Picanha Brazil Steakhouse — Restaurant in Margate

My Daughter and I went to this place to have dinner when she got out of school. We had the buffet for approximately $26 each. The food was ok but I ate something that I didn't like so I left it on the plate. I attempted to get some salad but my stomach was already upset and so we decided to leave. When I go to pay for my meal the waiter comes from the back saying something in Portuguese to inform the cashier that I wasted food. Then began telling me that I wasted the food. I told I didn't like it and he said oh no you have to pay for this. I told him I was going to pay for it ( I wasn't running out, I was standing at the cashier to pay) however, he said what am I suppose to do with this. I said I don't know, throw it in the trash or something because it didn't agree with me. He says I have to charge you for Full buffet and takeout. I said, Oh NO sir. This is not how things work at a buffet. You eat what you want or what you can and then you pay and leave. He said, he'd get the owner/ manager and the owner comes out to says we don't waste here. I wonder why they are in the Buffet business. Besides Bad customer service and all around bad experience he told me not to come back. Unbelievable!! To pay after being embarrassed and mistreated is simply unacceptable. I would not send my enemy to eat at this place. Beware you better eat all your food or they are kicking out or declining you future service. Either way, I wouldn't go back if they gave me a free meal. I do NOT recommend this place. Better to pay the extra and go some place where they treat you nicely and provide a better customer...

Pretty good Brazilian Steakhouse! I think Picanha is similar to Flama in Homestead, in terms of value and service. The salad bar was pretty expansive with a nice variety compared to many Brazilian steakhouses. They had sushi, cooked salmon and other hot plate foods, and they even had many cakes and desserts to choose from, which I haven’t seen before.

They serve fried cheese with guava, which was ok, but I prefer grilled cheese and honey you find at other places. Meat highlights were beef ribs (amazing), Ribeye, and fraldinha (flank).

But although they’re named Picanha, we didn’t love the picanha they served. It didn’t have much fat, the meat wasn’t that tender, and the gauchos didn’t always cut it with the fat in tact. Also, they serve brisket, but it was super tough and chewy, probably cause it was cooked medium rare. Brisket requires slow cooking, like beef ribs, to be tender. Besides that, the meats were generally good to great, and the price point at $40 for dinner is a great value!

Our server, Kayron, Chiago and the rest of the gauchos did a great job!

My recommendations for Picanha to take their steakhouse to the next level would be:

to offer grilled cheese in addition to (or instead of) fried cheese, with honey as an option.

to offer filet mignon and chicken without bacon (for those who don’t eat pork).

properly slow cooked brisket so it’s tender like beef ribs (as they should be).

better picanha :)

We had an overall great dinner and look forward to...

This place is INCREDIBLE. I hadn't been back in a while and they changed their operations a bit, so now you can pay a fixed price per person, but you have access to their all you can eat buffet and BBQ with a kinds of different meats. I ABSOLUTELY loved it!! I was overwhelmed in the best way possible. There was a constant flow of servers approaching our table with different kinds of meats and my absolute favorite- pineapple with cinnamon!!

They give you these little cards that you can use to notify the servers if you want more meat or if you've had enough so they know whether or not to approach your table. I will say we had it turned over to red- meaning, no thank you, but we still had servers approaching with meat, so they should keep a better eye out. But overall it was fantastic care and service.

I also enjoyed the Passion Fruit juice (maracuya)! And they also offer you some appetizers at the beginning like Brazilian cheese bread, fried banana and more to start off with. Overall it was a great service.

Kayron was excellent in showing us to our table and explaining the new process to us. Thank you also to Lay and Jana for serving us!

I will...