Rodizio Grill Brazilian Steakhouse Orlando — Restaurant in Dr. Phillips

I took my wife and daughter to The Rodizio Grill Brazilian Steakhouse as we had heard it is a great dining experience. Upon arrival at our reservation time we were warmly welcomed and seated. Everyone there was a pleasure to deal with the entire night, and you do meet a lot of folks during your visit. Our server, Livia, explained how things worked, since we hadn't been there before and it is not your standard restaurant experience. Basically, you order drinks, then, if getting the full meal deal ("The Full Rodizio"), you proceed to the "salad bar" which actually is much more. Salad fixings, side dishes, sauces, bread and numerous other items are provided to accompany your meal. You could opt for this alone and be happy, but there is no way I'd pass on the steaks.

Once seated, you have a table red light/green light block you use to tell the many servers when you're ready for the main course. Once we made headway into our salads, we put the green side up and we were off to the races. A server immediately showed up with a top sirloin and will slice off thin pieces to your specifications. Right after he came through, the next server showed up with a Tri-tip sirloin steak selection. I quickly found that getting small slices of each to try is the best way to go. There was also a grilled glazed pineapple selection which was sweet, juicy and delectable. Other items brought around included chicken wrapped in bacon, sweet and spicy chicken, chicken heart (yep - the heart of the chicken), Brazilian sausage, lamb, a parmesan steak and a garlic butter beef. There may have been a couple of others I may have missed. All were delicious, cooked to perfection (I enjoy medium rare) and served by very friendly and helpful gentlemen.

There was a good selection of yummy looking desserts available, but we were all stuffed and, unfortunately, had to pass on trying them. Maybe next time...?

Along with the food, we tried some of the cocktails available: a standard Caipirinha, a spicy Caipirinha and a Paradise Iced Tea (similar to a Long Island tea with passion fruit and mango). All were very tasty.

The servers really do keep coming around on a regular basis until you put out the red light. They will also endeavor to bring you any specific items you want when you ask and ensure you get whatever you want. Especially helpful and friendly was one of the servers, Marcos, who was a joy to talk to and hustled to bring requested items.

The price of this wonderful meal is not cheap, but you are provided a wonderful, prolonged dinner experience -- friendly and genuine people, great service, delicious food and drinks, and a guarantee of a full, or in my case, an over-full belly. I found it difficult to stop eating more of the enticing bounty, but forced myself to push away from the table. Worthwhile in my opinion, if only to experience it once.

Overall, it was an enjoyable evening for myself, wife and daughter, and I recommend Rodizio highly.

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I understand you might think there's been a mistake, as I posted a picture of a menu from a different restaurant. However, that restaurant is next door to this establishment where we went for dinner again, immediately after leaving here. This place is a disgrace to food, particularly to the Brazilian churrasco tradition. I am Brazilian, born and raised, and although I have lived in the US for 25 years, I have eaten Brazilian food my entire 40 years on this earth. This establishment is the most disrespectful affront to our culinary heritage that I have ever encountered.

The buffet was mediocre at best. The mashed potatoes were made from a pre-mix box and were overly watery, a mush really . The feijoada was more like soup than the proper dish. Most of the buffet items were for certain leftovers from the previous day. The rice was dry and unnaturally yellow, clearly not fresh. We arrived an hour after the restaurant opened, and it was evident that the food was not prepared that day. Having eaten this cuisine my entire life, I could tell immediately.

We visited the buffet three times in an attempt to find something decent as no meat was brought to our table. When the meat finally arrived, it was pork sausage and chicken. In a steakhouse, I expected beef, and when I requested it, the server brought a skewer of burnt, dry meat that had cut from all over , obviously from the previous day. I looked at my wife and at that point the level of disrespect to my family and I had reached its climax .I expressed my dissatisfaction and requested the check. My children, aged 8 and 6, kept asking what was wrong with the food. Even they could tell it was substandard. My wife remarked, “I think this is the worst restaurant we have been to in our life.” Our 12-year-old even asked to stop by McDonald's afterward.

Please do not be fooled. Read this review and choose another restaurant. I feel it is my duty to warn you about this place. Heed this warning or risk wasting over...

In summary: Had an amazing first time! ⭐️

My significant other and I wanted to celebrate our anniversary and looked at a new place to try and came across this restaurant. We booked our reservation online before showing up to the restaurant. We had a small wait (maybe 5 mins) as they were getting our table ready. Laura was our server and was very friendly and would check in on us if needed anything. The salad/side bar had a lot of options, that even if someone is picky they would be able to choose something. The shrimp ceviche was delicious! I was so mad I didn’t have more room in my stomach for more of it.

The meats and the gauchos (meat servers term?) were all great. My partner doesn’t like too much blood on his steaks as some were more medium-rare than others but JP was very understanding and brought a more medium-well steak for my partner. I loved the Parmesan steak, chicken with bacon, cheese with honey, shrimp ceviche, and the grilled pineapple those were my favorite 😍 of course all the food provided was delicious. As for a drink I had the Rodizio limeade the one with cream (not alcoholic). It was refreshing. The flan we got was also very good. I usually don’t like flan but theirs was very yummy. Lots of good desserts to choose from if you have the space for it at the end.

The manager also checked on us, I forget her name (maybe Audrey?) but she was very welcoming and helpful. She checked on us twice, once we had our first meal and the other was towards the end of our visit. I did ask about the parking garage voucher as I was not sure on it. It is very easy with scanning a QR code.

Also the bathrooms are easily accessible and were kept very clean.

Thank you to Laura, JP, and the rest of the team for an amazing anniversary celebration! We appreciate it. We will be back as we had an...