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Made In Brasil Boteco

Made In Brasil Boteco

48 Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8BG, United Kingdom, NW1 8AJ

Fish • Tapas • Cheese • Cocktail


"Came here because they had the Moqueca on the menu and I felt like a tasty brazilian fish stew. Boy, was I dissapointed. I've had the Moqueca a few times before in Brazil and in New York at Esperanto in Alphabet City both very good both the one in Made In Brasil Boteco didn't give me any thrills. Only chills. The sauce was bland and tasteless in a boring tomato ish way no coconut milk fulness to it. The contents were fish, clams, jumboshrimp and calamari rings. The whole thing gave me a disgusted feeling. The fish pieces seemed like the step before garbage cut offs from fileting the fish. The jumboshrimp was served with everything (head and the works) and while that may be to the taste of someone that didn't improve the overall impression of the meal. Lastly white calamari rings the sort you usually get breaded and deepfried at cheap greek restaurants: I don't see them as having any business in the Moqueca and to me that just yanked the overall impression of the meal a few more notches down, as they just seemed like a cheap filler along with the other rather disgusting seafood contents of the dish. I was hungry and I did eat some of it the farofa to sprinkle on top did give it a little taste. But going through the different pieces of low quality seafood in the dish just left me with a feeling of whether or not this was good for me. Eating fish and seafood is kind of a trust game to me. So I let the waitress know that the dish didn't live up to my expectations and she took it back to the kitchen and came back and told me that this is how they always make it. That made the decision very easy to just pay, get out of there and never come back. The place has a nice vibe cosy, brazilian music and outfits. I'm sure you could have a nice with drinks and the occasional live music in there. But avoid the Moqueca at all costs."

Preto Victoria

Preto Victoria

72 73 Wilton RoadSW1V 1DE, London, United Kingdom

Meat • Beer • Steak • Chicken


"If this was my first Brazilian Steakhouse experience, I wouldn 't go to another one again. The self service bar was a mixed bag, some dishes were good, such as the pork and black bean dish. There was a bit of an over reliance on pre grated parmesan that made dishes dry. The restaurant advertised a green card/ red card service but didn 't seem to actually have that. Despite this, service was fairly regular. The restaurant seems to heavily favour filler meats, so either low quality cuts of beef (the beef rib I had a lot of, which tasted very greasy) or meats you would not go to a steakhouse for chicken thighs, sausages, pork ribs etc. A lot of the sirloin offered was exceptionally fatty and one serving I was given didn 't actually have any meat on it. Waiters also did a poor job of explaining what we were having and seemed very inexperienced in some cases. Drinks were poor, I only had a pepsi and it was dropped on me (and not cleaned up) so there was a puddle around the table. Some Brazilian steakhouses offer bottomless drinks to complement the style of food this place does not, and the prices are high for a serving size of a can of pepsi max. We were offered dessert, I didn 't know what the dishes were or that dessert was even available that should be communicated better. They looked good, however I declined. This place also adds to your bill a Discretionary 12.5% surcharge without letting you know. I asked the waiter what this charge was for and he literally said nothing, even when repeating the question. I guess it 's just a tip, and I still paid it be aware of this practice though as you are still asked to add a tip to your bill."

Preto

Preto

117 Queensway, W2 4SJ, City of London,Westminster, United Kingdom

Wine • Full • Steak • Vegetarian


"After previous great time at Putney branch tried the Queensway branch to be very highly disappointment. Had to ask the person checking up on our table whether everything is ok to check whether the team is serving the meat as they were very lacklustre and didn’t make any attempt to service the diners. Why do one have to ask for the staff to come to the table to serve the meat? One of the servers was constantly sniffling and pulling up his nose which is definitely signs to being unwell. Don’t they do their due dilligence to ensure the health and safety of the guest as well as other staff? Ordered red wine and was given rose how could anyone get this wrong? Using the salad bar there’s constantly staff filling take away orders in the take away containers which results guests having to wait for them to finish. Ordered dessert and it never arrived after 25min of waiting for it called the person that took our order to query what’s happening. He was clueless and asked us didn’t it arrive? About 4 staff just standing around close to the entrance and who knows everyone just standing around in the kitchen area? They then offered free dessert which we declined as the experience was already soured beyond reconciliation. Not looking for freebies or handouts and just paid up leaving without dessert as to just get out of the place. Very bad experience, definitely won’t recommend and shall avoid in future."

Jantar Brazilian Steak House

Jantar Brazilian Steak House

228 Upper Tooting Rd TootingSW17 7EW, London, United Kingdom

Steak • Halal • Barbecue • Brazilian


"I visited this place with a group of friends for iftar. we said we were lucky that we were able to book this time, as it is usually too busy to book on the same day for iftar time. deep and behold, we were the only people in the restaurant. that should have been the first indication of what should come. / I have never been a fan of buffet food. rodizio was something I always wanted to try, but I should have gone to an authentic place rather than a bad imitation through asiates. the buffet was very moderate, but the Rodizio meat was where they really took the ****. I have no doubt that the meat we had cooked before and then reheated for us. the sirloin was depressingly dry and burned outside, smiling were like coal. that was good. we spent everyone on this meal and if she asked me what I would have been paying, I would say how I think this is how much I eat. the only thing I enjoyed was the coca cola. / I do not try to be rude with the evaluation, but if they fast all day and go somewhere to open their fast with some good means of life only to be so badly disappointed, it is enough to annoy them. people should not make a restaurant, just to make money. if they are not passionate about eating and serving it! / unfortunately this is an example how we try to imitate a kitchen due to their popularity and either use the second rate meat that they do not respect above all or cook the meat in a customs of incineration. this has invaded a lot of halal steak house where I was. I had many steaks and that were unfortunately not half, but even a second rate steak house manages to whip a decent steak compared to some of these halalers."