's a $10 per person increase on the price but again its Valentine's Day Love is Priceless right??? I hadn't seen the sign and really grateful we didn't need reservations because I forgot to call ahead. I looked at Tony and he said We are here..Just pay the lady...lol!!! She seated us so we could start our Brazilian Steakhouse Adventure. She showed us how to use the Red, Green and Yellow Triangle on our table and took our drink order. I went with unsweetened Iced Tea with lemon and Tony took a large Budweiser Draft. We went to the salad and sides bar I was happy to see that they had Caprese Tomato Salad and Crostini. I also tried just one piece of Deep Fried Squid..heck take a chance on Love and Squid?? Why not?? I also got just a half scoop of Seafood Salad to go with my Lettuce, Tomatoes, Black olives and Onions with Ranch Salad, and few pieces of chilled Shrimp. They started coming around with the meats on swords and we were going to try everything they delivered to our table, I might not eat it all but I am going to try it. Firs they arrived with Garlic Bread, then grilled pineapple..two of my favorites. Followed by Italian Sausage, Bahama Sausage, Chicken Breast wrapped in Bacon, Ham, Chicken Legs, Prime Rib and Sirloin, followed again by Pork Tenderloin and Lamb..then came a Beef Tenderloin crusted in Garlic..and we had to turn to Yellow...Pause Please we are on meat overload

I could have made a meal with the Prime Rib, Garlic Crusted Beef Tenderloin, Garlic Bread, Grilled Pineapple and my Caprese Tomato Salad and Crostini. The food was all good, and after eating about half of what was on our plates we decided NOT to turn back to Green from the Yellow but to go straight to Red and let them know we Stopped!! The Meat had officially kicked our butts!!!

If you like Meat or on the Keto Diet then this is the place for you. During day lunch is only $15.99 for 12 different meats and dinner starts after 3pm for 16 meats at $25.99 drinks cost extra and the salad bar with its hot and cold sides is only $9.99 The food was very good and plenty of it. As Tony said, If you leave hungry after eating here..You have a Big Problem!!!! The services was great, she checked on us time after time..Definitely will go back but not for awhile..This place you need to be really hungry...But it was a Great Valentine's Day Date for us both...Not bad prices..our check was $70 including drinks,...

I'm not one to really go to Brazilian places to eat, I'm not really an "adventurous" eater. This place deserves an honest review after eating there for a business group.

Initial thoughts: I walked in, and it was clean. Its a little dark in there, but lighting was overall really nice. The buffet bar sits front and center as you walk in and appears to be well stocked with foods. This is when I notice that most of the employees here are of an Asian ethnicity and not a Brazilian. To some, this may matter, but to me I didn't really care. We were seated promptly, this may be because we went on a week- night. The table was set and we got our drinks.

The dining experience: We got up to hit the buffet. It had all sorts of things, some are actually Brazilian foods, but others aren't really. The salad bar was presented well, and was very clean. I'd recommend the Mango Vinaigrette they have on the bar. We sat down, and flipped the table topper to green, to signify that we were ready for meat. The nice thing about places like this, is its an all you can eat experience, but you don't have to get up anytime you want something more. I honestly was expecting all sorts of random items to come out on a skewer, but they started simple, and brought forth a nice piece of garlic bread. It was perhaps one of the best pieces of garlic bread I've ever eaten. They brought lamb, cooked really nicely. They had sirloin steak. Very tender, but cooked a little too rare. Gordan Ramsey would not be pleased to see how red it was. You can tell they don't season their meats very well, but the taste is pretty spot on. I tried all the meats, save the chicken hearts. I couldn't bring myself to do that, but if you have tried them, you might like them. Those in my group enjoyed them. Refills were brought very promptly, as I ate and the pineapple was amazing. If they bring you pineapple on the skewer, you better try it, even if you don't eat pineapple. I probably ate 5 whole pineapples with how much addicted to the stuff I was.

The problems with this place were few, They bring you food very quickly, not allowing you to really have time to eat what you have, and your plate piles up. Because of this, I only was able to go to the buffet once. They were nice, but they had some hard to understand accents, so make sure you bring your listening ears, and expect to pay good money. Give it a try, Overall, a 4...

Okay, so this place is excellent enough that I’m pausing from eating my dinner to comment on it. The staff was extremely friendly upon my arrival, even considering that I came in at a half hour to close on a Saturday night two days before Christmas. I was seated and they explained everything to me as I hadn’t been in here before. It’s a Brazilian steakhouse, so you get a wooden block to flip over (one side red, the other green) to let them know when you do or do not want more meat. Within 60 seconds of turning over the block, a waiter with a skewer of bacon wrapped shrimp and another with sausages came to my table and offered them to me. I’ve eaten over half of the menu options for the dinner buffet, plus gotten a plate at the salad bar, and it’s currently after closing and they continue to ask me if I’d like anything else. Also important to note is that this isn’t out-of-date cube steaks from the local grocery store, for roughly $30.00 I’ve eaten sirloin steak, prime rib, filet mignon, lamb shoulder, grilled shrimp, and more and they don’t limit the quantity either. They have a full service bar that has drink specials throughout the week, some of which include 14 oz domestic drafts for $0.99! All in all, I will be back every...