Rodizio

Rodizio is the word for Brazillian barbecue, it is also the name of a this place at Bloor across from Christie Pits.





I was hoping for a Brazilian all u can eat, with meat on poles galore, but everytime I've been by the place it's been ass empty, except for a coupla old guys arguing or whatever. When we walked in the place was empty -- there was no sign or smell of food -- they even seemed slightly stunned that anyone would be eating there. There was some confusion, but they claimed to have food. By "they" I mean the old lady in the back and the dude out front, but there were NO MENUS, NO SIGNS, NoTHING. The dude -- I can't really say waiter -- because he didn't seem to have ever done this before. He told us that there were three dishes available: Sirloin steak, pork ribs and pork sausage. NO STARTERS, NO SALADS, NOTHING ELSE! He didn't even know the prices, except that the sirloin was $15, "because someone had ordered it earlier", but he thought the other two were cheaper. My brother ordered the steak and I went for the pork sausage. When he took our drink order I asked for an "Export", so the guy disappears for like 10 minutes, ten he comes back and asks "So what do you MEAN by Export?", i guess he'd never heard of one of the most common beers around. We actually got the food pretty fast. The sirloin was four smallish steaks, along with rice, some potato salad (w. olives in it) and the sausage was three little sausages, the rice and potato salad for $12, and we shared a big pot of black beans. The food was all pretty good, better than you'd expect given the overall weirdness of the experience, but not an outstanding value, but also not off the wall compared to what you might pay elsewhere and the beers were kinda cheap: 3.50. But the whole experience was waaay disconcerting. Plus it wasn't All U Can Eat, which they advertise out front. Overall a Letdown.

For better overall experiences in the vicinity I recommend these two nearby places :



Mexi-Taco, at Bloor and Shaw and Sardinha at Bloor and Delaware: