PICANHAS RESTAURANTE BRASILEIRO — Restaurant in Oak Ridge

Not your traditional Brazilian Buffet. This is not your traditional Brazilian Buffet with an extensive salad bar and gauchos going table to table. It is however a GREAT alternative to that!

The buffet area is quite compact but has a nice variety of choices. They are displayed in rather small bowls rather than large pans but were kept well stocked. There is a rather small salad area but that's not what you go to a Brazilian restaurant for! To get your meat you go to the counter tell them what you want and they cut from skewer. They were very accommodating on the cut and temperature of meat you desired.

You can get the buffet or by the pound. Im not sure if by the pound includes the buffet or just the meat. The meal does include a soda and you are given a cup and you take it to counter to be filled. The host/busser was very accommodating and efficient. You could bring your used plate to him or he would get from table. Most brought plate to him to get a new plate.

Parking can be a challenge. It's located along a street with parallel parking. It is close to Chipolte where you can find pull in parking.

All and all a wonderful alternative to the traditional Brazilian Steakhouses. The hours are somewhat limited as only 11:30-5! Definitely...

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The food here is good, and the quality is what initially brought me in. They offer an “all you can eat” option, which sounds great in theory — but unfortunately, the experience doesn’t live up to the promise.

They serve extremely small portions, especially with the picanha — just one tiny slice at a time — which forces you to keep asking for more if you actually want a full serving. After just a couple of rounds, it became very clear that the staff didn’t want to continue serving. One server even said, “Oh, this is the fifth time,” as if I was doing something wrong by simply ordering what I paid for.

If the business isn’t comfortable with guests eating more than a certain amount, they shouldn’t advertise it as all you can eat. Serving minimal portions and discouraging additional requests makes the whole thing feel misleading — almost like a scam.

I hope they either change their approach or reword the offer to better reflect what they’re actually...

We went on the weekend for a quick bite

So the layout is a little tough to navigate if they are busy in anyway.

They do it by wight of plates or by buffet style. The drinks are only one refills, and they put it in a different cup when you have it refilled which crates additional wastes.

Food was decent same as many other Brazilian buffet , meats weee not of same quality.

Staff speaks English and Portuguese very nice.

The restaurant is very clean , well kept while it’s busy.

Smaller seating area so probably not a good place for groups larger...